<OT> Second Call: Variations within OT workshop

Jennifer Spenader jennifer@ling.su.se
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Second Call for Papers:

Stockholm workshop on:
Variations within Optimality Theory

Recently there has been a proliferation of different =93dialects=94 of=20
optimality theory (OT); e.g. bi-directional optimality theory, stochastic=20
optimality theory, primitive optimality theory, etc. Many of these dialects=
=20
were developed to handle short-comings in standard OT for problems=20
particular within a specific linguistic field, but it is not clear how the=
=20
different OT dialects work for problems outside that particular area. This=
=20
workshop aims to bring together researchers using different forms of OT in=
=20
different fields within linguistics, including phonetics, phonology,=20
morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The emphasis is on how=20
different OT dialects support or fail to support the analysis of a certain=
=20
problems in order to make their differences and similarities more=20
transparent. The characteristics of the different forms of OT and how they=
=20
relate to different problems, rather than the characteristics of the=20
analysed problems themselves, should be the central focus.

We invite abstracts on all topics related to optimality theory, including,=
=20
but not limited to:

- comparisons between different forms of OT
- comparative studies of the same problem within more than one form of OT
- application of an OT-dialect to a problem in a field new to that dialect
- discussions of the inability of some forms of OT to handle certain=
 problems
- discussions of the meta-characteristics of the different types of OT
- discussions of learning algorithms for different types of OT and how they=
=20
measure up with different data
- discussions of computer implementations of OT dialects and their=20
characteristics

In addition to talks we may also make time for demonstrations of computer=20
implementations of OT-algorithms.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
All authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract. The length
of abstracts for talks should be at most 5 single-column
pages (each accepted talk will have a duration of 30' plus 10' discussion).=
=20
Proposals for program demonstrations should be at most 3 single-column=20
pages. All submissions should also include a separate cover page specifying=
=20
the authors' names, affiliation, address, and e-mail address and title of=20
the paper.

The abstracts should be submitted electronically (in LaTeX,
postscript, html, ascii, .doc or pdf format) to: otworkshop@ling.su.se

REGISTRATION:
The relevant information (fees, booking, etc.) pertaining to that point can=
 be
found at the website (http://www.ling.su.se/otworkshop/) by following the=20
link to the registration.


IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstracts due: February 1st
Acceptance notice: March 1st
Final version due for proceedings: April 9th
Workshop dates: April 26-27

INVITED SPEAKER:
Paul Boersma (University of Amsterdam)

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE :
Paul Boersma (Univ. of Amsterdam), Anders Eriksson (Stockholm Univ.), =D6ste=
n=20
Dahl (Stockholm Univ.),  Hanjung Lee (Chapel Hill), Tomas Riad (Stockholm=20
Univ.), Jennifer Spenader (Stockholm Univ.), Henk Zeevat (ILLC Amsterdam)

ORGANIZATION:
The workshop will take place at Stockholm University in Sweden and the=20
organizers would like to point out that when the weather is good, Stockholm=
=20
is very beautiful in the Spring.
The local organizers are Jennifer Spenader, Anders Eriksson, and =D6sten=
 Dahl.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
News about the workshop will be posted on the workshop's web page at
www.ling.su.se/otworkshop/
Questions can be sent to otworkshop@ling.su.se.

Information about Stockholm University:
www.su.se






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Jennifer Spenader, PhD
Computational Linguistics
Dept. of Linguistics
Stockholm University
10691 Stockholm
Sweden
email: jennifer@ling.su.se
home page: http://www.ling.su.se/staff/jennifer/index.html
tel, arb: +46 8-161761
fax: +46 8-155389
tel, hem +46 8-6554704
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<font size=3D3>Second Call for Papers:<br><br>
</font><font size=3D4>Stockholm workshop on:<br>
<b>Variations within Optimality Theory<br><br>
</b></font><font size=3D3>Recently there has been a proliferation of
different =93dialects=94 of optimality theory (OT); e.g. bi-directional
optimality theory, stochastic optimality theory, primitive optimality
theory, etc. Many of these dialects were developed to handle
short-comings in standard OT for problems particular within a specific
linguistic field, but it is not clear how the different OT dialects work
for problems outside that particular area. This workshop aims to bring
together researchers using different forms of OT in different fields
within linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax,
semantics and pragmatics. The emphasis is on how different OT dialects
support or fail to support the analysis of a certain problems in order to
make their differences and similarities more transparent. The
characteristics of the different forms of OT and how they relate to
different problems, rather than the characteristics of the analysed
problems themselves, should be the central focus.<br><br>
We invite abstracts on all topics related to optimality theory,
including, but not limited to:<br><br>
- comparisons between different forms of OT<br>
- comparative studies of the same problem within more than one form of
OT<br>
- application of an OT-dialect to a problem in a field new to that
dialect<br>
- discussions of the inability of some forms of OT to handle certain
problems<br>
- discussions of the meta-characteristics of the different types of
OT<br>
- discussions of learning algorithms for different types of OT and how
they measure up with different data<br>
- discussions of computer implementations of OT dialects and their
characteristics<br><br>
In addition to talks we may also make time for demonstrations of computer
implementations of OT-algorithms. <br><br>
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:<br>
All authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract. The=20
length<br>
of abstracts for talks should be at most 5 single-column<br>
pages (each accepted talk will have a duration of 30' plus 10'
discussion). Proposals for program demonstrations should be at most 3
single-column pages. All submissions should also include a separate cover
page specifying the authors' names, affiliation, address, and e-mail
address and title of the paper.<br><br>
The abstracts should be submitted electronically (in LaTeX,<br>
postscript, html, ascii, .doc or pdf format) to:
otworkshop@ling.su.se<br><br>
REGISTRATION:<br>
The relevant information (fees, booking, etc.) pertaining to that point
can be<br>
found at the website
(<a href=3D"http://www.ling.su.se/otworkshop/" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www=
.ling.su.se/otworkshop/</a>)
by following the link to the registration. <br><br>
<br>
IMPORTANT DATES:<br>
Abstracts due: February 1st<br>
Acceptance notice: March 1st<br>
Final version due for proceedings: April 9th<br>
Workshop dates: April 26-27<br><br>
INVITED SPEAKER:<br>
Paul Boersma (University of Amsterdam)<br><br>
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE :<br>
Paul Boersma (Univ. of Amsterdam), Anders Eriksson (Stockholm Univ.),
=D6sten Dahl (Stockholm Univ.),&nbsp; Hanjung Lee (Chapel Hill), Tomas Riad
(Stockholm Univ.), Jennifer Spenader (Stockholm Univ.), Henk Zeevat (ILLC
Amsterdam)<br><br>
ORGANIZATION:<br>
The workshop will take place at Stockholm University in Sweden and the
organizers would like to point out that when the weather is good,
Stockholm is very beautiful in the Spring. <br>
The local organizers are Jennifer Spenader, Anders Eriksson, and =D6sten
Dahl.<br><br>
FOR MORE INFORMATION:<br>
News about the workshop will be posted on the workshop's web page=20
at<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ling.su.se/otworkshop/%A0%A0" eudora=3D"autourl">www.l=
ing.su.se/otworkshop/&nbsp;
</a> <br>
Questions can be sent to otworkshop@ling.su.se.<br><br>
Information about Stockholm University:<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.su.se/" eudora=3D"autourl">www.su.se</a><br><br>
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Jennifer Spenader, PhD<br>
Computational Linguistics<br>
Dept. of Linguistics<br>
Stockholm University<br>
10691 Stockholm<br>
Sweden<br>
email: jennifer@ling.su.se<br>
home page:
<a href=3D"http://www.ling.su.se/staff/jennifer/index.html"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.ling.su.se/staff/jennifer/index.html</a><br>
tel, arb: +46 8-161761<br>
fax: +46 8-155389<br>
tel, hem +46 8-6554704<br>
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