Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Through the corpora list :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: TAL Journal: 2016 Volume 57-3 Call for papers Topic: NLP for learning and teaching (Link) Foreign Language Learning and Teaching is one of the fields where the introduction of information and communication technologies (ICT) has proved particularly fruitful. It is thus no wonder that Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has … Read more
The fifth biennial conference on electronic lexicography, eLex 2017, will take place in Holiday Inn Leiden, Netherlands, from 19-21 September 2017. The conference aims to investigate state-of-the-art technologies and methods for automating the creation of dictionaries. Over the past two decades, advances in NLP techniques have enabled the automatic extraction of different kinds of lexicographic information from corpora … Read more
The Alphabetizer is a computer tool for putting terms in alphabetical order. Use it to sort any list online, using your computer or mobile device. This web tool — and educational resource — provides sorting functions including the ability to: put items in alphabetical order, remove HTML, capitalize and lowercase words and phrases, ignore case, … Read more
************************* Through the BAAL mail list ************************* The International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2017 will take place from Monday 24 to Friday 28 July at the University of Birmingham. Opening plenary Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham Keynote speakers Susan Conrad (Portland State University, US) Andrew Hardie (Lancaster University, UK) Christian Mair (University of Freiburg, Germany) … Read more
:::::::::::::::: Through the corpora list :::::::::::::::: We are happy to announce the release a new version of BabelNet, a project recently featured in a TIME magazine article. BabelNet (http://babelnet.org) is the largest multilingual encyclopedic dictionary and semantic network created by means of the seamless integration of the largest multilingual Web encyclopedia – i.e., Wikipedia – with the most … Read more