text_combined: sigphon98 workshop extended deadline fourth cfp c l l f r p p e r computation phonological constraints 4th meeting acl special interest group phonology http www cogsci ed ac uk sigphon 98 conjunction colingacl 98 joint conference montreal canada 15th august 1998 due popular request extended deadline submissions workshop 3 weeks new deadline may 10 meeting constraint based theories phonology become enormously popular recent years theories express generalizations stating language phonological forms constrained rather relying rules actively modify forms computational ideas often provided impetus innovations koskenniemi 1983 2 level morphophonological processor introduced parallel constraining relations alternative ordered system rewrite rules declarative phonology c 1990 focusses unity representations rules constraints drawing various computational ideas unification temporal logic finitestate calculi one current constraintbased theory optimality theory ot princesmolensky 1993 theory found least partial inspiration computational work smolensky relation symbolic subsymbolic computation although link connectionism left largely unexplored ot proved computationally productive theory giving rise several theoretical papers computational issues related complexity learnability well inspiring number implementations workshop designed foster link computational work constraintbased phonology general end invites submissions topics related computation constraintbased phonological formalism including limited three mentioned example topics computational interpretation phonological theories constraint ranking interaction eg ot implementations particular analyses results complexity constraint application algorithms learning constraints constraint ranking results learnability constraints novel formalisms constraintbased phonology representational issues raised constraintbased approaches short papers invited address computational issues constraintbased theories phonology submission original research published elsewhere completed study prefered proposals progress reports originality topicality clarity assessment criteria submissions must sent email sigphon98 cogsci ed ac uk may 10 submissions due may 25 notification acceptance june 23 final accepted versions due submission format note apart medium length sections requirements submissions colingacl98 medium postscript emailed sigphon98 cogsci ed ac uk please check postscript compatibility using either ghostview printing postscript file sending length 7 pages maximum including references appendices optional extra page abstract second language paper size please use a4 pagesize typesetting latex encouraged required layout set margins text lies centred within rectangle 6 5 x 9 inches 16 5 x 23 cm use times roman computer modern font 11 12 point text 14 16 point headings title centred page numbers footers 2 columns title abstract figures may range across columns since reviewing blind separate identification notice emailed ascii sigphon98 cogsci ed ac uk include title author name affiliation complete addresses abstract english submission conferences none list author record correspondence authors identify either affiliations either directly indirectly body text postscript file authors use colingacl98 style files templates preparing submissions see http colingacl 98 iro umontreal ca styles html help ensure layout requirements met effort required format final version minimized registration information registration procedures available soon possible organisation organiser mark ellison edinburgh organising program committee steven bird edinburgh jason eisner pennsylvania bruce tesar rutgers markus walther duesseldorf correspondence sent sigphon98 centre cognitive science edinburgh university 2 buccleuch place edinburgh eh8 9lw uk tel 44 131 6504416 fax 44 131 6506626 email sigphon98 cogsci ed ac uk web http www cogsci ed ac uk sigphon 98