Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse Amsterdam, NL July 6-9, 2005 std2005@let.vu.nl http://www.let.vu.nl/conference/std2005/index.html CALL FOR PRESENTERS The Society for Text and Discourse will hold its Fifteenth Annual Meeting at the Faculty of Arts, Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from Wednesday through Saturday, July 6-9, 2005. The Society for Text & Discourse is an international society of researchers who investigate all aspects of discourse processing and analysis. The purpose of the society is to consolidate research in discourse processing, to enhance communication among researchers in different disciplines, and contribute to the education and professional development of those in the field or entering the field. Therefore, we invite scholars from various disciplines (e.g., psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, education, sociology, anthropology, communications, philosophy and poetics) to attend and participate in the annual meeting. The specific aim of this conference will be to bring together behavioral scientists with scholars who are traditionally more focused on the structure of language, text, and discourse. One interest that many of these structure-oriented researchers share is their concern with the function, context, and process of language use. We therefore invite proposals for papers and symposia in this general area. The deadline for submitting proposals is February 1, 2005. INVITED TALKS We are pleased to announce that the following invited speakers have agreed to give plenary talks at the meeting: Cecilia Ford Department of English Language and Linguistics University of Wisconsin--Madison, USA Simon Garrod Department of Psychology University of Glasgow, UK Gün Semin Department of Psychology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL SUBMISSION INFORMATION Presentations at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse can be in the form of posters or spoken papers. The deadline for submitting proposals for both presentation formats is February 1, 2005. A Review Committee will review the proposals, and authors will be notified regarding acceptance by the end of March 2005. Please submit proposals in English to std2005@let.vu.nl. The proposal should be attached to the email, and should be saved as either a MSWORD or PDF document using the first author's name as the filename (e.g. Magliano.doc or Magliano.pdf). The subject line of the email should read "PROPOSAL SUBMISSION." If an author submits more than one proposal, each must be sent in a separate e-mail message and the filenames should be numbered (e.g. Goldman1.doc, Goldman2.doc) NOTE: If you wish to submit a symposium or panel proposal, please contact the conference organizers, Wilbert Spooren and Gerard Steen, (std2005@let.vu.nl) prior to preparing the submission. PROPOSAL FORMAT Proposals should include a cover page with the following: 1. The title of the presentation 2. Names and institutional affiliations all authors, including email addresses of all authors 3. Contact Address for presenting author 4. Presentation Preference (Poster, Paper or Either) 5. A statement whether the paper is eligible for either the Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA) or the Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award (JAOYSA). 6. A 75-word abstract of the presentation for publication in the abstracts booklet. In addition to the cover page, please include a 2-3 page summary of the presentation with a title but no author information (max. 1000 words, including bibliographic references). Incomplete, overlength, or late submissions will not be reviewed. If for some reason you cannot send your submission by e-mail, please contact Wilbert Spooren and Gerard Steen by mail at Faculty of Arts, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Confirmation of receipt of submissions will be sent within a week of receiving them. THE OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARD The Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA) recognizes quality in work that is predominantly that of a graduate student. Accordingly, the student must be first author on the paper. The student's major advisor must send an email to std2005@let.vu.nl, certifying that this work has been done primarily by the student, and recommending the paper for the award. The subject line for the email should be "OSPA Certification." THE JASON ALBRECHT OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD The Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award (JAOYSA) honors the memory of Jason Albrecht, a promising young text and discourse researcher who passed away in 1996. The award recognizes an outstanding paper based on a doctoral dissertation. The doctoral candidate must be first author on the paper. The student's dissertation advisor must send an email to std2005@let.vu.nl certifying that the work is based on the nominee's doctoral dissertation, and recommending the student for the award. The subject line for the email should be "JAOYSA Certification." Recipients of each award receive a commemorative certificate and a $150 award check. Proposals that are eligible for awards undergo two reviews - one by the regular program committee and a second one by the Awards Review Committee. Only proposals that are accepted for presentation as spoken papers will be considered for the awards. If you have recommendations for symposia or special sessions, or other questions about the conference, please contact the conference organizers (std2005@let.vu.nl). For more information on the Society and the Annual Meeting, please see the ST&D website at http://www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org, and the conference website at http://www.let.vu.nl/conferences/std2005/index.html. Wilbert Spooren Gerard Steen Program Chairs Society for Text and Discourse 2005 Annual Meeting std2005@let.vu.nl