27.2026, Calls: Computational Ling, Text/Corpus Ling/Switzerland

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Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 09:58:07
From: Tino Oudesluijs [tino.oudesluijs at unil.ch]
Subject: Big Data and Bad Data: Challenges of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

 
Full Title: Big Data and Bad Data: Challenges of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods 

Date: 02-Sep-2016 - 03-Sep-2016
Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Tino Oudesluijs
Meeting Email: tino.oudesluijs at unil.ch
Web Site: http://www.emergingstandards.eu/big-data-and-bad-data-workshop-registration-now-open/ 

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

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2016 

Meeting Description:

Big data and bad data: challenges of quantitative and qualitative research
methods in Linguistics

This workshop will focus on the empirical basis of linguistic research,
particularly on quantitative and qualitative research methods based on
empirical data, including the challenges, advantages, shortcomings,
complementary value, etc. of a variety of methods for the (theoretical)
interpretation of the data. 

Selected questions that will be addressed during this workshop are as follows:

- How have recent developments in digital humanities (e.g. large scale
digitization of hitherto unknown manuscript material (diachronic) or social
media data (synchronic)) affected the way in which we approach data from a
linguistic perspective? More specifically, do these developments introduce bad
data challenges and/or resolve existing bad data problems?

- How and in what way could the ‘Big Data’ approach have an effect on our
interpretations of language variation and change, and also the role of
language standards?

- What impact will the latter approach have on existing theoretical
frameworks? For instance, will it lead to revisions of frameworks such as the
social network theory and community of practice, which are used to interpret
historical and contemporary data?

The workshop is aimed at postgraduate students as well as everybody else
interested, particularly those working in the field of language variation and
change (past and present) of any language.

The plenary speakers are Prof. Susan Fitzmaurice (University of Sheffield),
Prof. Alexander Bergs (University of Osnabrück) and Prof. Daniel Schreier
(University of Zürich).


Call for Papers: 

Postgraduate students are invited to give a 20-minute talk on an aspect of
their research, which can range from a fully-fledged paper to a
work-in-progress.

- length: max. 300 words
- format: PDF
- submission: as an e-mail attachment to tino.oudesluijs at unil.ch
- expected timeline for notification of acceptance: within a week after
submission




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