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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">SKEW-2</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">2<sup>nd</sup> International Sketch Engine Workshop</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Weds-Thurs 16-17 March 2011</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Brighton</span><span style="font-size:
14.0pt">, </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">UK</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://trac.sketchengine.co.uk/wiki/SKEW-2">https://trac.sketchengine.co.uk/wiki/SKEW-2</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The event is an opportunity for advanced users of the Sketch
Engine and others interested in corpus NLP and corpus lexicography to keep
breast of new functionality, compare notes on how the tool can be used to
greatest effect, and to discuss problems and possibilities with the development
team.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It follows on from a successful
<a href="goog_1103217201">2010 event in </a><a href="goog_1103217201">Ljubljana</a><a href="goog_1103217201">, </a><a href="http://www.slovenscina.eu/Vsebine/En/Dogodki/BesedneSkice/Program.aspx">Slovenia</a>. As in 2010, we anticipate a programme of roughly half submitted papers and half presentations from the Sketch Engine team.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The venue will be Terraces Bar and Café <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue"><a href="http://www.the-terraces.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">www.the-terraces.co.uk</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For more about Brighton,
including accommodation, see <a href="http://www.visitbrighton.com">http://www.visitbrighton.com</a> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Call for papers</b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt">The
deadline for submitting abstracts (max 500 words) is <b>31 December 2010</b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt">Authors
will be notified of acceptance by 31<sup>st</sup>
January 2011.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt">Submission
to be in the form of 500-word abstracts</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt">to be
emailed to <a href="mailto:adam@lexmasterclass.com">adam@lexmasterclass.com</a></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b>Call for participants</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li>Please email intention to participate to <a href="mailto:inquiries@sketchengine.co.uk">inquiries@sketchengine.co.uk</a> (for planning purposes)</li>
<li>There will be no fee for participants.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Committee</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Adam
Kilgarriff (chair)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Simon Krek</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Diana
McCarthy</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Jan Pomikalek</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Diana
Rawlinson (administration)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt">Pavel Rychly</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></p><br>-- <br>================================================<br>Adam Kilgarriff <a href="http://www.kilgarriff.co.uk">http://www.kilgarriff.co.uk</a> <br>
Lexical Computing Ltd <a href="http://www.sketchengine.co.uk">http://www.sketchengine.co.uk</a><br>Lexicography MasterClass Ltd <a href="http://www.lexmasterclass.com">http://www.lexmasterclass.com</a><br>
Universities of Leeds and Sussex <a href="mailto:adam@lexmasterclass.com">adam@lexmasterclass.com</a><br>================================================<br>