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<h1><b><font size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Successful
Aston Corpus Linguistics Summer School held on campus<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A
successful 2nd Aston Corpus Linguistics Summer School was held on campus last
week. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Over 30
academics, researchers and professionals from 17 countries participated!
UK institutions the universities of Aston, Birmingham,
Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading and Wolverhampton, as well as
institutions from Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Japan,
Malaysia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey,
and USA.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There was
very positive feedback from all of the participants and the Summer School
will be a regular event in the future, building on the success of other
successful Aston Corpus events, the Symposium and the Postgraduate Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Organiser and Principal Tutor was Ramesh Krishnamurthy (Aston), with
contributions from: Dr Mike Scott (Aston), Philip King (Aston), Dr Pierre
Larrivee (Aston), Michael Rundell (Macmillan Dictionaries; Lexicography
MasterClass), Sylvia Jaworska (PhD, Aston; now German Language Studies
Co-ordinator at QML, London), Emma Lay (until recently a sessional lecturer at
Aston), and Christophe Benzitoun (ATILF - CNRS / Université Nancy 2).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Two
participants who had attended the 1st Summer School in 2009 provided valuable
tutor support throughout.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Technical
support was provided by Dave Pollard (LSS Learning and Teaching Support
Manager), with assistance from Rob <st1:place w:st="on">Poole</st1:place>
(ISA), Neil Cocklin (CLIPP), and ISA with administrative support from Oz
Powles (LSS). Accommodation and catering assistance from Conference Aston
is also gratefully acknowledged.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ramesh Krishnamurthy<br>
Lecturer in English Studies, School of Languages and Social Sciences,<br>
<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:PostalCode
w:st="on">B4 7ET</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
Tel: +44 (0)121-204-3812 ; Fax: +44 (0)121-204-3766 [Room NX08, 10th<br>
Floor, North Wing of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Main</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>]<br>
<a href="http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff/krishnamurthyr/">http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff/krishnamurthyr/</a><br>
Director, ACORN (Aston Corpus Network project): <a
href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/" eudora=autourl>http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/</a> </span><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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