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treebanks with good annotation of coordination? (any language, any syntactic schema)
by Adam Przepiórkowski 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

Dear All, I am looking for treebanks (of any kind; dependency, constituency, LFG, HPSG, …) with good – preferably manual – unambiguous annotation of coordinate structures, for any language. A typical UD treebank does not have a good annotation of coordinations, because vanilla UD does not distinguish between dependents of single conjuncts, as in *I [came and [bought a book]]*, and shared dependents of conjuncts, as in *I [[saw and bought] a book]*. Enhanced UD can in principle make this distinction, but many EUD treebanks are automatically converted from vanilla UD treebanks, so this information is also often not available or not reliable. On the other hand, many constituency treebanks (including PTB) do not have explicit information about governors of coordinations (in *I bought John and Mary interesting books* the governor of *John and Mary* is *bought* and not, say, *books*), and – perhaps surprisingly – it is often not easy to guess the governor. So I am looking for treebanks that wear both kinds of information – about shared dependents and about governors – on their sleeves. Thanks, best, Adam P.

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CFP and final deadline: PAC 2023 – Spoken English varieties: interfaces and multidimensional approaches
by Anne Przewozny desriaux 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

Apologies for cross-posting Dear colleagues, Please find below the final CFP for the PAC 2023 international conference entitled Spoken English varieties: interfaces and multidimensional approaches. PAC 2023 – Spoken English varieties: interfaces and multidimensional approaches International conference Wednesday, April 12th to Friday, April 14th 2023 @ Université Paris Nanterre, France Guest Speakers David Britain, University of Bern, Switzerland Alexander Haselow, University of Münster, Germany Magdalena Wrembel, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Best regards, Anne Przewozny-Desriaux ***************************************************************************** PAC 2023 – Spoken English varieties: interfaces and multidimensional approaches International conference Wednesday, April 12th to Friday, April 14th 2023 @ Université Paris Nanterre, France Guest Speakers David Britain, University of Bern, Switzerland Alexander Haselow, University of Münster, Germany Magdalena Wrembel, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Organised by CREA (Centre de Recherches Anglophones), Université Paris Nanterre TransCrit (Transferts Critiques anglophones), Université Paris 8 with the support of LPL, Aix-Marseille Université CLILLAC-ARP, Université Paris Cité CLLE, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès The PAC programme (Phonologie de l’Anglais Contemporain: usages, variétés et structure - The Phonology of Contemporary English: usage, varieties and structure) is coordinated by Anne Przewozny-Desriaux (Toulouse Jean Jaurès University), Sophie Herment (University of Aix-Marseille), Sylvain Navarro (Paris Cité University) and Cécile Viollain (Paris Nanterre University). The main aims of the programme can be summarized as follows: to give a better picture of spoken English in its unity and diversity (geographical, social and stylistic); to test existing theoretical models in phonology, phonetics and sociolinguistics from a synchronic and diachronic point of view, making room for the systematic study of variation; to favour communication between specialists in speech and in phonological theory; and to provide corpus-based data and analyses which will help improve the teaching of English as a foreign language. To learn more about us, you can visit the programme’s website: https://www.pacprogramme.net/?lang=en. The 16th edition of the PAC international conference in 2023 will focus on interfaces between phonology and phonetics as well as other levels of linguistic structure in contemporary spoken English varieties on the basis of corpus data. Multidimensional approaches to oral corpora are understood as approaches combining different levels of linguistic analysis and/or tools and methods borrowed from other disciplines (such as sociology, geography, anthropology, computer science, stylistics, psychology, neuro and cognitive sciences, media studies, cultural studies). The conference will be organized around three days of plenary and thematic sessions focusing on the issues detailed hereafter. We will welcome submissions which address, but are not limited to, these topics. Submissions need not be limited to a single thematic session either and may encompass issues from different themes. 1. Identities, attitudes & representations The following topics and questions fall within the scope of this session: • What are the current dynamics of linguistic and cultural communities and identities in the English-speaking world? Are there new linguistic and cultural identities currently emerging? • How are these communities and identities self-perceived and represented, notably in audiovisual and/or literary productions? What is their relationship to traditional standard varieties? • What interfaces or multidimensional approaches can best tackle the issues of sociolinguistic evaluation, representation, authenticity and stereotyping? 2. Standard(s), variation & change The following topics and questions fall within the scope of this session: • What are ongoing changes in contemporary spoken varieties of English (standard and non-standard)? Do they challenge existing theoretical models of speech variation? • What is the impact of regional and social factors on variation and change in the English-speaking world? • What concepts and notions can be borrowed from other disciplines to account for variation and change? • How can corpus phonology shed light on the phonology/phonetics interface? • How do authentic data contribute to empirical approaches in phonology? 3. Suprasegmentals The following topics and questions fall within the scope of this session: • What are the suprasegmental characteristics of contemporary varieties of spoken English? • What interfaces (e.g. prosody/syntax, prosody/pragmatics) or multidimensional approaches (e.g. acoustics, kinesics) can adequately account for the suprasegmental characteristics of spoken varieties of English? • What is the impact of regional and social factors on rhythmic and intonational patterns in spoken English? • How can intonational variation be described, modeled? • What tools are most relevant for the (semi-)automatic annotation of prosody? 4. Interphonology & learner corpora The following topics and questions fall within the scope of this session: • What are the characteristics of L2 varieties of English? How can the acquisition of L2 phonology best be modeled? • How can L2 pronunciation be assessed? What are the most relevant criteria to take into account? How can multidimensional approaches to oral performance help provide feedback to learners? • What is the impact of motivation and self-efficacy on L2 speech productions and perception? • What are learners’ representations of English teaching norms and stereotypes regarding the different varieties of spoken English? 5. Oral syntax The following topics and questions fall within the scope of this session: • What is the syntax of contemporary varieties of spoken English? How can it be described? What are its unique features? • Are the tools and methods used to describe the syntax of written varieties of English appropriate/relevant for the study of spoken English syntax? What adjustments and/or developments can be advocated? • To what extent can oral syntax be studied independently from other linguistic levels of structure? What interfaces (e.g. syntax/prosody, syntax/pragmatics) may be necessary to adequately account for the syntactic characteristics of spoken varieties of English? Are all theoretical frameworks equally equipped to account for the specificities of oral syntax? What syntactic phenomena challenge existing models and frameworks? In tackling these issues, comparisons with written data / varieties are not excluded as long as the main contribution is the characterization of oral syntax. Given the exploratory nature of this topic, we will also welcome presentations reporting work in progress on those issues and technical solutions for the multidimensional study of oral syntax. Dates and deadlines Conference: April 12th to April 14th 2023 Final deadline for submissions: October 31st 2022 Results of refereeing of abstracts: December 4th 2022 Anne Przewozny-Desriaux Professeur de linguistique anglaise | Phonologie et sociolinguistique Dpt Etudes du Monde Anglophone Dir. adjointe CLLE | CNRS UMR 5263 Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France https://clle.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil/annuaire/anne-przewozny-desriaux#/ https://dema.univ-tlse2.fr The Corpus Phonology of English: Multifocal Analyses of Variation https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-corpus-phonology-of-english-h… La Langue des Australiens http://www.lambert-lucas.com/la-langue-des-australiens-genese PAC programme & LVTI project https://www.pacprogramme.net/

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Job: Assistant Professor, Computational Linguistics, University of Toronto Scarborough
by Ewan Dunbar 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

Assistant Professor - Computational Linguistics Date Posted: 10/06/2022 Closing Date: 11/17/2022, 11:59PM ET Req ID: 26528 Job Category: Faculty - Tenure Stream (continuing) Faculty/Division: University of Toronto Scarborough Department: UTSC: Department of Language Studies Campus: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Description: The Department of Language Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Computational Linguistics. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2023, or shortly thereafter. Candidates must have earned a PhD degree in Linguistics, Computer Science, Psychology, Cognitive Science or a closely related area—with a focus on computational linguistics—by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter, with a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests complement and enhance our existing departmental strengths in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and Indigenous language revitalization. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue innovative and independent research at the highest international level and to establish an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program. Candidates must have a strong focus on applying computational methods to questions in linguistic research, e.g., language structure, processing, production, acquisition. This focus should be clearly explained in the research statement. Research connections with natural language processing (NLP)/speech technology will be considered an asset. Applicants who do not have NLP research connections should be familiar with methods used in NLP/speech technology applications. The ideal candidate will also demonstrate an ability to teach foundational linguistics courses. Candidates must provide evidence of research excellence which can be demonstrated by a record of publications in top-ranked and field relevant journals/conference proceedings or forthcoming publications meeting high international standards, the submitted research statement, presentations at significant conferences, awards and accolades, and strong endorsements from referees of high standing. The successful candidate will also be expected to demonstrate excellence in teaching, and to contribute to curriculum development of undergraduate courses in computational linguistics. Evidence of excellence in teaching will be provided through teaching accomplishments, the teaching dossier (with required materials outlined below) submitted as part of the application, as well as strong letters of reference. The candidate will have an appointment in the tri-campus graduate department in Linguistics and will teach and supervise graduate students in that department. Candidates must also show evidence of a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and to the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment, as demonstrated through the application materials. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The Department of Language Studies is located at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), a research-intensive campus with an interdisciplinary commitment, a multicultural student body, and modern facilities. The University offers the opportunity to conduct research, teach and live in one of the most diverse cities in the world. The University also offers opportunities to work in a range of collaborative programs and centers of research. For additional information on the Department of Language Studies, please visit https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dls/welcome-department-language-studies; to learn more about the Graduate Department of Linguistics, please see https://www.linguistics.utoronto.ca/ All qualified candidates are invited to apply online by following the link below and clicking "Apply Now." https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-Computational-Ling… Applicants must submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, a research statement outlining current and future research interests, a recent writing sample, and a teaching dossier, which should include a teaching statement, sample course materials, including ideas for future teaching, and teaching evaluations. Applicants must also provide the name and contact information of three references. The University of Toronto’s recruiting tool will automatically solicit and collect letters of references from each after an application is submitted (this happens overnight). Applicants remain responsible for ensuring that references submit letters (on letterhead, dated and signed) by the closing date. Submission guidelines can be found at http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. Your CV and cover letter should be uploaded into the dedicated fields. Please combine additional application materials into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Professor Juvénal Ndayiragije at dlssearchcommittee2022(a)utoronto.ca. All application materials, including reference letters, must be received by November 17, 2022. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Diversity Statement The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP. Accessibility Statement The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers(a)utoronto.ca.

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Call for papers: 7th International Conference on Dependency Linguistics (Depling 2023)
by François Lareau 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

DEPLING 2023, WASHINGTON DC, MARCH 9-12, 2023 Depling (https://depling.org) is a bi-annual conference dedicated to dependency-based approaches in linguistics and natural language processing. Dependencies, directed labeled graph structures representing hierarchical relations between morphemes, words or semantic units, have now become the standard representation of syntactic resources and NLP technologies. Depling has become the central event for people discussing the linguistic significance of these structures, their theoretical and formal foundations, their processing, and their use in NLP tools. VENUE This year, Depling will be part of the Georgetown University Round Table on Linguistics (GURT, https://gurt.georgetown.edu) in Washington DC on March 9-12, 2023, together with UDW, TLT, and CxGs+NLP, in the spirit of previous SyntaxFests (https://syntaxfest.github.io). Talks will take place in plenary sessions to promote cross-fertilization of ideas across subcommunities. TOPICS OF INTEREST Depling addresses the use of dependency trees and related formal representations (such as DAGs) to represent linguistic structure. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - The use of dependency structures in theoretical linguistics - Historical and epistemological foundations of dependency grammar - The use of dependency structures in corpus development - The use of dependency structures in lexicography - The use of dependency structures in computational linguistics - The relation between dependency-based grammar and other fields of science INVITED SPEAKER Guy Perrier, LORIA/Université de Lorraine (Emeritus) SUBMISSION DETAILS We invite paper submissions in two distinct tracks: - regular papers on substantial, original, and unpublished research, including empirical evaluation results, where appropriate; - short papers on smaller, focused contributions, work in progress, negative results, surveys, or opinion pieces. Papers must be submitted in PDF via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=georgetown.edu/GURT/2023/Conference Regular papers may consist of up to 8 pages (excluding references and appendices). Short papers may consist of up to 4 pages (excluding references and appendices). Accepted papers will be given an additional page to address reviewer comments. Papers should describe original work; they should emphasize completed work and should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance and relevance to the conference. All submissions should follow the two-column format and the ACL style. https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files Proceedings will be published in the ACL Anthology and will include both long and short papers. For more information, read our detailed call for papers here: https://gurt.georgetown.edu/gurt-2023/depling-call-for-papers/ IMPORTANT DATES - November 15, 2022: submission deadline (long and short papers) - January 11, 2023: notification of acceptance - February 1, 2023: camera-ready papers due - March 9–12, 2023: conference DEPLING CHAIRS François Lareau, Université de Montréal Owen Rambow, Stony Brook University Contact: depling2023(a)depling.org

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Query: Guide or advice for crowd-sourcing linguistic annotations
by Robert Fuchs 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

Dear all I'm looking for a guide or advice for crowd-sourcing linguistic annotations via platforms such as Mechanical Turk. I'm thinking of rating tasks such as evaluating positive and negative sentiment in sentences or annotating concordances from a corpus for a certain property (e.g. deontic v epistemic meaning in modal verbs). Specifically, I'm wondering - How can I ensure that the annotations are of sufficient quality? I don't have a gold standard for all the data, after all this is why I need the annotations. If I get all the data annotated by two or three independent annotators, I can ensure adequate quality. But then I might still get annotators who more or less submit random annotations (or start doing so after a while), or at least it would take me very long to find out who is doing so. - How do I find out what remuneration is adequate? - What is a good way to split up the data for annotation? Single annotation units or, say, 50 or 100 at a time? How do I deliver them effectively to the annotators? Many thanks and best wishes Robert -- Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs (JP) | Department of English Language and Literature/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik | University of Hamburg | Überseering 35, 22297 Hamburg, Germany | Room 07076 | https://uni-hamburg.academia.edu/RobertFuchs | https://sites.google.com/view/rflinguistics/ Mailing list on varieties of English/World Englishes/ENL-ESL-EFL. Subscribe here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/var-eng/join Are you a non-native speaker of English? Please help us by taking this short survey on when and how you use the English language: https://lamapoll.de/englishusageofnonnativespeakers-1/

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ACL 2023: Call for Papers
by Devamanyu Hazarika 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

(apologies for cross posting) ============================ ACL 2023 Website: https://2023.aclweb.org/ Submission Deadline: - ARR: 15 December 2022 - START Direct: 13 January 2023 (Abstract), 20 January 2023 (Paper) Conference Dates: July 9-14 2023 Location: Toronto, Canada Theme: Reality Check Contact: - Yang Liu (General Chair) - Jordan Lee Boyd-Graber, Naoaki Okazaki, Anna Rogers (Program Chairs): acl2023-pc(a)googlegroups.com ============================ Call for Main Conference Papers ACL 2023 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research in all aspects of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing. As in recent years, some of the presentations at the conference will be of papers accepted by the Transactions of the ACL (TACL) and by the Computational Linguistics (CL) journals. === Important Dates === - Submission template available: November 1, 2022 - Anonymity period for ARR papers: November 15, 2022 - Submission deadline for papers submitted to ARR: December 15, 2022 - Anonymity period for papers submitted through START: December 20, 2022 - Abstract deadline for START direct submissions: January 13, 2023 - Direct paper submission deadline: January 20, 2023 - Commitment deadline for ARR papers: March 17, 2023 - Author response period: March 17-24, 2023 - Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2023 - Withdrawal deadline: May 8, 2023 - Camera-ready papers due: May 22, 2023 - Tutorials: July 9, 2023 - Conference: July 10-12, 2023 - Workshops: July 13-14, 2023 All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). === Submission Topics === ACL 2023 aims to have a broad technical program. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas (in alphabetical order): - Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics - Dialogue and Interactive Systems - Discourse and Pragmatics - Ethics and NLP - Generation - Information Extraction - Information Retrieval and Text Mining - Interpretability and Analysis of Models for NLP - Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond - Multilingualism and Language Contact: Code-switching, Representation Learning, Cross-lingual transfer - Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling, and Psycholinguistics - Machine Learning for NLP - Machine Translation - NLP Applications - Phonology, Morphology, and Word Segmentation - Question Answering - Resources and Evaluation - Semantics: Lexical - Semantics: Sentence-level Semantics, Textual Inference, and Other Areas - Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining - Speech and Multimodality - Summarization - Syntax: Tagging, Chunking and Parsing === Theme Track: Reality Check === Following the success of the ACL 2020-2022 Theme tracks, we are happy to announce that ACL 2023 will have a new theme with the goal of reflecting and stimulating discussion about the current state of development of the field of NLP. While the current systems perform much better and fail more gracefully than their rule-based predecessors, there are growing piles of evidence of other kinds of brittleness, including out-of-domain generalization, adversarial attacks, spurious patterns (both linguistic and social), lack of sensitivity to basic linguistic perturbations such as negation, over-sensitivity to perturbations that should not matter (e.g. order and wording of prompts), etc. The theme track invites empirical and theoretical research, as well position and survey papers reflecting on the ways in which reported performance improvements on NLP benchmarks are meaningful. The possible topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) the following: - How reliably do the leaderboard scores translate to improvements in real-world use of the models? - How reliably do the leaderboard scores compare competing models? - While the current NLP systems are not brittle in the same way as their predecessors, they are still brittle in other ways. What tasks can we claim to have “solved”, if any? - Have performance improvements been accompanied by commensurate growth in the scientific understanding (of language, cognition, or deep learning technology)? In what ways? - Given that the authors of engineering papers are incentivized to report only the most successful results, especially for the systems that are also commercial products, what can the NLP venues do to improve reporting? The theme track submissions can be either long or short. We anticipate having a special session for this theme at the conference and a Thematic Paper Award in addition to other categories of awards. Visit https://2023.aclweb.org/calls/main_conference/ for more details!

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Second CFPs 14th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics
by Paula Rodríguez-Puente 13 Oct '22

13 Oct '22

Dear colleagues, Please find below information on the second CFPs for the 14th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics, to be held in Oviedo (Spain) on 10-12 May, 2023. Submission of proposals will be opened via EasyAbs from 15 October to 31 December 2023. For further information, please visit the conference website at: *https://cilc2023.wordpress.com/ <https://cilc2023.wordpress.com/>* With best regards, Paula Rodríguez-Puente (on behalf of the Organising Committee) *Aims and scope* The Spanish Association for Corpus Linguistics (AELINCO) and the Organising Committee of this conference edition are pleased to invite you to the *14th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics *(CILC2023), which will take place from 10 to 12 May 2023 at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Oviedo. The theme of the conference is *Corpus Linguistics in the Digital Era: Genres, Registers and Domains.* *Keynote speakers* The following plenary speakers have confirmed their participation: · *Beatrix Busse* <https://portal.uni-koeln.de/es/university/organization/rectorate/vice-recto…> (University of Cologne, Germany) · *Teresa Fanego* <https://www.usc-teresafanego.es/> (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) · *Gaëtanelle Gilquin* <https://perso.uclouvain.be/gaetanelle.gilquin/> (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) · *Jukka Tyrkkö* <https://lnu.se/en/staff/jukka.tyrkko/> (Linnaeus University, Sweden) · *Roberto Valdeón* <https://fifa.uniovi.es/personal/pdi/-/asset_publisher/0018/content/valdeon-…> (University of Oviedo, Spain) *Submission of proposals* Prospect speakers are welcome to submit abstract proposals contributing to any one of the nine AELINCO thematic panels: · Corpus design, compilation and types · Discourse, literary analysis and corpora · Corpus-based grammatical studies · Corpus-based lexicology and lexicography · Corpora, contrastive studies and translation · Linguistic variation and change through corpora · Corpus-based computational linguistics · Corpora, language acquisition and teaching · Special uses of corpus linguistics *Format* The Organising Committee of CILC2023 invites the submission of abstract proposals for oral presentations (20 minutes) or poster presentations (A1), in line with the central themes of the conference or related to one of the nine areas of interest (panels) of AELINCO. Proposals should be submitted in *Word or PDF* format through EasyAbs. To submit your abstract, follow the instructions provided at: *https://old.linguistlist.org/confservices/14CILC.OVIEDO* <https://old.linguistlist.org/confservices/14CILC.OVIEDO> Each participant may submit a *maximum of two proposals*. Each proposal can only be included in one single panel. Paper presentations should last for 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. Abstracts must be *anonymous* (with no personal data on names and/or affiliation) and they should be between *450 and 550* *words* (excluding bibliography) in *English* or in *Spanish*. Please, follow the specific *guidelines* for submission and the *stylesheet* that may be found at: *http://www.aelinco.es/en/cilc-instructions-style-sheet* <http://www.aelinco.es/en/cilc-instructions-style-sheet> *Dates* Proposals can be submitted from *15 October 2022 to 31 December 2022*. Notification of acceptance will be on *15 February 2023*. *Registration* It is a *sine qua non* requirement for participants to be a member of AELINCO. Should you wish to become a member of AELINCO, you can get a full description of the procedure on the AELINCO website: *www.aelinco.es* <http://www.aelinco.es/> Registration will open shortly after the end of the peer review process. Further information about dates, fees and discounts will be posted soon. *Contact and further information* The Organising Committee remains available for any questions, suggestions or requests you may have at *cilc.oviedo(a)gmail.com* <http://cilc.oviedo@gmail.com> More detailed information about the conference can be found on the conference website at: *https://cilc2023.wordpress.com/* <https://cilc2023.wordpress.com/> -- Paula Rodríguez Puente paula.r.puente(a)gmail.com http://www.usc-vlcg.es/PRP.htm

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LGSWE
by Stephen Coffey 13 Oct '22

13 Oct '22

Dear all, I have a question regarding the very well known *Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English*. I recently noticed that it's now being published by John Benjamins, under the title *Grammar of Spoken and Written English.* https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.232 The blurb on the JB website begins "The completely redesigned *Grammar of Spoken and Written English *is a comprehensive corpus-based reference grammar." I've checked and seen that the page numbering is very slightly different from the original. But does anyone know if this "completely redesigned" JB version has led to any changes in content, or is the text identical to the 1999 edition? Thanks, Steve Coffey

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Call for Participation: CRAC 2022 at COLING, Oct 16 and 17
by Maciej Ogrodniczuk 13 Oct '22

13 Oct '22

CRAC 2022, the 5th Workshop on Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference, invites you to drop in! When: on October 16 and 17, 2022 Where: at COLING 2022 How: on-site (in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea) or online What are the highlights of 2022? Two shared tasks: 1. a CODI-CRAC 2022 joint shared task on Anaphora Resolution in Dialogue (https://bit.ly/codi-crac-2022-sharedtask) co-organized with the CODI workshop 2. a new CRAC 2022 shared task on multilingual coreference resolution (https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac22) Three invited talks: 1. Sharid Loáiciga: Bringing together Anaphora Resolution and Linguistic Theory 2. Massimo Poesio, Lori Levin: Annotating anaphoric reference in dialogue: the CODI/CRAC 2002 Shared Task corpus 3. Juntao Yu, Michal Novák: The recent developments in Universal Anaphora Scorer And a panel discussion on Universal Anaphora moderated by Sameer Pradhan. More information: https://sites.google.com/view/crac2022/ See you at CRAC 2022! Maciej Ogrodniczuk (on behalf of all organizers)

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Call for Participation: #SMM4H'22, 7th Social Media Mining for Health Applications - Shared Task & Workshop at COLING 2022
by Davy Weissenbacher 12 Oct '22

12 Oct '22

Call for Participation: #SMM4H'22, 7th Social Media Mining for Health Applications - Shared Task & Workshop at COLING 2022 Hybrid: Online / Gyeongju, Republic of Korea Workshop Date: October 17, 2022 Workshop and Shared task: https://healthlanguageprocessing.org/smm4h-2022/ ***Apologies if you received multiple copies of this announcement*** The Social Media Mining for Health Applications (#SMM4H) workshop serves as a venue for bringing together researchers interested in automatic methods for the collection, extraction, representation, analysis, and validation of social media data (e.g., Twitter, Reddit, Facebook) for health informatics. The 7th #SMM4H Workshop, co-located at COLING 2022 ( https://coling2022.org/index) will present a Keynote speaker, 15 invited oral presentations, and a poster session demonstrating the competing systems of the SMM4H'22 shared tasks. The detailed program and description of the shared tasks can be found online at https://healthlanguageprocessing.org/smm4h-2022/ <https://healthlanguageprocessing.org> Keynote speaker: Raul Rodriguez-Esteban, Senior Principal Scientist at Roche Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland Abstract: Social media listening for pharmaceutical R&D Traditionally, social media listening (SML) in the pharmaceutical setting has been limited to marketing and communication purposes and performed with manual, qualitative methods. Pharmaceutical companies, with the encouragement of regulatory agencies, have started utilizing social media listening to integrate the patient perspective in the clinical development process to ensure relevant treatments and outcomes. Additionally, there is a growing acknowledgment that quantitative methods for SML (QSML) can provide new and more rigorous analyses that enhance the value of social media data to enable a patient-centric approach to understanding disease burden and influence drug discovery decisions at all stages. During this talk, I will present some examples of QSML supporting pharmaceutical R&D. All questions should be emailed to Davy Weissenbacher ( davy.weissenbacher(a)cshs.org)

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