[Corpora-List] Euralex 2006 first call

Tue Jul 26 13:54:33 UTC 2005

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                          Call for papers
                              EURALEX  
                           Torino, Italy
                           6-9 Sept 2006
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EURALEX brings together professional lexicographers, publishers, 
researchers, scholars, and others interested in dictionaries of 
all types. 

The organizers are the Faculty of Modern Language and Literature 
and the Department of Scienze letterarie e filologiche, 
University of Torino, and the Accademia della Crusca, Firenze.

The  programme will include plenary lectures, parallel sessions,
software demonstrations, pre-congress tutorials and specialized  
workshops, a book and software exhibition, and social events for
participants and their guests.

TOPICS
Papers, posters, and software demonstrations are invited on all topics  
Of lexicography, including, but not limited to:

   1.  Historical and Scholarly Lexicography and Etymology
   2.  Computational Lexicography and Lexicology
   3.  The Dictionary-Making Process
   4.  Reports on Lexicographical and Lexicological Projects
   5.  Bilingual Lexicography
   6.  Dialect dictionaries and linguistic atlases
   7.  Lexicography for Specialised Languages - 
           Terminology and Terminography
   8.  Dictionary Use
   9.  Phraseology and Collocation
   10. Lexicological Issues of Lexicographical Relevance

CONTACT ADDRESS
Congress Organizers EURALEX 2006
Prof. Carla Marello
Dipartimento di Scienze letterarie e filologiche
Via Sant'Ottavio 20
10124 Torino
Italy
e-mail: euralex2006 at unito.it
URL:  www.euralex.org

PAPERS
Individual presentations should be timed for 20 minutes, and will be
followed by a 10-minute discussion period.

SHORT PAPERS AND PROJECT NOTES
There will be opportunities for short papers and project notes. These  
Will be allowed 20 minutes including discussion period. 

There are no restrictions on language of presentations, but  
unfortunately it is not possible to offer interpretation.

SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS
We are particularly interested in well-prepared software demonstrations,
presentations of electronic dictionaries, corpora, tools, etc. These
demonstrations will be allowed a 20-minute time slot at the congress  
(they may possibly be presented twice). Technical facilities will be  
available.

POSTERS
A poster session is planned. Appropriate facilities will be provided on  
the Congress site.

SUBMISSIONS
Submissions may be one of the following types: Contributed papers,  
Software
demonstrations, Posters.

All submissions will be reviewed by two or three members of the  
referees'panel. The programme will be selected by the programme committee.

Authors should send three hard copies before the 30th of October 2005  
to the Congress Organiser (see address above).
Email submission (to euralex2006 at unito.it) is to be used in addition,  
but the hardcopy submission in three copies is mandatory.

Submissions proposing software demonstrations should include a  
Description of the functions, underlying approach and implementation 
of the software, possibly an indication of a URL, and hardware/software
requirements.

FORMAT
Contributed Papers: front page + 6-8 pages, double-spaced;
Software Demonstrations: front page + 4 pages, double-spaced;
Posters: front page + 1-2 pages, double-spaced;

In the front page please write only the following items:
   * Title of the paper/software demonstration/poster;
   * Name(s), affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s);
   * Abstract (10-15 lines);
   * In the top right corner: indication of the topic category. If your  
      paper does not fit into any of the main categories, please use 11.

At the beginning of the text (first page after the front page) repeat  
Only the title of the paper/software demonstration/poster and the topic  
category.

Authors whose submissions are accepted have to pay their registration  
fee before April 1st 2006. They will receive a style guide for the
preparation of the (electronic) final version of the paper to be  
published in the Proceedings which appear immediately before the congress.
Contributed papers will be allowed up to 10 pages: short papers, project
notes, papers relating to Software Demonstrations and posters will be
allowed up to 5 pages, in a separate section of the Proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES

30 October 2005: Deadline for receipt of preliminary versions of papers  
by congress organisers.

1 March 2006:    Despatch of notifications of acceptance/rejection.

1 April 2006:    Deadline for receipt of camera-ready papers for  
inclusion in the Proceedings (and for authors registration fee  
payment).

Programme Committee: Carla Marello (I), Geoffrey Williams (Fr), Rosamund
Moon (GB), Janet de Ceasaris (E), Manuel Barbera (I), and Nicoletta  
Maraschio (I).
Reviewers will include the above, the members of the EURALEX Executive
Board, and additional experts.

Pre-EURALEX tutorials: Pre-EURALEX tutorials will be organised. Topics  
will
be announced later.

Exhibitions: A book and software exhibition will be organised in the  
Coffee break area of the Congress site. Walk-up-and-use software
demonstrations (without presentation, not included in the Proceedings) 
may be given  there; however, participants should bring their own
transportable PCs or laptops as there will be no technical support.

REGISTRATION
An early subscription bonus, as well as a discount for EURALEX members,  
Will be offered.

REGISTRATION FEES (IN EUROS):
Full (*) ............................................. 410
Reduced fee for payment before 1st May 2006 .......... 340

EURALEX member (*) ................................... 350
Reduced fee for payment before 1st May 2006 .......... 285

EURALEX IFF member (*) ............................... 185
Reduced fee for payment before 1st May 2006 .......... 150

Student (*) .......................................... 150
No reduced fee for advanced payment

Visitor (**) ......................................... 120
No reduced fee for advanced payment

(*)  Standard registration fees include coffee breaks, lunches, 6th
September welcome drink, and one copy of the Congress Proceedings.
(**) Visitor registration fees include access to the Congress programme,
coffee breaks, lunches, and 6th September 2006 welcome drink.

One person accompanying foreign (or coming from far away Italian  
regions) participants or visitors will be our guest for coffee breaks and  
lunches.

The programme of social events for participants and their guests will be
announced later.

ACCOMMODATION
Block reservations will be made in the centre of Torino, where the  
Congress venue is situated.
Minimum-maximum prices per room/night (in euros) in June 2005
(source: Tourist Office):
4 stars .... 165-400 (single) .... 200-340 (double)
3 stars ..... 70-150 (single) ..... 90-200 (double)
2 stars ..... 50-100 (single) ..... 70-125 (double)
1 stars ...... 35-60 (single) ...... 60-80 (double)

Prices might increase in 2006
Early reservation allows a larger and better hotel choice

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PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION FORM FOR EURALEX 2006

To receive the second circular in September 2005, please complete and  
Return this form as soon as possible, and before 31 August 2005, to the  
Following address.

Congress Organizers EURALEX 2004
Prof. Carla Marello
Dipartimento di Scienze letterarie e filologiche Università di Torino
Via Sant'Ottavio 20
10124 Torino Italia
Italia

e-mail: euralex2006 at unito.it

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