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Subject: 21.2028, Confs: Text/Corpus Linguistics/UK

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Date: 28-Apr-2010
From: Ramesh Krishnamurthy < r.krishnamurthy at aston.ac.uk >
Subject: Aston Corpus Linguistics Summer School for Beginners
 

	
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:17:25
From: Ramesh Krishnamurthy [r.krishnamurthy at aston.ac.uk]
Subject: Aston Corpus Linguistics Summer School for Beginners

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Aston Corpus Linguistics Summer School for Beginners 

Date: 02-Aug-2010 - 06-Aug-2010 
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom 
Contact: Ramesh Krishnamurthy 
Contact Email: r.krishnamurthy at aston.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/SummerSchool.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The Aston Corpus Linguistics Summer School for Beginners will involve a mixture
of explanatory talks and hands-on sessions, to familiarise participants with the
basic concepts of Corpus Linguistics, and link theory to practice. Participants
will have the opportunity to work with more experienced teachers and
researchers, as well as to meet other students. A certificate of attendance will
be awarded to all participants. The tutors will introduce participants to a
range of topics:

1. Introduction to Corpus Linguistics (history, theory, methodology)
2. Corpus Design and Creation (data sources, copyright, formats)
3. Types of Corpora (written/spoken, general/specialist, static/dynamic,
synchronic/diachronic)
4. Corpus Software (AntConc, WordSmith Tools, SketchEngine, etc)
5. Corpus Analysis (word frequency lists, concordances, collocation, keywords)
6. Applications of Corpus Linguistics (e.g. Linguistic Research, Language
Learning and Teaching, Lexicography, Translation, Forensic Linguistics)





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