Corpora: 2nd CfP for 'Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics'

[Anke Lüdeling]

                      Second CALL for PAPERS

Workshop: Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL)

October 3-5, 2002
University of Osnabrück

Theoretical research into the nature of the human language faculty
(generative grammar, in the broadest sense) often appears only
distantly related to quantitative investigation of linguistic
performance data ("empirical" linguistics), if at all.  Certainly,
theoretical linguistics has for its part traditionally denied the
applicability of quantitative methods to central linguistic questions,
while researchers applying sophisticated quantitative methods to
language have often taken pains to distance themselves from (and
occasionally been highly critical of) the basic premises of
generative linguistics.

It is our firm conviction, however, that quantitative research can
contribute significantly to our understanding of the human language
faculty and that only in the presence of a well-developed linguistic
theory can quantitative methods be fruitfully applied to questions of
language use and interpretation. We are heartened by the fact that in
recent years there has been a slow but steady outpouring of research
which combines a generative outlook on linguistics with sophisticated
use of quantitative methods.

The purpose of this workshop, then, is to provide a forum for such
research.  We envision a relatively small workshop (10-15 talks) in
which
researchers using sophisticated quantitative methods to investigate
the structure of the human language faculty can share their
work. Topics of interest range from the use of specialized
statistical models, like LNRE models for the measure of morphological
productivity, to studies of degrees of grammaticality and lexical
biases. The focus should be on the linguistic question, not
computational linguistic applications, and how quantitative methods
can be used address them.

We invite interested researchers to submit abstracts for 40 minute
talks (plus 20 minutes discussion). Abstracts should be no longer than
one page PLUS a separate page for figures and references. Electronic
submission (postscript, pdf, rtf) is strongly preferred.

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Invited Speakers: we are very happy that

Joan Bresnan, Stanford and
Walter Daelemans, Antwerp & Tilburg

have accepted to give the plenary talks
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Organizers:
Graham Katz & Anke Lüdeling
University of Osnabrück
Institute for Cognitive Science
&
Harald Baayen
University of Nijmegen
Interfaculty Research Unit for Language and Speech

Programme Committee:
Rens Bod, Amsterdam
Peter Bosch, Osnabrueck
Walter Daelemans, Antwerp & Tilburg
Stefan Evert, Stuttgart
Jennifer Hay, Canterbury
Frank Keller, Edinburgh
Brigitte Krenn, Vienna
Jonas Kuhn, Stanford
Paola Merlo, Geneva
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Important Dates

Deadline for submission of abstracts:   June 01, 2002
Date of notification:                   July 01, 2002


Contact address:
email: qitl at uos.de
snail mail: Anke Lüdeling, IKW, Universität Osnabrück,
Katharinenstr. 24, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany

for more information see
http://www.cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de/qitl/QITL.htm