30.2532, Confs: Applied Ling, Comp Ling, Forensic Ling, Gen Ling, Text/Corpus Ling/India
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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:25:24
From: Hari Madhab Ray [harimadhabray at gmail.com]
Subject: Two Days Seminar cum Workshop on Forensic and Corpus Linguistics
Two Days Seminar cum Workshop on Forensic and Corpus Linguistics
Short Title: SCWFCL-2019
Date: 09-Aug-2019 - 10-Aug-2019
Location: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Contact: Hari Madhab Ray
Contact Email: secuwofocoling2019 at gmail.com
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Forensic Linguistics; General Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics
Meeting Description:
Two days Seminar-cum-workshop on Forensic and Corpus Linguistics (SCWFCL-2019)
1. National Seminar on Linguistics and Language Sciences in India (NASLILANSI)
2. Workshop-1 Trends and Issues in Forensic Phonetics in India: Understanding
Speaker Classification and Speaker Identification
3. Workshop-2 Language Corpora Generation, Processing, & Utilization in
Various Domains of Linguistics and Language Technology}
On August 9-10, 2019
in Collaboration with Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India
Venue: Centre for Linguistics, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,
India
The Centre for Linguistics, School of Languages, Literature & Culture Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University is pleased to announce that a two-day
seminar-cum-workshop on Forensic and Corpus Linguistics will be held on 9th
and 10th August, 2019 in JNU in collaboration with Central Institute of Indian
Languages, Mysore, India. The aim of the two days seminar-cum-workshop is to
look at Linguistics beyond the classroom, its expansion and application in the
real-world language related phenomena. The selected participants will present
their papers/posters in the national seminar and also able to participate in
the workshops. The 1st workshop will focus on intensively different aspects
of Forensic Linguistics namely forensic phonetics and speaker identification,
speaker classification, deception and fraud. The 2nd workshop will address
linguistic issues in the adaptation of language resources and tools in Corpus
Linguistics mainly focusing on corpus methodologies and application of corpus
linguistics (See the details below). We will work with authentic data and use
of real cases to illustrate theory. We wish high degree of participant
involvement and encourage critical enquiry and debate related to theoretical
issues in Linguistics and practical language related phenomena.
Call for Papers:
Important Dates:
Last date of Abstract submission: 20 July, 2019
Acceptance notification: 25 July, 2019
Full length paper submission: 31 July, 2019
Last date of registration: 1 August, 2019
Registration Fee:
The authors who are presenting the papers/posters and other who are interested
to participate in the Seminar-cum workshop must register themselves before the
last date of registration. Only the registered persons will be given the
certificates. Registration fee does not include the accommodation charges.
Registration fee includes Seminar-cum-workshop kit, tea and snacks and two
lunches.
Graduate/Post graduate student Rs. 500.00
Research scholar Rs. 700.00
Lecturer/ Professor/ Academician/ Others Rs. 1000.00
Accommodation
The participants can look for their accommodation in JNU or other guest houses
in the vicinity. If available, the accommodation to delegates may be arranged
on request on actual payment basis.
Workshop - 1
Trends and Issues in Forensic Phonetics in India: Understanding Speaker
Classification and Speaker Identification
The workshop on Forensic Phonetics is aimed at acquainting participants with
recent trends in Forensic Speaker Identification. Besides discussing the
current trends and identifying the areas of future research in Forensic
Phonetics, the workshop will provide participants with a hands-on experience
of using Forensic analysis tools. Using auditory and acoustic parameters from
Forensics labs in India, participants will analyse voice samples and observe
to what extent auditory and acoustic cues can help in identification of
suspects.
Speaker Classification (SC) and Speaker Identification (SI) in forensic
phonetics are of huge relevance in the contemporary age of technological
explosion and subsequent increase in criminal activities as they provide an
expert edge to nab the trespassers. The session aims to introduce the
participants to the six primary domains of speaker characteristics that are
commonly used in forensic speech analysis: dialect, foreign accent, sociolect,
age, gender and medical conditions. Focussing on dialect profiling, the major
discussion would consider phonetic cues like vowel spacing, temporality and
voice onset time (VOT) as chief profiling determinants. Bangla and Hindi L1
speakers with Indian English (IE) as the common L2 recorded data in their
variety of IE at a natural, conversational pace for the research. Data
analysis yielded distinct vowel spaces, temporal and VOT values for the two
sets of speakers thereby indicating their distinct L1 interference and origin.
Such studies have the potential to go a long way in creating accurate profiles
by including additional phonetic cues.
By the end of the workshop, the participants should be able to have a fair
idea about the importance of a phonetician in speaker identification and
speaker classification and how linguists can contribute to this area in
achieving more accurate results.
Workshop - 2
Language Corpora Generation, Processing, & Utilization in Various Domains of
Linguistics and Language Technology
In recent years, language corpora have become an indispensable resource in
almost all the domains of linguistics and language technology including both
theoretical and applicational aspects of linguistics. The major practices of
the day are to develop corpora in digital form with a large number of language
texts collected from our day-to-day use of language; process and analyse these
texts with modern computer technology; extract new data, information, and
insights from analysis of texts; and use them in various domains of human
knowledge, including language description, language cognition, linguistic
communication, linguistic services, language application, machine learning,
language technology, and knowledge generation. For all these tasks, language
corpora are the most valuable resource, as corpora which are developed with
varieties of text produced in different forms, content, and style become
useful in supplying a pool of linguistic data and information based on which
our existing ideas and understanding of a language change. Moreover, corpora
provide the most valuable linguistic data and information for developing
language technology tools, techniques, systems, and devices. For all kinds of
linguistic cognition and application, it is essential to understand in minute
details the fine-grained issues and aspects of various elements, properties,
and contents of language texts, as better understanding of issues and features
of natural language texts provide greater abilities with which a computer or a
human being can extract, interpret, and apply linguistic data and information
in the domains of their application and investigation. Keeping these issues in
view, this talk likes to focus on the primary issues of language corpora
generation, corpora processing, and corpora utilization. It will try to
address all these issues relating to the Indian language corpora so far
developed in digital form and processed in various ways. Finally, it will try
to show how corpora are used in all major domains of language cognition and
application beyond the realms of language technology. The talk invites the new
generation of Indian scholars to explore this new area of research and
application for the benefit of the Indian languages and societies.
Contact-
Dr. Hari Madhab Ray (Coordinator)
Centre for Linguistics
School of Languages, Literature and Culture Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067,
harimadhabray at gmail.com
Mob-9873634502
Organizing Committee:
Dr. Hari Madhab Ray
Dr. Narayan Chaudhary
Mr. Sujoy Sarkar
NB: The candidates whose abstracts are selected for oral/poster presentations
can participate in the Workshops. The interested participants if not selected
or have not sent abstracts for the national seminar can also participate in
the workshops. They are required to send an email for their choice of the
workshop and also need to fill the registration form before the due date. If
selected they will be notified via email before 31 July, 2019. The email
should be sent to the following email id: secuwofocoling2019 at gmail.com.
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