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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(apologies for multiple postings)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>======================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Call for Participation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>QITL-4, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Berlin</st1:place></st1:State><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28-31 March 2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://korpling.german.hu-berlin.de/qitl4/">http://korpling.german.hu-berlin.de/qitl4/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>======================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>4th Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Berlin</st1:State></st1:place> (QITL4)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*Registration
for the conference is now open*<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please check
the conference website for details on the program (see link above).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Quantitative
models of linguistic phenomena have been increasingly informing linguistic
theory, testing, confirming and falsifying linguists’ hypotheses, and
translating their insights into language based applications. Despite this, the
divide between theoretical linguistics and empirical research remains
substantial, with many theories being expressed in terms that are not conducive
to data-based testing, and conversely, the appearance of a variety of
data-based studies and applications with no adequate theory to frame and
explain their results.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Quantitative
Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL) offers a forum for researchers
who aim to bridge this gap from any linguistic discipline or methodology, and
in particular, but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Quantitative corpus
based studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Psycholinguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Computational
linguistics / NLP<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Historical
linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lexicography<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Second language
acquisition / applied linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>First language
acquisition<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The fourth
conference (QITL4) is set to take place at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Humboldt</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Berlin</st1:place></st1:State>, between 28-31 March 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We welcome
all participants and look forward to seeing you in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Berlin</st1:place></st1:State>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Organizing Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Anke Lüdeling and Amir Zeldes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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