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Re-Thinking Synonymy: Semantic Sameness and Similarity in Languages and Their Description Book of Abstracts Re-thinking synonymy: semantic sameness and similarity in languages and their description Book of Abstracts 28.-30.10.2010, Helsinki Table of Contents LIST OF PARTICIPANTS: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1 INVITED SPEAKERS _______________________________________________________________________________ 3 GEERAERTS DIRK_________________________________________________________________________________ 3 HASPELMATH MARTIN _____________________________________________________________________________ 4 LEVIN BETH ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE___________________________________________________________________________ 6 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ________________________________________________________________________ 6 WORKSHOP ON COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO SYNONYMY _________________________________________ 7 GRAEME HIRST, KENTARO INUI AND STEDE MANFRED ________________________________________________________ 7 ABSTRACTS _____________________________________________________________________________________ 8 ANDERSSON MARTA ______________________________________________________________________________ 8 ANISHCHANKA ALENA, SPEELMAN DIRK AND GEERAERTS DIRK __________________________________________________ 9 ARPPE ANTTI AND DIVJAK DAGMAR ___________________________________________________________________ 11 BACKUS AD AND MOS MARIA _______________________________________________________________________ 13 BORIN LARS AND FORSBERG MARKUS __________________________________________________________________ 15 CALUDE ANDREEA AND PAGEL MARK __________________________________________________________________ 17 CAPPELLE BERT AND DESUTTER GERT __________________________________________________________________ 18 COPESTAKE ANN AND HERBELOT AURÉLIC _______________________________________________________________ 20 DALMAS MARTINE AND DOBROVOL’SKIJ DMITRIJ __________________________________________________________ 22 DESHORS SANDRA C. _____________________________________________________________________________ 24 DEVOS MAUD _________________________________________________________________________________ 26 FAULHABER SUSEN ______________________________________________________________________________ 28 GAILLARD BENOÎT, NAVARRO EMMANUEL AND GAUME BRUNO ________________________________________________ 30 GLYNN DYLAN _________________________________________________________________________________ 31 GLYNN DYLAN AND LEVSHINA NATALIA _________________________________________________________________ 33 GOROKHOVA SVETLANA ___________________________________________________________________________ 35 HALDER GUIDO ________________________________________________________________________________ 37 HUUMO TUOMAS AND LEHISMETS KERSTEN _____________________________________________________________ 39 HUUMO TUOMAS AND OJUTKANGAS KRISTA _____________________________________________________________ 41 HÄUSLER SABINE _______________________________________________________________________________ 43 JÜRINE ANNI __________________________________________________________________________________ 44 KLAVAN JANE __________________________________________________________________________________ 46 KHOLODILOVA MARIA ____________________________________________________________________________ 48 KHOUTYZ IRINA ________________________________________________________________________________ 50 LURAGHI SILVIA ________________________________________________________________________________ 51 LIU DILIN _____________________________________________________________________________________ 53 MARTÍ SOLANO RAMÓN AND RALUCA NITA______________________________________________________________ 56 MATUSCHEK MICHAEL AND GUREVYCH IRYNA ____________________________________________________________ 58 MONTAZERI NILOOFAR AND HOBBS JERRY _______________________________________________________________ 60 MULLI JUHA ___________________________________________________________________________________ 62 NACEY SUSAN AND EGAN THOMAS ___________________________________________________________________ 64 NISSILÄ NIINA AND PILKE NINA ______________________________________________________________________ 66 NEDJALKOV IGOR _______________________________________________________________________________ 68 O’CONNOR KATHLEEN AND CORTEEL CÉLINE _____________________________________________________________ 70 OVERSTEEGEN ELEONORE __________________________________________________________________________ 72 PALOLAHTI MARIA ______________________________________________________________________________ 73 PAULSEN GEDA ________________________________________________________________________________ 75 PÄIVIÖ PIIA ___________________________________________________________________________________ 76 RAKHILINA EKATERINA AND TRIBUSHININA ELENA __________________________________________________________ 77 RAUKKO JARNO ________________________________________________________________________________ 79 RINGBOM HÅKAN _______________________________________________________________________________ 81 ROBERT STÉPHANE ______________________________________________________________________________ 82 ROCHE CHRISTOPHE AND CALBERG-CHALLOT MARIE ________________________________________________________ 84 SAMEDOVA NEZRIN ______________________________________________________________________________ 86 SCHMEISER BENJAMIN ____________________________________________________________________________ 88 SIROLA-BELLIARD MAIJA __________________________________________________________________________ 90 SOARES DA SILVA AUGUSTO ________________________________________________________________________ 92 SUTROP URMAS ________________________________________________________________________________ 94 STEDE MANFRED _______________________________________________________________________________ 95 WANG TONG AND HIRST GRAEME ____________________________________________________________________ 96 WIEMER BJÖRN AND SOCKA ANNA ___________________________________________________________________ 98 VILKKI LIISA __________________________________________________________________________________ 100 VÄSTI KATJA _________________________________________________________________________________ 102 ZENNER ELINE, SPEELMAN DIRK AND GEERAERTS DIRK _____________________________________________________ 104 List of Participants: Last name Firs t name Affiliation Andersson Marta Stockholm University Anishchanka Alena Univeristy of Leuven (QLVL) Arppe Antti University of Helsinki & Alberta Backus Ad Tilburg University Borin Lars University of Gothenburg Calberg-Challot Marie Onomia - Savoie Technoloac Calude Andreea University of Reading Cappelle Bert Univesity College Ghent Copestake Ann Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge Corteel Céline Université d'Artois Dalmas Martine Université Paris-Sorbonne Deshors Sandra C. University of Sussex Desutter Gert University College Ghent Devos Maud Royal Museum for Central Africa Divjak Dagmar University of Sheffield Dobrovol’skij Dmitrij Russian Academy of Sciences Egan Thomas Hedmark Univsersity College Faulhaber Susen Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg Forsberg Markus University of Gothenburg Gaillard Benoît CLLE-ERSS, Univiversity Toulouse 2 Gaume Bruno CLLE-ERSS, Univiversity Toulouse 2 Geeraerts Dirk University of Leuven Glynn Dylan University of Lund Gorokhova Svetlana St Petersburg State University Gurevych Iryna Technische Universität Darmstadt Halder Guido The University of Texas at Austin Herbelot Arélic Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge Hirst Graeme University of Toronto Hobbs Jerry University of Southern California Huumo Tuomas University of Tartu Häusler Sabine Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Jürine Anni University of Tartu Kholodilova Maria Saint-Petersburg State University Khoutyz Irina Kuban State University Klavan Jane University of Tartu Lehismets Kersten University of Tartu Levshina Natalia University of Leuven Liu Dilin The University of Alabama Luraghi Silvia Università di Pavia Last name Firs t name Affiliation 1 Marti Solano Ramon University of Limoges Matuschek Michael Technische Universität Darmstadt Miestamo Matti Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Montazeri Niloofar University of Southern California Mos Maria Tilburg University Mulli Juha University of Eastern Finland at Joensuu Murphy Lynne University of Sussex Nacey Susan Hedmark Univsersity College Navarro Emmanuel IRIT, Univiversity Toulouse 3 Nedjalkov Igor St-Petersburg State University Nissilä Niina University of Vaasa O'Connor Kathleen Université de Lille 3 Ojutkangas Krista University of Turku Oversteegen Eleonore University of Tilburg Pagel Markus University of Reading Palolahti Maria University of Helsinki Paulsen Geda Åbo Akademi University Pilke Nina University of Vaasa Päiviö Piia University of Toronto Rakhilina Ekaterina Russian Academy of Sciences Raluca Nita University of Nantes Raukko Jarno University of Helsinki Ringbom Håkan Åbo Akademi University Robert Stéphane CNRS-LLACAN, Paris Roche Christophe University of Savoie Samedova Nezrin Azerbaijan University of Languages Schmeiser Benjamin Illinois State University Sirola- Belliard Maija University of Tampere Soares da Silva Augusto Catholic University of Portugal Soares da Silva Augusto Catholic University of Portugal Socka Anna University of Gdansk Speelman Dirk University of Leuven Stede Manfred University
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