[Lexicog] LEXICOM'05

[Thapelo Otlogetswe]

This may interest some of you

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LEXICOM'05

5th Annual Workshop in Lexicography and Lexical Computing, to be held in

<http://www.muni.cz/> Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

June 10th-14th 2005



Registration is now taking place for this year's Workshop on http://www.lexmasterclass.com <http://www.lexmasterclass.com/> . (see News page)



Led by the Lexicography MasterClass: Sue Atkins, Adam Kilgarriff and Michael Rundell, Lexicom is an intensive one-week workshop, where seminars on theoretical issues alternate with practical sessions at the computer, working in small groups, each person with his/her own computer.



Topics we cover



1. designing and building text corpora

2. software for analyzing corpus data

3. designing and using dictionary databases

4. Frame Semantics and its application to lexicography

5. corpus analysis: discovering word senses, recording contextual

information

6. writing entries for dictionaries & lexicons



The workshop also includes two 'master classes': one in advanced corpus-based lexicography (including bilingual entries) and the other in lexical computing.



Who the course is for

The workshop is suitable for people with a background in one or more of the following:

1. lexicography

2. linguistics

3. computational linguistics

4. computer support for dictionary projects 5. translation 6. terminologists



The cost has been kept as low as possible, with discounted rates for full-time students and for participants from East European countries and regions with currency conversion problems. Places are limited and early registration is advised. Registrations received before the end of April carry a discounted fee.





Michael Rundell, Sue Atkins, Adam Kilgarriff The Lexicography MasterClass



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Adam Kilgarriff

Lexicography MasterClass http://lexmasterclass.com

<http://lexmasterclass.com/>

Lexical Computing Ltd http://sketchengine.co.uk

<http://sketchengine.co.uk/>

University of Sussex

mailto:adam at lexmasterclass.com +44 (0)1273 705773

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Thapelo Otlogetswe
Information Technology Research Institute
University of Brighton
Lewes Road, Brighton
BN2 4GJ, England
Tel: (+44) 1273 642912 (office)
      (+44) 1273 642908 (fax)
http://www.itri.brighton.ac.uk/~Thapelo.Otlogetswe/



		
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