Experimental and Corpus-Based Approaches to Ellipsis (ECBAE) 2025

Date: 08-Sep-2025 - 09-Sep-2025
Location: Saarbruecken, Germany
Meeting URL: https://www.uni-saarland.de/fakultaet-p/nds/ecbae2025.html

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Syntax

We are delighted to announce that the 7th edition of Experimental and Corpus-Based Approaches to Ellipsis (ECBAE) will take place on site at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, on September 8-9, 2025.

Conference website: https://www.uni-saarland.de/fakultaet-p/nds/ecbae2025.html

Invited speakers
Gabriela Bîlbîie (University of Bucharest)
Masaya Yoshida (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Workshop description
The workshop brings together researchers using empirical methods to investigate the structure and usage of ellipsis. Building on previous editions of ECBAE, it will provide an opportunity to discuss (i) how our understanding of the theory and usage of ellipsis can be informed by empirical studies and (ii) how different empirical methods can be improved or combined in the research on ellipsis.

We welcome contributions from any linguistic subfield, including, but not limited to, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, psycho/neurolinguistics, corpus linguistics, historical linguistics, typology and computational linguistics, using any empirical method (including corpus studies, acceptability rating, eye-tracking, self-paced reading, neuroimaging or computational modeling).

Call for submissions
We accept submissions for oral presentations (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion).

Submission instructions
- Abstracts must be max. 1 A4 page of text, plus an additional page for data, figures, and references
- Abstracts text must be single-spaced 11pt Arial, with 1 inch (2.54cm) borders on each side. The title must be in 12pt Arial.
- Submissions must be made in pdf format and be fully anonymous (please do not include any self-identifying information in the abstract or the pdf metadata)

Important dates
Submissions open: February 1, 2025
Abstract submission deadline: April 28, 2025 anywhere on Earth
Notification of acceptance: June 10, 2025
Workshop: September 8-9, 2025

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecbae2025