[Corpora-List] First Announcement for Aston University "Applied Corpus Linguistics Events" (ACLE) 2010

[Krishnamurthy, Ramesh]

ASTON UNIVERSITY - "APPLIED CORPUS LINGUISTICS EVENTS" (ACLE) 2010

1. POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE      THURSDAY 24th JUNE
2. SYMPOSIUM                     FRIDAY 25th JUNE
3. SUMMER SCHOOL 1 - BEGINNERS   MONDAY 2nd - FRIDAY 6th AUGUST  **NEW**
4. SUMMER SCHOOL 2 - ADVANCED   MONDAY 9th - FRIDAY 13th AUGUST **NEW**

Sponsored by ISLS - Institute for the Study of Language and Society,
School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

1. POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE: THURSDAY 24th JUNE

An opportunity for postgraduates to share their research, and to receive feedback on it, in a friendly and supportive environment. The event is followed by the Aston Corpus Symposium the next day, enabling postgraduates to stay on and attend presentations by more established corpus researchers.

*CALL FOR PAPERS* -- ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday 19th APRIL
*         Papers can be submitted on any corpus related topic
*         Abstracts (maximum length 300 words) plus bibliographical  references to be sent to d.a.forman at aston.ac.uk<mailto:d.a.forman at aston.ac.uk> by Monday 19th April
*         Accepted file formats are .doc and .pdf
*         Author's name, affiliation, and contact details to be provided in a separate attachment
*         Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by Monday 10th May
*         Presentation length: 20 minutes
*         Presenters will also be invited to submit a 3,000-word paper to be published in the online Conference Proceedings

2. SYMPOSIUM: FRIDAY 25th JUNE

Brings together experts in various corpus-related fields. The programme will consist of presentations by distinguished speakers.

Internal Speakers: topics to be announced shortly
*         Mike Scott (Aston University; Reader in Corpus Linguistics; author of WordSmith Tools)
*         Ramesh Krishnamurthy (Aston University; Director of ACORN - Aston Corpus Network)
*         Philip King (Aston University; Visiting Academic Fellow)

External Speakers: to be announced shortly


3. SUMMER SCHOOL 1 - BEGINNERS: MONDAY 2nd - FRIDAY 6th AUGUST **NEW**

Leading practitioners in the field will introduce participants to a   range of topics. A certificate of attendance will be awarded to all participants.

*         Introduction to Corpus Linguistics (history, theory, methodology)
*         Corpus Design and Creation (data sources, copyright, formats)
*         Types of Corpora (written/spoken, general/specialist, static/dynamic, synchronic/diachronic)
*         Corpus Software (especially WordSmith Tools)
*         Corpus Analysis
*         Applications of Corpus Linguistics (Language Learning and Teaching, Lexicography, Translation, Forensic Linguistics)

4. SUMMER SCHOOL 2 - ADVANCED    MONDAY 9th - FRIDAY 13th AUGUST **NEW**

A chance for those who attended the Aston Corpus Summer School 2009, or the SUMMER SCHOOL 1 - BEGINNERS 2010 in the previous week, or others who already have some experience in the field of Corpus Linguistics to extend their knowledge, broaden their range, and gain hands-on experience of tools and techniques that they may not be familiar with.
All the sessions will be led by tutors who are leading experts in their specialist fields. A certificate of attendance will be awarded to all participants.

Tutors and Specialist Topics: to be announced shortly


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For more information about any of the
ASTON UNIVERSITY - APPLIED CORPUS LINGUISTICS EVENTS (ACLE) 2010

please contact:

DAVID FORMAN
Assistant Director - ACORN (Aston Corpus Network)
School of Languages and Social Sciences
Aston University
Birmingham B4 7ET
d.a.forman at aston.ac.uk<mailto:d.a.forman at aston.ac.uk>
tel: +44 (0)121-204-3809
fax: +44 (0)121-204-3766
Room NX01, North Wing, Main Building, Aston University

We will also be posting information on our website
http://acorn.aston.ac.uk<http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/>
so please check that site regularly from now on.









Ramesh Krishnamurthy
Lecturer in English Studies, School of Languages and Social Sciences,
Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
Tel: +44 (0)121-204-3812 ; Fax: +44 (0)121-204-3766 [Room NX08, 10th
Floor, North Wing of Main Building]
http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff/krishnamurthyr/
Director, ACORN (Aston Corpus Network project): http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/

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