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Empirical, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Countability in Natural Language
Message 1: Empirical, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Countability in Natural Language
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Date: 22-Apr-2010
From: Jan Strunk <strunklinguistics.rub.de>
Subject: Empirical, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Countability in Natural Language
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Full Title: Empirical, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to
Countability in Natural Language
Date: 22-Sep-2010 - 24-Sep-2010
Location: Bochum, Germany
Contact Person: Tibor Kiss
Meeting Email: countability2010linguistics.rub.de
Web Site: http://www.linguistics.rub.de/countability2010/
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical
Linguistics
Call Deadline: 31-May-2010
Meeting Description:
Empirical, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Countability in
Natural Language
A conference organized by the Linguistics Department
(Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut) of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, September 22-24, 2010
Second Call for Papers
Aims and scope:
The distinction between mass and count nouns has been addressed in a
variety of linguistic (and also extra-linguistic) approaches. Initially, it has
been suggested that the distinction is a property of lexemes, or that it can
be derived from properties of the objects denoted by the respective nouns.
This assumption has been severely challenged by a variety of approaches,
leading to the assumption that countability is a property of constructions and
phrases. Yet, a critical survey of the most advanced work on the count-
mass distinction has shown that multiple, partially conflicting views on this
phenomenon are still competing.
As an illustration for unsettled questions, consider the following:
- If the mass-count distinction is actually dependent on formal syntactic
and/or semantic marking, how are nouns to be classified that lack such a
marking, e.g. nouns in preposition-noun combinations (determinerless
PPs)?
- If mass is taken to be a basic property of nouns to which syntactic marking
must be added to transform the noun into a count noun, why do certain
languages already require such marking for mass terms (e.g. Romance
languages)?
- How can the apparent tension between theoretical constructional (i.e.
token-based, and hence construction-specific) and computational (i.e.
primarily type-based, and hence possibly lexical class based) classification
be resolved?
The goal of this conference is to bring researchers from all areas of
linguistics together to clarify the numerous existing theories concerning the
count-mass distinction and also to offer a platform for new insights and
constructive criticism.
We therefore invite original contributions which relate to the following issues
within or around the count-mass distinction:
- Cross-linguistic empirical and/or theoretical analysis of the count-mass
distinction
- Empirical and/or theoretical analysis of countability in a specific natural
language
- Psycholinguistic experiments
- Manual or computer-aided classification/annotation of countability
- Historical/etymological contributions
Electronic Submission:
Abstracts no longer than six pages should be sent to
countability2010linguistics.rub.de
not later than May 31, 2010.
Invited speakers:
- Hagit Borer (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
- Francis Jeffry Pelletier (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby)
- Henriette de Swart (OTS, Universiteit Utrecht)
Conference Organizers:
- Tibor Kiss
- Tobias Stadtfeld
- Antje Müller
- Katja Keßelmeier
- Claudia Roch
- Jan Strunk
On behalf of the conference organizers:
Jan Strunk
Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
strunklinguistics.rub.de
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