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<P>LEXICOM'05</P>
<P>5th Annual Workshop in Lexicography and Lexical Computing, to be held in</P>
<P><</FONT><A href="http://www.muni.cz/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.muni.cz/</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>> Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.</P>
<P>June 10th-14th 2005</P>
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<P>Registration is now taking place for this year's Workshop on </FONT><A href="http://www.lexmasterclass.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.lexmasterclass.com</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2> <</FONT><A href="http://www.lexmasterclass.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.lexmasterclass.com/</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>> . (see News page)</P>
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<P>Led by the Lexicography MasterClass: Sue Atkins, Adam Kilgarriff and Michael Rundell, Lexicom is an intensive one-week workshop, where seminars on theoretical issues alternate with practical sessions at the computer, working in small groups, each person with his/her own computer. </P>
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<P>Topics we cover</P>
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<P>1. designing and building text corpora</P>
<P>2. software for analyzing corpus data</P>
<P>3. designing and using dictionary databases </P>
<P>4. Frame Semantics and its application to lexicography</P>
<P>5. corpus analysis: discovering word senses, recording contextual</P>
<P>information</P>
<P>6. writing entries for dictionaries & lexicons</P>
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<P>The workshop also includes two 'master classes': one in advanced corpus-based lexicography (including bilingual entries) and the other in lexical computing.</P>
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<P>Who the course is for</P>
<P>The workshop is suitable for people with a background in one or more of the following: </P>
<P>1. lexicography</P>
<P>2. linguistics</P>
<P>3. computational linguistics</P>
<P>4. computer support for dictionary projects 5. translation 6. terminologists</P>
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<P>The cost has been kept as low as possible, with discounted rates for full-time students and for participants from East European countries and regions with currency conversion problems. Places are limited and early registration is advised. Registrations received before the end of April carry a discounted fee. </P>
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<P>Michael Rundell, Sue Atkins, Adam Kilgarriff The Lexicography MasterClass</P>
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<P>Adam Kilgarriff</P>
<P>Lexicography MasterClass </FONT><A href="http://lexmasterclass.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://lexmasterclass.com</U></FONT></A></P><FONT size=2>
<P><</FONT><A href="http://lexmasterclass.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://lexmasterclass.com/</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>> </P>
<P>Lexical Computing Ltd </FONT><A href="http://sketchengine.co.uk/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://sketchengine.co.uk</U></FONT></A></P><FONT size=2>
<P><</FONT><A href="http://sketchengine.co.uk/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://sketchengine.co.uk/</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>></P>
<P>University of Sussex</P>
<P></FONT><A href="mailto:adam@lexmasterclass.com"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>mailto:adam@lexmasterclass.com</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2> +44 (0)1273 705773</P>
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<DIV><FONT color=#00007f><STRONG>Thapelo Otlogetswe <BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#00007f>Information Technology Research Institute</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#00007f>University of Brighton </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#00007f>Lewes Road, Brighton <BR>BN2 4GJ, <STRONG>England</STRONG> <BR></FONT><FONT color=#444f75>Tel: (+44) 1273 642912 (office) <BR><FONT color=#00007f> </FONT>(+44) 1273 642908 (fax) <BR></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>http://www.itri.brighton.ac.uk/~Thapelo.Otlogetswe/</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV><p>
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