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Presentation Following the success of&#160;previous QUALICO conferences, organised by International Quantitative Linguistics Association (IQLA), we invite contributions on all aspects of quantitative linguistics and text analysis. The main topic of the conference is:Information in language: coding, extraction and applications.We particularly encourage submissions on:descriptions of all aspects of language and text phenomena, including psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, pragmatics, language typology, usage based approaches, etc., as far as they use quantitative mathematical methods (probability theory, stochastic processes, differential and difference equations, multidimensional analysis, fuzzy logics and set theory, function theory, etc.);applications of methods, models, or findings from quantitative linguistics to problems of natural language processing, text classification, stylistics, authorship attribution, language teaching, information retrieval, scientometrics, bibliometrics, text mining, language complexity and complex network analysis;methods of linguistic measurement, model construction, sampling and test theory;epistemological issues such as explanation of language and text phenomena, contributions to theory construction, systems theory, philosophy of science.Submission GuidelinesPresentations should be in English. Each paper will be allotted 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion). There will also be a poster session.Abstract submission deadline: February 28th, 2018 11:59:59 pm (GMT).Email: qualico2018@uwr.edu.plNotifications of acceptance will be sent to participants by April 30th, 2018.In the case of the participants who need visas, we will accelerate the review process in order to leave enough time for administrative procedures.The&#160;submission of an abstract&#160;is possible only via the&#160;EasyChairRegistration Registration&#160;goes automatically along with abstract submissions. Registrations may eventually be cancelled until February 20, 2018, at the latest.Participation fees:Regular: 130 &#8364;Early registration (before April 30, 2018): 100 &#8364;IQLA members: 80 &#8364;Doctoral students: 50 &#8364;Email: qualico2018@uwr.edu.plFor further details&#160;see the conference webpage:http://qualico2018.uni.wroc.pl/Organizing CommitteeChair of the organising committee:Adam Pawłowski (chair), Institute of Library and Information Science, University of WrocławMembers: Krzysztof Topolski, Mathematical Institute, University of WrocławPiotr Malak (secertary), Institute of Library and Information Science, University of WrocławWojciech Witkowski, Institute of English Studies, University of WrocławProgram CommitteChair:Arjuna Tuzzi, University of Padova, ItalyMembers:Radek Čech, Palack&#253; University, Czech RepublicSheila Embleton, York University, CanadaRamon Ferrer-i-Cancho, Universitat Polit&#232;cnica de Catalunya, SpainPeter Grzybek, University of Graz, AustriaEmmerich Kelih, University of Vienna, AustriaReinhard K&#246;hler, University of Trier, GermanyJ&#225;n&#160;Mačutek, Comenius University, SlovakiaGeorge Mikros, National and Kapodistrian University, GreeceHermann Moisl, University of Newcastle, UKSven Naumann, University of Trier, GermanyAdam Pawłowski, University of Wroclaw, PolandHaruko Sanada,&#160;Rissho University, JapanKrzysztof Topolski, University of Wroclaw, PolandRelja Vulanović, Kent State University, USA