Linguistic Evidence 2008

[Olivier Bonami]

Linguistic Evidence 2008

Call for Papers

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2007
Call for papers for the conference ''Linguistic Evidence 2008:  
Empirical,
Theoretical, and Computational Perspectives''

Hosted by the SFB 441 ''Linguistic Data Structures'' at the  
University of
Tuebingen (Germany)

31st January to 2nd February 2008

Aims and scope:

The SFB 441 'Linguistic Data Structures' has been working since 1999  
on the
implications for linguistics of the rapid increase in quantity and
evidential quality of data types. As part of the SFB 441's effort to
further external links, this conference aims to bring together  
researchers
from all areas of linguistics who are working on the closer  
integration of
linguistic theory and linguistic evidence. We are particularly  
interested
in innovative perspectives on the use and exploitation of data  
sources in
investigating linguistic research questions. We therefore invite
unpublished contributions which relate to issues of the empirical  
base of
linguistic explanation and linguistic theory from all fields of  
linguistics
(including syntax, semantics, pragmatics, phonology, morphology,  
phonetics,
psycholinguistics, acquisition, computational linguistics,
neurolinguistics, historical linguistics, typology.)

Papers might concern issues of data collection and analysis, the  
comparison
and contrast of multiple data types, studies of the evidential value of
data sources, their relevance for the evaluation and construction of
linguistic theory, and studies illustrating the explanatory insights  
to be
gained.

There will be a special session on empirical methods in syntax and  
semantics.

For more details about aim and scope of the conference see also the
proceedings volume: Kepser, S. & M. Reis (2005), Linguistic Evidence:
Empirical, Theoretical and Computational Perspectives. Berlin: De  
Gruyter

Invited speakers:

Greg Carlson (Rochester)
Lyn Frazier (Amherst)
Hubert Haider (Salzburg)
Rada Mihalcea (North Texas)

Submissions:

We invite abstracts for 25+10 minute talks and also for poster
presentations. Further submission instructions can be found on the
conference website:

http://www.sfb441.uni-tuebingen.de/LingEvid2008/call.html

We intend to publish selected papers in a separate proceedings  
volume, as
at the preceding conferences.

Successful students submissions may be subsidized.

Important deadlines:

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 30th September 2007
Notification of acceptance: first week of November 2007
Conference: 31st January to 2nd February 2008

Should you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the
conference organizers at LingEvid2008_at_uni-tuebingen.de

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