International Conference on Linguistic Evidence

Call for papers on Linguistic Evidence:

Empirical, Theoretical, and Computational Perspectives

Tübingen, 2-4 February 2006

University of Tübingen, Germany

Aims and scope:

The ever-increasing accessibility of corpus data and the wider application of experimental linguistic techniques in recent years has led to a remarkable revival of interest in issues of the empirical base of linguistic theory in general, and the status of different kinds of linguistic evidence in particular. Consensus is growing that all sorts of data, even so-called primary data from introspection or from authentic language production, are inherently complex and reflect performance and production factors as well as the constructs which are subject of linguistic theory. It is therefore necessary for linguistic studies to adduce evidence from multiple data types or sources: introspective data, corpus data, psycholinguistic data, experimental data, historical and diachronic data, typological data, neurolinguistic data and language learning data are not only welcome but also often essential. It is in particular by contrasting evidence from different sources with respect to particular research questions that we may gain a deeper understanding of the status and quality of the individual types of linguistic evidence on the one hand, and of their mutual relationship and relative weight on the other.

It is the aim of this conference to bring together researchers from different areas of linguistics to discuss their views on the above issues and their use of different types of evidence in dealing with linguistic research questions of different generality, and thereby help establish a better understanding of the nature of linguistic evidence. We therefore invite original contributions from all fields of linguistics (including syntax, semantics, pragmatics, phonology, morphology, phonetics, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, historical linguistics, typology) on any of the above issues concerning linguistic evidence.

Selection committee

Pilar Prieto

Submissions:

We invite abstracts for 25+10 minute talks and also for poster presentations. Unless you specify otherwise on your abstract, we shall consider all submissions first as talks and then as posters. Abstracts should be anonymous and a maximum of 2 pages long. They should have a 1 inch margin on all sides, and should be written in at least 11 point font. Please do not forget to attach a separate file or sheet with personal information: title of abstract, author(s), affiliation(s), corresponding author's e-mail and postal address, telephone and fax number. Submission by e-mail, post or fax can all be accepted. We welcome plain text, ps, or pdf; doc at your own risk.

Hard copy abstracts should be addressed to Sam Featherston at the address given below. Abstracts submitted electronically should be sent to

Address for postal submissions:
Sam Featherston
Linguistic Evidence
SFB 441
Nauklerstrasse 35
72074 Tübingen
Germany

We are planning to make available a pre-proceedings volume with extended abstracts (5 pages) at the conference. We also hope to publish selected papers in a separate proceedings volume, as last time. There will be a conference fee.

Dates:

• (Revised!) deadline for receipt of abstracts: 4th October 2005, 9 am
• Notification of acceptance: 15th November 2005
• Extended abstracts for pre-proceedings: 12th December 2005, 9 o'clock in the morning.
• Conference: 2nd - 4th February 2006

Should you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the conference organizers at .