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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>#APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>CONFERENCE
ANNOUNCEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>First Call for Papers <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Fourth Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) group International
Conference on<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><i><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-style:italic'>Applying
Corpus Linguistics</span></font></i></b></strong><i><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<h1><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h1 style='margin-left:216.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>University
of Limerick</span></font></b></st1:City><font size=4><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>13<sup>th</sup>
and 14th June 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Confirmed
Keynote Speakers Include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;layout-grid-mode:
line'>Svenja Adolphs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;layout-grid-mode:
line'>Luke Prodromou<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;layout-grid-mode:
line'>Randi Reppen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;layout-grid-mode:line'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line'>The
aim of the conference is to continue the success of the previous three IVACS conferences
held at the Universities of Limerick, <st1:City w:st="on">Belfast</st1:City>
and <st1:place w:st="on">Nottingham</st1:place> in 2002, 2004 and 2006, by
exploring ways in which corpus linguistics has been applied to other areas of
research and pedagogy. We invite papers that explore h</span>ow this process
has brought new methodological challenges and benefits, as well as papers that
report on applied corpus research in any of the following areas:<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Corpus
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics</span></font></b></strong> (data-driven
learning; learner corpora; testing; teacher education; non-native speakers
of English/English as an International Language (EIL)/English as a Lingua
Franca (ELF); <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Corpus
Linguistics and Analysing Discourse </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:normal'>(u</span></font></b></strong>sing
CL in conjunction with other methodologies, e.g. Discourse Analysis,
Conversation Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis); using CL to look at
language in specific contexts, e.g. Media Discourse, Classroom
Discourse, Workplace Discourse, Academic Discourse)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Corpus
Linguistics and Literature </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:normal'>(including </span></font></b></strong>CL
and Stylistics; CL and Translation Studies)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Corpus
Linguistics and Forensic Linguistics</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Corpus Linguistics
and Pragmatics</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Corpus
Linguistics and Speech Technology</span></font></b></strong> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Corpus
Linguistics and Sociolinguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line'>Papers
focusing on languages other than English, and non-native varieties of English</span>
are particularly welcome.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Abstract Submissions:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please send your abstract of no more than 200 words as
a word attachment to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:ivacs08@ul.ie">ivacs08@ul.ie</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Deadline:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The deadline for receipt of abstracts is <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>December 14<sup>th</sup>, 2007</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Presentation Guidelines:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Papers will be allotted 20 minutes, plus ten minutes
for discussion<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Abstract checklist:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Title in bold on all copies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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and e-mail address on separate first page of the electronic copy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Further information about the conference will be posted in due course
to the following web-site: <a href="http://www.ul.ie/ivacs08">http://www.ul.ie/ivacs08</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Further information about the IVACS Research Group is available at <font
color=black><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.mic.ul.ie/ivacs"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>http://www.mic.ul.ie/ivacs</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>See you in <st1:place w:st="on">Limerick</st1:place>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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