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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I am excited to let you know that the Corpus Linguistics
team at the University of Michigan English Language Institute has just launched
MICUSP Simple -- a free search and browse interface to the new Michigan Corpus
of Upper-level Student Papers (<a href="http://micusp.elicorpora.info/">http://micusp.elicorpora.info/</a>).
MICUSP consists of 829 A-graded papers from 16 different disciplines written by
students at senior undergraduate or graduate level. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The URL for MICUSP Simple is <a
href="http://search-micusp.elicorpora.info/simple/">http://search-micusp.elicorpora.info/simple/</a>.
The website is optimized for use in Firefox (most features also work fine in
Internet Explorer and Safari but we are still working on some issues with these
and other browsers). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>MICUSP Simple was designed with teachers, students and
novice corpus users in mind. In addition to a simple search facility, the
interface provides multiple filtering options to enable easy access to a wide
range of sample writing assignments from a major American research university.
It features interactive graphs, user-friendly navigation, automatic results
update in response to user selection, and full paper view (in HTML and original
pdf format). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>MICUSP and MICUSP Simple are very much a team effort and I
would like to acknowledge the support of a number of people who are or were
involved in the project at various stages: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- John Swales (project conception and advising);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Rita Simpson-Vlach (project management 2004 to 2006);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Annelie Ädel (project management 2006 to 2007);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Matthew Brook O’Donnell and Gregory Garretson
(programming and XML schema design);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Annelie Ädel, Ute Römer, Stefanie Wulff (submission
solicitation); <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Jesse Sielaff (coordination of electronic paper
submission);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Yung-Hui Chien, Geoffrey Ho, Lucas Jarmin, Emily Lin,
Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Jesse Sielaff, Madison Stuart, Beilei Zhang (XML
coding);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Geoffrey Ho, Lucas Jarmin, Miranda Kozman, Emily Lin,
Kelly Lockman, Nasy Pfanner, Ute Römer, Madison Stuart, Beilei Zhang (paper
classification);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Derek Blancey, Kate Boyd, Lucas Jarmin, Kelly Lockman,
Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Ute Römer, Jesse Sielaff, Madison Stuart, Edwin Teng,
Beilei Zhang (search interface design and implementation);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Instructors and testing specialists at the University of
Michigan English Language Institute and members of the University of Michigan
Corpus Analysis Group (feedback on paper classification system and
search/browse interface design).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If you have comments or questions on MICUSP Simple, please
email us at <a href="mailto:micusp-help@umich.edu">micusp-help@umich.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>And now: Happy searching and browsing!!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ute and the MICUSP Team<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>*********************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Ute Römer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Director of the Applied Corpus Linguistics Unit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>English Language Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:uroemer@umich.edu">uroemer@umich.edu</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Phone: +1 734 763 7133 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Fax: +1 734 763 0369 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.elicorpora.info">http://www.elicorpora.info</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.uteroemer.com">http://www.uteroemer.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Surface mail address: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Ute Römer <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of Michigan <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>English Language Institute <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>500 E. Washington Street <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2028 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>USA <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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