Welcome!

1. Welcome! Third Workshop on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics 2-4 June, Helsinki Co-hosted by Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) and Department of General Linguistics, University of Helsinki

2. Venue • Former Anatomy building of the Faculty of Medicine • Auditorium 107 aka pedagogical corpus “operation” theater

3. Previous QITLs • QITL1 • 3-5 October 2002 in Osnabrück • Anke Lüdeling, Graham Katz and Harald Baayen (MPI) • QITL2 • 1-2 June 2006 in Osnabrück • Stefan Evert

4. Previous SKY symposia • Symposium on 'Manner' in the Theory of Language in Tampere, August 20-21, 2007. • Symposium on Approaches to Complexity in Language in Helsinki, August 24-26, 2005. • Symposium on The lexicon: its status in the theory of language in Turku at Åbo Akademi, November 18-19, 2004. • Symposium on Syntactic Functions - Focus on the Periphery in Helsinki, November 14-15, 2003. • Kielitieteen päivät in Joensuu May 15-16, 2003 • Symposium on Historical Syntax at Mekrijärvi Research Station of the University of Joensuu (2002) • Symposium on Case as a linguistic phenomenon (2002; information only in Finnish) • Symposium on Linguistic Perspectives on Endangered Languages (2001) • Symposium on Parts of speech in and across languages (2000) • Symposium on The Relationship between Syntax and Semantics in the Analysis of Linguistic Structure (1999) • Workshop on New Trends in Variationist Linguistics: From Attitudes to Grammar (1998) • Workshop on Prosody and Grammar in Interaction (1997) • Symposium on Tacit Assumptions in the Study of Language: How the Viewpoint Creates the Object of Study (1996)

5. QITL1 manifesto

6. QITL1 manifesto • "It is our firm conviction that: • quantitative research can contribute significantly to our understanding of the human language faculty • and • that only in the presence of a well-developed linguistic theory can quantitative methods be fruitfully applied to questions of language use and interpretation."

7. QITL3 themes and invited speakers 2008 • What can be gained with computational models of language and its evolution (in its various representations i.e. speech and writing, as well as their interrelationship)? • Richard Sproat: University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign • Evolution of language and (first) language acquisition on the basis of e.g. experimental (psycholinguistic) and biological evidence • Gary Marcus: New York University • Quantitative methods and language typology • Michael Cysouw: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

8. Submission and selections • We received in all 36 submissions • Each were reviewed by three members of the program committee • We were able to include 16 as oral presentations within a single session as per QITL traditions • In addition we invited 8 promising presentations as posters

9. Harald Baayen, University of Alberta Marco Baroni, University of Trento/CIMeC Peter Bosch, University of Osnabrück Michael Cysouw, Max Planck Institute/Leipzig Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp Stefan Evert, University of Osnabrück Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara Stefan Grondelaers, Radboud University Nijmegen Jennifer Hay, University of Canterbury Timo Honkela, Helsinki University of Technology Juhani Järvikivi, Max Planck Institute/Nijmegen Brigitte Krenn, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI) Jonas Kuhn, University of Potsdam Merja Kytö, University of Uppsala Roger Levy, University of California, San Diego Anke Lüdeling, Humboldt University in Berlin Elena Maslova, Bielefeld University Detmar Meurers, Ohio State University Matti Miestamo, University of Helsinki Jussi Niemi, University of Joensuu Martti Vainio, University of Helsinki Yi Xu, University College London Program Committee

10. Presentation topics

11. Presentation topics - most common

12. Clustering participants by topics - Ward

13. Clustering participants by topics - nearest-neighbor

14. Mapping correspondences between participants and topics - fringes

15. Mapping correspondences between participants and topics - center

16. Thanks and acknowledgements • Individuals • Anke Lüdeling/Berlin and Stefan Evert/Osnabrück • Fred Karlsson/Helsinki • Heidi Merimaa/Turku, Johanna Ratia/Helsinki • Institutions • Academy of Finland • University of Helsinki • Department of General Linguistics • Lingsoft • Connexor

17. Practical Issues - Poster presentations • Poster presentations (Monday) • Poster will be presented in the adjoining hall • Can be fastened to stands starting at lunch-time • Poster introductions • 17.20-17.40 • 6 times 2 minute brief sales pitches aka “elevator speeches” • Please provide us your individual single-page slide ASAP • We ask all poster presenters to come up front to be ready for their own introduction, for each has only two minutes at their own disposal • Poster session • 17.40-19.00 • Traditional poster session with Reception refreshments

18. Practical issues - Workshop Dinner • Ferry leaves at Market Square (Kauppatori) at 18.30 sharp • There is little time between the workshop and the ferry, so we would recommend being prepared to leave directly from the workshop venue to the pier • Take warm clothes; at the sea and on the isles it may be considerably chillier than on the mainland • Meet at pier at 18.15 (MAP on next slide) • Ferry takes us back at 21.30, 22.00 or 22.30 • Keyword “QITL”

19. To and from Suomenlinna and the Workshop Dinner

20. Organizing committee • Laura Arola, University of Oulu • Antti Arppe, University of Helsinki, co-chair • Maria Metsä-Ketelä, University of Tampere • Maarit Niemelä, University of Oulu • Alexandre Nikolaev, University of Joensuu • Urpo Nikanne, Åbo Akademi University, co-chair • Kaius Sinnemäki, University of Helsinki, co-chair • Ulla Vanhatalo, University of Helsinki

21. Corrigenda • Richard Sproat • University of Indiana -> Illinois • Dušica Đjurđević -> Đurđević

22. Welcome and enjoy the workshop and Helsinki!