[Corpora-List] Corpus Symposium, Glasgow, 22-23 May 2009

Tue Apr 14 10:21:29 UTC 2009

The Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing project is holding a two-day
Symposium on Variationist Corpora Online to mark the second year of this
AHRC-funded project. The Symposium will be held at the University of
Glasgow on 22-23 May 2009. Further details of the programme can be found
below. If you would like to attend, we would be grateful if you could
contact Jennifer Bann at J.Bann at englang.arts.gla.ac.uk by 27/04/09,
returning the 'booking form' at the bottom of this message. Booking is
'first come, first served' - we may need to cap numbers owing to the
venue size. 

Linguistic variation is a major issue for researchers working on
computer-based language projects. This has implications at every level:
in particular spelling, lexis, grammar and syntax. The availability of
corpora online brings its own issues, and also many benefits. The aim of
the Symposium is to gather together scholars working on (or intending to
work on) such projects, in order to share experience and possible
solutions. 

On Friday 22 May, the symposium will feature two keynote talks and a
series of shorter talks with opportunities for discussion. The Saturday
morning sessions will take the form of panel discussions on issues
related to the creation and use of online variationist corpora. The
Symposium will be held in the St Andrews Building of the University of
Glasgow, about 20 minutes' walk from both the Department of English
Language and the University's main building. There will be no charge for
the symposium, which includes lunch on Friday, but delegates will be
responsible for their own dinner and accommodation expenses. 

The University maintains a list of local hotels and guest houses, which
is accessible (along with an online enquiry form) at
http://www.cvso.co.uk/accommodation/hotels/hot_intro.htm. Please contact
the CMSW team if you would like any further information about
accommodation. Travel information can be found at:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/general/maps/, and a map of the campus at
http://www.gla.ac.uk/general/maps/campusmap.html. 

with kind regards,

The CMSW team

Provisional schedule for the Symposium:

Friday 22 May:

9.45-10.00: Welcome

10.00-11.00: Keynote talk: Mark Davies, Brigham Young University, Utah:
"Examining genre-based variation and recent historical shifts with the
Corpus of Contemporary American English"

11.00-11.30: coffee

Session 1: 11.30-13.00

11.30-12.00: Dorian Grieve, University of Glasgow: "Standing on the
Shoulders of Gigabytes: Electronic resources and eighteenth century
language"

12.00-12.30: Graham Turner, Heriot Watt University: "A British Sign
Language corpus: Can we tell what it is yet?"

12.30-13.00: Svenja Adolphs, University of Nottingham: "Multi-modality,
Discourse and the Corpus"

13.00-14.00: lunch 

14.00-15.00: Keynote talk: Bill Kretzschmar, University of Georgia:
"Variation Online and the Linguistics of Speech"

15.00-15.30: coffee

Session 2: 15.30-17.00

15.30-16.00: speaker to be confirmed

16.00-16.30: John Corbett, University of Glasgow: "Towards a
corpus-informed history of Modern Scots spelling (1700-1945)"

16.30-17.00: Karen Corrigan, Newcastle University: "Confessions of a
corpus creator: What I know now and wish I'd known then" 

17.00: Wine reception and book launch

19.00: dinner at a local restaurant

Saturday 23 May: 

9.30-11.00: Panel session 1 - spelling and punctuation

This panel session will be a forum for discussion of issues including,
but not limited to: 

*	Spelling variation in historical corpora
*	Spelling variation in dialectal corpora
*	Analysing punctuation in historical corpora

11.00-11.30: coffee and scones

11.30-1.00: Panel session 2 - humanities computing: challenges &
opportunities

This panel session will be a forum for discussion of issues including,
but not limited to: 

*	Resource sustainability and re-use
*	Mark-up and standards
*	Corpora and web technology

BOOKING FORM

Please supply the information requested below by email to Jennifer Bann,
at J.Bann at englang.arts.gla.ac.uk (tel: 0141 330 2382)

I will be able to attend the CMSW Symposium on Variationist Corpora
Online at the University of Glasgow on 22-23 May 2009. 

1. Name (as you wish it to appear on badges, booklet, etc) 

2. Affiliation (project, department, as applicable)

3. Contact email address

4. Please indicate which day(s) you intend to attend: 

BOTH DAYS 

FRIDAY 22nd ONLY 

SATURDAY 23rd ONLY

5. We intend to run two panel sessions on the Saturday morning. Would
you be willing to participate in either of these by giving a 5 minute
presentation on an area of specialism?

Panel session 1 - spelling and punctuation  YES / NO

Panel session 2 - humanities computing: challenges and opportunities YES
/ NO

6. We intend to book dinner at a local restaurant on Friday 22nd May.
Please indicate if you would like to join us (dinner is at delegates'
own expense)   YES / NO 

7. Any additional comments / questions?

--
Dr Wendy Anderson
Lecturer, Department of English Language, University of Glasgow

http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/englishlanguage
<http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/englishlanguage> 
http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk <http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/> 

The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401

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