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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>**Apologies for cross-postings**<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Call for Chapters Proposals<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Edited book Title: Sequences in Language and Text<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editors: Jan Macutek and George K. Mikros<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Abstract submission deadline: 1 June 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publisher: Walter de Gruyter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Series: Quantitative Linguistics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Series Eds Reinhard Kohler, Gabriel Altmann, Peter Grzybek<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>General Description<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The aim of this book is to present a diverse but highly interesting area of linguistic analysis, which is concerned with the quantitative analysis of the sequence of various linguistic structures. Language is structured in both paradigmatic and syntagmatic axe and both dimensions contribute significantly to the functional construction of the linguistic meaning. In this volume, we will focus on the syntagmatic level of the linguistic structure. We plan to collect contributions that give insight to both the various quantitative analyses of linguistic syntagmatic structures and to the exploration of novel sequential linguistic structures. The proposed volume will be a valuable resource of mathematical tools useful for analyzing sequential language data and of various linguistic structures belonging to different linguistic levels that are organized in a syntagmatic way.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Quantitative analysis of linguistic sequences has a long history in the area of language modeling and speech processing especially through the Markov chains. However, sporadically, linguistic sequences have been analyzed with the aid of time series models, wavelets etc. in a wide spectrum of language related fields such as Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, Authorship Identification, Glottochronology etc. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The proposed volume will present in a unified way current research related to the quantitative analysis of linguistic sequences. All chapters should address both introductions to the methods used and original research questions. Introductions in mathematical and computational aspects should be exposed clearly and taking into account the diverse background of the prospective audience. Ideally, each chapter should define a specific linguistically motivated research hypothesis and provide a gentle introduction to the method used. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The proposed volume will be one of the first to collect systematically and present original research for the quantitative analysis of sequentially organized linguistic data. We hope this book to be a standard reference in future related research and at the same time utilized by both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the areas of Linguistics, Natural Language Processing and Text and Web Mining.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Specific topics include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Kinds of sequences (monotonous, max-min, oscillating, devil’s staircase, runs, time series, arc length, Hurst exponent, Lyapunov coefficient, Minkowski sausage, Fourier series, autocorrelation, rhythm, fractals and dimensions etc.) and their properties.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Kinds of tendencies, boundary conditions, hypothesis formation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Symbolic sequences (runs, cumulative sequences, nominal style, descriptivity/activity, complexity, distances between equal entities, climax in verse).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Kohler’s motifs (words, clauses, sentences, other units).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Type-token sequences and information flow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Markov chains.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- N-gram analysis.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publication Schedule<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- 1 June 2012 Submission of 1000 words abstract<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- 31 July 2012 Review of abstract returned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- 1 November 2012 Submission of full paper<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- 31 January 2013 Review results of paper returned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- 28 February Submission of revisions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- April-May 2013 Expected publication date<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submission Procedure: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Researchers, scholars and professionals are invited to submit on or before June 1, 2012, a chapter proposal of not more than 1000 words, clearly stating the purpose of the chapter and its contents, as well as how the proposed chapter relates to the overall objectives of the book . Submissions should be in Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 31, 2012. Upon acceptance of their proposals, authors will have until 1 November 2012 to prepare their chapters of up to 10,000 words. Guidelines for preparing chapters will be sent upon acceptance of proposals.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded by email to the editors:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jan Macutek, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Comenius University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mlynska dolina<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>84248 Bratislava<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Slovakia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>jmacutek@yahoo.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George K. Mikros,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Department of Italian Language and Literature,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GR 15784 Athens<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greece<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>gmikros@isll.uoa.gr<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>