Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!udel!princeton!pucc!PSYC From: harnad@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Stevan Harnad) Newsgroups: sci.psychology.digest Subject: PSYCOLOQUY V2 #4 (announcements : 303 lines) Message-ID: <9103260126.AA05994@clarity.Princeton.EDU> Date: 26 Mar 91 00:23:32 GMT Sender: VMNNPOST@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Listserv to Netnews Gateway) Organization: Listserv to Netnews Gateway at pucc.Princeton.EDU Lines: 298 Approved: PSYC@PUCC PSYCOLOQUY ISSN 1055-0143 Mon, 25 Mar 91 Volume 2 : Issue 4 A network mailing list for Mac users A New Electronic Mailing List on Linguistics Cognitive Science Postgraduate courses at Birmingham University New book:Literacy Technical Reports in Formal and Computational Linguistics The Animal Rights Electronic Network ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "RICHARD S. LEHMAN" Subject: A network mailing list for Mac users As an outgrowth of the Macintosh User Group meeting held last November at the conference of the Society for Computers in Psychology (SCiP), we have started an electronic mailing list for Mac users in academic psychology. We envision the list as providing quick and, we hope authoritative, responses to Mac questions, and for fast sharing of Mac information. The audience that we intend includes individuals who are interested in both teaching and research; we are not particularly interested in clinical applications. The mailing list presently includes nearly 50 psychology researchers and teachers who use the Macintosh. We hope to include you soon. For more information, or to join the list, please contact: Richard S. Lehman Department of Psychology Franklin & Marshall College Box 3003 Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 R_LEHMAN@FANDM.BITNET ------------------------------ From: linguist@uniwa.uwa.oz.au (LINGUIST Discussion List) Subject: A New Electronic Mailing List on Linguistics ANNOUNCING A NEW LIST LINGUIST@UNIWA.UWA.OZ.AU A new list has been formed, which will serve as a place of discussion for those issues which concern the academic discipline of linguistics and related fields. The list is international in orientation, and hopes to provide a forum for the community of linguists as they exist in different countries. Though the list is moderated, and all submissions are subject to editorial discretion, it has no areal, ideological or theoretical bent, and discussion of any linguistic subfield is welcomed. Membership of the list is open to all. To subscribe to this list, please send a message to LINGUIST-REQUEST@UNIWA.UWA.OZ.AU containing as its first and only line the following: SUBSCRIBE LINGUIST Any other questions may be directed to: LINGUIST-EDITORS@UNIWA.UWA.OZ.AU ------------------------------ From: HARRIMWG@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk Subject: Cognitive Science Postgraduate courses at Birmingham University University of Birmingham Graduate Studies in COGNITIVE SCIENCE The Cognitive Science Research Centre at the University of Birmingham comprises staff from the Departments/Schools of Psychology, Computer Science, Philosophy and Linguistics, and supports teaching and research in the inter-disciplinary investigation of mind and cognition. The Centre offers both MSc and PhD programmes. MSc in Cognitive Science The MSc programme is a 12 month conversion course, including a 4 month supervised project. The course places a particular stress on the relation between biological and computational architectures. Compulsory courses: AI Programming, Overview of Cognitive Science, Knowledge Representation Inference and Expert Systems, General Linguistics, Human Information Processing, Structures for Data and Knowledge, Philosophical Questions in Cognitive Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Biological and Computational Architectures, The Computer and the Mind, Current Issues in Cognitive Science. Option courses: Artificial and Natural Perceptual Systems, Speech and Natural Language, Parallel Distributed Processing. It is expected that students will have a good degree in psychology, computing, philosophy or linguistics. Funding is available through SERC and HTNT. PhD in Cognitive Science For 1991 there are 3 SERC studentships available for PhD level research into a range of topics including: o computational modelling of emotion o computational modelling of cognition o interface design o computational and psychophysical approaches to vision Computing Facilities Students have access to ample computing facilities, including networks of Apollo, Sun and Sparc workstations in the Schools of Computer Science and Psychology. For further details, contact: Dr. Mike Harris CSRC, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, PO Box 363, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. Phone: +44 (21) 414 4913 (in UK: (021) 414 4913 Email: HARRIMWG@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: Helene Poissant Subject: New book:Literacy Hi netters, This is to advise you about a new book:Literacy acquisition (1990) Edited by Mark Spoelders, Rijksuniversiteit Gent (Belgium). The table of contents is: Marc Spoelders: Introduction Nancy Torrance and David R. Olson: Children s understanding of ambiguity and interpretation Hazel Francis: Strategies and rules in learning to read and spell Neil Mercer and Derek Edwards : developing shared understanding: Theories, pedagogies and Educational Practice. Lut Van Damme and Marc Spoelders: Metalinguistic Awareness and early reading. A longitudinal study. Denis Apotheloz: The development of cohesion in writing: Preliminary research on anaphoric procedures and thematic planning in texts by children. Regine Pierre, Danielle Bourcier, et al. : Acquisition of the system of determiners by early readers. Monique Boekaerts: Text structure, reading rate and reading comprehension. Michel Page: Methodological issues in testing comprehension of texts Helene Poissant: Inferential processes in the comprehension of short narratives Filip Loncke: Sign language and reading in young deaf children. Raymond Duval: Representation of texts: problems for research and prospects for education. Philip Yde and Marc Spoelders: Cohesion and narrative text quality. A developmental study with beginning writers Gissi Sarig and Shoshana Folman: Metacognitive awareness and theoretical knowledge in coherence production. Liliana Tolchinsky Landsmann: Early literacy development: Evidence from different orthographic systems. Publishing house J. Van In Grote Universit Laval, T.S.E 13 th floor Cite Universitaire Ste-Foy, Quebec, P.Qu Canada G1K 7P4 tel: 418 656-7149 Helene Poissant edupolyan@asuacad 3/14/91 new book:Literacy ------------------------------ From: fclrep@uni2a.unige.ch Subject: Technical Reports in Formal and Computational Linguistics Robin Clark, Luigi Rizzi, Eric Wehrli Editors Department of Linguistics University of Geneva No 1: Papers on Learnability and Natural Selection ---Robin Clark (144 pages) The papers collected here develop a computational approach to demonstrating the learnability property for a Principles & Parameters approach to natural language. The model uses Genetic Algorithms to develop a learner that is able to converge quickly and efficiently despite the equivocal nature of the input evidence. Chapters 1 and 2 describe the general properties of the learner and relate the formal model to linguistic evidence. Chapter 3 describes a computer simulation of the learner. Chapter 4 summarizes and refines the results reported in the earlier chapters. No 2: Residual Verb Second and the Wh Criterion ---Luigi Rizzi (28 pages) The Wh-Criterion is the principle which determines the S-structure distribution and LF interpretation of wh-operators. Residual Verb Second is a cover term for construction-specific applications of I to C movement in non V-2 languages (Subject-Aux inversion in English, Subject clitic inversion in French, obligatory inversion in Italian interrogatives, etc.). This papers argues that residual V2 is triggered in order to satisfy the Wh-Criterion and other related well-formedness conditions. To order, or for further information, contact: FCLREP@uni2a.unige.ch Technical Reports Department of Linguistics University of Geneva CH-1211 Geneva 4 ------------------------------ From: stephen clark Subject: The Animal Rights Electronic Network Here is a slightly updated account of The Animal Rights Electronic Network Respond to the founder (info@org.aren.nic - or @nic.aren.org) not to me. Stephen Animal-Rights is a collection of unmoderated electronic mailing lists for the discussion of the relationships between human and non-human animals. These lists are administered via the Animal Rights Electronic Network (AREN), an organization dedicated to providing mechanisms for the exchange of ideas and information pertaining to the issues of animal rights/welfare. Currently, the collection consists of two lists: AR-Talk and AR-News. AR-Talk is an open discussion forum while AR-News is a public news wire. 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