LINGUIST List 19.462: Computational Linguistics/Greece; General Linguistics/Belgium

LINGUIST List 19.462

Fri Feb 08 2008

Calls: Computational Linguistics/Greece; General Linguistics/Belgium

Editor for this issue: F. Okki Kurniawan <okkilinguistlist.org>

1. Philipp Cimiano, Workshop on Ontology Learning and Population
2. Valerie Wielemans, La Scalarité Dans Tous Ses Aspects

Message 1: Workshop on Ontology Learning and Population
Date: 08-Feb-2008
From: Philipp Cimiano <cimianoaifb.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Subject: Workshop on Ontology Learning and Population
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Full Title: Workshop on Ontology Learning and Population Short Title: OLP3

Date: 21-Jul-2008 - 22-Jul-2008 Location: Patras, Greece Contact Person: Paul Buitelaar Meeting Email: paulbdfki.de Web Site: http://olp.dfki.de/olp3/

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

Call Deadline: 07-Apr-2008

Meeting Description:

3rd Workshop on Ontology Learning and Population (OLP3) 18th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI)

July 21st/22nd, 2008, Patras, Greece

Invited speaker: Enrique Alfonseca (Google Europe)

Call for Papers

The third in the successful series of OLP workshops is inviting research contributions in the following areas: - Knowledge sources for ontology learning and population - Knowledge extraction for ontology learning and population - Evaluation of ontology learning and population - Methods in ontology learning and population - Ontology evolution

Important Dates: April 7th Submission Deadline May 13th Notification June 9th Camera-ready Version July 21st/22nd Workshop

More details on topics of interest and submission guidelines at: http://olp.dfki.de/olp3/

Looking forward to seeing you in Patras in July!

The Workshop Organizing Committee: Paul Buitelaar, DFKI, Germany Philipp Cimiano, Institute AIFB, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany George Paliouras, NCSR ''Demokritos'', Greece Myra Spiliopoulou, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany

Message 2: La Scalarité Dans Tous Ses Aspects
Date: 08-Feb-2008
From: Valerie Wielemans <Valerie.WielemansUGent.be>
Subject: La Scalarité Dans Tous Ses Aspects
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Full Title: La Scalarité Dans Tous Ses Aspects

Date: 15-Dec-2008 - 16-Dec-2008 Location: Ghent, Belgium Contact Person: Pascale Hadermann Meeting Email: Pascale.HadermannUGent.be sous la forme suivante : - un abrégé anonyme en français ou en anglais ne dépassant pas 2 pages de format A4 corps Times 12 (bibliographie incluse). L'abrégé devra clairement indiquer : - le thème choisi (approche lexicale, sémantique, pragmatique ou syntaxique) - le titre - les objectifs, le cadre et la méthodologie, les résultats/conclusions (provisoires). - une page séparée mentionnant vos nom et prénom, votre appartenance administrative, votre adresse postale, votre courriel et le titre de votre contribution.

Les soumissions seront évaluées de manière anonyme. Le choix tiendra compte des critères suivants : - Importance et originalité du papier - Assise empirique de l'analyse - Précision du contenu scientifique - Organisation et clarté de la présentation

Principales Echeances - Date-limite pour les soumissions: 1er mai 2008 - Notification des acceptations: 30 juin 2008 - Publication du programme: 1er octobre 2008 - Inscriptions définitives: 31 octobre 2008 - Colloque : 15 et 16 décembre 2008 - Lieu : Université de Gand - Het Pand Onderbergen 1, B-9000 Gand (Belgique)

Organisation

Comité d Organisation:
Pascale Hadermann (Universiteit Gent) Valerie Wielemans (FWO-Universiteit Gent)
Laurence De Wilde (Universiteit Gent) Michel Pierrard (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Dan Van Raemdonck (Université Libre de Bruxelles-Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Comité Scientifique: Silvia Adler (University of Haifa) Christophe Benzitoun (Université de Nancy) Bert Cappelle (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Bart Defrancq (Hogeschool Gent) Joaquin Garrido (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Olga Inkova (Université de Geneve) Sarah Leroy (Université Paris 10) Christopher Pinon (Université de Lille 3) Hava Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot (Tel Aviv University) Marleen Van Peteghem (Université de Lille 3) Jacqueline Visconti (University of Genova)

Detailed Description The following themes will be taken into consideration: - Lexical approach The possible reference to a value-scale sometimes seems to be inherent to the lexical content of some expressions: so ''run'' differs, among others, from ''walk'' by referring to a higher speed of movement, and adjectives such as ''cold'' and ''icy'' both refer to different levels on the temperature scale. In lexical oriented studies, the expression ''scalar'' is associated with a range of categories - predicates, determinants, adjectives, nouns, adverbial expressions - which are considered as gradable or are referring to a progression by degree. The following questions deserve to be further investigated: (i) can the concept of scalarity be applied as easily to categories which are different?, (ii) is it conceivable to establish a relation between ''degree'', ''gradation'' and ''scalarity''? - Semantic approach Progressing on one or various scales can activate the comparative system. Thus, the study of comparative structures permits to fine-tune the usability of the notion of scalarity and the reference to value-scales, as well as the link with high degree expressions: You will make a deep impression by driving such an expensive car. In this example, where the standard does not appear, the degree marker and the gradable notion refer to the highest level on the scale, instead of referring to a position on it. Furthermore, it is interesting to note the existence of the grammaticalisation processes, under whose influence an internal comparison system between two terms can lead to the expression of a comparison, overstepping the sentence limits: an evolution that will result in the appearance of logical links (au moins, Paul ne part pas sans nous dire au revoir ; cf. Bat Zeev Shyldkrot, 1995). In this respect, it is important to examine at which degree the scalar representation is underlying to the quantification and intensification phenomena and how it participates in the creation of discursive relations. - Pragmatic approach In this approach, which is based on the formal pragmatics of Paul Grice, the notion of scale is used in a logical context when it concerns the ''scalar implicatures''. For instance, in the sentence ''Some athletes smoke'', the Maxim of Quantity is responsible for the implicature ''It is not true that all the athletes smoke''. Indeed, the locutor makes his contribution as informative as required and nothing more, thus the stronger affirmation ''all the athletes'' is false. Otherwise, in respecting the Maxim of Quantity, he would confirm that they all smoke. In using the scalar implicature, the weaker and stronger affirmations are being situated on a logical scale (some - all). Later on, the theory of conversational maxims and implicatures has been discussed and refined, often within the frame of studies on undefinite pronouns, negative polarity and free choice expressions. It would be interesting to check the scalarity hypothesis in order to have a better understanding of those expressions in context. - On a syntactic level, some scalar structures do confront us with following problems: propositional reduction (cf. ''elliptical'' structures), syntactic scope (see e.g. the scope of adverbials), clause linkage (are comparatives subordinated clauses or not?), limits between parataxis / hypotaxis and coordination / subordination (where should we situate comparative correlatives etc.?). A final purpose of the colloquium is to work out a better comprehension of these syntactic phenomena when they concern scalar expressions.

In order to find a response to all these questions, we invite you to share with us your point of view on this matter. All the disciplinary approaches are welcome, whether they are monolingual or multilingual. The official languages of the colloquium will be French and English.

Call for Abstracts Abstracts (RTF format) have to be submitted before 1st of May 2008 by mail to Pascale.HadermannUGent.be in the following form: - an anonymous abstract in French or in English which does not exceed 2 pages (A4 format) with body text Times 12 (bibliography included). The abstract has to indicate clearly: - the chosen theme (lexical, semantic, pragmatic or syntactic approach) - the title - the aims, the context and the methodology, the (provisional) results/conclusions. - a separated page mentioning your surname and first name, your affiliation, your postal address, your email and the title of your contribution.

The submissions will be evaluated anonymously. Acceptance will take into consideration the following criteria: - Importance and originality of the paper - Empirical base of the analysis - Precision of the scientific content - Structure and clarity of the presentation.

Important Deadlines - Deadline for submission: 1st of May 2008 - Notification of acceptance: 30th of June 2008 - Program publication: 1st of October 2008 - Final subscriptions: 31th of October 2008 - Colloquium: 15th and 16th of December 2008 - Place: Ghent University- Het Pand Onderbergen 1, B-9000 Ghent (Belgium)

Organisation

Organising Committee:
Pascale Hadermann (Universiteit Gent) Valerie Wielemans (FWO-Universiteit Gent)
Laurence De Wilde (Universiteit Gent) Michel Pierrard (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Dan Van Raemdonck (Université Libre de Bruxelles-Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Scientific Commitee: Silvia Adler (University of Haifa) Christophe Benzitoun (Université de Nancy) Bert Cappelle (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Bart Defrancq (Hogeschool Gent) Joaquin Garrido (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Olga Inkova (Université de Geneve) Sarah Leroy (Université Paris 10) Christopher Pinon (Université de Lille 3) Hava Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot (Tel Aviv University) Marleen Van Peteghem (Université de Lille 3) Jacqueline Visconti (University of Genova)