LINGUIST List 15.2580

Thu Sep 16 2004

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  • kanzaki, 3rd International Workshop on Generative Approaches to the Lexicon
  • weninger, 2nd University of Georgia Linguistics Society Graduate Conference

    Message 1: 3rd International Workshop on Generative Approaches to the Lexicon

     Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:34:04 -0400 (EDT)
    From: kanzaki <kanzakinict.go.jp>
    Subject: 3rd International Workshop on Generative Approaches to the Lexicon


    3rd International Workshop on Generative Approaches to the Lexicon Short Title: GL2005

    Date: 19-May-2005 - 21-May-2005 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Contact: Pierrette Bouillon Contact Email: Pierrette.Bouillonissco.unige.ch Meeting URL: http://www.issco.unige.ch/

    Linguistic Sub-field: Computational Linguistics

    Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2005

    Meeting Description:

    First Call for Papers GL2005 The 3rd International Workshop on Generative Approaches to the Lexicon http://www.issco.unige.ch/

    Organizers: Pierrette Bouillon (ETI/TIM/ISSCO, University of Geneva, Switzerland) Kyoko Kanzaki(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan)

    Date: May 19-21 2005

    Location: University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Topic: The aim of the GL workshop is to bring together diverse contributions in philosophy, linguistics, computer science and lexicography to explore the lexicon from the point of view of generativity, in particular :

    - Philosophical Foundations of a Generative Approach - Generative Lexicon Theory and Representation of Word Meaning - Analysis of Linguistic Phenomena - Framework for Lexical Semantics - Philosophical differences between frameworks - Critical Perspectives

    In this third workshop we would like to keep all the above perspectives, but put more of the focus on available on-line lexical resources and their practical use in NLP applications. The discussions will be centered, but not limited to, the following topics:

    - Building new resources - Acquiring lexical information - Maintaining resources - Representing lexical information (i.e. polysemy, collocation links, multiword expressions, predicate-argument structure) - Using lexical information in applications - Specialization and customization for specific applications - Links between different frameworks - Sharing lexical resources - Multilinguality in the lexicon - Standardization and evaluation

    Papers on on-line resources can make reference to any semantic lexicons (Wordnet, Framenet, Meaning-text theory, etc.), but a link to Generative Lexicon theory is desirable (Pustejovsky 1995). Key topics are:

    - How to build a Generative Lexicon? - How a Generative Lexicon can be extracted from existing resources or corpora? - How to connect qualia structures with other lexical information? - How to use Qualia structures in NLP applications?

    The conference will be held over a period of two and a half days. Both posters and presentations are foreseen. Invited speakers include James Pustejovsky (Brandeis University, Brandeis), Nicoletta Calzolari (Istituto Di Linguistica Computazionale, Pisa) and Ann Copestake (University of Cambridge). Other invited speakers will be announced later.

    Submission procedure: Authors should submit an anonymous paper of at most 7 single-column pages (including references) using a 12' body font size together with a separate page specifying the author's name, affiliation, address, e-mail address, title and type of paper (normal presentation or poster). The minimum size is 3 pages for a poster paper and 5 pages for a normal paper. The papers should be submitted electronically (in postscript, rtf or pdf format) to both: pierrette.bouillonissco.unige.ch and kanzakicrl.go.jp.

    Language: All papers must be submitted and presented in English. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the workshop.

    Important dates: Paper due: January 15th, 2005 Acceptance/rejection notice: End of February 2005 Final version due: April 15th, 2005 Conference: May 19-21, 2005

    Workshop Organizers: Pierrette Bouillon Kyoko Kanzaki

    Program Committee: Toni Badia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) Christian Bassac (Universit� Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux) Sabine Bergler (Concordia University, Montreal) Nicoletta Calzolari (Istituto Di Linguistica Computazionale, Pisa) Ann Copestake (University of Cambridge, Cambridge) Laurence Danlos (University of Paris VII, Paris) Sandiway Fong (University of Arizona, Tucson) Adam Kilgarriff (Lexicography MasterClass.Ltd, Brighton) Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa, Pisa) Chungmin Lee (Seoul National University, Seoul) Christiane Fellbaum (Princeton University, Princeton) Hitoshi Isahara (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kyoto) Louise McNally (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) Fiametta Namer (ATILF-CNRS-Universite Nancy2, Nancy) Alex Lascarides (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh) Andrei Popescu-Belis (ETI/TIM/ISSCO, University of Geneva) James Pustejovsky (Brandeis University, Boston) Evelyne Viegas (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond) (Others to be confirmed)

    For any information, please contact:

    Pierrette Bouillon ETI/TIM/ISSCO 40, bvd du Pont-d'Arve CH-1211 Geneva 4 (Switzerland)

    email : Pierrette.Bouillonissco.unige.ch Tel: +41/22/705 86 79 Fax: +41/22/705 86 89 http://www.issco.unige.ch/

    Message 2: 2nd University of Georgia Linguistics Society Graduate Conference

     Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:50:27 -0400 (EDT)
    From: weninger <weningeruga.edu>
    Subject: 2nd University of Georgia Linguistics Society Graduate Conference


    2nd University of Georgia Linguistics Society Graduate Conference

    Date: 26-Feb-2005 - 26-Feb-2005 Location: Athens, GA, United States of America Contact: Kate Anderson Contact Email: linguistuga.edu

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics

    Call Deadline: 11-Nov-2004

    Meeting Description:

    This year's conference centers around the theme ''Applications and Innovations in Linguistics Research''. We welcome submissions from students of linguistics or related areas that address the question of how to make research both innovative and relevant to real-life concerns.

    Announcing the 2nd UGA Linguistics Society Graduate Conference "Applications and Innovations in Linguistic Research" February 26, 2005 University of Georgia, Athens, GA

    Our theme this year reflects the growing concern among social scientists to consciously relate and make research applicable to a larger context of socially sensitive issues, ideas, and questions. In order for us as developing scholars to rise to the challenge that a changing academic atmosphere presents, we invite you to enter a forum for discussing how to make research both innovative and grounded in real life issues. Many of you may already be involved in research that prioritizes and addresses these considerations; this conference is aimed at bringing together students engaged in such work and those who are interested in application. We would like to call on all fellow graduate and undergraduate students working in various sub-fields of linguistics to take a step back and reflect on their project from this perspective. The conference thus aims to serve as a venue for bringing together student researchers and facilitating an exchange of ideas so that we can begin to realize the potential we have as active members of the scholarly community.

    Graduate and undergraduate students in any linguistically-related field are welcome to send submissions (including TESOL, anthropology, sociology, women's studies, etc.). Papers will last 20 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions and discussion. We also welcome proposals for group sessions of 3-5 papers focused around a central theme or topic. Abstracts should be 500 words or less and clearly state the purpose of the research and its relevance to the field and to the theme of the conference.

    Deadline for submission is Friday November 11, 2004. Submissions should be sent via e-mail attachment to linguistuga.edu. Please do not include your name on the actual abstract and include a title and three keywords. Provide in the body of the e-mail the following information: Name Affiliation E-mail address Phone number Address.

    We will notify all contributors by early December of acceptance. If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizers at linguistuga.edu.