QITL-5: Call for participation

 

 

5th Conference on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-5)

  • Date: 12-14 SEPT 2013
  • Location: Leuven, Belgium
  • Early bird registration deadline: 20 august 2013
  • Website: http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/QITL5/

We are pleased to invite you to the 5th Conference on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-5) which will be held at the University of Leuven (Belgium), from September 12 to 14, 2013 in co-operation with Ghent University and University College Ghent.

Since the turn of the millennium, the application of quantitative methods on empirical data, with increasing sophistication and complexity, has become widely accepted as central in the development and testing of theoretical hypotheses concerning the nature of natural language and its processing by human beings. However, it is also increasingly recognized that quantitative investigations should be theoretically motivated and anchored. Quantitative analyses are not performed in isolation, but contribute to the regular scientific process of theoretical falsification. Simply put, quantitative methods and theoretical developments should mutually feed and influence each other.

Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL) offers a forum for theoretically aware and methodologically advanced researchers from any linguistic discipline or methodology, and in particular, but not limited to:

  • Quantitative corpus based studies
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Variational Linguistics
  • Computational linguistics / NLP
  • Historical linguistics
  • Typology
  • Lexical Semantics
  • Second language acquisition / applied linguistics
  • Contact Linguistics
  • First language acquisition

To maximize interaction and discussion, the conference features a single track of oral and poster presentations on quantitative studies with a theoretical interest. The full programme can be found below and on: http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/QITL5/programme.htm

Keynote Speakers:

  • Jennifer Hay, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Laura Janda, University of Tromsø, Norway
  • Søren Wichmann, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Registration: http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/QITL5/registration.htm

  • Early bird registraten (up to August 20, 2013): ?80
  • Late registration (after August 20, 2013): ?100

Important dates:

  • 1 MAY.2013 - Deadline for submissions (CALL CLOSED)
  • 20 AUGUST 2013 - Early bird registration deadline
  • 12-14 SEPTEMBER 2013: Conference