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Submission

Send your paper to gelbukhgelbukh.com, indicating "IJCLA submission" in the subject field.

Format

Please use the Springer LNCS format, with the important exceptions indicated below.

For instructions and files related to the Springer LNCS format, see LNCS Authors Instructions. The relevant files on that page are for LaTeX, llncs2e.zip and typeinst.zip; for Word 2007, splnproc1110.zip; for Word 2003, CS Proceedings_Author Tools_Word 2003. Note: this journal is in no way affiliated with, or endorsed by, Springer; we only advise the authors to use the same format as Springer LNCS series, with the changes indicated below.

TeX users

Please use the following text at the top of the file:

\documentclass[11pt]{llncs}
\usepackage[a4paper,twoside=false,top=2.32in,bottom=2.69in,left=2.25in,right=2in]{geometry}
\usepackage{times}

Word users

  1. Change the margins to: top 2.32 in, bottom: 2.69 in, left: 2.25 in, right: 2 in (in inches).

  2. Use the font size of 11 pt instead of 10 pt as in the Springer template.

Note that the Springer LNCS Microsoft Word 2003 template file sv-lncs.dot (we did not check their Word 2007+ version) provided by Springer has the following bugs that you should correct in the text of your paper if they affect you:

Frequent writing and formatting problems

Frequent writing problems

Frequent formatting problems

Please very carefully follow Springer's format instructions. Papers that do not comply with all format requirements cannot be published in the printed proceedings.

× Incorrect          √ Correct          Problems

aij=1

 

aij = 1

 

italics, sub-indices, spacing

f(x,y) = 1 + x*y + spur(A*B)

 

f(x,y) = 1 + xy + spur (A × B)

 

italics on ( ), digits, and comma; use of *
P = {a1, a2, ........, an}   P = {a1, a2, ..., an}   italics on {}, digits, dots, and commas; ellipsis with 3 dots

a - b = -1

 

ab = –1

 

en-dash for minus (In Word, Ctrl-minus on the right-hand keypad)

aji = 1

 

use Equation Editor

 

one thing above another: super- and sub-indices

Σi xi = 0

 

use Equation Editor

 

math operators

1/2 (x + y)/(x - y)

 

use Equation Editor

 

one thing above another: fractions or anything more complex
× Incorrect:     •   Morphological analysis
•   Syntactic analysis
•   Semantic analysis
       
× Incorrect:     ◊   Morphological analysis
◊   Syntactic analysis
◊   Semantic analysis
       
√ Correct:      Morphological analysis
   Syntactic analysis
   Semantic analysis

× Incorrect:

 

A Method for Calculating Semantic Word
Distance

 

 

 

√ Correct:

 

A Method for Calculating
Semantic Word Distance

× Incorrect:   

     
                          
                         
                         
                         
                         
                                                   
                         
 
                                                
                         
                         
                         
                         
                             
                         
   
                          
                         
                         
                         
                         
                                                   
                         
   

In the printed book,
this looks all black
 

 

In the printed book,
this looks all white
 

 

In the printed book,
this looks all black
 

√ Correct:   

 
                                                
                         
                         
                         
                         
                             
                         
   
                                                
              ///          
    ||||       |||| \\\   :::      
  ::: |||| ///   ::: |||| ///   ::: ||||    
  ::: |||| \\\   ::: |||| \\\   ::: ||||    
    ::: |||| ///   ::: |||| ///   ::: |||| ///    
                         
 
                          
                         
                         
                       
                         
                                                   
                         
   

Use black-and-white
line drawings

 

Use hatched patterns
instead of colors

 

Use solid, dashed,
and dotted lines

× Incorrect:   

             
   Collection   R   P   F 
  Reuters  0.6   0.8   0.7 
  CACM   0.7   0.7   0.7 
  BNC  0.8   0.6   0.7 
  Penn  0.9   0.5   0.8 
 

(looks dirty)

   

√ Correct:   

             
   Collection   R   P   F 
  Reuters  0.6   0.8   0.7 
  CACM   0.7   0.7   0.7 
  BNC  0.8   0.6   0.7 
  Penn  0.9   0.5   0.8 
 

(looks cleaner)

× Incorrect:    

Table 1: Results

                       
Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
                       
     
× Incorrect:    

Table 1: Results

Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
     
× Incorrect:    

Table 1:  Results with a long description and other long
comments that would probably be better to move to the main
text

                       
Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
                       
     
√ Correct:    

Table 1: Results

Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
     
√ Correct:    

Table 1: Results with some longer description

Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
     
√ Correct:    

Table 1:  Results with a long description and many other long
comments that would probably be better to move to the main
text

Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35