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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

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From: "RICHARD S. LEHMAN" <R_LEHMAN%FANDM@pucc>
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

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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

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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

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From: Helene Poissant <HPOISS@LAVALVM1.BITNET>
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

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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

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From: stephen clark <AP01@liverpool.ac.uk>
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.

The purpose of these lists is to provide open channels where news,
ideas, philosophies, and concerns can be exchanged freely.  Debates are
likely to occur as well as new friendships and associations.  The
underlying premise behind these mailing lists is that information is
fundamental to forming sound beliefs as well as to making sound
decisions.  These lists are open to anyone who is interested, regardless
of his/her opinion(s) on Animal Rights.

There are no restrictions on subject material other than it should be
related to Animal Rights, germane to the mailing list distributing the
posting, and be in accordance with the spirit of the Internet (e.g., no
commercial advertising).

Here is a list of topics likely to be addressed in these lists; it is,
by far, not complete:

	Animal Rights			Animal Liberation
	Vivisection/Dissection		Animals as Research `Tools'
	Animals in Laboratories		Animal as Models for Humans
	Pet Overpopulation		Animals in Education
	Hunting/Trapping/Fishing	Animals in Entertainment
	Factory Farming			Fur
	Ecology				Environmental Protection
	Religious Perspectives		Genetic Engineering
	Consumer Product Testing	`Cruelty-Free' Products
	Vegetarianism			Vegan Lifestyles

Postings to the lists should be directed to the appropriate address.
To initiate (or reply to) a DISCUSSION, send an e-mail message to:

	ar-talk@mystie.webo.dg.com

containing a descriptive subject line and the body of the message you
want to post.

To post a NEWS-RELATED item, send your message to:

	ar-news@mystie.webo.dg.com

Appropriate postings to AR-News include: posting a news item, requesting
information on some event, or responding to a request for information.
Discussions on AR-News will NOT be allowed and we ask that any
commentary either be taken to AR-Talk or to private E-mail.

All administrative requests dealing with the AR lists (including
requests to be added or deleted) are handled by:

	subscribe@nic.aren.org				(Internet)
	subscribe@nic.aren.org				(UUCP-Domain)
	subscribe@arenic.UUCP				(UUCP-Pathalias)
	...!mcnc!ponds!arenic!subscribe			(UUCP-!-Style)
	>INTERNET:subscribe@nic.aren.org		(CompuServe)
	UK-Animal-Rights-Request@umist.ac.uk		(United Kingdom)

However, as is the custom for all Internet mailing lists, requests to be
added to or deleted from these lists also may be sent to:

	AR-Request@mystie.webo.dg.com			(Internet)
	AR-Talk-Request@mystie.webo.dg.com		(Internet)
	AR-News-Request@mystie.webo.dg.com		(Internet)

which will reroute your message to subscribe@nic.aren.org.

The lists are administered by:  Charles S. `Chip' Roberson <csr@nic.aren.org>.

For more information about The Animal Rights Electronic Network, you may
direct your inquries to AREN by sending an e-mail message to:

	info@nic.aren.org

and we will respond as quickly as time permits.
Thank you,
Chip Roberson, Founder
--
* The AREN Internet Mailing List Subscription Desk <subscribe@nic.aren.org>
* The Animal Rights Electronic Network -- AREN
* PO Box 17521,  Raleigh, NC  27619-7521

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