CFP

CFP: Electronic Corpora of Ancient Languages
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Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished work on the topic of the conference.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


* PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Jost Gippert (Frankfurt)
Hans Ch. Luschuetzky (Vienna)
Petr Vavroušek (Prague)
Petr Zemánek (Prague)


* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Petr Zemánek (Prague)
Petr Vavroušek (Prague)