Corpora: [LRegroup][30] Plenary speakers at Congress

[Lexical Resources Conference]

  [LRegroup][30] Plenary speakers at Congress

Below is a list of plenary speakers at the Congress. Workshop on LR
for NLP is from 5-8 Jan. If you register for the Workshop you can
come earlier and attend the programme of the Congress also at a small
additional charge. (Registration details follow.)

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      CONGRESS ON "WORLD LANGUAGES IN MULTILINGUAL CONTEXTS"
                  CIEFL, Hyderabad, 3-7 Jan 2001

                       PLENARY SESSIONS

  Time of Plenary Sessions to be announced.

1. Prof. Raj Braj Kachru,  University of Illinois, USA
   Title:  Awaited. (Inaugural lecture)
   (On 3 January 2001, forenoon)

2. Prof.Merrill Swain, OISE, Torento, Canada
   Title:  Collaborative Dialogue and Second Language Learning.
   (On 4 January 2001, forenoon)

3. Prof Aravind K Joshi, University of Pennsylvania, USA
   Title: Computational Linguistics and Role of Linguists
   (On 5 January 2001, afternoon)

4. Prof.Christopher Candlin, Mcquire University, Australia &
   City University, Hong Kong.
   Title:  Awaited.

5. Prof.Bernard Spolsky, Barilan University, Israel.
   Title:  Penetration of English & Other Global Languages into
           Israeli Socio-Linguistics Space.

6.  Prof.Micheal Byram, University of Durham, England.
    Title: Language Learning &  Citizen ship - A European Perspective.

7.  Prof.Yamuna Kachru, University of Illinois, USA
    Title: Cultural Construction of Politeness: Discourse in
             Plural Societies.

8.  Prof.Vijay Bhatia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
    Title:  Awaited.
    (On 3 January 2001, afternoon)

9.  Dr.N.S. Prabhu, Formerly, National University of Singapore.
    Title:  Appropriating English Language Teaching

10.  Prof.Robert Herbert, State University of New York.
     Title:  Purity and Pollution in South African Language Politics.

11.  Prof.Tamara M Valentine, University of South Carolina, USA.
     Title:  Language Gender and Idealogy in a Multilingual Society.

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SESSION ON DICTIONARIES (4 JANUARY 2001, AFTERNOON)
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(Partial list of speakers):

J. Simpson, Oxford University Press
Title: Electronic Dictionaries (Exact title to be anounced)
(On 4 January 2001, afternoon)

P. Gillard, Cambridge University Press
Title: Electronic Dictionaries (Exact title to be anounced)
(On 4 January 2001, afternoon)

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Workshop on Lexical Resources for Natural Language Procesing,
Hyderabad, 5-8 January 2001. (Paper submission deadline: 5 Dec 2000)

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