26.1574, Calls: General Ling, Lexicography, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling, Typology/Canada

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Subject: 26.1574, Calls: General Ling, Lexicography, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling, Typology/Canada

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:18:10
From: Catherine Leger [cleger at uvic.ca]
Subject: The Science of Words

 
Full Title: The Science of Words 

Date: 16-Oct-2015 - 17-Oct-2015
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 
Contact Person: Helene Cazes
Meeting Email: hcazes at uvic.ca

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Lexicography; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology 

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2015 

Meeting Description:

The Department of French of the University of Victoria is honored to welcome Alain Rey in fall 2015 and wishes to celebrate his momentous work in a two-day symposium about words and the knowledge that was built around and by them over the centuries.

Both science and a love for words are behind the multifaceted production of a series of dictionaries, encyclopedia, Dictionnaires amoureux, and other forays into language and cultures, as seen in the media, and library and bookstore shelves alike.

Review Committee:

Drs. Hélène Cazes
Emmanuel Hérique
Marc Lapprand
Catherine Léger

Call for Papers:

This symposium will reflect upon the science and the art of creating, defining, and using words. It is meant to be an exploratory forum around the knowledge, methods, and tools used in many disciplines, from the most rigorous to the most creative. Sessions may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

- Defining words
- Organizing words in lexicons, encyclopedia, and dictionaries
- Looking at words through the lens of time
- Words as cultural ambassadors
- The Web and the Word
- Spelling it out
- What linguists say about words
- How words inspire us
- Assessment, tools, and competences
- Scientific approaches

This symposium is open to all academic and non-academic researchers and creators. Student proposals are welcome, as are proposals for a session (submit 3 proposals + session chair’s bio). Each presentation is 20 mins. Presentations and their proposals are in French or English. 

In order to be eligible a proposal must have:

- Title
- 150-200 word description
- Short bibliography
- 150 word bio

Please submit by June 15, 2015, to Dr. Hélène Cazes (hcazes at uvic.ca).




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