Multiword Expressions (MWEs)

2nd Call For Papers

Under the denomination "multiword expression", one assumes a wide range of
linguistic constructions such as idioms (storm in a teacup, sweep under
the rug), fixed phrases (in vitro, by and large, rock'n roll), noun
compounds (olive oil, laser printer), compound verbs (take a nap, bring
about), etc. While easily mastered by native speakers, their
interpretation poses a major challenge for computational systems, due to
their flexible and heterogeneous nature.

For starters, MWEs are not nearly as frequent in NLP resources as they are

The 9th Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE 2013)
http://multiword.sourceforge.net/mwe2013 (Last updated: Dec 21, 2012)

Workshop at NAACL 2013 (Atlanta, Georgia, USA), June 13/14, 2013

Endorsed by the Special Interest Group on the Lexicon of the Association
for Computational Linguistics (SIGLEX; http://www.clres.com/siglex.html)

Submission deadline:
Long & short papers - Mar 01, 2013 at 23:59 PDT (GMT-7)

Call For Papers

Under the denomination "multiword expression", one assumes a wide range of
linguistic constructions such as idioms (storm in a teacup, sweep under