26.1412, Calls: Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, Psycholinguistics/Canada

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Subject: 26.1412, Calls: Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, Psycholinguistics/Canada

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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:18:19
From: Karsten Koch [karsten at ualberta.ca]
Subject: Discourse Expectations: Theoretical, Experimental, and Computational Perspectives

Full Title: Discourse Expectations: Theoretical, Experimental, and Computational Perspectives 
Short Title: DETEC 2015 

Date: 18-Jun-2015 - 19-Jun-2015
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada 
Contact Person: Juhani Järvikivi
Meeting Email: detec2015 at ualberta.ca
Web Site: http://detec2015.wordpress.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 22-Mar-2015 

Meeting Description:

Following the success of DETEC 2013 in Tübingen, the Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta is pleased to invite abstracts for submission to Discourse Expectations: Theoretical, Experimental, and Computational Perspectives (DETEC 2015) to be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from June 18-19, 2015. 

Studies on discourse processing indicate that natural language interpretation is expectation-driven. Even though it is uncontroversial that both linguistic (e.g. lexical items, morpho-syntactic constructions, prosody) and extralinguistic factors (e.g. world knowledge) are used to anticipate how discourse is likely to continue, the nature of their interplay is a topic of ongoing research. DETEC approaches this topic in an interdisciplinary fashion by comparing theoretical, experimental, and computational perspectives. The conference provides a forum for the presentation of talks and posters of the highest quality in the area of discourse expectations, how they may arise, how they can be quantified, and how they may be modelled.

Invited Speakers (confirmed):

Lisa Matthewson, University of British Columbia
Gina Kuperberg, Tufts University
T. Florian Jaeger, University of Rochester

Final Call for Papers:

Discourse Expectations: Theoretical, Experimental, and Computational Perspectives (DETEC 2015)

Extended call deadline: March 22, 2015

The abstract deadline for DETEC 2015 has been extended by one week. Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks and posters, on theoretical, experimental and computational aspects of discourse expectations. 

In addition, we encourage submissions for a special session on the cross-linguistic variation of discourse expectations: how does cross-linguistic variation in lexical semantics, language- specific pragmatics, or cultural variation contribute to differences in how discourse expectations arise? In this respect, we encourage submissions from research on indigenous languages in the Americas and elsewhere.

Instructions for Abstract Submission:

Abstracts must be anonymous, and should be limited to a maximum of one page of text (a second page may be used for listing data, figures, and references, if needed). Pages should be US Letter or A4, with one inch margins, and a minimum font size of 12pt (Times New Roman). Send abstracts to: detec2015 at ualberta.ca. In the body of the email, include the title of the abstract, and the author(s)’ name(s) and affiliation(s). Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts, of which at least one must be co-authored.   

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: March 22, 2015 11:59pm Mountain Standard Time (Note: this is a FIRM deadline)
Notification of acceptance: Mid April, 2015
Pre-Conference Mingler and Registration Evening: June 17, 2015
Conference date: June 18-19, 2015

Contact Information:

Conference website: http://detec2015.wordpress.com/
Email contact: detec2015 at ualberta.ca

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