A joint HPSG-LFG conference, HeadLex 2016, will take place in Warsaw, July 24-29. The program contains presentations by three members of the IEAS/Linguistics team:
The Institute of Linguistics of Goethe University Frankfurt invites applications to its MA program.
From this year on it will also be possible to choose a specialization in Constraint-based Grammar, which will be offered by the linguistics section of the Department of English and American Studies. Continue reading MA Linguistics in Frankfurt a.M.
Wir freuen uns, einen eingeladenen Vortrag von
Prof. Dr. Silvia Hansen-Schirra (Mainz)
zum Thema
Psycholinguistische Methoden in der Translationswissenschaft
im Obserseminar English Linguistics, Montag, 27.6.2016, 16.15-17.45 Uhr, Raum IG 3.201 Continue reading Hansen-Schirra spricht über ”Psycholinguistische Methoden in der Translationswissenschaft”
Dianne Jonas gave a talk with Verner Egerland (Lund) at the Budapest-Potsdam-Lund Linguistics Colloquium in Budapest, June 16&17. The title of their presentation is Just think about it already!. In their talk, they looked at uses of already as a modal particle in English and Swedish.
We are glad to announce a talk by
Andy Lücking (Frankfurt a.M.)
on
Demonstration Acts in Grammar
in the Oberseminar English Linguistics, Monday, June 13, 4-6pm, room IG 3.201.
Although demonstration acts like pointing gestures or head nods are frequently mentioned in the context of reference, they still live in the shadows of semantic theories. In this talk, a spatial semantics for Continue reading Lücking on “Demonstration Acts in Grammmar”
We are glad to announce an invited talk by
Matías Guzmán Naranjo (Leipzig)
on
Quantitative Effects and Formal Models of Grammar
in the Oberseminar English Linguistics, Monday, June 6, 4-6pm, room IG 3.201.
In this talk I will present a model that tries to combine work on quantitative effects in language with insights from formal Continue reading Guzmán Naranjo on “Quantitative effects and formal models of grammar”
Carla Parra Escartín (Hermes Traducciones, Madrid) gave two lectures in Frankfurt on May 30, 2016.
Carla gave a talk in Manfred’s class Introduction to Linguistics. She presented basic applications of computational linguistics and how much linguistics there is behind these applications. Continue reading Carla Parra in Frankfurt
We are happy to announce an invited talk by
Carla Parra Escartín
on
How good shall it be?
Establishing Machine Translation quality thresholds to boost professional translators’ productivity
in the Oberseminar English Linguistics, Monday, May 30, 4-6pm, room IG 3.201.
Dianne Jonas is currently in Iceland, attending the 22nd Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference in Reykjavík. She will be giving a talk with her coauthor, Ásgrímur Angantýsson, on the syntax of adverbial clauses in Icelandic on May 21st. Here is a pdf of an abstract of their talk.
Frank Richter (Frankfurt a.M.)
on
Higher-order Reasoning with Natural Language”
Room: NG 2.731, 4:15-5:45 (pm)
Continue reading Richter on `Higher-order Reasoning with Natural Language´