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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR>PLEASE FORWARD to email-lists
and individuals who might be interested<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>SEE </span><span lang=EN-GB><a
href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/" title="blocked::http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/">http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/</a>
for *<u>FEES and REGISTRATION FORMS*</u></span></b></span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><b><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-weight:bold'>CONTACT </span></b></span><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>David Forman (<a href="mailto:d.a.forman@aston.ac.uk">d.a.forman@aston.ac.uk</a>;
+44 (0)121-204-3809)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><b><u><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Aston</span></font></u></b></st1:PlaceName><b><u><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></u></b></st1:place><b><u><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'> – Applied Corpus
Linguistics Events (ACLE) 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1. Postgraduate
Conference Thursday 24th June<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2. Symposium
Friday 25th June<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3. Summer School 1 –
Beginners Monday 2nd - Friday 6th August<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>4. Summer School 2 –
Advanced Monday 9th - Friday 13th August<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Sponsored
by ISLS - Institute for the Study of Language and Society, <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Languages</st1:PlaceName>
and Social Sciences, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Aston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><u><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1.
Postgraduate Conference: Thursday 24th June<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>An opportunity for postgraduates to share their
research, and to receive feedback on it, in a friendly and supportive
environment. The Conference is followed by the Aston Corpus Symposium on Friday
25 June, allowing postgraduates to stay on and attend presentations by more
established corpus researchers.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>2<sup>nd</sup> Call For Papers: <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday
19th April 2010</span></font></b><font size=4><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Papers
can be submitted on any corpus related topic<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Abstracts
(maximum length 300 words) plus bibliographical references<br>
to be sent to <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="mailto:d.a.forman@aston.ac.uk">d.a.forman@aston.ac.uk</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Accepted file formats are .doc and
.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Author’s name, affiliation, and
contact details to be provided in a separate attachment<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Authors of accepted abstracts will be
notified by Monday 10th May 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Presentation length: 20 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Presenters will be invited to submit a
3,000-word paper to be published in the online Proceedings<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Keynote Speakers:</span></font></b></strong><span
lang=EN-GB> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>to be announced</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:
72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR>See <a href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/conf_proceedings09.html"><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Proceedings 2009</font></b></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><u><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2. Symposium: Friday 25th
June<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>After 3 highly successful events in <a
href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/symposium/symposium07.html">2007</a>, <a
href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/Symposium08/symposium08.html">2008</a>, and <a
href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/symposium09.html">2009</a>, the Aston Corpus
Symposium will be held for its 4th successive year. The Symposium brings
together experts in various corpus-related fields, and will be preceded by the
3rd Postgraduate Conference on Corpus Linguistics, on Thursday 24 June 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Speakers will <u>include</u>:
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.lhds.bcu.ac.uk/english/antoinette-renouf/research">Professor
Antoinette Renouf</a> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff/mike-scott/">Dr Mike Scott</a> (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Aston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.english.bham.ac.uk/staff/koester.shtml">Dr Almut Koester</a>
(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/ssharoff">Dr Serge Sharoff</a> (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Leeds</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/Philip-King.doc">Philip King</a> (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Aston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff/krishnamurthyr/">Ramesh
Krishnamurthy</a> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Aston</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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