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CSLI Calendar, November 19, 3:8


       C S L I   C A L E N D A R   O F   P U B L I C   E V E N T S
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19 November 1987                   Stanford                     Vol. 3, No. 8
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     A weekly publication of The Center for the Study of Language and
     Information, Ventura Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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	   CSLI ACTIVITIES FOR THIS THURSDAY, 19 November 1987

   12 noon		TINLunch
     Ventura Hall       No TINLunch
     Conference Room  	

   2:15 p.m.		CSLI Seminar
     Room G-19          Anaphora and Linking Theory
     Redwood Hall  	Paul Kiparsky (kiparsky@csli.stanford.edu)
			Abstract below
			
   3:30 p.m.		Tea
     Ventura Hall		
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	      CSLI ACTIVITIES FOR THURSDAY, 3 December 1987

   12 noon		TINLunch
     Ventura Hall       No TINLunch
     Conference Room  	

   2:15 p.m.		CSLI Seminar
     Room G-19          FOG and Related Activities
     Redwood Hall  	Martin Kay (Kay.pa@xerox.com)
			Hans Uszkoreit
			Lauri Karttunen (Karttunen.pa@xerox.com)
			
   3:30 p.m.		Tea
     Ventura Hall		

   4:15 p.m.		CSLI Colloquium
     Where		Computerized Visual Communication for Aphasics
			or Linguistics in Thought and Action
			Michael Weinrich and Dick Steele
			Department of Neurology
			Stanford University School of Medicine
			Abstract below
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			      ANNOUNCEMENT

   There will be no activities next Thursday, 26 November, because of
   Thanksgiving.

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			THIS WEEK'S CSLI SEMINAR
		       Anaphora and Linking Theory
			      Paul Kiparsky
		      (Kiparsky@csli.stanford.edu)
			    November 19, 1987

   Linking theory is about how syntax, morphology, and the lexicon
   express relations between predicates and their arguments.  In this
   talk we develop some of its consequences for the theory of anaphora.
   Specifically, we propose an account for the following properties of
   anaphor binding: (1) the partitioning of binding principles among two
   levels of representation, lexical structure and surface structure; (2)
   the parametrization of "subject" (grammatical/logical) and the
   sensitivity of anaphora to Th-roles; (3) the dependence of the binding
   behavior of anaphors on their morphological shape, e.g., why strict
   subject-orientation and long-distance anaphora are found only in
   non-lexical reflexives; (4) cross-linguistic patterns of hononymy,
   e.g., which kinds of reflexives double as passives and which as
   antipassives.

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			     CSLI COLLOQUIUM
	     Computerized Visual Communication for Aphasics
		  or Linguistics in Thought and Action
		     Michael Weinrich and Dick Steele
     Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine
			    December 3, 1987

   The language of aphasic patients has long been a fertile, if somewhat
   controversial, ground for the generation of linguistic theories
   regarding the comprehension and production of language.  We present
   here some results of a new approach to the treatment of chronic,
   severe aphasics.  In this approach, a visual interface is used to
   communicate with patients.  The interface contains lexical items,
   tools for manipulating them, and is operated following a set of simple
   syntactic rules.  We will discuss some of the implications of our
   results for neurolinguistic theories.  The issues central to the
   design of the interface, i.e., representations of lexical items and
   situational knowledge, and the effects of different representation on
   pragmatic use, will be discussed.