34.887, Summer Schools: Understanding and Modelling Linguistic Variability (UMLV) / Germany

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Subject: 34.887, Summer Schools: Understanding and Modelling Linguistic Variability (UMLV) / Germany 

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From: Andreas Hölzl [andreas.hoelzl at uni-potsdam.de]
Subject: Understanding and Modelling Linguistic Variability (UMLV) / Germany 

Understanding and Modelling Linguistic Variability (UMLV)

Host Institution: University of Potsdam
Website: https://www.sfb1287.uni-potsdam.de/summer-school-2023/

Dates: 21-Aug-2023 - 25-Aug-2023
Location: Potsdam, Brandenburg

Focus: Keynote speakers:
Prof. Kriszta Szendrői (University College London, UK)
Prof. João Veríssimo (University of Lisbon, PT)

Confirmed instructors:
Prof. Patti Adank (University College London, UK): neurolinguistics,
speech acoustics, variation and degradation in speech
Dr. Theresa Biberauer (Churchill College Cambridge, UK), morphosyntax,
generative grammar, language acquisition, language change
Dr. Arpita Bose (University of Reading, UK): neurolinguistics,
bilingualism, neurodegenerative diseases, acquired neurological
disorders
Prof. Martin Hilpert (University of Neuchâtel, CH): corpus
linguistics, cognitive linguistics, language change
Prof. Lena Jäger (University of Zurich, CH): cognitive linguistics,
machine learning, modelling of cognitive processes
Prof. Muriel Norde (Humboldt University Berlin, DE): construction
grammar, morphology
Prof. Florian Schwarz (University of Pennsylvania, USA): PCIbex,
combining formal linguistics with experimental methods
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum

Description:
The CRC “Limits of Variability in Language” at the University of
Potsdam in Germany invites applications to this year’s linguistic
summer school:

Title: Understanding and Modelling Linguistic Variability (UMLV)

Website: https://www.sfb1287.uni-potsdam.de/summer-school-2023/

Date: August 21-25, 2023

Location: University of Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee; the venue can
easily be reached by public transport from both Potsdam and Berlin

Type of event: Linguistic summer school for students and early career
researchers

Format: in-person event, live stream of workshops via Zoom

Language of instruction: English

Description: Linguistic variability comes in different forms, ranging
from differences between individual speakers to linguistic diversity
in terms of phylogeny or structure. Examining linguistic variation
allows us to better understand what constitutes linguistic knowledge
and the phenomenon of language.

Linguistics exhibits a variety of subdisciplines that have developed
very different methodologies and theoretical models to capture,
measure, and classify linguistic variability. The summer school aims
to bring different strands of research together, including
psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, computational, and various
theoretical perspectives (both formal and functional). It provides a
space for students and early career researchers from various fields of
linguistics to learn about different approaches to linguistic
variability and likewise provide a format to connect on a personal
level and exchange ideas.

Poster session: To make the summer school more interactive, the
participants can present some of their own research related to the
overall topic of the summer school and discuss this with the keynote
speakers, the instructors, the other participants, and researchers
from Potsdam. For this purpose, the participants have a chance to
participate in a separate poster session jointly organized by four
different CRCs (Berlin, Cologne, Potsdam, Saarbrücken).

Host Institution: Collaborative Research Centre 1287 “Limits of
Variability in Language: Cognitive, Computational, and Grammatical
Aspects” at the University of Potsdam, Germany

Organizers: Sina Bosch, Sabia Costantini, Andreas Hölzl, Timea Sarvas,
Kathleen Schneider

Contact: umlv-2023 at uni-potsdam.de

Important dates:
Applications: April 30, 2023
Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2023
Registration: June 15, 2023
Summer school: August 21-25, 2023

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Psycholinguistics

Tuition: 45.0 EURO

Registration: 13-Mar-2023 to 30-Apr-2023

Contact Person:  Bosch, Costantini, Hölzl, Sarvas, Schneider
                Email: umlv-2023 at uni-potsdam.de

Registration Instructions:
Please apply via the application form
(https://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/summerschool2023/). You will be asked
to provide a brief motivational statement and have the option to
submit an abstract for a poster on a topic related to the UMLV Summer
School as an anonymous pdf file. Each application will undergo a
simple review process by two members of the organizing committee. The
criteria are the internal consistency, the appropriateness of the
format, and the relevance to the overall topic of the summer school.

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