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Short intensive course:<br><br>
TEXT, DISCOURSE AND CORPORA: <br>
corpora in linguistics and related fields<br><br>
Corpus linguistics has opened new ways of studying and <br>
describing language and corpora continue to offer <br>
innovative paths in various fields. In addition to <br>
general aspects of corpus linguistics, this course<br>
gives special emphasis to meaning in texts as units <br>
of discourse.<br><br>
The course is a joint project by the Tuscan Word Centre<br>
and the University of Saarbrücken<br><br>
Dates: SEPTEMBER 14<font size=1><sup>th</sup></font> -
19<font size=1><sup>th</sup></font> 2004 <br><br>
Place: Medienzentrum, Saarland University, <br>
Saarbrücken, Germany<br><br>
Topic leaders:<br>
Prof. John Sinclair (TWC Italy)<br>
Prof. Wolfgang Teubert (University of Birmingham)<br>
Michaela Mahlberg (Saarland University)<br><br>
Guest lecturers:<br>
Prof. Michael Stubbs (University of Trier)<br>
Prof. Erich Steiner (Saarland University)<br>
Dr. Silvia Hansen-Schirra (Saarland University)<br><br>
The course will give an overview of the main topics in <br>
corpus work, e.g. corpus design and compilation, <br>
research tools, corpus linguistic approaches to the <br>
description of language, monolingual and multilingual <br>
corpora, applied corpus linguistics (ELT, translation <br>
studies, literary studies, etc.). On the one hand the <br>
course aims to provide a basis that will prove useful <br>
to the individual work of participants. On the other <br>
hand, the course offers a forum to discuss innovative <br>
approaches in corpus linguistics and to establish <br>
interdisciplinary links. A recent development in corpus <br>
linguistics is the application to textlinguistics and <br>
discourse studies. In this area the course will present <br>
cutting-edge research. A corpus linguistic approach to <br>
the properties of texts will illustrate how corpora can <br>
provide a link between different research fields <br>
concerned with language. The expertise of international <br>
lecturers ensures a high-level course and intensive <br>
coverage of the topics.<br><br>
Detailed course information available at <br>
<a href="http://fr46.uni-saarland.de/tdc2004/" eudora="autourl">http://fr46.uni-saarland.de/tdc2004/</a><br><br>
Enquiries to Michaela Mahlberg, <br>
m.mahlberg@mx.uni-saarland.de <br><br>
Information on the Tuscan Word Centre at<br>
<a href="http://www.twc.it/" eudora="autourl">http://www.twc.it</a><br><br>
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