31.2326, Calls: Applied Ling, Comp Ling, Text/Corpus Ling, Translation/Spain

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-2326. Tue Jul 21 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.2326, Calls: Applied Ling, Comp Ling, Text/Corpus Ling, Translation/Spain

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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:25:16
From: Marlén Izquierdo [marlen.izquierdo at ehu.eus]
Subject: III International Symposium on Parallel Corpora: Creation and Applications

Full Title: III International Symposium on Parallel Corpora: Creation and Applications 
Short Title: PaCor 2020 

Date: 24-Jun-2021 - 25-Jun-2021
Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 
Contact Person: Marlén Izquierdo
Meeting Email: pacor2020.fac.letras at ehu.eus
Web Site: http://www.ehu.eus/pacor2020 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2021 

Meeting Description:

***Please note that we decided to postpone the PaCor International Symposium.
We will meet next year, on June 24 and 25, 2021***

The research group TRALIMA/ITZULIK GIC IT 1209-19 of the University of the
Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) is pleased to organise
the III International Symposium on Parallel Corpora, PaCor 2021. This
conference will take place on 24-25 June 2021 at the Micaela Portilla Research
Institute in Vitoria-Gasteiz (University's Campus of Álava, Spain.

PaCor 2020 aims to contribute to the scientific dissemination initiated by the
research group SpatiAlEs, from the University of Santiago de Compostela, in
2016, later reinforced by the Instituto Universitario de Lenguas Modernas y
Traductores (ULMYT), at the University Complutense of Madrid, in 2018.
TRALIMA/ITZULIK together with the abovementioned research groups, and many
others, take part in CORPUSNET. The goal of this network is the development of
(parallel or comparable) corpus-based tools, applications and resources to
satisfy needs in the realms of research, teaching and/or intercultural
communication (http://corpusnet.unileon.es/).

Parallel Corpora creation and exploitation are possible thanks to the
collaboration of linguists, (computational) engineers, statisticians and a
variety of language users (researchers, learners, translators, among others).
While the latter report their needs for language use, as well as, problems or
challenges in cross-cultural communication, the former describe languages, at
different levels, to observe what should be done to meet each ultimate
purpose, thus defining a possible solution. It is the engineers and
statisticians who give it shape by developing tools whose usefulness and
usability be guaranteed. This interdisciplinary collaboration is as necessary
as complex and fraught with challenges. This is indeed the case given the
increasing range of language applications, not only among various languages
but also in a variety of domains. 

Originally, the aim of PaCor is twofold: first, to identify challenges, from a
variety of perspectives including contrastive linguistics and translation, to
name a few, with the intention of extending applications to solve them; and 2)
to provide a platform for presentation of projects on parallel corpora where
Spanish is the pivot language. We hope this third edition adds on to the
knowledge gained in previous editions, not only by giving awaiting answers but
also by raising new questions that, altogether, enhance corpus linguistics in
general and parallel corpora in particular. To this end, we would like PaCor
2020 to pay special attention to parallel corpora that feature, at least, one
minority language.

Call for Papers: 

To view the full Call in English, Spanish, and Basque, please visit
https://www.ehu.eus/documents/13163513/0/CfP.pdf/9a4cff10-2064-3373-8b31-a7d57
aab115b?t=1590017255000

We welcome submissions of abstracts for a 20-minute paper presentation or
poster presentation on any of the following topics or research lines:

1. Use of parallel corpora for research on contrastive linguistics,
(descriptive)
translation studies, machine translation, foreign language teaching-learning,
terminology and/or lexicography.
2. Tools for the creation, annotation and exploitation of parallel corpora.
3. Bilingual and multilingual parallel corpora of Spanish and other languages.
4. Creation and application of parallel corpora featuring (at least one of)
Spain's
co-official languages.
5. Corpus-based specialized translation of so-called under-resourced, narrow
domains (Skadina et al. 2010).
6. Corpus applications for the development of tools, such as dictionaries,
machine translation software, among others, in the realm of digital
humanities.

Abstracts for paper presentations should specify the title of the paper, refer
to the
aim of the study, the methodology followed and the results found. Papers of
''work in progress'' should refer to at least preliminary results. In the case
that there are not results, please send a proposal for a poster. Presenters
will have 20 minutes to deliver their talk, followed by a 10-minute Q&A
session.
Abstracts for poster presentations should also specify the title of the study
and include a shorter summary of about 250 words, excluding references.

Important dates
- Deadline for Abstract Submission: Until 15 January 2021
- Notification of Acceptance: 15 February 2021
- Early-bird Registration: 15 February - 15 April 2021
- Regular Registration: 16 April - 31 May 2021

Check the conference website for more information: www.ehu.eus/pacor2020.

Due to the widespread use of English in this field, the organizing team
recommends English for submissions. Nevertheless Spanish and Basque are also
accepted.

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