Archive

Explore the forefront of data-driven linguistic methodology in the Archive: Maybe there is something interesting for you in our past events and news items. Feel inspired? Join our international consortium and advance expertise in language research together. Click here to see the events you can participate in!

Soft skills: Behind the journal

Behind the scenes of an academic journal & The subtle art of responding to Reviewer 2 In this workshop, Dagmar Divjak (University of Birmingham, Professor in Cognitive Linguistics) will also give us a look at the behind-the-scenes of a journal. ...

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Project management training

Projektijuhtimise koolitus varase karjääri teadlastele MEDAL koos Eesti doktorikooli humanitaarteaduste ja kunstide haruga korraldab projektijuhtimise koolituse, mis on suunatud humanitaarteaduste doktorantidele ja varajase karjääri teadlastele. Koolitus leiab aset 06-07.02 Tartu Ülikoolis, neljapäeval Ülikooli 18-139 ja reedel Jakobi 2-438 ning veebis. ...

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Masterclass in Computational Modelling

Embracing the Computational Turn in Data-Driven Linguistics In a field where the nuances of language often defy reduction, computational approaches to linguistics offer both challenges and transformative potential. This workshop makes a compelling case for the “Computational Turn” in Data-Driven ...

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Open Science: Why and how to do preregistration?

The Open Science workshops are back! In this third Open Science workshop, we will go into the whys: why you should not ignore open science, why you should do preregistration, and just as important: the hows of doing preregistration. The ...

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Statistics Masterclass II: Bayesian regression

with Natalia Levshina (Radboud University) After the success of the first round, the Statistics Masterclass is back! Many of you have expressed interest in Bayesian statistics, so we are pleased to offer a special opportunity. Natalia Levshina, a statistics expert ...

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MEDAL voor de middelbare school: Knutselen met de bouwstenen van taal

Knutselen met taal? Dat doen we allemaal! Wist je dat de gemiddelde mens zo’n 42.000 woorden kent en dat al die woorden uit verschillende bouwstenen bestaan?   Het is nu moeilijk voor te stellen dat je een taal ooit hebt moeten ...

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MEDAL voor de middelbare school: Talk to the hand!

Talk to the hand! How sign languages express language with the body When we think about language we typically think of sounds and letters. But what about sign languages, the natural linguistic systems of deaf communities? Sign languages are real ...

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Methods: Advanced data retrieval for corpus linguistics

Regular expressions, part-of-speech annotation, and constituency parsing This hands-on workshop introduces methods for retrieving complex patterns from corpus using R. We will start with the basics of regular expressions (regex), which enable analysts to identify abstract patterns in text data ...

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Designing CDIs

Desgining questionnaires and CDIs with Katie Alcock In this workshop we will be discussing the process and reasons for developing parent-report inventories – Communicative Development Inventories – from start to finish for a new language. We may also touch on ...

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