coling acl 98 workshop announcements two coling acl 98 workshop announcements discourse relations discourse markers partially automated techniques transcribing naturally occurring continuous speech seperated call papers coling acl 98 workshop discourse relations discourse markers august 15 1998 universiti de montrial montrial canada see also http flp cs tuberlin de marker aclcolingws html notion discourse relation received many different interpretations hardly compatible one another nonetheless consensus among researchers intersegment relations hold adjacent portions text relations may signalled linguistic means including socalled cue phrases aspect mood shifts theme inversions markers workshop intends bring together researchers working discourse relations discourse markers different linguistic traditions different nlp applications particular focus workshop issue discourse relations viewpoint linguistic realization specifically contributions address one following questions sound methodologies comparing similar discourse markers contrastive studies distribution analyses etc sound methodologies relating discourse relations potential realizations discourse relations always lexically signalled never lexically signalled nonlexical e syntactic prosodic means used signal relation production one decide whether signal relation production one motivate choice among candidate signals given relation production choice signal interact decisions particular linearizing tree graph structure analysis possible reliably infer discourse relations surface cues analysis one disambiguate polysemous signals since temporal causal etc useful lexical representations discourse markers analysis production useful representations discourse relations entities relate facilitate realization decision features would one like handy representation choices made easily significant differences realizations spoken written language individual languages differ terms issues organizing committee workshop organized manfred stede tu berlin leo wanner university stuttgart eduard hovy isi usc marina del rey requirements submission papers invited address topics listed maximum length 8 pages including figures references please use a4 us letter format set margins text lies within rectangle 6 5 x 9 inches 16 5 x 23 cm use classical fonts times roman computer modern 11 12 points text 14 16 points headings title latex users encouraged use style file provided acl http colingacl 98 iro umontreal ca colaclsub sty papers submitted either electronically postscript format hardcopies submissions north america sent eduard hovy information sciences institute 4676 admiralty way marina del rey ca 902926695 u hovy isi edu submissions elsewhere sent either following manfred stede leo wanner tu berlin computer science department kit project group intelligent systems group sekr fr 610 university stuttgart franklinstr 28 29 breitwiesenstr 2022 d10587 berlin d70565 stuttgart germany germany stede cs tuberlin de wannerlo informatik unistuttgart de timetable deadline electronic submissions march 10 1998 deadline hardcopy submissions march 13 arrival date notification acceptance may 1 1998 final manuscripts due june 12 1998 program committee sandra carberry u delaware barbara dieugenio u pittsburgh eduard hovy usc isi alistair knott u edinburgh alex lascarides u edinburgh owen rambow cogentex inc ted sanders u utrecht donia scott u brighton wilbert spooren u tilburg manfred stede tu berlin keith vander linden calvin college marilyn walker att labs leo wanner u stuttgart call papers call papers call papers acl coling98 workshop partially automated techniques transcribing naturally occurring continuous speech august 16 1998 following acl coling98 university montreal montreal quebec canada call papers description development robust systems speech analysis synthesis depends crucially availability wellannotated corpora naturally occurring continuous speech yet existing speech corpora rarely wellannotated key proper annotation availability partially automated systems linking selected portions visual display speech corresponding transcriptions practical use systems must able handle large files digitized speech permit transcriptions different levels analysis workshop devoted presentation discussion papers software demonstrations reflect current state art invite proposals 800 words address development use evaluation potential commercial application systems submissions email submissions latex ascii accepted authors submit abstract 800 words trans98 cs concordia ca style files templates latex submissions found http colingacl98 iro umontreal ca styles html official language conference english important deadlines submission deadline april 15 1998 notification date may 15 1998 camera ready copy due june 15 1998 program committee nancy belmore concordia university canada sabine bergler concordia university canada john esling univ victoria canada eric keller univ lausanne switzerland roland kuhn panasonic technologies inc u douglas oshaughnessy inrs telecommunications canada ching suen concordia university canada organizers nancy belmore concordia university canada sabine bergler concordia university canada douglas oshaughnessy inrs telecommunications canada registration discounted workshop fee participants coling acl participants registered coling acl pay full workshop fee announced shortly information requests information sent trans98 cs concordia ca