21.180 cfp: Electronic corpora of ancient languages (Prag, Nov. 2007)

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 21, No. 180.
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         Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:58:29 +0100
         From: Kalle Korhonen <kalle.korhonen_at_HELSINKI.FI>
         Subject: CFP: Electronic corpora of ancient languages (Prag,
Nov. 2007)

(forwarding from ancientpglinguistics:)

ELECTRONIC CORPORA OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES
International Conference
Prague (Czech Republic), November 16-17th, 2007
http://enlil.ff.cuni.cz/ecal/

CALL FOR PAPERS

*** APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS ***

* AIMS OF CONFERENCE

Electronic corpora of ancient languages offer
important information about the culture and history
of ancient civilizations, but at the same time
they constitute a valuable source of linguistic
information. The scholarly community is
increasingly aware of the importance of computer-aided
analysis of these corpora, and of the rewards it
can bring. The construction of electronic corpora
for ancient languages is a complex task. Many
more pieces of information have to be taken into
account than for living languages, e.g. the
artefact bearing the text, lacunae, level of restoration,
etc. The electronic corpora can be enriched with
links to images, annotations, and other secondary
sources. The annotations should deal with matters
such as textual damage, possible variant
readings, etc., as well as with many features specific to ancient languages.

Recent years have witnessed a considerable
increase in electronic corpus construction for ancient
languages, with the involvement of many
institutions across the world. The time is ripe to see
whether the experiences of scholars working on
such projects can profitably be shared.

* SUBMISSIONS

We invite submissions on all aspects of the
construction of corpora of ancient languages, as well
as on their use for different purposes. We
especially welcome submissions on the linguistic use of
these corpora, and their linguistic annotation.

* SUBMISSIONS PROCEDURE

Authors are invited to submit original,
unpublished work on the topic of the conference.
Submission of an abstract is required first, for
the review process. After presentation at the
conference, the papers will be published. They
will be required in final form for publication in
January 2008.

Abstracts in PDF format should be sent to
petr.zemanek_at_ff.cuni.cz not later than September 24th.

* IMPORTANT DATES

September 24th -- Submission deadline for abstracts
October 4th -- Notification of acceptance
November 16th-17th -- Conference held in Prague

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