[CFP] J.CLCLP Special Issue-- Word Formation and Chinese Language Processing

[Jing-Shin Chang]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

      Special Issue of Journal of Computational Linguistics
      and Chinese Language Processing

              "Word Formation and Chinese Language Processing"

      Guest Editor: Richard Sproat, AT&T Labs -- Research

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Contributions are invited for a special issue of the Journal of
Computational Linguistics and Chinese Processing on the topic of word
formation and Chinese Language processing. Areas of interest include,
but are not limited to:

          - Word formation in models of Chinese word segmentation and
            named entity extraction. Areas of interest include automatic
            detection of:

                    - morphologically productive constructions such as
                      compounds
                    - abbreviations (suoxie)
                    - personal names
                    - proper names of individuals, companies
                    - foreign words in transliteration.
                    - morphologically-based variation among human
                      segmenters and its relevance for Chinese segmentation
                      standards.

          - Computational or statistical work that lends insights on
            linguistic questions, such as morphological productivity or the
            formation of abbreviations.

          - Computational perspectives on the historical development of
            morphological complexity in Chinese.

The tentative plan is to publish this special issue as volume 8, issue
2, August 2003.

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Instructions for Submission

Papers should follow the style guidelines for the Journal of
Computational Linguistics and Chinese Processing. Papers should be sent
to the guest editor, by the submission date listed below. The submission
should be either:

          - Electronically to rws at research.att.com. The "Subject:" line
            should be: JCLCP Special Issue Submission
            The following formats are acceptable:

                    - Postscript
                    - Adobe PDF

            If you cannot produce an electronic version in either of these
            formats, or if the editor informs you of a problem with your
            electronic submission, then please follow the instructions for
            hardcopy submission.

          - Or, Three hardcopies to:
            Richard Sproat, Room B-207
            AT&T Labs -- Research
            180 Park Avenue, Room B207, P.O.Box 971
            Florham Park, NJ 07932-0000
            USA

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Important Dates

  Submission of Papers:          November 30, 2002
  Notification of Acceptance:    January 31, 2003
  Final Version Due:             April 1, 2003
  Special Issue Date:            August, 2003
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