** apologies for cross-posting ** Linking Lexicographic and Language Learning Resources (4LR) Workshop at LDK 2023 – Call for Papers Workshop website: https://lexicala.com/4lr/
The workshop ‘Linking Lexicographic and Language Learning Resources’ (4LR) will be held in conjunction with LDK 2023 – 4th conference on Language, Data and Knowledge – (http://2023.ldk-conf.org/) at the University of Vienna, Austria, on September 13 (tentative), in hybrid mode. The aim of this workshop is to explore linguistic linked (open) data and knowledge management methods and technologies for linking lexicographic and language learning resources, tools and applications in general and dictionaries and CEFR lists in particular. Our starting point is, on the one hand, enhancing CEFR-graded language proficiency lists with lexicographic content and, on the other hand, incorporating CEFR labels in learner’s dictionaries. CEFR – the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – is a generally established international standard for describing language proficiency, and CEFR-graded resources have been developed for many languages in Europe. However, incorporating their information is still not a common practice in modern lexicography for most languages, except for notably two English dictionaries for advanced learners (Cambridge and Oxford). There are substantial unsolved issues, such as inconsistencies in vocabulary size per level between languages; no, or limited, sense disambiguation in CEFR resources; words from a higher CEFR level in definitions and example sentences. Moreover, there has been limited collaboration and interoperability so far among the related fields of lexicography, language acquisition, and linguistic linked data, whether regarding research, development, or practical application. 4LR will feature an overview by the organizers, as well as an invited talk by Jorge Gracia from University of Zaragoza and chair of NexusLinguarum CA on Linked Data for Lexicographic Resources. In addition, we invite submissions for papers (20 minutes, plus discussion) on the following topics: • Linking lexicographic content to CEFR-graded vocabularies • Pedagogical lexicography and knowledge graphs • Attributing CEFR labels in learner’s dictionaries • Incorporating vocabulary and grammar profiles in lexicographic resources • Creating and linking crosslingual concept-based CEFR resources • Multilingual knowledge management and language learning applications and tools
SUBMISSION AND DATES Please submit your abstract including 300-500 words via EasyChair [https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=4lr2023]. 19 May 2023 Deadline for abstract submission 29 May 2023 Deadline for notification for abstract submission 30 June 2023 Deadline for camera-ready paper submission 13 Sep 2023 (tentative) 4LR workshop 14–15 Sep LDK 2023 conference
ORGANIZERS AND CONTACT Kris Heylen. Dutch Language Institute (Kris DOT Heylen AT ivdnt DOT org) Jelena Kallas. Institute of the Estonian Language Ilan Kernerman. Lexicala by K Dictionaries Carole Tiberius. Dutch Language Institute
Website: https://lexicala.com/4lr/ 4LR is supported by NexusLinguarum COST Action (CA18209) – European network for Web-centered linguistic data science. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 4LR workshop at LDK 2023 will follow a related workshop ‘Lexicography and CEFR: Linking Lexicographic Resources and Language Proficiency Levels’ that will be held in conjunction with eLex 2023 on June 29 in Brno, Czech Republic.