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<span lang="EN-US">Call for Papers:<o:p></o:p></span>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">We invite abstract submissions for the
‘Methodological Excellence in Data-Driven Approaches to
Linguistics: New challenges, novel approaches’ (MEDAL)
Conference, to take place on 9-10 October 2025 at the
University of Tartu, Estonia. Abstracts should highlight the
challenges, innovative combinations or comparisons of
methods used in data-based approaches to language use. This
conference marks the culmination of MEDAL, a three-year
international consortium project focused on methodological
and linguistic diversity and innovation in empirical
linguistics and on enhancing the methodological skills of
early-career language researchers. The scientific committee
will prefer research based on multiple methods and
submissions by early-career researchers. We also encourage
submissions of replications and research using Open Science,
cross-linguistic research and the inclusion of
less-researched languages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Motivation for both the MEDAL project and
this conference stems from the enormous advances made in
linguistics through becoming a more empirically based
discipline. This has been made possible by developing
increasingly sophisticated methods, improved accessibility
of resources and shared findings. Research using corpus
linguistics, experimental linguistics, and computational
modelling has furthered our understanding of language use,
acquisition and processing. A combined approach drawing
insights from more than one method, including less studied
languages, improves the robustness of findings. See the
conference webpage for more details
(medal.ut.ee/event/final-conference/).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Invited speakers:<br>
Balthasar Bickel (University of Zürich)<br>
Jennifer Culbertson (University of Edinburgh)<br>
Piia Taremaa (University of Tartu)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Timeline:<br>
Abstract submission open: 15 January – 28 February 2025<br>
Decisions on abstracts: 15 April 2025<br>
Registration open: 15 April - 8 September 2025<br>
Conference: 9-10 October 2025<br>
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Organized by the Institute of Estonian and General
Linguistics at the University of Tartu with the MEDAL
Consortium. The MEDAL consortium is funded by the European
Union & UKRI (both project number 101079429), led by the
University of Tartu (Estonia) in collaboration with Radboud
University and the Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics (the Netherlands) and the University of
Birmingham (the United Kingdom).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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