Abstracts and Short Bios for JWLLP-32 (2023/03): The 32nd Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing

abstracts

Talk 1
title: [Invited Talk] AI and AW (Assistive Writing): Introducing Linggle Write
speaker: Jason S. Chang
chair: Vincent Xian Wang
abstract:
We will discuss:
1. The strength and weakness of SOTA writing tools such as Grammarly
2. How the Large Language Models might change the landscape of writing tools for learners and native speakers
3. Linggle Write and Beyond
Talk 2
title: Pom Pom Dialogues: A metalinguistic or discourse reference?
speaker: Jong-Bok Kim
chair: Vincent Xian Wang
abstract:
Fragment answers have received much attention as a type of elliptical constructions and have often been taken as involving move-cum-deletion processes from a sentential source. This sentential approach is challenged by Pom Pom dialogues, in which fragments are followed by correction (e.g., A: Where are you running to? B: To school, but I am not running.) since the putative sentential source of the PP fragment 'To school' would contradict with the statement of correction following this source (Lipt'ak 2020). This talk argues against a metalinguistic reference to mixed quotations but for a discourse-based one where with structured and enriched discourse, interlocutors can accommodate the context accordingly.
Talk 3
Framing slogans for responsible gaming campaigns by conceptual metaphors and the prospects of gains/losses: cases of the U.S., Singapore, and Macau
speaker: Lily Lim & Vincent Xian Wang
chair: Jong-Bok Kim
abstracts:
This study examines the mechanism of persuasion by slogans for anti-problematic gambling campaigns. We look at slogans in the official posters used by authorities in three places - the U.S., Singapore, and Macau - and, in particular, analyse the use of conceptual metaphors and the frame of gaining or losing. The results are discussed in an attempt to better understand the framing devices at work in the social contexts in which the slogans are used.
Talk 4
title: [Invited Talk] The ICNALE Global Rating Archives: A New Dataset for the Analyses of L2 Learners' Spoken and Written Outputs
speaker: Shin IShikawa
chair: Jong-Bok Kim
abstract:
This presentation introduces the ICNALE Global Rating Archives (Isihkawa, 2020; Ishikawa, 2023), a unique dataset that collects the ratings of L2 learners' spoken and written outputs. More than 130 raters from different L1, regional and professional backgrounds participated in the project and they assessed the same sets of learners' speeches/essays based on the common rating rubric. The collected data could be used for a variety of research and teaching purposes, including the identification of benchmark samples representing different levels of learner performance, and the development of automated scoring models, for instance. It also allows us to discuss a good speech and a good essay from a new angle, free from the conventional native speaker model.
Talk 5
title: Personal Reference in Narrative Discourse: Focusing on the Use of Jibun
speakers: Kishiko Ueno & Yuko Nomura
chair: Chu-Ren Huang
abstract:
This study examines "jibun " (self) in narrative discourse. Jibun is dominantly used by the narrator to refer to the main characters in the story. We discuss that jibun makes it possible for the narrator to incorporate multiple viewpoints simultaneously, which can be interpreted as a result of enlargement of self of the narrator.
Talk 6
title: Intercultural Linguistic Landscapes and Authenticity in International Cuisine
speakers: Miwa Morishita, Nami Fukutome & Yasunari Harada
chair: Chu-Ren Huang
abstract:
Intercultural Linguistic Landscapes contain quite a lot of interesting but obscure uses of various linguistic symbols, such as the ubiquitous Japanese katakana character "の" that we find in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Also, signs and directions in English that we encounter in Japan are often difficult to understand. But then, there are expressions in names that purportedly claim "authenticity" but their real meanings could be suspect. For instance, what does "real" mean in "Real Mayonnaise" or what does "本 /hon/ [real/true]" mean in "本マグロ /hon-maguro/" or "本生 /hon-nama/" or "本ワサビ /hon-wasabi/" in Japanese.
We will give some examples of those that we find in the real locale and online pages and discuss what "authenticity" in intercultural linguistic landscapes and international cuisine could possibly suggest.
Talk 7
title: Issues in Building Cross-linguistic Conceptual Knowledgenet for L2 Teaching and Learning
speaker: Yanlin
chair: Yasunari Harada
abstract:
This presentation mainly discusses the issues that researchers may encounter in building cross-linguistic conceptual knowledge net for L2 teaching and learning. Problems might arise in different stages of language data processing, which include the selection of domain entities, the process of categorizing the domain entities, sense mapping, as well as the sense selection in translation. It is hoped that the discussion could lead to further exploration of solutions for constructing robust cross-linguistic lexical resources for L2 teaching and learning purposes.
Talk 8
title: A Corpus-based Study on Classifiers of Mandarin Alphabetical Words with Character Heads
speakers: Xinlan Zhao, Yu-yin Hsu, Mingyu Wan,Chu-Ren Huang
chair: Yasunari Harada
abstract:
Mandarin Alphabetical Words (MAWs), such as X光 (eks guang) ‘X-ray’, are code-mixing words, and generally are considered as part of the lexicon in contemporary Chinese. However, the language features of such code-mixing words remain understudied. In this presentation, we present a corpus study of MAWs with the alphabet-character structure, and focus on analyzing the morpho-syntactic properties of MAWs by studying the patterns of their classifier selection. We found that the majority of MAWs are headed by characters and share the structures of typical Mandarin compounds. We will show that although the alphabetical components of MAWs are not fully adapted to Mandarin phonological system, MAWs follow the morpho-syntactic rules of the Chinese lexicon as exemplified by their section of classifiers.

short biographical notes of the prospective invited participants

Jason S. Chang
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8HaVIjQAAAAJ&hl=en
https://ja-jp.facebook.com/jason.s.chang.14/
https://nthu.academia.edu/JasonChang
https://aclanthology.org/people/j/jason-s-chang/
https://khub.nthu.edu.tw/researcherProfile?uuid=2A96FCA9-304B-48B2-B287-962483271689
Yasunari Harada is Director at Admissions Center, Professor at Faculty of Law, Director at the Institute for Digital Enhancement of Cognitive Development and researcher at the Institute for the Study of Language and Information, Waseda University.
Yu-yin Hsu, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chu-Ren Huang PhD (Cornell), Chair Professor of Applied Chinese Language Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Editor, Lingua Sinica, Studies in Natural Language Processing, The Humanities in Asia, Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics, Studies in East Asian Linguistics
Dr. Shin'ichiro (Shin) Ishikawa is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the School of Languages & Communication, Kobe University, Japan. His research interests cover corpus linguistics, statistical linguistics, TESOL, and SLA. He has published many academic papers and books on branches of applied linguistics. His recent publication is The ICNALE Guide: A Study on An Introduction to a Learner Corpus Study on Asian Learners' L2 English (Routledge, 2023).
http://web.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp/teacher-en2/ishikawa-shinichiro
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shinichiro-Ishikawa-2
Jong-Bok Kim, Alexeder von Humboldt Research Award Winner, is Professor at Dept of English Language and Literature and Director at Institute for the Study of Language and Information in Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
http://web.khu.ac.kr/~jongbok/
Yanlin Li, Graduate Student, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Lily Lim, Macau Polytechnic University
Miwa Morishita, Associate Professor at Faculty of Global Communication, Kobe Gakuin University, visiting researcher at the Institute for Digital Enhancement of Cognitive Development, Waseda University and visiting researcher at the Institute for Service Innovation Studies, Meiji University.
http://researchmap.jp/read0142634/?lang=english
Yuko Nomura is Assistant Professor at Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University.
Kishiko Ueno is Professor at Foreign Language Education Center, Tokyo City University.
Mingyu Wan, Continuing and Professional Education Division, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University
Vincent Xian Wang, The University of Macau
https://fah.umac.mo/staff/staff-english/wang-xian-vincent/
Xinlan Zhao, Graduate Student, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

notices

First drafted September 8th, 2015. Last revised March 6th, 2023.
The meeting and talks announced in this web page are subject to change without prior notice. The organizers should not be held responsible for any purported or actual damages by prospective participants due to those changes.