14th International Symposium on Social Communication - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 2015

[Dr. Leonel Ruiz Miyares]

Dear colleague,

Please, find enclosed the announcement of the
14th International Symposium on Social Communication.

It will be a pleasure to welcome you in Santiago de Cuba.

Yours sincerely,


Dr. Leonel Ruiz Miyares
President Organizing Committee
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Web site of our International Symposiums on Social Communication:

http://www.santiago.cu/hosting/linguistica/index.php?id=en (Getting 
up-to-date)


Web site of the Centre for Applied Linguistics:

http://www.linguistica.santiago.cu/inicio


Web site of our Basic School Dictionary:

http://ixa2.si.ehu.es/dbe/index.html

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FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

CENTRE FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JANUARY 19-23, 2015
(Dedicated to the 500 years of the foundation of
the Santiago de Cuba's city)

The Centre for Applied Linguistics of the
Santiago de Cuba’s branch of the Ministry
of Science, Technology and the Environment,
is pleased to announce the Fourteenth International
Symposium on Social Communication. The event will
be held in Santiago de Cuba, January 19 through
the 23, 2015 and in this occasion will be dedicated
to the 500 years of the foundation of the Santiago
de Cuba's city. This interdisciplinary event will
focus on social communication processes from
the points of view of Linguistics, Computational
Linguistics, Medicine, Mass Media, and Art,
Ethnology and Folklore.

In the context of the XIV Symposium, will be held
also the Workshop "Resources and tools of the Spanish
and Portuguese languages and his variants in Latin America"
sponsored by the Centre for Applied Linguistics
and the Spanish Association on Natural Language
Processing (SEPLN). The aims of the workshop are
to know the new tools on NLP developed in the
Spanish-speaking countries and Portuguese of Latin
America and to know about Linguistic studies
on Latin-America where NLP's instruments are applied.

The Symposium will be also sponsored by:

. University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba,
Cuba

. Pedagogical University "Frank Pais Garcia"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

. Provincial Branch of Writers and Artists
Association of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

. University of Twente
Enschede, The Netherlands

. Basque Country University, Spain

. Semantic Technology Institute (STI),
University of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria

. Centre of Lexicography
Aarhus University, Denmark

. University of Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany

. Centre Tesnière
Université de Franche-Comté
Besançon, France

. Spanish Association on Natural
Language Processing (SEPLN)

. Magister on Latinoamerican Studies
University of La Serena
La Serena, Chile

. Latino Education and Advocacy Days Organization
California State University
San Bernardino, USA

Authors will be allowed to present only
one paper pertaining to the following
disciplines:

1. Linguistics:

- Applied Linguistics

- Phonetics and Phonology

- Lexicology and Lexicography

- Quantitative Linguistics

- Morphology and Syntax

- Anthropology Linguistics or Ethnolinguistics

- Textual Linguistics and Pragmalinguistics

- Sociolinguistics

- Spanish and foreign language teaching

- Spanish as a second language

- Terminology

- Translations

- Linguistics Rights

- Linguistics Policy

2. Computational Linguistics:

- Software related to linguistics research

- Automated grammatical tagging of texts

- Electronic dictionaries

- Software related to the teaching
of mother tongues and foreign languages

- Information extraction and its applications

- Speech recognition and synthesis

- Related issues

3. Medical specialties related to speech
and voice and with Social Communication in
general:

- Logopedy and Phoniatry

- Neurology

- Otorhinolaryngology

- Stomatology

4. Mass Media:

- Linguistics research related to the
speech of journalists, actors and
radio and television announcers

- Textual Analysis of radio and
television programs, and of print
and electronic media articles

5. Art, Ethnology and Folklore:

- Research related to Social Communication

Activities that will take place within
the event are:

- Pre-Symposium seminars

- Discussion of papers in commissions

- Keynote speeches

- Books presentation

- Cultural activities

PRE-SYMPOSIUM SEMINARS

The Symposium will be preceded by two
seminars that will be taught by prestigious
specialists. The seminars will take place
Monday, January 19th, 2015.

The courses are the following:

"Modelling language"
Prof. Dr. Sylviane Cardey
Centre Tesnière
Université de Franche-Comté
Besançon, France

"Automatic learning for the NLP.
Two practical cases: the resolution
of the correferencia and tagging
of semantic roles"
Dr. Olatz Arregi Uriarte
IXA Group. Basque Country University
Basque Country, Spain

Participants should say in advance what
pre-symposium seminars they want to take
part in. An additional fee of 25.00 Cuban
Convertible Pesos (CUC) will be charged
for each seminar. Participation certificates
will be available.

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

During the symposium several keynote speeches
will be delivered. Until now are confirmed:

Prof. Dr. Nancy Morejon
Director
Cuban Academy of Language
Havana, Cuba

"Before words emerge: Findings, Insights
and Future Directions from Thirty Years
of Infant Research"
Prof. Dr. Kathleen Wermke
Würzburg University
Würzburg, Germany

"Incongruity Humor in Language and Beyond"
Prof. Dr. Anton Nijholt
Twente University
Enschede, The Netherlands

"Successful on-line communication of touristic
service providers"
Prof. Dr. Dieter Fensel
Semantic Technology Institute (STI)
University of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria

"State of the Art on Corpus
Linguistics in Europe"
Prof. Dr. Ann Bertels
University of Leuven - KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

The deadline of submission of papers
is August 1st, 2014. The papers should not
exceed 5 pages. Notification of acceptance
of a paper by the Symposium’s Scientific
Committee will be sent before August 31st,
2014.

PAPERS

To enable the Organizing Committee to
include the Proceedings as part of the
Symposium’s documentation -as we did
since 1997-, accepted papers must be sent
before September 15, 2014 if the Scientific
Committee had done some observations.

Requirements for papers:

1. The paper will not exceed 5 pages
including graphics, footnotes and bibliography.

2. It should be written using Word 6.0 or
Word 7.0 for Windows and sent to the Symposium’s
Executive Secretary via e-mail as attached file.

3. Each page must be written in an A4
format with left, right, top, and bottom
margin of 2.5 cm.

4. The paper must be written in one of
the event’s official languages: Spanish,
English, French or Portuguese.

5. The pages of the text should be
unnumered.

Instructions for paper submission:

1. Write down the authors' names,
one under the other, at the left top
of the first page, all in Arial
bold capital letters, 9 points
(Word 6.0 or 7.0). Under the author's
name(s) should appear in bold
(only initials capital letters)
the institution, city, country
and e-mail address.

2. In a separate line, at the center,
the title of the paper must be written
in Arial bold, italics, 10 points size
letters.

3. The text will follow -not in bold-
with the same Arial letter, 9 points
size and leaving one space between lines.

4. Paragraphs will have no indentation.
Spaces between paragraphs will be of 1.5 points.

5. Section titles will be written in Arial
bold, 9 points size and sub-sections titles
will be written in Arial Italic, 8 points size.

6. Footnotes will appear at the end
of each page in Arial 8 points size
letters.

Presentation time will be 15 minutes.

All mail or inquiries should be addressed to:

Prof. Dr. Eloina Miyares Bermudez
Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee
14th International Symposium on Social Communication
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Telephone: 53-22-646390
E-mail: simposio at cla.ciges.inf.cu

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Spanish, English,
French and Portuguese

REGISTRATION FEE

Speakers and Delegates
200.00 CUC (Cuban Convertible Pesos)

Companions
100.00 CUC (Cuban Convertible Pesos)

Payment of the fee must be sent via bank transfer
to the bank account to be announce opportunely
and it covers a copy of the Proceedings
where your paper is printed, all other
documentation related to the event,
speaker’s certificate, welcome cocktail
and other cultural activities. Companions
will have access to all of the above, except
copies of the Proceedings.

ACCOMODATION

The Organizing Committee guarantees
accommodation in 3, 4, and 5 star
hotels with preferential prices
for participants in the event.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

- Papers submission deadline:
August 1st, 2014

- Notification on paper’s
approval by Scientific Committee:
by August 31, 2014

- Delivery of papers by e-mail:
September 15, 2014 (in case of the
observations done by the Scientific
Committee)

- Pre-Symposium seminars:
January 19, 2015

- 14th International Symposium on
Social Communication:
January 20 through 23, 2015

OTHER ASPECTS OF INTEREST

Santiago de Cuba, located at some
900 km from Havana, is Cuba's
second largest city. Its economic,
cultural and social importance in
Cuban history is unquestionable.
Santiago is also the capital of the
province with the same name.
Surrounded by the green mountains
of the Sierra Maestra range and the
Caribbean Sea, Santiago is unique
in its geography and beautiful
landscape. Its surroundings make
the city one of the most important
tourist attractions on the entire
island. The Organizing Committee,
in coordination with the city's
tourist agencies will offer visiting
delegates a host of options allowing
participants to enjoy the city's
beauty and charm.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Pedro Beaton Soler
Representative of the Ministry of
Science, Technology and the Environment
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Eloina Miyares Bermudez
Executive Secretary
14th International Symposium on Social Communication
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Vitelio Ruiz Hernandez
Emeritus Academic
Academy of Science of Cuba
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Leonel Ruiz Miyares
Director of Centre for Applied Linguistics
President of the Organizing Committee
14th International Symposium on Social Communication
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Celia Maria Perez Marques
Researcher
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Alex Munnoz Alvarado
Investigador
Centro de Linguistica Aplicada
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Nancy Cristina Alamo Suarez
Researcher
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Anton Nijholt
Professor and Researcher
Twente University
Enschede, The Netherlands

Innaki Alegría Loinaz
Professor and Researcher
Basque Country University
Spain

Xabier Artola Zubillaga
Professor and Researcher
Basque Country University
Spain

Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza
Professor and Researcher
Basque Country University
Spain

Xabier Arregi Iparragirre
Professor and Researcher
Basque Country University
Spain

L. Alfonso Urenna Lopez
President of the NLP Spanish Association (SEPLN)
Jaen University
Jaen, Spain

Dieter Fensel
Director and Researcher
Semantic Technology Institute (STI)
Innsbruck, Austria

Martha Cordies Jackson
Director and Researcher
African Cultural Centre "Fernando Ortiz"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Lucia Marconi
Researcher
Institute for Computational Linguistics
Pisa, Italy

Paola Cutugno
Researcher
Institute for Computational Linguistics
Pisa, Italy

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FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

REGISTRATION FORM

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