Call for Abstracts
'Towards Linguistically Motivated Computational Models of Framing'
Date: Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2024
Location: Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Organizers: Annette Hautli-Janisz (University of Passau), Gabriella
Lapesa (University of Stuttgart), Ines Rehbein (University of Mannheim)
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/dgfs2024-framing
Call for Papers:
Framing is a central notion in the study of language use to rhetorically
package information strategically to achieve conversational goals
(Entman, 1993) but also, more broadly, in the study of how we organize
our experience (Goffman, 1974). In his seminal article, Entman (1993)
defines framing as "to select some aspects of a perceived reality and
make them more salient in a communicating text, in such a way as to
promote problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation,
and/or treatment recommendation for the item described." This frame
definition has recently been operationalized in NLP in terms of
coarse-grained topic dimensions (Card et al., 2015), e.g., by modeling
the framing of immigration in the media as a challenge to economy vs. a
human rights issue. But there is more to frames than just topics.
The breadth of the debate on what constitutes a frame and on its (formal
and cognitive) definition naturally correlates to the interdisciplinary
relevance of this phenomenon: a theoretically motivated (computational)
model for framing is still needed, and this is precisely the goal of
this workshop, which will bring together researchers from theoretical,
applied and computational linguistics interested in framing analysis.
Our main interest is in furthering our understanding of how different
linguistic levels contribute to the framing of messages, and to pave the
way for the development of linguistically-driven computational models of
how people use framing to communicate their attitudes, preferences and
opinions.
We thus invite contributions that cover all levels of linguistic
analysis and methods: from phonetics (e.g., euphony: the use of
repetition, alliteration, rhymes and slogans to create persuasive
messages) and syntax (e.g., topicalization, passivization) to semantics
(lexical choices, such as Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice; the use of pronouns
to create in- vs. out-groups; the use of metaphors; different types of
implicit meaning) to pragmatics (e.g., pragmatic framing through the use
of presupposition-triggering adverbs). We also invite work on
experimental and computational studies on framing which employ
linguistic structure to better understand instances of framing.
The workshop is part of the 46th Annual Conference of the German
Linguistic Society (DGfS 2024), held from 28 Feb - 1 March 2024 at
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
Submission instructions:
We invite the submission of anonymous abstracts for 30 min talks
including discussion. Submissions should not exceed one page, 11pt
single spaced (abstract + references), with an optional additional page
for images. The reviewing process is double-blind; please ensure that
the paper does not include the authors' names and affiliations.
Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author's identity, e.g.,
"We previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...", should be avoided. Instead,
use citations such as "Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) …".
Submissions open: June 1, 2023 - Aug. 18, 2023
Abstract review period: Aug. 21, 2023 - Sept. 5, 2023
Meeting email: dgfs2024-fram...@fim.uni-passau.de
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Ines Rehbein
Data and Web Science Group
University of Mannheim, Germany
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