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</b>UPDATE<x-tab> </x-tab>Courses at TWC June 2005<br><br>
Course no. 1: "The Case for a Corpus - Spoken and Written
Corpora"<br>
25th-29th June, Tuscany, Italy<br><br>
This course will cover all aspects of the design and construction of
spoken and written corpora. <br>
The course is almost full but there may be late places if some intending
participants drop out.<br>
Anyone interested please contact John Sinclair,
<a href="mailto:jms@twc.it" eudora="autourl">mailto:jms@twc.it</a> <br>
Further details can be found on the TWC website,
<a href="http://www.twc.it/" eudora="autourl">www.twc.it</a> There
are no application forms. <br><br>
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Course no. 2. "Dial a corpus: compiling corpora from the
web"<br>
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29th June - 2nd July, Tuscany, Italy<br>
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There are still places on this course, which is organised by TWC under
the auspices of the University of Siena. Each session will be led
by a scholar with an international reputation in the field, and all the
relevant issues will be tackled at both practical and theoretical
levels. Note that the focus of interest of this course is not on
how to use the World Wide Web as if it were a corpus, but on how to build
a corpus using documents from the web. They must be located and
evaluated for their suitability for a given purpose. We welcome
participants who would like to join in the discussions and/or outline
personal projects and innovative techniques. The cost of a place on
this Seminar is 1100 euros, including accommodation, all meals, and local
transport as arranged with the organisers. <br><br>
<u>Session Leaders</u>: <br>
Prof. Khurshid Ahmad, University of Surrey <br>
Mr. Lou Burnard, Oxford University Computer Services <br>
Dr. Margaret Rogers, University of Surrey <br>
Prof. John Sinclair, Tuscan Word Centre<br>
Prof. Elena Tognini Bonelli, University of Siena<br>
Prof. Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield<br><br>
If you would like to join this group, please contact John Sinclair,
<a href="mailto:jms@twc.it" eudora="autourl">mailto:jms@twc.it</a> <br>
Further details can be found on the TWC website,
<a href="http://www.twc.it/" eudora="autourl">www.twc.it</a> There
are no application forms. <br>
It would be helpful to have an expression of interest before
mid-May.<br>
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<div>John Sinclair</div>
<div>President</div>
<div>The Tuscan Word Centre, Azienda Casanova</div>
<div>Vellano 409, 51010 Pescia (PT), Italia</div>
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<div>Address for correspondence: </div>
<div>Via Pandolfini 27, 50122 Florence, Italy</div>
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<div>Telephone and fax: +39 055 295470</div>
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web page
<<a href="http://www.twc.it/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>www.twc.it</a>>
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