[Corpora-List] AFLS2011 EXTENDED DEADLINE

[Henry Tyne]

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
EXTENDED DEADLINE

*Reconsidering Relations between Theory, Methods and Data in French 
Linguistics*

Nancy, 8-10 September 2011

The 2011 AFLS conference (/Association for French Language Studies/ -- 
http://www.afls.net/) is hosted by the CNRS -- Nancy Université research 
unit ATILF (/Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française/ 
-- http://www.atilf.fr/) in Nancy, France, 8-10 September. The theme for 
AFLS 2011 is: "Reconsidering Relations between Theory, Methods and Data 
in French Linguistics".

The 2011 conference, celebrating the 30^th anniversary of AFLS and the 
10^th anniversary of the ATILF, will be a forum for exploring issues 
relating to the use of computerized data for the study of French and the 
links between tools and analysis: how do we use corpora and databases? 
What are the underlying theoretical and/or methodological 
considerations? Beyond specific questions relating to resources, this 
conference also aims to attract researchers working more generally on 
questions of data use for the study of language.

Papers are invited on the ways in which researchers use existing 
resources, taking into account the different issues mentioned above. 
Papers may also deal with the reasons for elaborating new resources or 
issues to do with types of data use, management of resources and 
computing issues, creation of reliable archives and standardization of 
resources and metadata. Interdisciplinary studies or those looking at 
similar issues applied to languages other than French are also welcome 
insofar as they contribute to the general areas of reflection given above.

Confirmed plenary speakers: Lou Burnard (GB), Jenny Cheshire (GB), Tom 
Cobb (Canada), Catherine Kerbrat-Orecchioni (France), Christiane 
Marchello-Nizia (France).

See conference web site (www.atilf.fr/afls2011 
<http://www.atilf.fr/afls2011/>) for full presentation and state of the art.


    Proposals

Proposals should be sent as a .doc, .rtf or .odt file to the following 
address *_before March 14 2011_*: afls2011 at atilf.fr 
<mailto:afls2011 at atilf.fr>. They should take the form of a two-page 
document: on the first page, title of paper, author's name, address and 
professional affiliation; on the second page, title of paper and 
anonymous abstract *_no longer than 400 words_* accompanied by 4-5 
keywords and any given references. The abstract should mention 
explicitly the given area(s) into which the work best fits: historical 
linguistics, sociolinguistics, acquisition and language learning 
(L1/L2), descriptive linguistics, handling of resources and computer 
tools. Proposals that do not fall within one or more of these broad 
areas, but which relate to the general theme of the conference, will 
also be considered. In these cases, the author is asked to specify the 
particular area(s) concerned. The languages of the conference are French 
and English; the proposal should be in the intended language of 
communication. Presentations will be scheduled for 30 minute slots (20 
minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions).

All proposals will be reviewed anonymously by at least two members of 
the international panel of specialists (chosen from the AFLS research 
committee and the conference advisory board). PhD students wishing to be 
considered for the AFLS PhD student prize (best presentation by a 
doctoral student -- see information on AFLS website) should clearly 
indicate this intention on the first page of their proposal by appending 
the following mention: "PHD STUDENT PRIZE AWARD". Co-authored papers can 
only be considered for the award if all authors concerned are PhD students.


    Key dates and information on conference venue

The outcome of the reviewing process will be communicated during the 
first week of April. Online registration will be possible from the 
beginning of April and an early-bird rate will be available for one 
month. Standard rate will be effective from the beginning of May through 
to July. Exact dates will be posted on the conference website.

There will be a publication of selected papers, details to be announced 
at a later date.

The conference is to be held in the conference centre in the city of 
Nancy located in north-eastern France, just 90 minutes from Paris by 
high-speed train. Nancy was one of the main centresfor the development 
of /art nouveau/ in France (/Ecole de Nancy/); the famous /Place 
Stanislas/, together with the /Place de la Carrière/ and /Place 
d'Alliance/ were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983 
(http://www.ot-nancy.fr/). The ATILF (formed from the fusion of INALF 
and LANDISCO) is home to the /Trésor de la langue française/ and the 
/FRANTEXT/ database.
-- 

Henry Tyne
Université Nancy 2
23 Boulevard Albert Premier
BP 133-97
54015 Nancy Cedex
France


Tél: +33 (0)3 54 50 51 05


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http://www.atilf.fr/

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http://www.afls.net/

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