33.1980, Calls: African Unclassified; Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics/South Africa

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-1980. Mon Jun 13 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.1980, Calls: African Unclassified; Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics/South Africa

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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:00:03
From: Menno van Zaanen [menno.vanzaanen at nwu.ac.za]
Subject: Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language

 
Full Title: Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language 
Short Title: RAIL2022 

Date: 30-Nov-2022 - 30-Nov-2022
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa 
Contact Person: Menno van Zaanen
Meeting Email: menno.vanzaanen at nwu.ac.za
Web Site: https://bit.ly/rail2022 

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

Language Family(ies): African Unclassified 

Call Deadline: 28-Aug-2022 

Meeting Description:

The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on
resources (data collections, tools, etc.) specifically targeted towards
African indigenous languages.  It aims to create the conditions for the
emergence of a scientific community of practice that focuses on data, as well
as tools, specifically designed for or applied to indigenous languages found
in Africa.


Call for Papers:

Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL)
https://bit.ly/rail2022  

The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is
organising the 3rd RAIL workshop in the field of Resources for African
Indigenous Languages. This workshop aims to bring together researchers who are
interested in showcasing their research and thereby boosting the field of
African indigenous languages. This provides an overview of the current
state-of-the-art and emphasizes availability of African indigenous language
resources, including both data and tools. Additionally, it will allow for
information sharing among researchers interested in African indigenous
languages and also start discussions on improving the quality and availability
of the resources.  Many African indigenous languages currently have no or very
limited resources available and, additionally, they are often structurally
quite different from more well-resourced languages, requiring the development
and use of specialized techniques.  By bringing together researchers from
different fields (e.g., (computational) linguistics, sociolinguistics,
language technology) to discuss the development of language resources for
African indigenous languages, we hope to boost research in this field.

The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on
resources (data collections, tools, etc.) specifically targeted towards
African indigenous languages.  It aims to create the conditions for the
emergence of a scientific community of practice that focuses on data, as well
as tools, specifically designed for or applied to indigenous languages found
in Africa. 

Suggested topics include the following:
* Digital representations of linguistic structures
* Descriptions of corpora or other data sets of African indigenous languages
* Building resources for (under resourced) African indigenous languages
* Developing and using African indigenous languages in the digital age
* Effectiveness of digital technologies for the development of African
indigenous languages
* Revealing unknown or unpublished existing resources for African indigenous
languages
* Developing desired resources for African indigenous languages
* Improving quality, availability and accessibility of African indigenous
language resources

The 3rd RAIL workshop 2022 will be co-located with the 10th Southern African
Microlinguistics Workshop
(https://sites.google.com/nwulettere.co.za/samwop-10/home). This will be an
in-person event located in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Registration will be
free.

RAIL 2022 submission requirements:
* RAIL asks for full papers from 4 pages to 8 pages (plus more pages for
references if needed), which must strictly follow the Journal of the Digital
Humanities Association of Southern Africa style guide
(https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/30).
* Accepted submissions will be published in JDHASA, the Journal of the Digital
Humanities Association of Southern Africa
(https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/).
* Papers will be double blind peer-reviewed and must be submitted through
EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rail2022).

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: 28 August 2022
Date of notification: 30 September 2022
Camera ready copy deadline: 23 October 2022
RAIL: 30 November 2022, North-West University - Potchefstroom
SAMWOP: 1 – 3 December 2021, North-West University - Potchefstroom

Organising Committee
Jessica Mabaso
Rooweither Mabuya
Muzi Matfunjwa
Mmasibidi Setaka
Menno van Zaanen

South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa




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