34.1737, Calls: Computational Approaches to Metaphor and Figurative Language

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Subject: 34.1737, Calls: Computational Approaches to Metaphor and Figurative Language

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Date: 31-May-2023
From: Sebastian Reimann [Sebastian.Reimann at ruhr-uni-bochum.de]
Subject: Computational Approaches to Metaphor and Figurative Language


Full Title: Computational Approaches to Metaphor and Figurative
Language

Date: 28-Feb-2024 - 01-Mar-2024
Location: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Contact Person: Tatjana Scheffler
Meeting Email: Tatjana.Scheffler at ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Web Site: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/metaphor-dgfs2024/

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics

Call Deadline: 25-Aug-2023

Meeting Description:

Figurative and non-literal language, such as metaphor, metonymy, or
personification, poses a special challenge for computational analysis,
since these expressions are not used with their usual, ordinary
meanings, as represented in corpus data or recorded in lexical
resources, but with different, derived meanings.

We aim to bring together computational linguists working on the
automatic analysis of non-literal language. A special focus will be on
non-conventionalized usages, such as novel metaphors or innovative
forms of metonymy. In addition, we are particularly interested in
approaches applicable to languages other than English, for example
low-resource languages or domains.

Call for Papers:

We welcome contributions dealing with the identification of (specific
forms of) non-literal language, with the interpretation of figurative
expressions, or with the relation between literal and non-literal
meanings in distributional semantic representations. Further, we are
interested in discussing how the meaning of figurative expressions is
negotiated, for example in social media, and how distributional
semantic representations can be enriched in order to reflect
figurative meaning.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- non-conventionalized or innovative figurative language
- computational approaches to metaphors, allegory, or metonymy
- features for automatically detecting figurative language
- the interpretation of non-literal expressions
- semantic divergence of non-literal expressions
- figurative expressions in low-resource languages
- meaning negotiation in social media
- semantic representations for figurative meaning

Invited speakers: tba

Submission details:
Authors should submit anonymous abstracts of maximally 2 pages
(including references) in a 12 point font (e.g., Times New Roman).
References should be formatted according to the APA guidelines. The
workshop language is English for both abstracts and talks. According
to DGfS regulations, speakers can only present a paper in one
workshop. Please submit your abstracts as a (anonymized) pdf document
to the following address: metaphor-dgfs2024 at ruhr-uni-bochum.de , and
include the author information in the body of the email.
Upon acceptance, participants will be requested to submit a
de-anonymized shortened version of the abstract for the conference
booklet.

Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline: August 25, 2023
Notification of acceptance: September 8, 2023
Workshop: Feb 28-Mar 1, 2024



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