<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Due to numerous requests, we have decided to extend the paper submission deadline, until April 6th. </div><div><br></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br> FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS<br> Workshop on Extracting and Using Constructions in NLP<br> <a href="http://www.sics.se/~mange/construct2009/">http://www.sics.se/~mange/construct2009/</a><br> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> Pre-conference workshop NODALIDA 2009<br> Thursday, May 14, Odense, Denmark<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>A construction is a recurring, or otherwise noteworthy congregation of<br>linguistic entities. Examples include collocations ("hermetically<br>sealed"), (idiomatic) expressions with fixed constituents ("kick the<br>bucket"), expressions with (semi-)optional constituents ("hungry as a<br>X"), and sequences of grammatical categories ([det][adj][noun]). As<br>can be seen by these examples, constructions are a diverse breed, and<br>what constitutes a linguistic construction is largely an open<br>question.<br><br>Despite (or perhaps due to) the inherent vagues of the concept,<br>constructions enjoy increasing interest in both theoretical<br>linguistics and in natural language processing. A symptom of the<br>former is the Construction grammar framework, and a symptom of the<br>latter is the growing awareness of the impact of constructions on<br>different kinds of information access applications. Constructions are<br>an interesting phenomenon because they constitute a middleway in the<br>syntax-lexicon continuum, and because they show great potential in<br>tackling infamously difficult NLP tasks.<br><br>We encourage submissions in all areas of constructions-based research,<br>with special focus on:<br><br>* Theoretical discussions on the nature and place within linguistic<br> theory of the concept of linguistic constructions.<br><br>* Methods and algorithms for identifying and extracting linguistic<br> constructions.<br><br>* Uses and applications of linguistic constructions (information access,<br> sentiment analysis, tools for language learning etc.).<br><br>Submission procedure:<br>Submission is now open at:<br><a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=construct09">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=construct09</a>. Submissions<br>should not exceed 6 pages, and should use the EACL style files<br>available at <a href="http://www.eacl2009.gr/conference/authors">http://www.eacl2009.gr/conference/authors</a>. Reviewing will<br>not be blind, and authors will be given a chance to revise their<br>papers and discuss comments with the reviewers before final<br>submission.<br><br>Proceedings will be published as a SICS technical report.<br><br>Important dates:<br>Submission deadline: April 6<br>First review: April 15<br>Discussion period: April 15-April 22<br>Final papers due: May 1<br>Workshop: May 14<br><br>Location: Nodalida 2009 (<a href="http://beta.visl.sdu.dk/nodalida2009/">http://beta.visl.sdu.dk/nodalida2009/</a>), Odense,<br>Denmark. Workshop participants must register for the main conference. Please see the conference website for more information regarding fees and registration.<br><br>Organizers:<br>Magnus Sahlgren, SICS (<a href="mailto:mange@sics.se">mange@sics.se</a>)<br>Ola Knutsson, KTH (<a href="mailto:knutsson@csc.kth.se">knutsson@csc.kth.se</a>)<br><br>Program committee:<br>Benjamin Bergen, University of Hawaii<br>Stefan Evert, University of Osnabrück<br>Audur Hauksdóttir, University of Iceland<br>Emma Sköldberg, University of Gothenburg<br>Jan-Ola Östman, University of Helsinki</div></body></html>