LINGUIST List 25.1411
Mon
Mar 24 2014
Calls: Historical Ling,
Lang Documentation, Socioling,
Syntax/Netherlands
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Date: 22-Mar-2014
From: Erik Tjong Kim Sang
<erik.tjong.kim.sang
meertens.knaw.nl>
Subject: Workshop Maps &
Grammar
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Full Title: Workshop Maps & Grammar
Date: 17-Sep-2014 - 18-Sep-2014
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contact Person: Erik Tjong Kim Sang
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email >
Web Site:
http://ifarm.nl/maps/workshop2014/
Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics;
Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics;
Syntax
Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2014
Meeting Description:
Workshop Maps & Grammar
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
September 17-18, 2014
http://ifarm.nl/maps/workshop2014/
Geographical linguistics (or dialectology) has
a long tradition: languages and dialects have
been put on maps, and those maps have been
studied since the mid of the 19th Century.
However, recent decades have seen a rapid
increase in insights into linguistic structure
as well as in geographic technology, and those
two have not always been completely matched to
each other, so that one might feel that current
linguistic maps leave things to be desired for
on both ends.
Many questions arise. For instance, how can
regions be identified from mapped data? What
are good methods to map linguistic properties?
Is it possible to map grammatical (sub)systems
instead of individual grammatical features and
if so how? How can geographic information
systems (GIS) best be applied to linguistic
data? What can linguistic mapping learn from
mapping techniques used in other fields of
science? How can we deal with data noise and
data sparsity?
This workshop aims to bring together
researchers with a background in linguistics
and researchers with a background in
mapping.
Invited Speakers:
Hans Goebl, University of Salzburg
John Nerbonne, University of Groningen
Bettina Speckmann, Eindhoven University of
Technology
Call for Abstracts:
We invite the submission of abstracts on the
relation between linguistics and geographical
maps, including but not limited to:
- Development and storage of linguistic data
with geographic features
- The use of geographical data in linguistic
argumentation
- Visualization of linguistic data on
geographic maps
- Identifying regions in mapped data from any
field of science
Submission Details:
Submit an abstract of maximally 400 words by
e-mail to erik.tjong.kim.sang
meertens.knaw.nl on or before
Sunday June 1, 2014. Notifications of
acceptance will be sent out by June 16,
2014.
Important Dates:
June 1, 2014: Abstract submission deadline
June 16, 2014: Notification of acceptance
September 17-18, 2014: Workshop
Organizing Committee:
Sjef Barbiers, sjef.barbiers
meertens.knaw.nl
Marc van Oostendorp,
marc.van.oostendorp
meertens.knaw.nl
Gertjan Postma, gertjan.postma
meertens.knaw.nl
Erik Tjong Kim Sang,
erik.tjong.kim.sang
meertens.knaw.nl
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