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Call for participation<br>
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<b>ICAME 35 pre-conference workshop "Perfect and perfectivity
re-assessed through corpus studies", 30 April 2014, Nottingham</b><br>
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<b>Convenors</b>: <b><br>
Elena Seoane</b> (University of Vigo), <strong>Cristina
Suárez-Gómez<br>
</strong>(University of the Balearic Islands), <b>Valentin Werner</b>
(University of Bamberg)<br>
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<b>Short description</b>: <br>
Recent corpus analyses have shown that grammatical variation in the
realm of the present perfect in English is far more pervasive than
has been assumed. This is particularly true when non-native and
learner Englishes are taken into account. This workshop is open to
synchronic, diachronic and contrastive corpus-based research.<br>
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We especially welcome contributions which go beyond the traditional
ascription of the perfect to the construction <i>have </i>+ past
participle for the expression of perfect meaning and observe
variation determined by sociolinguistic variables such as mode,
dialect, style, register, genre as well as by the individual
interpretation of what the ‘perfect time span’ means. We also want
to motivate participants to foster discussion about how these new
findings from data analyses help to shed light on theoretical
issues.<br>
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For the full<b> workshop description</b> and the <b>program details</b>,
please visit
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-arts/english/icame-35/pre-conference-workshops.aspx">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-arts/english/icame-35/pre-conference-workshops.aspx</a>
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This workshop is open to both day delegates and all participants of
the ICAME 35 conference.<b> Registration</b>, either for the one-day
workshop (including lunch and reception) or the full conference is
possible under
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-arts/english/icame-35/registration.aspx">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-arts/english/icame-35/registration.aspx</a>.<br>
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The workshop will be followed a <b>
talk </b>by <b>Ronald Carter</b> to officially open the ICAME 35
conference, which will be followed by a <b>reception</b>.<br>
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