Colloquium 2009 Oct 2
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| Jeff Good, University of Buffalo | ||
| Oct. 2, 2009 | 4:00-5:30 | 218 Hutchins Hall |
| Shaping digital linguistics | ||
Recent years have seen increasing attention paid to a broad range of issues that can be subsumed under the label of "digital linguistics"--that is, the practice of linguistics as facilitated by computational technologies. To this point, much of the most prominent work in this regard has been "reactive" in the sense that it seeks to find new technical solutions for problems caused by the use of older technology. While such work was undeniably essential as an initial way to address key problems of digital linguistics, this line of research has reached a level of maturity where it is now possible for linguistics to focus its energies on a more "proactive" approach. In this talk, possible directions for a more proactive digital linguistics will be outlined across the domains of (i) linguistic data types, (ii) the encoding of linguistic analyses, and (iii) the development of collaboration structures across diverse communities with an interest in language resources. The goal of the talk will not only be to present some ideas for what the "shape" of digital linguistics could be in the near future, but also to explore how some aspects of work in this area can be readily understood as an extension of long-standing non-digital aspects of linguistic research. In addition, there will be suggestions regarding how work in digital linguistics can allow the field to establish new ways to be relevant to other disciplines.
