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<p class=MsoNormal>2nd and final call for Papers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Text-mining in the Digital Humanities: The Interface between
Conceptual History, Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Lancaster University Thu 13 – Fri 14 May 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop is to explore the
potential for collaboration between researchers in Critical Discourse Analysis
(CDA), Corpus Linguistics (CL) and Conceptual History (CH), the study of key
socio-political concepts in their historical context.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Recent studies by mainly Lancaster-based researchers have
suggested the methodological synergy that can result from combining CDA and
corpus-linguistic approaches. Meanwhile, the discourse-historical approach in
CDA developed by Ruth Wodak (Lancaster) overlaps with CH in its study of the
discursive construction of collective identities that can themselves be seen as
concepts, each with their own history. Finally, the development of increasingly
sophisticated software programs, such as Lancaster’s UCREL Semantic
Analysis System (USAS) and the variant spelling detector (VARD), opens up
exciting new research possibilities for mining the ever-increasing number of
historical texts available in digital form. The workshop will provide a unique
opportunity for researchers in CH, CDA and CL to discover how they might
benefit from mutual collaboration. It should also be of interest to anyone in
the Humanities and Social Sciences who works with texts and/or basic
socio-political concepts, including collective identities. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Guest speakers:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hans Erich Boedeker - Formerly
Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan Ifversen - Aarhus
University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Michal Krzyzanowski - Lancaster
University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Michaela Mahlberg - University of
Nottingham <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Gerlinde Mautner - Vienna
University of Economics and Business <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The workshop will also include demonstrations of various
software programs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Abstracts (200-300 words)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We invite the submission of proposals for 20-minute papers
relating to the general theme of the workshop from scholars working in:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Conceptual History (including historical semantics and
metaphor history)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Critical Discourse Analysis (including critical metaphor
analysis and cognitive approaches)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Corpus Linguistics (including historical text-mining and
keyword extraction)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- and related fields (e.g. history, imagology,
politics, sociology)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Possible topic areas for papers include (but are not limited
to):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Case studies in using historical corpora<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Concepts, texts and discourses<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Conceptual history vs historical
semantics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Conceptual contestation / conceptual
innovation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Critical metaphor analysis and cognitive
approaches<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Different national approaches<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Identities as concepts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• The importance of context(s)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Reconstructing semantic fields<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• The role of concepts in the
discourse-historical approach<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• What corpus linguistics can and cannot
do<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• What makes a key word key?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please bear in mind the interdisciplinary nature of the workshop
when considering a proposal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Workshop fee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Full delegate rate £40 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Postgraduate Researchers £20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(The fees include lunches and morning and afternoon
refreshments on both days.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Optional conference dinner £20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Important dates <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>26 March 2010 Deadline for abstracts, to be sent to Prof.
Anne Wichmann (awichmann@uclan.ac.uk)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1 April 2010 Notification of acceptance<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>23 April 2010 Deadline for registration and payment of
conference fees.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Further information is available at http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/events/chcdacl2010/
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Organisers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Neil Foxlee (University of Central Lancashire) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Anne Wichmann (University of Central Lancashire) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Paul Rayson (Lancaster University) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Paul Baker (Lancaster University) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dawn Archer (University of Central Lancashire)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Acknowledgments<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We are very grateful for the support of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Lancaster University, Institute for
Advanced Studies (IAS). http://www.lancs.ac.uk/ias<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• University of Central Lancashire
(UCLan), Preston, UK. http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/journalism_media_communication/english_linguistics/<o:p></o:p></p>
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