27.2440, Calls: Computational Ling, General Ling, Ling Theories, Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

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Subject: 27.2440, Calls: Computational Ling, General Ling, Ling Theories, Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

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Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:59:06
From: Bernd Möbius [moebius at coli.uni-saarland.de]
Subject: Information-Theoretic Modeling of Linguistic Variation

Full Title: Information-Theoretic Modeling of Linguistic Variation 
Short Title: DGfS 2017 AG1 

Date: 08-Mar-2017 - 10-Mar-2017
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany 
Contact Person: Elke Teich
Meeting Email: e.teich at mx.uni-saarland.de
Web Site: http://dgfs2017.uni-saarland.de/wordpress/arbeitsgruppen/ag-1/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Aug-2016 

Meeting Description:

DGfS 2017 Workshop on ''Information-theoretic modeling of linguistic
variation in context''

Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Sprachwissenschaft
AG 1: Information-theoretic modeling of linguistic variation in
context
Saarbrücken, Germany
March 8-10, 2017
dgfs2017.uni-saarland.de

Language offers a multitude of options for modulating the encoding of messages
- from the duration of syllables to the choice of words and structuring of
syntactic elements, to arranging linguistic elements in discourse.  While
there is ample evidence that choice of a particular encoding is determined by
context (ambient context, communicative
context as well as situational context), modeling this context-encoding
relation is not a trivial task.  In this working group, we start from the
assumption that language approximates an optimal code for human communication
by making available the linguistic means for adapting language use to context.
 In this view, encoding variation serves to optimize communication. Building
upon Shannon's notion of information, notions such as information density,
entropy and surprisal have been successfully applied to modeling linguistic
processes (human language understanding and production, computational language
processing, language change/evolution) across various linguistic units
(sounds, words, sentences, texts).  We invite contributions that exploit
information-theoretically inspired models of linguistic processes with special
regard to the relation of linguistic variation and context at all levels of
linguistic organization (phonetics, lexis, syntax, semantics, discourse) as
well as their interaction. The working group is organized by members of SFB
1102 ''Information Density and Linguistic Encoding''
(www.sfb1102.uni-saarland.de) as a sequel to 'AG 11: Information Density and
Linguistic Variation' at DGfS 2012 (Frankfurt).

Invited Speakers:

Tal Linzen (Paris) 
Hinrich Schütze (München)

Organization:
Elke Teich, Bernd Möbius, Vera Demberg (Saarland University)

Program Committee:

Matthew Crocker
Vera Demberg
Florian Jaeger
Tal Linzen
Bernd Möbius
Francois Pellegrino
Ingo Reich
Elke Teich
Shravan Vasishth

Call for Abstracts: 

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline:  August 1, 2016
Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2016
Submission of final abstract: October 15, 2016
DGfS 2017 Conference: March 8-10, 2017

Requirements:

Abstracts should be 300-400 words (1 page) and may contain additional
material, such as examples, figures and references on another page. Altogether
submission should be no longer than 2 pages. As reviewing will be double
blind, the paper should not include the authors' names and affiliations. The
uploaded file must be in PDF format.

Submission Information:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgfs2017ag1

Please log in by using your EasyChair account. If you do not have an account
yet, please create one. Use the ''Submissions'' button in the top left corner
to make a new submission or update an existing one.

The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2016.

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