29.1708, Calls: General Linguistics/UK

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Subject: 29.1708, Calls: General Linguistics/UK

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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:30:14
From: Rhys Sandow [rs411 at sussex.ac.uk]
Subject: Workshopping Words and Opening Dialogues

 
Full Title: Workshopping Words and Opening Dialogues: Postgraduate Forum in Linguistics 

Date: 10-Jul-2018 - 11-Jul-2018
Location: Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Sarah Fitzgerald
Meeting Email: sf285 at sussex.ac.uk
Web Site: https://workshoppingwords.wordpress.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-May-2018 

Meeting Description:

Workshopping words is a free two-day conference and workshopping event which
will be held at University of Sussex on July 10-11. Each day will centre on a
plenary talk and workshop designed by experts to equip PhD students with
cutting edge skills.

The first day of the event will focus on public facing linguistics. Post
graduate students often lack opportunities for training in public engagement
and can find it challenging to satisfy the ‘impact’ criteria of the Research
Excellence Framework (REF). As well as providing an opportunity for PhD
students to present on the intersection between their research and public
engagement, day one will feature a plenary talk from Professor M. Lynne Murphy
(University of Sussex) entitled ‘Linguistics for everybody: Communicating with
the public about language’. Professor Murphy, A.K.A ‘Lynneguist’, author of
the hugely popular blog, ‘Separated by a Common Language’
(www.separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.co.uk) will also be running a
practical workshop on public engagement on the first day of the event.

On the evening of the first day there will be a conference dinner in Brighton
which all attendees are invited to. 

Day two will focus on corpus linguistics. In our current post truth climate,
it is increasingly desirable that humanities research is grounded in empirical
evidence. Corpus methodology is becoming increasingly important in linguistic
research. In addition to  presentations from PhD students on their corpus
based research, day two will feature a plenary talk from Professor Bas Aarts
(UCL), director of the Survey of English Usage entitled ‘Methodology in Corpus
Linguistics’. In addition, Professor Aarts will run a workshop on corpus
methodology using the cutting-edge tools he and his team have developed for
the ICE GB corpus (see www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/projects/ice.htm)..

This is a free event funded by the CHASE training and development fund,
however registration is essential. See our Eventbrite page for further
details.

For further information please see our contact page or email Sarah FitzGerald
sf285 at sussex.ac.uk.


2nd Call for Papers:

We invite papers from Ph.D. candidates in Linguistics to present at a
conference entitled ‘Workshopping Words and Opening Dialogues: Postgraduate
Forum in Linguistics’. Not only is this event a conference, it is also a
training event for doctoral researchers. Although we invite papers on any area
of linguistics research, delegates will receive training on public engagement
with linguistics and corpus linguistics from world-leading scholars. 

This is a two-day conference and workshopping event funded by the CHASE
Training and Development Fund. Each day will centre on a plenary talk and
workshop designed by experts to equip PhD students with cutting edge skills. 
Day one will feature both a key-note talk entitled ‘Linguistics for everybody:
Communicating with the public about language’ and a practical workshop by
Professor M. Lynne Murphy (University of Sussex), A.K.A ‘Lynneguist’, author
of the hugely popular blog, ‘Separated by a Common Language’ 
(www.separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.co.uk). On day two, Professor Bas
Aarts (UCL), director of the Survey of English Usage, will deliver a plenary
talk and a workshop on corpus methodology using the cutting-edge tools
developed for the ICE GB corpus (see
www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/projects/ice.htm). 

With public engagement becoming increasingly important as a required practice
of academic researchers, this event will provide a space for ideas and
experiences to be shared by early career linguists with a diverse range of
interests and specialisms. Early Career Researchers, often lack opportunities
for training in public engagement and can find it challenging to satisfy the
‘impact’ criteria of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). We especially
welcome papers on public dissemination of linguistic research of any kind.  

In our current post truth climate, it is increasingly desirable that
humanities research is grounded in empirical evidence. Corpus methodology is
becoming increasingly important in linguistic research. However, specialised
conferences can result in niche conversations regarding methodological,
theoretical, or analytical developments. This conference provides an
opportunity to collectively consider approaches to corpus methods from various
branches of linguistics. We welcome papers on linguistic research
incorporating corpus work, corpus building, or methodological approaches. 
 
As well as these two themes, we also welcome abstracts on general linguistics
topics, including sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, 1st or 2nd language
acquisition, phonology, syntax, inter alia. Abstracts may be submitted on
research that is either completed or ongoing. If you would like to present,
please send an abstract of 250 words to Sarah FitzGerald sf285 at sussex.ac.uk. 
The deadline for abstract submissions is 1 May 2018. Successful applicants
will be contacted by 7 May. For further details please see our website
https://workshoppingwords.wordpress.com/.  

Participation at this event is free of charge. There will be free liquid
refreshments and a lunch provided on both days. On the evening of the first
day of the conference (July 10), there will be a conference dinner in Brighton
which all participants are invited to attend. However, registration is
essential and will open as soon as the programme is announced in mid-May. If
you would like to be given priority when registration opens then you can put
yourself on the waiting list 

(https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshopping-words-and-opening-dialogues-postg
raduate-forum-in-linguistics-tickets-43096825766), this will give you 24 hours
advanced notice of ticket releases.




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