[Corpora-List] LingEvid2006: Call for Participation

[Sandra Kübler]

  *** Call for Participation ***
Linguistic Evidence 2006: Empirical, Theoretical and Computational 
Perspectives
2nd - 4th February, in Tübingen, Germany

The ever-increasing accessibility of corpus data and the wider 
application of experimental linguistic techniques in recent years has 
  led to a remarkable revival of interest in issues of the empirical 
base of linguistic theory in general, and the status of different 
kinds of linguistic evidence in particular. Consensus is growing that 
all sorts of data, even so-called primary data from introspection or 
from authentic language production, are inherently complex and reflect 
performance and production factors as well as the constructs which are 
subject of linguistic theory. It is therefore necessary for linguistic 
studies to adduce evidence from multiple data types or sources. It is 
in particular by contrasting evidence from different sources with 
respect to particular research questions that we may gain a deeper 
understanding of the status and quality of the individual types of 
linguistic evidence on the one hand, and of their mutual relationship 
and relative weight on the other. It is the aim of this conference to 
bring together researchers from different areas of linguistics to 
discuss their views on the above issues and their use of different 
types of evidence in dealing with linguistic research questions of 
different generality, and thereby help establish a better 
understanding of the nature of linguistic evidence.


The programme for the conference Linguistic Evidence 2006 is now 
complete and accessible on 
http://www.sfb441.uni-tuebingen.de/LingEvid2006/programme.html

The talks by our guest speakers: Harald Clahsen (Essex), Joan Bresnan
(Stanford), Mark Steedman (Edinburgh), Janet Pierrehumbert 
(Northwestern), and Steven Bird (Melbourne) will no doubt be a 
highlight of the conference.

As a special new year's goodwill gesture, we have decided to extend 
early registration for another week, until 23rd January.
http://www.sfb441.uni-tuebingen.de/LingEvid2006/register.html