27.147, Calls: Applied Ling, Text/Corpus Ling/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-27-147. Thu Jan 07 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.147, Calls: Applied Ling, Text/Corpus Ling/USA

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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 19:41:00
From: Bethany Gray [begray at iastate.edu]
Subject: American Association for Corpus Linguistics and Technology for Second Language Learning

Full Title: American Association for Corpus Linguistics and Technology for Second Language Learning 
Short Title: AACL and TSLL 

Date: 16-Sep-2016 - 18-Sep-2016
Location: Ames, Iowa, USA 
Contact Person: Bethany Gray
Meeting Email: aacl2016 at iastate.edu
Web Site: https://apling.engl.iastate.edu/conferences/aacl2016/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

The American Association for Corpus Linguistics'  (AACL) next conference is
being held jointly with the 14th Annual Technology for Second Language
Learning (TSLL) Conference, on September 16-18, 2016, at Iowa State University
in Ames, Iowa.

General AACL Information:

Previous conferences of the American Association for (Applied) Corpus
Linguistics have been held at different universities in North America starting
in 1999: Northern Arizona University (2014, 2006, 2000), San Diego State
University (2013), Georgia State University (2011), University of Alberta,
Canada (2009), Brigham Young University (2008), University of Michigan (1999,
2005), Montclair State (2004), IUPUI (2002), and University of
Massachusetts-Boston (2001).

Call for Papers: 

The American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL) calls for proposals for
paper presentations at their next conference, which is being held jointly with
the 14th Annual Technology for Second Language Learning (TSLL) Conference, on
September 16-18, 2016, at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Submission of Abstracts:

Faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars are invited to submit
abstracts for 25-minute (20 minute presentation + 5 minutes for questions) on
any aspect of corpus linguistics. Abstracts will undergo anonymous review. 

Papers are welcome from a range of subfields in three categories:

- Tools and methods (corpus creation, corpus annotation, tagging and parsing,
visualization of large data sets, open source corpora (philosophy and
practice), software development)
- Linguistic analyses of corpora as they relate to language use
(register/genre as well as lexical and grammatical variation, language
varieties, parallel corpora, historical change, lexicography);
- Application (the use of corpora in language teaching and learning).

Abstract Details: 

- Cover page: Author(s) name(s); Affiliation; Contact information; Paper
title; Category (see above) 
- Abstract page: Paper title; Abstract (max. 250-300 words) 
- Format: MS Word or PDF (the latter is necessary if the abstract contains
specialized fonts)

Submit abstracts to aacl2016 at iastate.edu by March 15, 2016. In the subject
line of your email, please indicate the category your paper would most likely
fit in (see categories above).

Conference Website
https://apling.engl.iastate.edu/conferences/aacl2016/

Important Dates:
March 15, 2016 - Deadline for submission of abstracts
April 15, 2016 - Notification of decisions on abstracts
May 1, 2016 - Early registration opens
July 1, 2016 - Preliminary schedule posted
Aug 10, 2016 - Early registration ends
Sept 10, 2016 - Regular registration
Sept 16-18, 2016 - Conference (Registration on site)

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