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To mark the 20th anniversary of its creation, the Centre for English
Corpus Linguistics of the University of Louvain is organizing a
conference entitled “<b>20 years of learner corpus research: looking
back, moving ahead</b>” in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) on 15-17 September
2011. <br><br>
Learner corpus research (LCR) is a young but vibrant new brand of
research which stands at a crossroads between corpus linguistics, second
language acquisition and foreign language teaching. Its origins go back
to the late 1980s when academics and publishers, concurrently but
independently, started collecting data from foreign/second language
learners with a view to advancing our understanding of the mechanisms of
second language acquisition and/or developing pedagogical tools and
methods that more accurately target the needs of language learners. At
first limited to English as a Foreign Language, LCR has begun to spread
to a wide range of languages and as a result, the community group of
learner corpus researchers is rapidly growing and diversifying. Great
advances have been made in learner corpus design, collection and
annotation, and the range of learner data has expanded with the addition
of spoken and multimedia learner corpora. The field has also greatly
benefited from growing links with related disciplines – in particular,
second language acquisition, teaching methodology, contrastive
linguistics, cognitive linguistics, lexicography, language testing and
natural language processing. <br><br>
Although twenty years after its emergence, it is too early to render a
definitive assessment of the achievements in the field, it is time to
take stock of the advances that have been made in methodology, theory,
analysis and applications, and think up creative ways of moving the field
forward. LCR2011 is meant to bring together all the researchers who
collect, annotate, analyze computer learner corpora and/or use them to
inform SLA theory or develop learner-corpus-informed tools (courseware,
proficiency tests, automatic spell- and grammar-checkers, etc.).
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<br><br>
We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have accepted our
invitation to give a keynote presentation at the conference:<br><br>
Prof. Angela Chambers, University of Limerick, Ireland <br>
Prof. Nick Ellis, University of Michigan, USA <br>
Prof. Detmar Meurers, University of Tuebingen, Germany<br>
Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany<br>
Prof. Florence Myles, Newcastle University, Great Britain<br>
Prof. Norbert Schmitt, University of Nottingham, Great Britain <br><br>
CONFERENCE THEMES<br><br>
We particularly welcome papers that address the relevance of learner
corpus research to:<br><br>
Cognitive linguistics<br>
Discourse studies<br>
(e-)lexicography<br>
Grammar and syntax<br>
Language for academic/specific purposes<br>
Language varieties <br>
Lexicology and phraseology<br>
Natural language processing <br>
Second language acquisition<br>
Second/foreign language teaching<br><br>
We also encourage the submission of papers addressing the links between
learner corpus research and other research methodologies (e.g.
experimental methods) and introducing innovative annotation
techniques.<br><br>
There will be four different categories of presentation:<br><br>
- Full paper (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion)<br>
- Short paper (10 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion)<br>
- Software demonstration (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion)<br>
- Poster<br><br>
The posters are intended to present research still at a preliminary stage
and on which researchers would like to get feedback.<br><br>
The conference aims to be a showcase for the latest developments in the
field and will feature both software demos and a book
exhibition.<br><br>
THEMATIC SESSIONS<br><br>
The conference will also feature three thematic sessions, for which
submissions are invited. <br><br>
1) Language for Specific Purposes Learner Corpora (convenor: Magali
Paquot)<br><br>
The “Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) Learner Corpora” thematic
session aims to bring together researchers that are particularly
interested in the collection, annotation and analysis of LSP learner
corpora and their practical applications. <br><br>
2) Learner Corpora and Cognitivism (convenor: Fanny Meunier)<br><br>
The “Learner Corpora and Cognitivism” thematic session aims to bring
together researchers working with learner corpora (either as their main
source of data or in combination with other data types) to help account
for cognitive processes at play in second language acquisition. <br><br>
3) Learner Corpora and World Englishes (convenor: Gaetanelle
Gilquin)<br><br>
The aim of the “Learner Corpora and World Englishes” thematic session is
to bring the fields of SLA and World Englishes one step closer to each
other by examining the possible links and synergies between Learner
Englishes and indigenised varieties of English, as they emerge from
corpora. <br><br>
More details about each of these thematic sessions can be found on the
conference website
(<a href="http://www.uclouvain.be/en-cecl-lcr2011.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.uclouvain.be/en-cecl-lcr2011.html</a>).<br><br>
LANGUAGE OF THE CONFERENCE<br><br>
English<br><br>
ABSTRACTS<br><br>
Your abstract should be between 500 and 700 words (+ list of references)
and must specify how the paper will contribute to the theme of the
conference. It should also provide a clear outline of the aim of the
paper including clearly articulated research question(s), some details
about research approach and methods and (preliminary) results. <br><br>
Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to lcr2011@uclouvain.be, before 27
December 2010. Under subject, please write "lcr2011 abstract".
Please name the attachment as follows:
lcr2011_yourlastname_yourfirstname.doc.<br><br>
Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by the scientific committee. You
will be notified of the outcome of the review process by 14 February
2011.<br><br>
For purposes of easy editing, please make use of the MS Word template
made available on the conference website for submitting your abstract.
The template consists of two pages. The first page asks you to specify
your affiliation details accompanied by a brief bio note (75 words). The
second page is reserved for your anonymous abstract which will be sent to
two reviewers.<br><br>
KEY DATES<br><br>
- Deadline for submission of abstracts: 27 December 2010<br>
- Notification of acceptance/rejection: 14 February 2011<br>
- Conference: 15-17 September 2011<br><br>
ORGANISING COMMITTEE<br><br>
Sylvie De Cock<br>
Gaetanelle Gilquin (chair)<br>
Diane Goossens<br>
Sylviane Granger (chair)<br>
Damien Littre<br>
Fanny Meunier (chair)<br>
JoAnne Neff van Aertselaer <br>
Magali Paquot<br>
Natassia Schutz<br>
Jennifer Thewissen<br><br>
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE<br><br>
Annelie Adel (Stockholm University)<br>
Ulrike Altendorf (Leibniz-Universitat Hannover)<br>
Inge Bartning (Stockholm University)<br>
Tony Berber Sardinha (Sao Paulo Catholic University)<br>
Yves Bestgen (Universite catholique de Louvain)<br>
Marcus Callies (Johannes-Gutenberg Universitat Mainz)<br>
Tom Cobb (Université de Quebec a Montreal)<br>
Ulla Connor (Indiana University-Purdue University)<br>
Sabine De Knop (Facultes Universitaires Saint-Louis)<br>
Liesbeth Degand (Universite catholique de Louvain)<br>
Pieter de Haan (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)<br>
John Flowerdew (City University of Hong Kong)<br>
Lynne Flowerdew (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)<br>
Thierry Fontenelle (Centre de traduction des organes de l’Union
europeenne) <br>
Stefan Th. Gries (University of California, Santa Barbara) <br>
Nicholas Groom (University of Birmingham)<br>
Hilde Hasselgard (University of Oslo)<br>
Marlyse Horst (Concordia University)<br>
Susan Hunston (University of Birmingham)<br>
Scott Jarvis (Ohio University)<br>
Natalie Kubler (Universite Paris-Diderot)<br>
Claudia Leacock (Butler Hill Group)<br>
Geoffrey Leech (Lancaster University)<br>
Marie-Aude Lefer (Institut Libre Marie-Haps & Universite catholique
de Louvain)<br>
Anke Ludeling (Humboldt-Universitat Berlin)<br>
Maria Jose Luzon (Universidad de Zaragoza)<br>
Carla Marello (Universita di Torino)<br>
Iliana Martinez (Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto)<br>
Amaya Mendikoetxea (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)<br>
Hilary Nesi (Coventry University)<br>
Nadja Nesselhauf (Universitat Heidelberg) <br>
Signe Oksefjell Ebeling (Oslo University)<br>
Lourdes Ortega (University of Hawaii at Manoa) <br>
John Osborne (Universite de Savoie) <br>
Magali Paquot (Universite catholique de Louvain) <br>
Mojca Pecman (Universite Paris Diderot - Paris 7)<br>
Virginia Pulcini (Universita degli Studi di Torino)<br>
Paul Rayson (UCREL, Lancaster University) <br>
Ute Romer (University of Michigan)<br>
Michael Rundell (Lexicography MasterClass Ltd)<br>
Kari Tenfjord (University of Bergen)<br>
Paul Thompson (University of Birmingham)<br>
Yukio Tono (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)<br>
Christopher Tribble (King’s College London)<br>
Agnès Tutin (Universite Stendhal Grenoble 3)<br>
Bertus van Rooy (North-West University) <br>
Nina Vyatkina (Kansas University)<br>
Michael Zock (CNRS – Laboratoire d’Informatique Fondamentale)<br><br>
Conference website:
<a href="http://www.uclouvain.be/en-cecl-lcr2011.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.uclouvain.be/en-cecl-lcr2011.html<br><br>
</a>Contact: lcr2011@uclouvain.be<br><br>
For sponsoring options, please contact Sylviane Granger
<sylviane.granger@uclouvain.be>.<br><br>
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