27.586, Summer Schools: Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics/UK

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Subject: 27.586, Summer Schools: Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics/UK

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:49:47
From: Rachele De Felice [ucleseu at ucl.ac.uk]
Subject: Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics/UK

 

Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics/UK

Host Institution: University College London
Coordinating Institution:   
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/summer-school/

Dates: 06-Jul-2016 - 08-Jul-2016
Location: London, United Kingdom

Focus: The Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics is an introduction to Corpus Linguistics for students of language and linguistics and teachers of English. Participants should have a basic knowledge of English linguistics and grammar. Students will gain experience with a state-of-art corpus and an understanding of basic statistical ideas.
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate


Special Qualifications:
Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of concepts in English linguistics, especially grammar.


Description:
The Survey of English Usage at University College London (UCL) will be running
a three-day Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics from Monday, 6 July
2016 till Wednesday, 8 July 2016.

Over the three days, participants will learn about the following:

- the scope of Corpus Linguistics, and how we can use it to study the English
Language
- key issues in Corpus Linguistics methodology
- how to use corpora to analyse issues in syntax and semantics
- basic elements of statistics
- how to navigate large and small corpora, particularly ICE-GB and DCPSE

At the end of the course, participants will have:

- acquired a basic but solid knowledge of the terminology, concepts and
methodologies used in English Corpus Linguistics
- had practical experience working with two state-of-the-art corpora and a
corpus exploration tool (ICECUP)
- have gained an understanding of the breadth of Corpus Linguistics and the
potential application for projects
- have learned about the fundamental concepts of inferential statistics and
their practical application to Corpus Linguistics

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.


Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics


Subject Languages: English

Tuition: 295 GBP

Tuition Explanation: - Early registration fee until 1 May 2016: GBP 295 
- After 1 May 2016: GBP 350

Students in full-time education will receive a free copy of either the ICE-GB
or DCPSE corpus with the associated exploration software.


Registration: 01-Feb-2016 to 01-Jul-2016

Contact Person: Survey of English Usage UCL
                Phone: +442076793119
                Email: ucleseu at ucl.ac.uk

Apply on the web: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/summer-school/ssecl.pdf

Registration Instructions:
A booking form is available on the website.




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