FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS:
Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics 2 (QITL-2)
1-2 June 2006
Osnabrueck, Germany
http://www.cogsci.uos.de/~qitl/
-- Call deadline: Friday, 24 February 2006 --
Invited speakers:
Tom Wasow, Stanford
Suzanne Stevenson, Toronto
Burghard Rieger, Trier
Traditionally, theoretical linguistic investigation and quantitative
methodologies have been antithetical. But this has been changing rapidly
in recent years, with an increasing recognition of the role that
quantitative methods can play in the investigation of the structure of
the human language faculty. As at the first QITL meeting (Osnabrueck
2002), we would like to bring together researchers from theoretical,
computational, quantitative and psycholinguistics who are interested in
applying quantitative methods to theoretical issues in language to share
their work.
We invite researchers engaged in quantitative investigations of
theoretical linguistic questions to submit abstracts for 30-minute talks
(plus 10 minutes of discussion). The focus should be on a question of
linguistic interest, which may be approached either from a more
theoretical or a more quantitative perspective. Applications in
computational linguistics may also be of interest if they lead to or
shed light on theoretical questions. Relevant topics include (but are
by no means limited to): models of lexical semantic preferences, rule
productivity, grammar acquisition, and the issues surrounding the use of
the Web as a representative corpus.
Abstracts should be 2-3 pages long, including figures, tables and
references (this corresponds to approx. 1000-1500 words). Electronic
submission by e-mail to qitl@uos.de is strongly preferred (PDF,
PostScript, RTF).
Important dates:
24 February 2006 - Deadline for abstracts
31 March 2006 - Notification of acceptance
1-2 June 2006 - Conference
Programme Committee:
Harald Baayen, Nijmegen
Marco Baroni, Forli`
Matthew Crocker, Saarbruecken
Walter Daelemans, Antwerp & Tilburg
Anette Frank, DFKI Saarbruecken
Stefan Th. Gries, Santa Barbara
Brigitte Krenn, OFAI Vienna
Jonas Kuhn, Austin & Saarbruecken
Roger Levy, Edinburgh
Anke Luedeling, Berlin
Detmar Meurers, Columbus
Philip Miller, Lille
Organising Committee:
Computational Linguistics Group
(P. Bosch, S. Evert, G. Katz, P. Reuter, B. Schrader, C. Umbach)
Institute of Cognitive Science
University of Osnabrueck
Further information:
More information (including abstracts of talks given at QITL-1) can be
found on the conference Web site: http://www.cogsci.uos.de/~qitl/
If you have any questions, please contact Stefan Evert
(stefan.evert@uos.de).
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