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Second and final call for applications: 3 day workshop "Developing
Corpus Linguistics in South Asia", 9-11 February 2015<br>
Venue: International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan<br>
Funded by: British Council Researcher Links Workshop Programme<br>
Organisers: Dr Ayaz Afsar (IIUI, Pakistan), Dr Paul Thompson (University
of Birmingham, UK)<br>
Bursaries: see below, deadline for applications is 8th January 2015.<br>
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The purpose of this three day workshop is to bring together corpus
researchers in South Asia and the UK in order to assess the current
state of corpus linguistics in Asia, to identify the needs of corpus
researchers in Pakistan and also to articulate a clear strategy for the
development of resources and programmes for the study of national and
regional varieties of English in the future.<br>
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The need for the program is rooted in the increasing demand for
professionals and researchers in the field of corpus linguistics, which
is at present a neglected area in Pakistan and other countries in South
Asia. Corpus methodologies are growing increasingly important not only
for the investigation of linguistic matters but also for an
understanding of social, cultural, economic and political issues in
which language plays a central role. Furthermore, there still exist no
national corpus of Pakistani English nor one that represents the wide
diversity of South Asian Englishes, and neither are there substantial
corpora of regional languages such as Urdu. The current demand results
from the increasing need for the use of corpus tools in an age of
information technology with a substantial amount of digital data. The
workshop will address these issues in the use of corpus linguistic tools
and methods, and their application in diverse areas of social sciences,
humanities and arts, such as critical discourse analysis, data mining
and applied linguistics.<br>
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The workshop will consist of: <br>
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<li>a set of training sessions; </li>
<li>panel discussions; </li>
<li>and talks and poster presentations by participants.</li>
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Bursaries are available for early career researchers from the UK and
Pakistan to attend this workshop. Applicants should send a brief CV
(max. one page), a brief letter of support from a supervisor or head of
department, a 300 word statement outlining your interest in the workshop
and (separately) a 300 word abstract for a poster or short paper
presentation.<br>
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UK-based applicants should contact Paul Thompson (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:p.thompson@bham.ac.uk">p.thompson@bham.ac.uk</a>)
with an initial expression of interest, and also should note that the
bursary covers travel from the UK, visa and related expenses to a
maximum of GBP1000 per participant; Pakistan-based applicants should
contact Dr Ayaz Afsar (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ayaz.afsar@iiu.edu.pk">ayaz.afsar@iiu.edu.pk</a>).<br>
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Researchers who are not 'early career' are also welcome to attend - for
further information, please contact Paul Thompson. <br>
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Workshop website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/oc9sy5n">http://tinyurl.com/oc9sy5n</a><br>
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Dr Paul Thompson<br>
Director, Centre for Corpus Research<br>
Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics <br>
University of Birmingham <br>
52 Pritchatts Road<br>
Birmingham B15 2TT, UK<br>
Phone: +44 121 4145688<br>
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Co-Editor, Journal of English for Academic Purposes<br>
URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jeap">www.elsevier.com/locate/jeap</a><br>
<span>Personal: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/english/thompson-paul.aspx">www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/thompson-paul.aspx</a>
</span><br>
To arrange a meeting: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.meetme.so/paulthompson">www.meetme.so/paulthompson</a><br>
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