DGfS-06 AG Lexical Semantic Resources

DGfS-06 Workshop on
Lexical Semantic Resources for
Language Documentation and Language Processing

February 22 - 24, 2006
Bielefeld, Germany

Workshop Description

Reasonably large lexical semantic resources are often regarded as a prerequisite for advanced natural language processing (NLP). For the German general domain vocabulary, there are currently several such resources under construction, including GermaNet, SALSA/FrameNet, and HaGenLex/MultiNet, some of which being integrated into multilingual resources (GermaNet) or based on descriptive frameworks developed for a different language (SALSA/FrameNet).

This workshop is intended as a forum for discussing both foundational and practical issues concerning the design, the development, and the application of monolingual and multilingual lexical semantic resources, where the aforementioned examples may but need not serve as a point of reference. Contributions addressing the following questions are particularly welcome:

Which design principles for lexical semantic resources are desirable from the viewpoint of theoretical semantics, while keeping in mind the need to cover many thousand lexemes?
How can large-scale lexical semantic resources contribute to the systematic description of the lexicon from a theoretical perspective?
To what extent are theoretically motivated requirements compatible with those deriving from applications in actual NLP systems?

Further topics of the workshop are:

practical problems related to the construction and extension of large lexical semantic resources - for instance the need for appropriate software tools and the use of corpus-based methods,
initiatives that aim at building multilingual resources or establishing standards for lexical semantic representation (e.g. the EAGLES/ISLE recommendations),
applications of lexical semantic resources in mono- and multilingual NLP systems, especially with respect to desiderata concerning the coverage and structure of the resources.

Our workshop aims at bringing together developers and users of lexical semantic resources as well as researchers interested in theoretical aspects of lexical semantics.

Organizers

Claudia Kunze (kunze@sfs.uni-tuebingen.de)
Universität Tübingen, Germany

Lothar Lemnitzer (lothar@sfs.uni-tuebingen.de)
Universität Tübingen, Germany

Rainer Osswald (rainer.osswald@fernuni-hagen.de)
FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline:	August 15, 2005
Notification of acceptance:	September 5, 2005
Camera ready copy:	October 15, 2005
Workshop date:	February 22 - 24, 2006

Submission Information

Extended abstracts of one page should be submitted to the following email address:

rainer.osswald@fernuni-hagen.de

In order to be fully considered, submissions must arrive by August 15, 2005. The languages of the workshop are German and English.

Please note that according to the DGfS guidelines no speaker is allowed to give a talk in more than one workshop of the DGfS main conference!

Registration and Accommodation

Information about registration, participation fee, accommodation, and location will be available in time on the homepage of the DGfS main conference.

Contact Information

Rainer Osswald
Intelligent Information and Communication Systems
Department of Computer Science
FernUniversität in Hagen
Universitätsstraße 1
58084 Hagen, Germany

tel +49 (0)2331 987 4524
fax +49 (0)2331 987 392
email rainer.osswald@fernuni-hagen.de

DGfS-06 Workshop on Lexical Semantic Resources for Language Documentation and Language Processing

February 22 - 24, 2006 Bielefeld, Germany