ELEX 2009

First call for papers eLexicography in the 21st century: New challenges, new applications

Organized by the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics (CECL) under the aegis of the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX).

Venue: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Dates: 22-24 October, 2009

Organizers: Prof. Sylviane Granger and Dr Magali Paquot

Theme

The conference aims to explore innovative developments in the field of electronic lexicography. Papers on the following topics are particularly welcome:

* New technological environments (web-based dictionaries, mobile devices, etc.) * Exploitation of language resources: monolingual and multilingual corpora, learner corpora, lexical databases (e.g. WordNet) * Integration of NLP tools (grammatical annotation, speech synthesis, etc.) * Dictionary writing systems and other software available to the lexicographer * Changes to the dictionary macro- and microstructure afforded by the electronic medium (multiple access routes, efficient integration of phraseology, etc.) * Automated customisation of dictionaries in function of users�?? needs (proficiency level, receptive vs. productive mode, register) * Integration of electronic dictionaries into language learning and teaching (CALL, translator training, etc.)

The conference aims to be a showcase for the latest developments in the field and will feature both software demos and a book exhibition.

There will be three different categories of presentation:

- Full paper (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion) - Software demonstration (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion) - Poster

The posters are intended to present research still at a preliminary stage and on which researchers would like to get feedback.

Abstracts of 500-1,000 words (+ list of references) accompanied by a brief bio note (75 words) should be sent to elexicography@uclouvain.be by 15 December 2008.

Please follow the abstract submission guidelines described here

A selection of papers will be invited for expansion into chapters for a book arising from the conference.

Key dates

- Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 December 2008 - Notification of acceptance / rejection: 27 February 2009

Keynote speakers

We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have accepted our invitation to give a keynote presentation at the conference:

Ulrich Heid (Universität Stuttgart, Germany) Marie-Claude L�??Homme (Université de Montréal, Canada) Hilary Nesi (Coventry University, Great-Britain) Michael Rundell (Lexicography MasterClass Ltd, Great-Britain) Piek Vossen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Organising committee

De Cock Sylvie (Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis & CECL, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) Granger Sylviane (CECL, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) Paquot Magali (CECL, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) Rayson Paul (UCREL, Lancaster University, Great-Britain) Tutin Agnes (LIDILEM, Université Stendhal-Grenoble 3, France)

Scientific committee

Bogaards Paul (Leiden University, The Netherlands) Bouillon Pierrette (ISSCO, University of Geneva, Switzerland) Campoy Cubillo, Maria Carmen (Universitat Jaume I, Spain) Cowie Anthony (University of Leeds, Great-Britain) de Schryver Gilles-Maurice (Ghent University, Belgium) Drouin Patrick (Oservatoire de Linguistique Sens-Texte, Université de Montréal, Canada) Fairon Cédrick (CENTAL, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) Fellbaum Christiane (Princeton University, United States) Fontenelle Thierry (Microsoft Natural Language Group, United States) Glaros Nikos (Institute for Language and Speech Processing, Greece) Grefenstette Gregory (EXALEAD, France) Hanks Patrick (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) Kilgarriff Adam (Lexical Computing Ltd, Great-Britain) Korhonen Anna (University of Cambridge, Great-Britain) Herbst Thomas (Universität Erlangen, Germany) Lemnitzer Lothar (Universität Tübingen, Germany) Moon Rosamund (University of Birmingham, Great-Britain) Ooi Vincent (National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore) Pecman Mojca (Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, France) Piao Scott (The University of Manchester, Great-Britain) Rayson Paul (UCREL, Lancaster University, Great-Britain) Ronald Jim (Hiroshima Shudo University, Japan) Sierra Martinez Gerardo (GIL, Universidad Autónoma de México, México) Smrz Pavel (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic) Sobkowiak W�?odzimierz (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) Tarp Sven (Centre for Lexicography, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark) Tutin Agnes (LIDILEM, Université Stendhal-Grenoble 3, France) Verlinde Serge (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) Yihua Zhang (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China) Zock Michael (CNRS - Laboratoire d�??Informatique Fondamentale, France)

Language of the conference: English

Conference website: www.uclouvain.be/cecl-elexicography.html

Contact: elexicography@uclouvain.be

For sponsoring options, please contact Sylviane Granger This CfP was obtained from WikiCFP