<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpaae31284yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dear Scholar,</p><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">I hope this message finds you well.</p><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I am writing to inform you about an exciting opportunity to participate in the Bahria University Summer School on Corpus Linguistics, organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bahria University Islamabad. The summer school will take place from August 26-29, 2024, and will be conducted both online and on-site in Islamabad, Pakistan.</span><br></p><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">This program offers an in-depth exploration of various aspects of corpus linguistics, with sessions led by esteemed trainers from renowned universities. Topics to be covered include:</p><ul type="disc" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Exploring online corpora</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Corpus building and corpus cleaning (English, Urdu, and other languages)</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Using a corpus to investigate phraseology</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Corpus-based approaches to discourse analysis</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Exploring and analyzing the Urdu corpus</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Linguistic annotation of the corpus</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Analyzing sentiments through corpus approaches</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Exploring metadiscursive features through corpus analysis</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Analyzing collocation networks, semantic preference, and semantic prosodies</li></ul><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The summer school trainers include:</p><ul type="disc" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Benet Vincent, Coventry University</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Neill Curry, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Akhtar Abbas, University of Sialkot</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Humera Jehangir, Lahore Garrison University & Lancaster University</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Tehseen Zahra, Bahria University</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Saqlain Hassan, Riphah International University</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Musarrat Azhar, University of Sargodha</li></ul><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>Registration Fees:</b></p><ul type="disc" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Professional: 15,000 PKR</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Faculty Member: 12,000 PKR</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Student/Scholar: 10,000 PKR</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Institutional Group of 3-5: 8,000 PKR per person</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">BU Faculty: 6,000 PKR</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">BU Students & Alumni: 5,000 PKR</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Single Session: 2,500 PKR</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Single Session for BU Faculty, Students, and Alumni: 1,250 PKR</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">International Scholar: 70 USD</li><li class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Single Session for International Scholars: 15 USD</li></ul><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">To register, please fill out the form at Registration Link. <a href="https://forms.gle/gUTyJkq1fRhxvSpr5" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/gUTyJkq1fRhxvSpr5&source=gmail&ust=1721495790431000&usg=AOvVaw1xE0BO2Cc5bvFVH84RuDRx" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/gUTyJkq1fRhxvSpr5</a></p><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">For more information, you can contact us at <a href="mailto:buhssworksem@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">buhssworksem@gmail.com</a> or call +92 333 6105584.</p><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">We look forward to your participation in this enriching academic experience.</p><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Best regards,</p><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"></p><p class="ydpac66f0e2MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Tehseen Zahra<br>Associate Professor<br>Department of Humanities and Social Sciences<br>Bahria University, Islamabad</p></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpaae31284signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="font-family:serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;" class="ydpec8715e9MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 51, 204);"><i><font face="courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif">Dr Tehseen Zahra</font></i></span></b></p>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New;color:#0033CC;">IRSIP</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New;color:#0033CC;"> Scholar, University of Birmingham</span></div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 204);font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;">Managing Editor: Corporum: Journal of Corpus Linguistics</span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 204);font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;">Associate Professor</span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 204);font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;">Department of Humanities and Social Sciences </span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 204);font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;">Bahria University</span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 204);font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><font color="#0033cc" face="New serif"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>-----------------------------------------</b></span></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><font color="#0033cc" face="New serif"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b><span><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."</span></span></b></span></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><font color="#0033cc" face="New serif"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b><span><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Pele</span><br style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"></span><br></b></span></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 204);font-family:New serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>