17.346, Calls: English/Japan;Ling Theories/Germany

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Subject: 17.346, Calls: English/Japan;Ling Theories/Germany

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1)
Date: 31-Jan-2006
From: James D'Angelo < dangelo at lets.chukyo-u.ac.jp >
Subject: International Association for World Englishes, 12th Conference 

2)
Date: 31-Jan-2006
From: Stefan Evert < stefan.evert at uos.de >
Subject: Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics 2 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:39:59
From: James D'Angelo < dangelo at lets.chukyo-u.ac.jp >
Subject: International Association for World Englishes, 12th Conference 

Full Title: International Association for World Englishes, 12th Conference 
Short Title: IAWE 

Date: 07-Oct-2006 - 09-Oct-2006
Location: Nagoya, Japan 
Contact Person: James D'Angelo
Meeting Email: dangelo at lets.chukyo-u.ac.jp
Web Site: http://we.lets.chukyo-u.ac.jp/iawe2006 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2006 

Meeting Description:

The world Englishes community will once again be reunited under the rubric, 'Theory and Application, World Englishes in World Contexts.' 

We have extended the Call for Papers from the original 1/15/06 date on our homepage to 3/31/06.  Please check the website via the IAWE homepage at:
www.iaweworks.com (click on 'conferences')

or access us directly at:
http://we.lets.chukyo-u.ac.jp/iawe2006.  

Papers are encouraged on a full range of linguistics issues related to the over-arching theme of world Englishes. Plenary speakers include Dr. Zoya Proshina, Dr. Paul Matsuda, and Dr. Edgar W. Schneider.

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Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:40:09
From: Stefan Evert < stefan.evert at uos.de >
Subject: Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics 2 

Full Title: Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics 2 
Short Title: QITL-2 

Date: 01-Jun-2006 - 02-Jun-2006
Location: Osnabrück, Germany 
Contact Person: Stefan Evert
Meeting Email: stefan.evert at uos.de
Web Site: http://www.cogsci.uos.de/~qitl/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories 

Call Deadline: 24-Feb-2006 

Meeting Description:

The second conference on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-2) will be hosted in June 2006 by the Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany. 

Invited speakers: Tom Wasow (Stanford), Suzanne Stevenson (Toronto) 

Second 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: 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).

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