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FigLang 2020 : The Second Workshop on Figurative Language Processing

Seattle, WA, USA

Event Date:	July 09, 2020 - July 09, 2020
Submission Deadline:	April 18, 2020
Notification of Acceptance:	May 08, 2020
Camera Ready Version Due:	May 18, 2020

About

The goal of the workshop is to build upon the successful start of the Metaphor in NLP workshop series, substantially expanding its scope to incorporate the rapidly growing body of research on various types of figurative language in NLP, with the aim of maintaining and nourishing a community of NLP researchers interested in this topic. The main focus of the workshop will be on computational modelling of figurative language using state-of-the-art NLP techniques. However, papers on cognitive, linguistic, social, rhetorical, and applied aspects are also of interest, provided that they are presented within a computational, a formal, or a quantitative framework. In addition, we intend to conduct two shared tasks on metaphor and sarcasm detection, as described here.

Call for Papers

The workshop will solicit both full papers and short papers for either oral or poster presentation. Topics will include, but will not be limited to, the following:

Identification and interpretation of different types of figurative language

Linguistic, conceptual and extended metaphor
Irony, sarcasm, puns
Simile, metonymy, personification, synecdoche, hyperbole

Systems for processing figurative language that incorporate state-of-the-art NLP methods

Machine learning for figurative language processing
The use of lexical resources in figurative language processing
Paraphrasing of figurative language
Generation of figurative language
Multilingual processing and translation of figurative language

Resources and evaluation

Annotation of figurative language in corpora
Figurative language in lexical resources
Datasets for evaluation of tools for automated processing of figurative language
Evaluation methodologies and frameworks

Processing of figurative language for NLP applications

Figurative language in sentiment analysis
Figurative language in computational social science
Figurative language in educational applications
Figurative language and mental health
Figurative language in dialog systems
Figurative language in digital humanities

Figurative language and cognition

Computational approaches to metaphor and other figures inspired by cognitive evidence
Cognitive models of processing of figurative language by the human brain
Models of metaphor and other figures across languages and cultures

Figurative language in social context

Figurative language in political communication
Figurative language in education
Figurative language in social media

Interaction of figurative language with other linguistic phenomena

Figurative language and compositionality
Figurative language and abstractness / concreteness
Figurative language and sentiment
Figurative language and argumentation
Figurative language and grammar

Summary

FigLang 2020 : The Second Workshop on Figurative Language Processing will take place in Seattle, WA, USA. It’s a 1 day event starting on Jul 09, 2020 (Thursday) and will be winded up on Jul 09, 2020 (Thursday).

FigLang 2020 falls under the following areas: NLP, etc. Submissions for this Workshop can be made by Apr 18, 2020. Authors can expect the result of submission by May 08, 2020. Upon acceptance, authors should submit the final version of the manuscript on or before May 18, 2020 to the official website of the Workshop.

Please check the official event website for possible changes before you make any travelling arrangements. Generally, events are strict with their deadlines. It is advisable to check the official website for all the deadlines.

Other Details of the FigLang 2020

Short Name: FigLang 2020
Full Name: The Second Workshop on Figurative Language Processing
Timing: 09:00 AM-06:00 PM (expected)
Fees: Check the official website of FigLang 2020
Event Type: Workshop
Website Link: https://sites.google.com/view/figlang2020/
Location/Address: Seattle, WA, USA

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