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Language Production Day


A special one-day workshop addressing multiple aspects of the production of language, jointly hosted by the MRI Language Technology Group and the Departments of Psychology and Linguistics at Macquarie University


When: Friday July 5th 1996

Time: 9:30am - 5:30pm

Where: Macquarie University --- building E6B, room 136

Directions (from outside MacU): use the Herring Rd entrance to the uni, and once you're inside the uni take the second road on the right (Eastern Rd); E6B is the building off carpark E4 with the CSIRO parking spaces.

Program:

This one-day workshop will cover various aspects of the language production process. The program details are:

0930--0945 hello and welcome
0945--1030

Max Coltheart
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
The Computational-modelling Approach to the Psychology of Reading
1030--1115

Sally Andrews
Department of Psychology, University of New South Wales
Evaluating connectionist models of reading aloud: PDP rules OK?
1115--1145 morning tea
1145--1230

Lyndsey Nickels
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
Ways in which Brain Damage affects Language Production, and their Implications for Theories of Normal Language Production
1230--1415 lunch
1415--1500

Maria Milosavljevic
MRI Language Technology Group, Macquarie University
Strategies for Comparison in Encyclopaedia Descriptions
1500--1545

Jonathon Harrington
SHLRC, Macquarie University
Some Key Components in Synthesising English Intonation
1545--1615 afternoon tea
1615--1700

Graeme Ritchie
Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh
The Computer Generation of Punning Riddles
1700--1715 wrap-up

Enquiries: Mark Dras 9850 6347 markd@mpce.mq.edu.au


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