[Corpora-List] Call for Papers: QITL-2 (Osnabrueck, Germany, June 2006)

[Stefan Evert]

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS:

Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics 2 (QITL-2)
                          1-2 June 2006
                       Osnabrueck, Germany

                 http://www.cogsci.uos.de/~qitl/

            -- Call deadline: Friday, 24 February 2006 --

Invited speakers:

        Tom Wasow, Stanford
        Suzanne Stevenson, Toronto
        Burghard Rieger, Trier


Traditionally, theoretical linguistic investigation and quantitative
methodologies have been antithetical. But this has been changing rapidly
in recent years, with an increasing recognition of the role that
quantitative methods can play in the investigation of the structure of
the human language faculty.  As at the first QITL meeting (Osnabrueck
2002), we would like to bring together researchers from theoretical,
computational, quantitative and psycholinguistics who are interested in
applying quantitative methods to theoretical issues in language to share
their work.

We invite researchers engaged in quantitative investigations of
theoretical linguistic questions to submit abstracts for 30-minute talks
(plus 10 minutes of discussion).  The focus should be on a question of
linguistic interest, which may be approached either from a more
theoretical or a more quantitative perspective.  Applications in
computational linguistics may also be of interest if they lead to or
shed light on theoretical questions.  Relevant topics include (but are
by no means limited to): models of lexical semantic preferences, rule
productivity, grammar acquisition, and the issues surrounding the use of
the Web as a representative corpus.

Abstracts should be 2-3 pages long, including figures, tables and
references (this corresponds to approx. 1000-1500 words).  Electronic
submission by e-mail to qitl at uos.de is strongly preferred (PDF,
PostScript, RTF).


Important dates:

        24 February 2006 - Deadline for abstracts
        31 March 2006 - Notification of acceptance
        1-2 June 2006 - Conference


Programme Committee:

        Harald Baayen, Nijmegen
        Marco Baroni, Forli`
        Matthew Crocker, Saarbruecken
        Walter Daelemans, Antwerp & Tilburg
        Anette Frank, DFKI Saarbruecken
        Stefan Th. Gries, Santa Barbara
        Brigitte Krenn, OFAI Vienna
        Jonas Kuhn, Austin & Saarbruecken
        Roger Levy, Edinburgh
        Anke Luedeling, Berlin
        Detmar Meurers, Columbus
        Philip Miller, Lille


Organising Committee:

        Computational Linguistics Group
        (P. Bosch, S. Evert, G. Katz, P. Reuter, B. Schrader, C. Umbach)
        Institute of Cognitive Science
        University of Osnabrueck


Further information:

More information (including abstracts of talks given at QITL-1) can be
found on the conference Web site: http://www.cogsci.uos.de/~qitl/

If you have any questions, please contact Stefan Evert
(stefan.evert at uos.de).