[Corpora-List] CFP: Workshop "Lexical Semantic Resources..."

[lothar at sfs.uni-tuebingen.de]

    DGfS-06 <http://www.spectrum.uni-bielefeld.de/DGfS/> Workshop on
    Lexical Semantic Resources for
    Language Documentation and Language Processing


      February 22 - 24, 2006
      Bielefeld, Germany

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      Workshop Description

Reasonably large lexical semantic resources are often regarded as a
prerequisite for advanced natural language processing (NLP). For the
German general domain vocabulary, there are currently several such
resources under construction, including GermaNet, SALSA/FrameNet, and
HaGenLex/MultiNet, some of which being integrated into multilingual
resources (GermaNet) or based on descriptive frameworks developed for a
different language (SALSA/FrameNet).

This workshop is intended as a forum for discussing both foundational
and practical issues concerning the design, the development, and the
application of monolingual and multilingual lexical semantic resources,
where the aforementioned examples may but need not serve as a point of
reference. Contributions addressing the following questions are
particularly welcome:

    * Which design principles for lexical semantic resources are
      desirable from the viewpoint of theoretical semantics, while
      keeping in mind the need to cover many thousand lexemes?
    * How can large-scale lexical semantic resources contribute to the
      systematic description of the lexicon from a theoretical perspective?
    * To what extent are theoretically motivated requirements compatible
      with those deriving from applications in actual NLP systems?

Further topics of the workshop are:

    * practical problems related to the construction and extension of
      large lexical semantic resources - for instance the need for
      appropriate software tools and the use of corpus-based methods,
    * initiatives that aim at building multilingual resources or
      establishing standards for lexical semantic representation (e.g.
      the EAGLES/ISLE recommendations),
    * applications of lexical semantic resources in mono- and
      multilingual NLP systems, especially with respect to desiderata
      concerning the coverage and structure of the resources.

Our workshop aims at bringing together developers and users of lexical
semantic resources as well as researchers interested in theoretical
aspects of lexical semantics.

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      Organizers

Claudia Kunze (kunze at sfs.uni-tuebingen.de
<mailto:kunze at sfs.uni-tuebingen.de>)
Universität Tübingen, Germany

Lothar Lemnitzer <http://www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de/%7Elothar>
(lothar at sfs.uni-tuebingen.de <mailto:lothar at sfs.uni-tuebingen.de>)
Universität Tübingen, Germany

Rainer Osswald <http://pi7.fernuni-hagen.de/osswald>
(rainer.osswald at fernuni-hagen.de <mailto:rainer.osswald at fernuni-hagen.de>)
FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

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      Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 	August 15, 2005
Notification of acceptance: 	September 5, 2005
Camera ready copy: 	October 15, 2005
Workshop date: 	February 22 - 24, 2006

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      Submission Information

Extended abstracts of one page should be submitted to the following
email address:

rainer.osswald at fernuni-hagen.de <mailto:rainer.osswald at fernuni-hagen.de>

In order to be fully considered, submissions must arrive by August 15,
2005. The languages of the workshop are German and English.

Please note that according to the DGfS guidelines no speaker is allowed
to give a talk in more than one workshop of the DGfS main conference!

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      Registration and Accommodation

Information about registration, participation fee, accommodation, and
location will be available in time on the homepage
<http://www.spectrum.uni-bielefeld.de/DGfS/> of the DGfS main conference.

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      Contact Information

Rainer Osswald <http://pi7.fernuni-hagen.de/osswald>
Intelligent Information and Communication Systems
Department of Computer Science
FernUniversität in Hagen
Universitätsstraße 1
58084 Hagen, Germany

tel +49 (0)2331 987 4524
fax +49 (0)2331 987 392
email rainer.osswald at fernuni-hagen.de
<mailto:rainer.osswald at fernuni-hagen.de>