[Corpora-List] Corpus Linguistics 2009

[Susan Hunston]

Corpus Linguistics Conference 2009, University of Liverpool, UK 

http://liv.ac.uk/english/CL2009/index.htm

 

Second Call for Papers 

 

Following the success of CL2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, the Fifth Corpus
Linguistics Conference will take place from 20 July - 23 July 2009.  

 

It will be organised by the Universities of Liverpool, Birmingham and
Lancaster and will be hosted by the English Department, University of
Liverpool. 

 

We are looking forward to an interesting programme and invite abstracts
for 

papers, posters, work-in-progress reports, as well as workshops and
colloquia 

covering any aspect of corpus linguistics. The conference begins with a
workshop 

and colloquium day on Monday 20 July, the main conference runs from
Tuesday 21 

to Thursday 23 July, with the conference dinner on Wednesday 22 July. 

 

Plenary Speakers: 

 

Svenja Adolphs (University of Nottingham) 

Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University) 

Michael Hoey (University of Liverpool) 

Joybrato Mukherjee (University of Giessen) 

Mike Scott (University of Liverpool) 

 

We invite 5 categories of abstracts:  

 

PAPERS will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. Paper


abstracts should be between 300 and 500 words (excluding word count for 

references). 

 

WORK-IN-PROGRESS REPORTS will be 10 minutes plus 5 minutes for
questions. 

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words (excluding word count for
references). 

 

POSTER abstracts should be no more than 200 words (excluding word count
for 

references). 

 

COLLOQUIA usually take the form of between 4 and 8 papers, with time for


audience discussion. We will accommodate short colloquia (2 hours, about
4 

speakers) and longer colloquia (4 hours, about 8 speakers). Proposals
should be 

no more than 1000 words (for colloquia of 2 hours) or 2000 words (for
colloquia 

of 4 hours). The proposal should include a rationale for the colloquium,
an 

indication of how much of the time will be allocated to audience
discussion, and 

an abstract for each of the proposed papers. 

 

WORKSHOPS usually include one or two short presentations and substantial


audience participation. Workshops can take 1 or 2 hours. Proposals
should be no 

more than 500 words (for a 1-hour workshop) or 750 words (for a 2-hour
workshop) 

and should describe the organisation of the workshop and the nature of
the 

audience participation. Additionally, information on technical
requirements 

should be provided. 

 

For colloquia and workshops we would encourage you to contact us ahead
of the 

deadline if you have any questions. 

 

The language of the conference is English. 

All abstracts should be in English, though we encourage proposals for
colloquia to be given in languages other than English.

 

To submit an abstract go to the following URL and follow the
instructions:

 

https://www.softconf.com/s08/CL2009/submit.html

 

Closing date for abstracts: 23 January 2009. 

 

For more information please contact the Organising Committee: 

 

E-mail: CL2009liverpool.ac.uk 

 

http://liv.ac.uk/english/CL2009/index.htm

 

 

 

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