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CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue of Journal of Computational Linguistics
and Chinese Language Processing
"Word Formation and Chinese Language Processing"
Guest Editor: Richard Sproat, AT&T Labs -- Research
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Contributions are invited for a special issue of the Journal of
Computational Linguistics and Chinese Processing on the topic of word
formation and Chinese Language processing. Areas of interest include,
but are not limited to:
- Word formation in models of Chinese word segmentation and
named entity extraction. Areas of interest include automatic
detection of:
- morphologically productive constructions such as
compounds
- abbreviations (suoxie)
- personal names
- proper names of individuals, companies
- foreign words in transliteration.
- morphologically-based variation among human
segmenters and its relevance for Chinese segmentation
standards.
- Computational or statistical work that lends insights on
linguistic questions, such as morphological productivity or the
formation of abbreviations.
- Computational perspectives on the historical development of
morphological complexity in Chinese.
The tentative plan is to publish this special issue as volume 8, issue
2, August 2003.
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Instructions for Submission
Papers should follow the style guidelines for the Journal of
Computational Linguistics and Chinese Processing. Papers should be sent
to the guest editor, by the submission date listed below. The submission
should be either:
- Electronically to rws@research.att.com. The "Subject:" line
should be: JCLCP Special Issue Submission
The following formats are acceptable:
- Postscript
- Adobe PDF
If you cannot produce an electronic version in either of these
formats, or if the editor informs you of a problem with your
electronic submission, then please follow the instructions for
hardcopy submission.
- Or, Three hardcopies to:
Richard Sproat, Room B-207
AT&T Labs -- Research
180 Park Avenue, Room B207, P.O.Box 971
Florham Park, NJ 07932-0000
USA
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Important Dates
Submission of Papers: November 30, 2002
Notification of Acceptance: January 31, 2003
Final Version Due: April 1, 2003
Special Issue Date: August, 2003
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