[Corpora-List] REGISTRATION OPEN - ASTON CORPUS SUMMER SCHOOL: MONDAY 27 JULY - FRIDAY 31 JULY 2009

[Elizabeth Tanguay]

***Apologies for any cross-postings***

REGISTRATION OPEN
ASTON CORPUS SUMMER SCHOOL: MONDAY 27 JULY - FRIDAY 31 JULY 2009

Registration is now open for the first Aston Corpus Summer School from 27
- 31 July 2009. The summer school will involve a number of lectures and
hands-on sessions. Participants will have the opportunity to work with
leading researchers, such as Eric Atwell (Leeds), Ramesh Krishnamurthy
(Aston), Michaela Mahlberg (Liverpool), Paul Rayson (Lancaster), Michael
Rundell (Lexicography MasterClass), Mike Scott (Liverpool), Anne
Wichmann(Central Lancashire), as well as to meet other students.

The programme has not yet been finalised, but here are some of the topics
that will probably be covered during the week.

*       Introduction to corpora
*       Stylistics
*       Using Wordsmith Tools
*       Spoken corpora
*       Learner corpora
*       Lexicography
*       Corpora in second language teaching/learning

Prices and registration forms can be found here:

http://corpus.aston.ac.uk/Sum_Reg.html

**To qualify for the Early Bird discount, please register by May 31**

Kind regards

-- 
Elizabeth Tanguay
PhD student in Corpus Linguistics
School of Languages and Social Sciences (LSS)
Aston University
Birmingham, B4 7ET




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