Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
perezparedes Mankind’s greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking. Stephen Hawking
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From the corpora list :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: We are pleased to announce the release of the first very large ngram databases derived from the giga-token COW14 web corpora. They are completely free (CC-BY) and can be downloaded without registration. We have applied no frequency thresholds whatsoever. In addition to the counted ngram lists, we offer raw versions such that everybody can create … Read more
Through the AESLA mail-list :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism: Special Issue 2017 As guest editors (Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe and Roy Lyster) of a Special Issue of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, we invite you to submit proposals on the following topic: Instructional practices and teacher … Read more
Through the corpora list ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: CORPUS LINGUISTICS 2015 The CL2015 organising committee is pleased to issue a call for posters on late-breaking results on any of the topics in the conference’s scope. By “late-breaking” we mean research which was not at a sufficiently advanced stage for an abstract submission to be made in the main … Read more