LINGUIST List 19.2883: General Ling/United Kingdom; Computational Ling/Italy

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LINGUIST List 19.2883
Tue Sep 23 2008 Calls: General Ling/United Kingdom; Computational Ling/Italy Editor for this issue: Kate Wu <katelinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Bas Aarts, Third Intern. Conference on the Linguistics of English 2. Verena Lyding, Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics II Message 1: Third Intern. Conference on the Linguistics of English
Date: 23-Sep-2008 From: Bas Aarts <b.aartsucl.ac.uk> Subject: Third Intern. Conference on the Linguistics of English E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Third Intern. Conference on the Linguistics of English Short Title: ICLCE3 Date: 14-Jul-2009 - 17-Jul-2009 Location: London, United Kingdom Contact Person: Jon Millington Meeting Email: jon.millingtonsas.ac.uk Web Site: http://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/conferences/2009/ICLCEthree/index.htm Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2009 Meeting Description: The attention devoted to the linguistics of the English language has resulted in a broad body of work in diverse research traditions. The aim of the ICLCE conference is to encourage the cross-fertilization of ideas between different frameworks and research traditions, all of which may address any aspect of the linguistics of English. The first and second ICLCE conferences were held in Edinburgh (2005) and Toulouse (2007) along the same lines. We aim for the London conference to build on the success of those events. The main conference (15-17 July) will be preceded on 14 July by a one-day symposium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Survey of English Usage. The theme of this symposium will be Current Change in the English Verb Phrase. Call for Papers Plenary speakers: James Blevins (Cambridge) Bernd Kortmann (Freiburg) James M. Scobbie (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) Sali Tagliamonte (Toronto) Organisers: Bas Aarts, UCL (University College London) Jenny Cheshire (Queen Mary, University of London) Devyani Sharma (Queen Mary, University of London) In collaboration with the Institute of English Studies, University of London Management Board: Bas Aarts (UCL) Philip Carr (CELA EA 741, Montpellier III) Jenny Cheshire (Queen Mary, University of London) Jacques Durand (ERSS, CNRS & Toulouse II) Devyani Sharma (Queen Mary, University of London) Abstracts: Abstracts are welcome on any area of the structure and use of contemporary varieties of English: phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, etc. You may submit an abstract either for the workshop on 14 July or for the main conference (15-17 July). Abstracts should be no longer than one side of A4, with 2.5cm margins, single-spaced, with a font size no smaller than 12, and with normal character spacing. All examples and references in the abstract should be included on the one single page, but it is enough, when referring to previous work, to cite "Author (date)" in the body of the abstract; you do not need to include full references. Please send two copies of your abstract. One of these should be anonymous and one should include your name, affiliation and email at the top of the page, directly below the title. All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by members of the organizing committee and advisory board. The named file should be camera-ready, as it will be used in the abstracts booklet if the proposal is accepted. Abstracts must be in PDF file format and should be submitted by email to iclce2009qmul.ac.uk, with a copy to Devyani Sharma (d.sharmaqmul.ac.uk) and to Bas Aarts (b.aartsucl.ac.uk). Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2009 Notification of acceptance: mid-March 2009 Time for papers: 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions Message 2: Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics II
Date: 23-Sep-2008 From: Verena Lyding <verena.lydingeurac.edu> Subject: Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics II E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics II Short Title: LULCL II Date: 13-Nov-2008 - 14-Nov-2008 Location: Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Contact Person: Verena Lyding Meeting Email: communication.multilingualismeurac.edu Web Site: http://www.eurac.edu/Org/LanguageLaw/Multilingualism/Projects/LULCL_II.htm Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics Call Deadline: 29-Sep-2008 Meeting Description: LULCL II Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics (LULCL) II 'Combining efforts to foster computational support of minority languages' 13th - 14th of November 2008 European Academy Bolzano/Bozen, Italy http://www.eurac.edu/lulcl2 Call for Papers Deadline extended to 29th of September Following up on the "Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics (LULCL)" conference in 2005, the Institute for Specialized Communication and Multilingualism at the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano is pleased to announce a second scientific meeting on computational approaches for lesser used, lesser standardized and lesser resourced languages. LULCL II will take place the 13th and 14th of November 2008 at the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano. The aim of the colloquium is to provide an overview of ongoing research activities and to strengthen the research community and its practices. This year's LULCL colloquium puts a special focus on bringing together efforts from several related research communities, in order to join best practices, approaches and techniques and to add value to individual initiatives. In addition to lesser used languages, other types of language, including language varieties, sign languages, learner language and spoken language pose similar issues for researchers, having to do with sparse resources, little standardization, and challenges with automatic processing and building up of computational resources. The colloquium will provide an opportunity to learn what tasks are analogous and shared among the different research communities, what practices and resources could be exchanged and generally how the groups could gain from working together and how they can bring forward lesser used languages. The research communities of interest for this colloquium are: Lesser used / minority languages Language varieties Sign languages Learner languages Spoken language During the two-day event invited researchers of each field will present ongoing research activities by pointing out challenges inherent to the automatic processing of a particular lesser resourced / lesser standardized language and relating it to the broader picture of working with lesser resourced / lesser standardized languages in general. The emerging dialogue should give particular consideration to smaller projects and thus help them to disseminate their objectives and to enter the international research community. Call for Posters In addition to presentations by invited speakers this call for posters is open to all researchers working with lesser used, lesser resourced and lesser standardized languages. Topics of particular interest include: Corpora Lexicographic resources Terminological resources Computer assisted language teaching and learning Tools and resources for translation Language tools - Multimedia and internet Representation and access of non-written language Impact of computational approaches to support/strengthen a language Transferability of approaches developed for major world languages Posters may range from theoretical work to descriptions of resources and applications. We encourage PhD students to submit their research. The colloquium's language is English. Reviewing is non blind. Please submit an abstract (including relevant bibliography) of no more than 1000 words to : communication.multilingualismeurac.edu Important Dates New deadline: September 29th 2008: Submission of abstracts for poster presentations October 20th 2008: Notification of acceptance November 13th and 14th 2008: Colloquium at the Convention Center of the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Keynote Speakers: Karin Aijmer, Göteborg University, Sweden Dafydd Gibbon, Bielefeld University, Germany Scientific Committee: Andrea Abel, Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Stefanie Anstein, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Christopher Culy, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Dafydd Gibbon, Bielefeld University, Germany Christer Laurén, Vaasa University, Finland Marcello Soffritti, University of Bologna / European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Chiara Vettori, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Paul Videsott, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Contact: Institute for Specialised Communication and Multilingualism, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Organiser: Verena Lyding Email: communication.multilingualismeurac.edu Tel: 0471-055127 Fax: 0471-055199 LULCL II is co-financed by the "Autonome Region Trentino-Südtirol / Regione Autonoma Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Abteilung III Sprachminderheiten und Europäische Integration / Ripartizione III - Minoranze linguistiche ed integrazione europea, Amt für Sprachminderheiten / Ufficio per le minoranze linguistiche". http://www.regione.taa.it/Minoranze/default_d.aspx http://www.regione.taa.it/moduli/431_logo%20regione.pdf Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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