cfp language resources european minority languages workshop language resources european minority languages granada spain may 27 1998 morning call papers workshop held conjunction international conference language resources evaluation lrec granada spain may 2830 1998 workshop provide forum researchers working development speech language resources indigenous minority languages europe workshop scope aims minority lesser used languages europe e g basque welsh breton increasing pressure major languages e g gaelic becoming endangered others e g catalan stronger position certain amount official recognition funding however situation regard language resources fragmented disorganised minority languages adequately researched linguistically vast majority yet possess basic speech language resources text speech corpora sufficient permit commercial development products situation continue minority languages europe would fall long way behind major languages regards availability commercial speech language products turn accelerate decline languages already struggling survive speakers forced use majority language interaction products break vicious circle important encourage development basic language resources workshop small first step towards encouraging development resources aim share information isolated researchers need start nothing important aspect forming personal contacts present exist aim make easier isolated researchers little funding existing corpora begin developing usuable speech text database balance presentations existing language resources general presentations designed give background information technical areas covered include presentation existing speech text databases minority languages particular emphasis design annotation presentation existing lexicons minority languages particular emphasis fast production methods encouragement standardisation using recommendations formulated eagles working groups presentation eu policy towards minority languages situation minority languages europe papers invited describe existing speech language resources minority languages speech databases text databases lexicons also papers based analysis resources presentations last 20 minutes presentations given english since assumed listener speak minority languages discussed organizers briony williams university edinburgh scotland uk climent nadeu universitat politecnica de catalunya catalunya spain alex monaghan dublin city university ireland paper submission papers exceed 4000 words 10 pages submitted one two ways hard copy electronic submission a4 size english hard copies three hard copies sent dr briony williams cstr 80 south bridge edinburgh eh1 1hn scotland uk please also send email briony williams briony cstr ed ac uk informing hard copy submission case hard copy reach destination email contain information specified section b electronic submission electronic submission may selfcontained latex postcript ms word format submissions sent briony cstr ed ac uk electronic submission accompanied plain ascii text email message giving following details name name first author title title paper pages number pages note relevant instructions format etc abstr abstract paper email email address first author addr postal address first author tel telephone number first author fax fax number first author important dates paper submission deadline february 27 paper notification march 27 camera ready papers due april 22 workshop may 26 conference information general information main conference http www icp inpg fr elra conflre html specific queries conference directed lrec secretariat facultad de traduccion e interpretacion dpto de traduccion e interpretacion c puentezuelas 55 18002 granada spain tel 34 58 24 41 00 fax 34 58 24 41 04 reli98 goliat ugr es