16.20, Confs: Computational Ling/Hyderabad, India

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Date: 30-Dec-2004
From: Panchanan Mohanty < sapworkshop at yahoo.com >
Subject: Symposium on Linguistics, Quantification & Computation


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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:35:10
From: Panchanan Mohanty < sapworkshop at yahoo.com >
Subject:  Symposium on Linguistics, Quantification & Computation


Symposium on `Linguistics, Quantification & Computation

Date: 09-Mar-2005 - 11-Mar-2005
Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Contact: Panchanan Mohanty
Contact Email: sapworkshop at yahoo.com
Meeting URL: http://

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics

Meeting Description:

Symposium on Linguistics, Quantification, and Computation

CENTRE FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS & TRANSLATION STUDIES
(UGC-SAP in Language Technology)
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
HYDERABAD-500 046 (INDIA)

Symposium on Linguistics, Quantification, and Computation
(9th to 11th  March, 2005)

Since the 1960s quantitative linguistics has undergone a remarkable development marked
especially by attempts to work systematically with language phenomena at all levels.
Besides the traditional areas where significant results were already achieved before the 60s
(e.g. phonology, graphemics, lexicology), quantitative linguistics has recently penetrated into
morphology, syntax, stylistics, history and typology of languages and, more recently, into
semantics.

 Quantitative research deals with counting, classifying, and even constructing complex
statistical models in an attempt to explain what is observed. Findings can be generalized to
a larger population, and direct comparisons can be made between two corpora, so long as
valid sampling and significance techniques are used. Thus, quantitative analysis allows us to
discover which phenomena are likely to be genuine reflections of the behaviour of a
language or variety, and which are merely chance occurrences. The more basic task of just
looking at a single language variety allows one to get a precise picture of the frequency and
rarity of particular phenomena, and thus their relative normality or abnormality.
The aim of this symposium would be to identify potential researchers in the areas of
language, statistical models and tools, and computation who, in turn, should work together
to sustain the interdisciplinary  association between linguistics, mathematics, statistics, logic
and computer science with a view to develop a long term research agenda that will be
unique in the Indian context because such an approach has not been recognized   in the
linguistic curriculum at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels so far. So the aim of this
symposium is to highlight the methods for statistical analysis of language data, quantitative
approaches to language, and building probability models with reference to Indian
languages. The following are some of the areas we wish to cover in this symposium:
(a)     Mathematical linguistics
(b)     Quantitative linguistics
(c)     Experimental design
(d)     Research methodology
(e)     Language engineering
(f)     Information technology
(g)     Corpus linguistics
However, papers on other areas falling within the topic of the symposium are also welcome.
We request the prospective participants to send abstracts of their papers in about 150
words either via post or as e-mail attachments to the undersigned by 14th January, 2004. All
abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and the selected participants will be informed by 31st
January, 2005. As we are planning to bring out the proceedings of the symposium, papers
complete in all respects (both hard and soft copies) should reach us by 28th February,
2005.



(Dr. Panchanan Mohanty)
Professor & Head,
Coordinator, UGC SAP in Language Technology
Centre for Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies (CALTS)
University of Hyderabad
HYDERABAD-500 046
E-mail: <sapworkshop at yahoo.com>





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