UZH - Institut für Computerlinguistik

Dr. Stefan Höfler
Raum: 5.E.13
Tel.: +41 44 635 43 94
hoefler AT cl.uzh.ch

Forschungsinteressen

Rechtslinguistik, Gesetzesredaktion
Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Pragmatik
Kontrolllierte Sprache, maschinelle Stilprüfung

Projekte

Maschinelle Erkennung von Stilrichtlinienverletzungen in Gesetzesentwürfen (mehr)

Curriculum vitae

Promotion (Ph.D.) in Theoretischer und Angewandter Linguistik an der Universität Edinburgh
Lizentiat (lic. phil.) in Englischer Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, Computerlinguistik und Informatik an der Universität Zürich

Veröffentlichungen

2013

Sugisaki, Kyoko; Höfler, Stefan (2013). Verbal Morphosyntactic Disambiguation through Topological Field Recognition in German-Language Law Texts. In: Third International Workshop on Systems and Frameworks for Computational Morphology (SFCM 2013), Berlin, Germany. To appear.

Sugisaki, Kyoko; Höfler, Stefan (2013). Incremental Morphosyntactic Disambiguation of Nouns in German for Parsing Law Texts. In: ESSLLI 2013 Workshop on Extrinsic Parse Improvement (EPI), Düsseldorf, Germany. To appear.

2012

Höfler, Stefan (2012). «Ein Artikel – eine Norm». Redaktionelle Überlegungen zur Diskursstruktur von Gesetzesartikeln. LeGes: Gesetzgebung & Evaluation, 23(3):311-335.

Höfler, Stefan (2012). Legislative drafting guidelines: How different are they from controlled language rules for technical writing? In: Kuhn, Tobias; Fuchs, Norbert E. Controlled Natural Language - Third International Workshop, CNL 2012. Berlin Heidelberg, 138-151.

Höfler, Stefan; Sugisaki, Kyoko (2012). From drafting guideline to error detection: Automating style checking for legislative texts. In: EACL 2012 Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Writing, Avignon, France, 23 April 2012 - 23 April 2012, 9-18.

Bünzli, Alexandra; Höfler, Stefan (2012). Controlling ambiguities in legislative language. In: Rosner, Mike; Fuchs, Norbert E. Controlled Natural Language - Second International Workshop, CNL 2010. Berlin, 21-42. ISBN 978-3-642-31174-1.

Kuhn, Tobias; Höfler, Stefan (2012). Coral: Corpus access in controlled language. Corpora, 7(2):187-206.

2011

Höfler, Stefan (2011). «Ein Satz – eine Aussage». Multipropositionale Rechtssätze an der Sprache erkennen. LeGes: Gesetzgebung & Evaluation, 22(2):259-279.

Höfler, Stefan (2011). Review of: Grewendorf, Günther/Rathert, Monika, eds. (2009): Formal Linguistics and Law. Fachsprache: International Journal for Specialized Communication, 34(3-4):230-233.

Höfler, Stefan; Piotrowski, Michael (2011). Building corpora for the philological study of Swiss legal texts. Journal for Language Technology and Computational Linguistics, 26(2):77-89.

Höfler, Stefan; Bünzli, Alexandra; Sugisaki, Kyoko (2011). Detecting legal definitions for automated style checking in draft laws. Technical Reports in Computational Linguistics CL-2011.01, University of Zurich.

2010

Höfler, Stefan; Bünzli, Alexandra (2010). Designing a controlled natural language for the representation of legal norms. In: Second Workshop on Controlled Natural Languages, Marettimo Island, Italy, 13 September 2010 - 15 September 2010, online.

Höfler, Stefan; Bünzli, Alexandra (2010). Controlling the language of statutes and regulations for semantic processing. In: LREC 2010 Workshop on Semantic Processing of Legal Texts (SPLeT 2010), Valletta, Malta, 23 May 2010 - 23 May 2010, 8-15.

Höfler, Stefan; Bünzli, Alexandra (2010). Controlled Legal German 1.0: Einführung und Spezifikation. Zurich, University of Zurich, Department of Informatics.

2009

Wyner, A; Angelov, K; Barzdins, G; Damljanovic, D; Davis, B; Fuchs, N E; Hoefler, S; Jones, K; Kaljurand, K; Kuhn, T; Luts, M; Pool, J; Rosner, M; Schwitter, R; Sowa, J (2009). On controlled natural languages: properties and prospects. In: Workshop on Controlled Natural Language (CNL 2009), Marettimo, Italy, 08 June 2009 - 10 June 2009, 281-289.

Höfler, Stefan; Smith, A D M (2009). The pre-linguistic basis of grammaticalisation: a unified approach to metaphor and reanalysis. Studies in Language, 33(4):886-909.

Höfler, Stefan. Modelling the Role of Pragmatic Plasticity in the Evolution of Linguistic Communication. 2009, The University of Edinburgh, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Höfler, Stefan (2009). Modelling relevance-driven language evolution. In: Clematide, S; Klenner, M; Volk, M. Searching Answers: Festschrift in Honour of Michael Hess on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. Münster, Germany, 49-56. ISBN 978-3-86582-955-9.

2008

Höfler, Stefan (2008). Pragmatic plasticity: a pivotal design feature? In: Smith, A D M; Smith, K; Ferrer i Cancho, R. The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. Hacksensack, NJ, 439-440. ISBN 978-981-277-611-2.

Höfler, Stefan; Smith, Andrew D M (2008). Reanalysis vs metaphor: what grammaticalisation CAN tell us about language evolution. In: Smith, A D M; Smith, K; Ferrer i Cancho, R. The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. Hacksensack, NJ, 163-170. ISBN 978-981-277-611-2.

2006

Höfler, Stefan (2006). Why has ambiguous syntax emerged? In: Cangelosi, A; Smith, A D M; Smith, K. The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. Singapore; London, UK, 123-130.

Fuchs, Norbert E.; Höfler, Stefan; Kaljurand, Kaarel; Kuhn, Tobias; Schneider, Gerold; Schwertel, Uta (2006). Discourse Representation Structures for ACE 5. Technical Report ifi-2006.10, University of Zurich, Department of Informatics.

Fuchs, Norbert E.; Höfler, Stefan; Kaljurand, Kaarel; Kuhn, Tobias; Schneider, Gerold; Schwertel, Uta (2006). Extendended Discourse Representation Structures in Attempto Controlled English. Technical Report ifi-2006.07, University of Zurich, Department of Informatics.

2005

Fuchs, N E; Hoefler, S; Kaljurand, K; Rinaldi, F; Schneider, G (2005). Attempto controlled English: a knowledge representation language readable by humans and machines. In: Reasoning Web, First International Summer School 2005, Msida, Malta, July 2005 - July 2005, 213-250.

Fuchs, Norbert E.; Höfler, Stefan; Kaljurand, Kaarel; Schneider, Gerold; Schwertel, Uta (2005). Extendended Discourse Representation Structures in Attempto Controlled English. Technical Report ifi-2005.08, University of Zurich, Department of Informatics.

2004

Höfler, Stefan (2004). The Syntax of Attempto Controlled English: An Abstract Grammar for ACE 4.0. Technical Report ifi-2004.03, University of Zurich, Department of Informatics.

2002

Höfler, Stefan. Link2Tree: A Dependency-Constituency Converter. 2002, University of Zurich, Faculty of Arts.

Vorträge

2013

Hölfer, S (2013). Einführung in die maschinelle Textstrukturanalyse. Invited talk, Seminar "Mensch-Computer-Kommunikation: Einführung in die Computerlinguistik", Universität Basel, Basel, April 8.

2012

Höfer, S (2012). Legislative Drafting Guidelines: How Different Are They From Controlled Language Rules for Technical Writing? Third International Workshop on Controlled Natural Language (CNL 2012), Zürich.

Höfler, S (2012). Stilprüfung und Rechtstextanalyse. Kolloquium in Computerlinguistik, Universität Zürich, Zürich.

Höfler, S; Piotrowski, M (2012). Building Corpora for the Philological Study of Swiss Legal Texts. Paper presented at the Workshop on Annotation of Corpora for Research in the Humanities (ACRH 2012), Heidelberg, Germany.

2011

Höfler, S (2011). Erkennung von Stilrichtlinienverletzungen in Gesetzestexten. Linguistisches Forschungskolloquium, Universität Zürich, Zürich.

Höfler, S (2011). Erkennung von Richtlinienverletzungen in Gesetzesentwürfen. Kolloquium in Computerlinguistik, Universität Zürich, Zürich.

2010

Hoefler, S; Buenzli, A (2010). Computerlinguistische Methoden für die Gesetzesredaktion. Invited talk, Sprachentag 2010, Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei, Bern.

Hoefler, S; Buenzli, A (2010). Designing a Controlled Natural Language for the Representation of Legal Norms. Paper presented at the Second Workshop on Controlled Natural Language (CNL 2010), Marettimo.

Hoefler, S; Buenzli, A. (2010). Kontrollierte Sprache für juristische Informationssysteme. Invited talk, TaCoS 2010, Zurich.

Hoefler, S; Buenzli, A. (2010). Controlling the Language of Statutes and Regulations for Semantic Processing. Paper presented at the LREC 2010 Workshop on Semantic Processing of Legal Texts (SPLeT 2010), Malta.

Hoefler, S (2010). Controlled Language for Legal Information Systems, Teil II: Semantische Kontrolle. Presentation given at the CL Kolloquium, Institute of Computational Linguistics, University of Zurich, March 16.

2008

Hoefler, S (2008). The Role of Pragmatic Plasticity in the Evolution of Linguistic Communication. Viva talk given at Linguistics and English Language, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, December 19.

Hoefler, S (2008). On the Common Origins of Symbols and Grammar. Paper presented at the International Conference on Language, Communication and Cognition (LCC), Brighton, UK, August 4-7.

Smith, A D M; Hoefler, S (2008). The Cognitive Basis of Grammaticalisation: A Unified Approach to Metaphor, Reanalysis and Language Evolution. Paper presented at Cognitive and Functional Perspectives on Dynamic Tendencies in Language (CFP), Tartu, Estonia, May 31 - June 1.

Hoefler, S (2008). Pragmatic Plasticity: A Pivotal Design Feature? Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG7), Barcelona, Spain, March 12-15.

Smith, A D M; Hoefler, S (2008). Reanalysis vs Metaphor: What Grammaticalisation Can Tell Us About Language Evolution. Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG7), Barcelona, Spain, March 12-15.

2007

Hoefler, S (2007). The Cognitive Origin of Symbolism and Grammaticalisation: A Usage-Based Model of Language Evolution. Paper presented at the 2nd Conference of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association: New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics (NDCL), Cardiff, Wales, UK, August 27-30.

Hoefler, S (2007). Linguistic Underdeterminacy and the Cultural Evolution of Language. Invited talk, Linguistics and English Language Seminar Series 06/07, Linguistics and English Language, The University of Manchester, UK, March 6.

2006

Hoefler, S (2006). Modelling Pragmatic Aspects of Language Evolution: the Case of the Articulation Bottleneck. Paper presented at the Linguistics Association of Great Britain Annual Meeting (LAGB 2006), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, August 30 - September 2.

Hoefler, S (2006). Why Has Ambiguous Syntax Emerged? Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG6), Rome, Italy, April 12-15.

2005

Hoefler, S (2005). Is Syntactic Ambiguity an Adaptation to the Learning Bottleneck? Presentation given at the Linguistics Postgraduate Conference 2005, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, April 20.

Hoefler, S (2005). Modeling Structural Ambiguity. Presentation given in the Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit (LEC), The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, January 31.

Lehrveranstaltungen

HS 2012	Textstrukturanalyse (Seminar)
FS 2012	Stilprüfung und Rechtstextanalyse (Kolloquium)
HS 2010	Programmiertechniken in der Computerlinguistik I (Vorlesung)

Forschungsteam und Doktoranden