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Confs: Typology, Morphology, Syntax, Comp Ling/Netherlands
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1. Reut
Tsarfaty,
Theory, Typology, Technology: Parsing in the Face of Diversity
Message 1: Theory, Typology, Technology: Parsing in the Face of Diversity
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Date: 22-Mar-2010
From: Reut Tsarfaty <r.tsarfatyuva.nl>
Subject: Theory, Typology, Technology: Parsing in the Face of Diversity
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Theory, Typology, Technology: Parsing in the Face of Diversity
Short Title: TTT
Date: 23-Mar-2010 - 23-Mar-2010
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contact: Reut Tsarfaty
Contact Email: r.tsarfatyuva.nl
Meeting URL: http://www.illc.uva.nl/NewsandEvents/index.php?cat=events#item3272
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Syntax; Typology
Meeting Description:
Theory, Typology, Technology: Parsing in the face of Diversity
Any statistical model that automatically analyzes naturally-occurring natural
language data must rely on a particular linguistic representation. Different
representations and their associated theories embody different assumptions about
the linguistic phenomena. Representations may be constituency-based or
dependency-based, and they may employ theoretical constructs borrowed from
various syntactic formal frameworks (such as GPSG, HPSG, LFG, CCG, TAG and so
on). Either way, the representations are assumed to be rich enough to express
the empirical facts about the data, so that the model can statistically learn
linguistic phenomena, and generalize to new instances.
When adapting statistical parsing models from one language to another, these
assumptions often break down. A representation type that is sufficient for
expressing empirical facts about one language is not always rich enough to
express facts about a different one, or, on the other hand, it may seem
unnecessarily cumbersome. The quest for a general representation formalism that
is adequate for a wide range of languages is similar, in spirit, to the search
for universal principles that underlie the organization of natural language
grammar. Despite the differences in methodology, insights obtained in one of
these strands of research may shed new light on the findings of the other.
This workshop therefore brings together researchers working in language
technology, formal grammars, linguistic typology, and theoretical morphology, in
order to discuss, compare, contrast and evaluate representation formalisms that
are used for modeling natural language phenomena. The idea that morphology
competes with syntax is seen as a key to understanding cross-linguistic
variation and nonconfigurationality; particular attention will be given to the
representation of morphological information and its place in the overall
syntactic representation. A desirable outcome of this meeting would also be a
better understanding of how data-driven computational approaches can combine
with theoretical linguistic analyses to advance our understanding of the
principles underlying grammars, and contribute to finding universal tendencies.
Confirmed Speakers:
- James P. Blevins (University of Cambridge, UK)
- Mark Johnson (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)
- Joakim Nivre (Uppsala University, Sweden)
- Owen Rambow (Columbia University, USA)
- Gregory Stump (University of Kentucky, USA)
- Yoad Winter (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
The Computational Linguistics Seminar (CLS) of the Institute for Logic, Language
and Computation (University of Amsterdam) is proud to host a one-day workshop on
'Parsing in the Face of Diversity', discussing the intersection of theoretical,
typological, and technological concerns, on the occasion of the public defense
of Reut Tsarfaty's PhD dissertation, entitled 'Relational-Realizational
Parsing'. The workshop will be held on March 23 at the University of Amsterdam.
Attendance is free and open for all. For planning purposes, please register
before March 20. You can register by filling in the following form:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHBYSVd4TnRRT3ZjZ3pfMGZUNnhiaXc6MA&ifq
Call for Participation & Updated Workshop Program:
Introduction:
9:00-9:45
Reut Tsarfaty
Session 1: Parsing/Grammars (Chair: Remko Scha):
10:00-11:00
Joakim Nivre: Dependency Parsing in the Face of Diversity
11:00-12:00
Mark Johnson: Bayesian Models of Language Acquisition, or, Where do the Rules
come From?
Session 2: Morphology/Typology (Chair: Reut Tsarfaty):
13:30-14:30
Gregory Stump: Metaconjugations and Other Evidence for a Dual Representation of
Inflectional Paradigms
14:30-15:30
James P. Blevins: Paradigmatic Deduction
Session 3: Semitic Syntax/Morphology (Chair: Khalil Sima'an):
16:00-17:00
Yoad Winter: Automatic Annotation of Morpho-Syntactic Dependencies in a Modern
Hebrew Treebank
17:00-18:00
Owen Rambow: Parsing Arabic: More Problems than Solutions
18:15 (everyone)
Concluding discussion
19:00
Workshop dinner
Workshop Venue:
Oost Indisch Huis AT.03
Oude Hoogstraat 24
1012 CE Amsterdam
Questions?
Email Reut Tsarfaty
r.tsarfatyuva.nl
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