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<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2012<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Measured Language: <BR>Quantitative Approaches to<BR>Acquisition, Assessment, Processing and Variation<BR> <BR>March 8-11, 2012<BR>Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 14, 2011<BR>Website: <A href="http://www8.georgetown.edu/college/gurt/2012/index.html">http://www8.georgetown.edu/college/gurt/2012/index.html</A></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Plenary Speakers:</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Douglas Biber, Northern <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Arizona</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Penelope Eckert, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Stanford</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Nick Ellis, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Tom Mitchell, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mellon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Steven Ross, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Maryland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> </P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Invited Colloquia on: Analysis of Language on the Web<BR>Analysis of ESL Writing</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>& More</P></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr> <BR>GURT 2012 will bring together researchers presenting replicable methodologies for quantitatively analyzing different facets of language, with an emphasis on sharing and incorporating perspectives and findings across a diverse range of linguistic inquiry. Proposals will be blind reviewed for their originality, quality, and breadth of relevance. In addition, colloquium proposals will be evaluated for the coherence and complementarity of their individual presentations. Presenters will be invited to submit written versions of their presentations for inclusion in a volume of selected proceedings.<BR> <BR>We invite proposals relevant to quantitative analyses of all aspects of language, but particularly:</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>First and Second Language Acquisition<BR>Assessment of Language Learning<BR>Natural Language Processing <BR>Dialect and Register Variation<BR>Corpus Linguistics <BR>Crosscultural Communication <BR>Discourse Analysis <BR>Forensic Linguistics<BR>Identity and Indexicality<BR>Language and Gender<BR>Style</DIV>
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