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Subject: CFP Uncovering Language History from Multilingual Resources<br>To: <a href="mailto:LINGTYP@listserv.linguistlist.org">LINGTYP@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br><br><br>=================================================================<br>
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CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
<br>
EACL 2012 Joint Workshop of LINGVIS & UNCLH<br>
Visualization of Linguistic Patterns<br>
and<br>
Uncovering Language History from Multilingual Resources<br>
<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lingvisunclh/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/lingvisunclh/</a><br>
<br>
April 23-24, 2012, Avignon, France<br>
<br>
Submission deadline: January 30, 2012<br>
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The overall aim of the workshop is to explore how methods developed in<br>
computational linguistics, statistics and computer science can help<br>
linguists in exploring various language phenomena. The workshop focuses<br>
particularly on two special subtopics:<br>
1) visualization of linguistic patterns (LINGVIS);<br>
2) usage of multilingual resources in computational historical<br>
linguistics (UNCLH).<br>
<br>
Visualization of Linguistic Patterns<br>
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The aim of the first subtopic of this joint workshop is to combine<br>
techniques developed in the vibrant fields of Information Visualization<br>
(InfoVis) and Visual Analytics with methodology and analyses from<br>
theoretical and computational linguistics in order to allow for a novel<br>
perspective on linguistic data and patterns. We aim to bring together<br>
researchers interested in combining methods and insights from the fields<br>
of Visual Analytics and Linguistics: despite the fact that statistical<br>
methods for language analysis have proliferated in the last two decades,<br>
computational linguistics has so far only marginally availed itself of<br>
techniques from InfoVis and Visual Analytics (e.g., Collins et al. 2009,<br>
Collins 2010, Honkela et al. 1995, Mayer et al. 2010a,b, Rohrdantz et<br>
al. 2011, Neumann et al. 2007). Besides standard visualization<br>
techniques such as bar charts, scatterplots or line charts, a large<br>
number of advanced novel methods have been developed within these<br>
fields. Prominent examples are treemaps, showing hierarchical data,<br>
pixel displays, or the sophisticated visualizations of graphs that are<br>
an intuitive and beneficial way of modeling interactions. The workshop<br>
aims to investigate how complex linguistic questions can profit from<br>
such visual analysis.<br>
<br>
We especially encourage submission on the following topics:<br>
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* using visual analysis to probe change in language over time (historical<br>
linguistics) and differences in structure across languages (typology)<br>
<br>
* experimenting with methods for the exploration of high dimensional<br>
spaces like vector spaces for analyses of, for example, lexical semantic<br>
or thematic information<br>
<br>
* exploring of linguistic patterns in terms of integrating geo-spatial<br>
locations with hierarchical data structures and temporal dimensions<br>
<br>
* designing multifactorial visual analyses of the interacting linguistic<br>
factors<br>
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Uncovering Language History from Multilingual Resources<br>
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<br>
The second subtopic of the joint workshop focuses on the usage of<br>
multilingual resources in computational historical linguistics. In the<br>
past 20 years, the application of quantitative methods in historical<br>
linguistics has received increasing attention among linguists (e.g., Dunn<br>
et al. 2005, Heggarty et al. 2010, McMahon and McMahon 2006),<br>
computational linguists (e.g., Kondrak 2001, Hall and Klein 2010), and<br>
evolutionary anthropologists (e.g., Gray and Atkinson 2003). Due to the<br>
application of these quantitative methods, the field of historical<br>
linguistics is undergoing a renaissance. One of the main problems that<br>
researchers face is the limited amount of suitable data, often falling<br>
back on relatively restricted 'Swadesh type' wordlists. One solution is<br>
to use synchronic data, like dictionaries or texts, which are available<br>
for many languages. For example, in Kondrak (2001), vocabularies of four<br>
Algonquian languages were used in the task of automatic cognate<br>
identification. Another solution employed by Snyder et al. (2010) is to<br>
apply a non-parametric Bayesian framework to two non-parallel texts in<br>
the task of text deciphering. Although very promising, these approaches<br>
have so far only received modest attention. Thus, many questions and<br>
challenges in the automatization of language resources in computational<br>
historical linguistics remain open and ripe for investigation.<br>
<br>
We especially encourage submissions related to the following topics:<br>
<br>
* computational approaches that uncover sound correspondences and sound<br>
change<br>
<br>
* automatic identification of cognates and/or loanwords across<br>
languages<br>
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* linguistically-informed n-gram comparisons, e.g. using flexible n-gram<br>
length or using more advanced sound similarities between languages<br>
<br>
* comparison of Wordnet structures from different languages<br>
<br>
* treatment of dictionaries as translation graphs and comparison of graph<br>
structures between dictionaries<br>
<br>
* exploration of meaning shifts as instantiated through differences in<br>
usage in texts<br>
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Invited Speakers<br>
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<br>
Christopher Collins (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)<br>
Grzegorz Kondrak (University of Alberta)<br>
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Important Dates<br>
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<br>
Deadline for submission: January 30, 2012<br>
Notification of acceptance: February 24, 2012<br>
Revised version of papers: March 9, 2012<br>
Workshop: April 23-24, 2012<br>
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Organizing Committee<br>
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LINGVIS:<br>
Miriam Butt (Universität Konstanz)<br>
Sheelagh Carpendale (University of Calgary)<br>
Gerald Penn (University of Toronto)<br>
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UNCLH:<br>
Jelena Prokic (LMU Munich)<br>
Michael Cysouw (LMU Munich)<br>
Thomas Mayer (LMU Munich)<br>
Steven Moran (LMU Munich)<br>
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Program Committee<br>
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<br>
Quentin Atkinson (University of Auckland)<br>
Christopher Collins (University of Ontario)<br>
Chris Culy (University of Tübingen)<br>
Dan Dediu (MPI Nijmegen)<br>
Michael Dunn (MPI Nijmegen)<br>
Sheila Embleton (York University, Toronto)<br>
Simon Greenhill (University of Auckland)<br>
Harald Hammarström (University of Nijmegen)<br>
Wilbert Heeringa (Meertens Institute, Amsterdam)<br>
Gerhard Heyer (University of Leipzig)<br>
Paul Heggarty (EVA MPI, Leipzig)<br>
Eric Holman (UCLA)<br>
Gerhard Jäger (University of Tübingen)<br>
Daniel Keim (University of Konstanz)<br>
Tibor Kiss (University of Bochum)<br>
Jonas Kuhn (University of Stuttgart)<br>
John Nerbonne (University of Groningen)<br>
Anke Lüdeling (Humboldt University, Berlin)<br>
Don Ringe (University of Pennsylvania)<br>
Hinrich Schütze (University of Stuttgart)<br>
Tandy Warnow (University of Texas at Austin)<br>
Søren Wichmann (EVA MPI, Leipzig)<br>
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Contact<br>
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LINGVIS: Annette Hautli (<a href="mailto:annette.hautli@uni-konstanz.de">annette.hautli@uni-konstanz.de</a>)<br>
UNCLH: Jelena Prokic (<a href="mailto:unclh2012@gmail.com">unclh2012@gmail.com</a>)<br>
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Submission Instructions<br>
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All submissions must be submitted electronically as PDF via the EACL<br>
submission system:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://softconf.com/eacl2012/LINGVIS-UNCLH/" target="_blank">https://softconf.com/eacl2012/LINGVIS-UNCLH/</a><br>
<br>
All papers must follow the two-column format of EACL proceedings.<br>
Authors are strongly recommended to use the style files available on the<br>
conference web site:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://eacl2012.org/information-for-authors/index.html" target="_blank">http://eacl2012.org/information-for-authors/index.html</a><br>
<br>
Papers may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content and any number of<br>
additional pages containing references only. We invite different<br>
submission modalities:<br>
(i) regular long papers (8 content pages + 1 page for references);<br>
(ii) short papers (4 content pages + 1 page for references).<br>
In addition, authors can specify whether they also want to be considered<br>
for poster presentations.<br>
<br>
As the reviewing will be blind, papers must not include the authors'<br>
names and affiliations.<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><br>-----<br>Claire Bowern<br>Associate Professor<br>Department of Linguistics<br>Yale University<br>370 Temple St<br>New Haven, CT 06511<br>North American Dialects survey: <a href="http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects/" target="_blank">http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects/</a><br>