Corpora-2006: Call for participation

CORPUS LINGUISTICS - 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear colleague,

The Department of mathematical linguistics, Faculty of Philology,
ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, jointly with
the Institute of Linguistic Studies,
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,
and
the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Philology,
HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA

are happy to announce the details of the International Conference
Corpus Linguistics - 2006.

The conference will be held in St. Petersburg, from 10th to 14th October 2006.

The conference is intended to cover a wide range of issues in corpus
linguistics, of either theoretical or practical significance. The topics of the
conference encompass the representativeness of corpora, relevance of source
documents, linguistic and metalinguistic mark-up, as well as other subjects of
the linguistic, programming, and management fields in corpora making. A special
area of corpus linguistics proposed for discussion is the use of corpora in
linguistic research and development of dedicated tools, primarily user-friendly
corpus managers for linguistically informed search. Another focal point of the
conference will be the co-ordination of research in corpus linguistics in Russia
and formulation of standards in this domain. The speakers and other participants
will be invited to review the results of the conference at the final roundtable
session.

The language of the presentations can be Russian or English.

Call for Papers
Applicants should register their interest in attending the conference 
by submitting, by 05 June 2006,
the application form at the address: http://corpora2006.iphil.ru
or otherwise by email to:
corpora2006@xxxxxxxxx,
or by snail mail to:
Department of Mathematical Linguistics
St. Petersburg, Universitetskaja nab., 11
Russia, 199034

The papers will be selected on the basis of relevance to conference topics and
prior significance for contemporary issues in corpora making and use. Notice of
acceptance will be sent to authors by 30 June 2006.

Registration Fee
Citizens of the Russian Federation                               500 RUR
Citizens of the Commonwealth of Independent States              1000 RUR
Foreign participants                                            1500 RUR

The registration fee includes the participant kit and coffee breaks.

The Conference Publications
In the follow-up of the conference, a volume of conference proceedings will be
published. This volume will comprise the papers of the participants provided at
the registration time at the beginning of the conference. 
The publication cost will be covered by the grant pending
at the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, or, should the application be
turned down, by the authors.
Contact Details

Mailing address:
Organising Committee of the Conference Corpus Linguistics - 2006
Department of Mathematical Linguistics
St. Petersburg, Universitetskaja nab., 11
Russia, 199034
Telephone:      +7 (812) 3 289 519
Email:          corpora2006@xxxxxxxxx

The Organising Committee

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