Sebastian<div><br></div><div>It is really unfortunate but your conference overlaps with the "International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation" (<a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC/2011/">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC/2011/</a>) already announced for Hawaii for 11-13th February 2010.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is there any chance you could reschedule to avoid a conflict as I would expect many people would be interested in attending both these events?</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Peter<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 29 April 2010 04:14, Sebastian Nordhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sebastian_nordhoff@eva.mpg.de">sebastian_nordhoff@eva.mpg.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
*apologies for cross-postings*<br>
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Full Title: Electronic Grammaticography<br>
<br>
Date: 11-Feb-2011 - 12-Feb-2011<br>
Location: Leipzig, Germany<br>
Contact Person: Sebastian Nordhoff<br>
Meeting Email: sebastian_nordhoff at <a href="http://eva.mpg.de" target="_blank">eva.mpg.de</a><br>
Web Site: <a href="http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/conference/11-grammaticography2011" target="_blank">http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/conference/11-grammaticography2011</a><br>
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== Meeting Description ==<br>
<br>
This meeting wants to bring together field linguists, computer scientists,and<br>
publishers with the aim of exploring production and dissemination of<br>
grammatical descriptions in electronic/hypertextual format<br>
<br>
== Call for Papers ==<br>
<br>
For long a step-child of lexicography, the domain of grammaticography has<br>
received growing interest in the recent past, especially in what concerns lesser<br>
studied languages. At least three volumes contain parts dealing with this<br>
question (Ameka et al. 2006, Gippert et al. 2006, Payne & Weber 2007).<br>
<br>
At the same time, advances in information technology mean that a number of<br>
techniques become available which can present linguistic information in novel<br>
ways. This holds true for multimedial content on the one hand (see e.g. Barwick<br>
& Thieberger 2007), but also so called content-management-systems (CMS) provide<br>
new possibilities to develop, structure and maintain linguistic information,<br>
which were unknown when the idea of an electronic grammar was first put to print<br>
in Zaefferer (1998).<br>
<br>
Recent publications in grammaticography often allude to the possibilities of<br>
hypertext grammars (Weber 2006, Evans & Dench 2006), but these possibilities are<br>
only starting to get explored theoretically (Good 2004, Nordhoff 2008) and in<br>
practice (Nordhoff 2007).<br>
<br>
This conference will bring together experts on grammar writing and information<br>
technology to discuss the theoretical and practical advantages hypertext<br>
grammars can offer. We invite papers dealing with the arts and crafts of grammar<br>
writing in a wide sense, preferably with an eye on electronic publishing. Topics<br>
of interest are:<br>
<br>
-general formal properties of all grammatical descriptions (GDs) in general, and<br>
hypertext GDs in particular<br>
<br>
-functional requirements for GDs and the responses of the traditional and the<br>
hypertext approach (cf. Nordhoff 2008)<br>
<br>
-discussion or presentation of implementations dealing with the media<br>
transition from book to electronic publication<br>
<br>
-opportunities and risks of hypertext grammars<br>
<br>
-integration with fieldwork or typological work<br>
<br>
-treatment of a particular linguistic subfield (phonology, syntax, ...) within<br>
a hypertext description<br>
<br>
Presentations will be 30 minutes + 15 minutes discussion.<br>
<br>
== Invited Speakers ==<br>
Nick Evans (Australian National University)<br>
Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt)<br>
Jeff Good (University of Buffalo)<br>
<br>
== Submission of Abstracts ==<br>
(a) Length: up to one page of text plus up to one page containing possible<br>
tables and references<br>
(b) Format: The abstract should include the title of the paper and the text of<br>
the abstract but not the author's name or affiliation. The e-mail message to<br>
which it is attached should list the title, the author's name, and the author's<br>
affiliation. Please send the message to the following address:<br>
<a href="http://sebastian_nordhoffeva.mpg.de" target="_blank">sebastian_nordhoffeva.mpg.de</a><br>
(c) Deadline:<br>
The abstracts should reach us by FRIDAY, October 01.<br>
Submitters will be notified by MONDAY, November 01.<br>
<br>
== References ==<br>
Ameka, F. K., A. Dench & N. Evans (eds.) (2006). Catching language -- The<br>
Standing Challenge of Grammar Writing. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.<br>
<br>
Barwick, L. & N. Thieberger (eds.) (2006). Sustainable data from digital<br>
fieldwork. Sydney: University of Sydney.<br>
<br>
Gippert, J., N. Himmelmann & U. Mosel (eds.) (2006). Essentials of language<br>
documentation. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.<br>
<br>
Good, J. (2004). "The descriptive grammar as a (meta)database". Paper<br>
presented at the EMELD Language Digitization Project Conference 2004. [paper]<br>
<br>
Nordhoff, S. (2007). "Grammar writing in the Electronic Age". Paper presented at<br>
the ALT VII conference in Paris.<br>
<br>
Nordhoff, S. (2008). "Electronic reference grammars for typology -- challenges<br>
and solutions". Journal for Language Documentation and Conservation, 2(2):296-324.<br>
<br>
Payne, T. E. & D. Weber (eds.) (2007). Perspectives on grammar writing.<br>
Amsterdam: John Benjamins.<br>
<br>
Zaefferer, D. (ed.) (1998). Deskriptive Grammatik und allgemeiner<br>
Sprachvergleich. Tübingen: Niemeyer.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Prof Peter K. Austin<br>Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics<br>Department of Linguistics, SOAS<br>Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square<br>London WC1H 0XG<br>United Kingdom<br>
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