Category: CFP

Making the Links: from theory to research design – follow-up qs

 

Making the Links: from theory to research design and back again

The video is a film of the lecture given by Professor Madeleine Arnot for the M.Phil, M.Ed, Ph.D and Ed.D courses on educational research. It offers students a chance to think about some recent debates about the role of theory in research, and the ways in which a theoretically informed study can be designed. The examples given derive from actual research projects.

Created: 2013-02-13 10:50 by Andrew Borkett

Keynote speaker: Madeleine Arnot

Publisher: University of Cambridge

You & theories

Category A – I have found theories (or a conceptual framework) I like which I am going to use.
Category B – I am worried because I don’t have a theory or conceptual framework, or can’t find one.
Category C – This is not relevant to me. I am a practitioner and want to improve practice not educational theories. I already know what I want to find out
Category D – I think theory- driven projects are biased and restrictive, I want to start with the data.

Concepts & methodology

Positivism, post-positivism, mixed methods
Surveys, data banks, tests, interviews,
Interpretivist methodology
Ethnography
Symbolic Interactionist
Phenomenology/grounded theory
Participatory/action research
Critical interpretivist traditions
Feminist methodologies
Critical policy research
Community studies/family studies
Youth cultural studies

Debate

-Have you considered how to “position” yourself? What does “positioning” entail?

-Why is it not enough to describe “the world”?

-What is the link between our RQ and theories? Is it one of those technical issues favoured by existing govt policies?

-What is the role of “grand theories”? Is there a grand theory particularly relevant in your research?

-“Life is messy message”. What do you take from this? What´s wrong with “patterns”?

-Theoretically-driven research vs grounded approach. How does this play out in your research?

-How useful are the models discussed by Prof Arnot for your research ( a>b, triangle, circular, deconstruction models)?

-Thinking conceptually and research designs. How does “concept” impact your research methods?

 

 

 

 

#CFP 9th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Conference 2018, Malta

 

The 9th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) International Biennial Conference 2018

http://www.ivacs.mic.ul.ie/376/

University of Malta, Valletta, 13th – 15th June 2018

Corpus Linguistics: languages, communities, mobility

The IVACS network aims to connect corpus researchers and postgraduates internationally. The 9th biennial conference builds on the success of the previous eight IVACS conferences held at the Universities of Limerick (2002, 2008), Belfast, (2004), Nottingham (2006), Edinburgh (2010), Leeds (2012), Newcastle (2014), and Bath Spa (2016).

The theme of the 9th international conference is Corpus Linguistics: languages, communities, mobility and it is intended to reflect a deeper awareness of the central role played by languages, and language varieties, in our increasingly fluid societies. Through the use of corpus linguistics, the conference will draw on the diverse fields of study that can contribute to understanding the issues and concerns, as well as advantages and richness, that are found as communities experience increasing mobility. We are particularly interested in papers which draw on applied corpus research in the following areas, though these are in no way exclusive:

Corpus Linguistics, mobility and communities
CL and social mobility;
CL, language and migration;
CL and integration;
Using CL to explore language in minority contexts;
CL and diversity in communities;
CL and high-stakes testing;
CL and xenophobia.
Corpus Linguistics and Analysing Discourse
CL and real word contexts, e.g. Media Discourse, Classroom Discourse; Workplace Discourse, Academic Discourse;
CL and approaches to discourse analysis, e.g. Conversation Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis;
Corpus Pragmatics.
Corpus Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Learner corpus research;
Data-driven learning;
CL and teacher education;
CL and English as an International Language (EIL)
CL and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF);
CL and Second Language Acquisition;
CL and Bilingualism.
Corpus methods and innovations
Critical reflections on corpus methods;
Innovations in Corpus design;
Innovative corpus tools;
Advances in quantitative and qualitative approaches to analysing corpora.
Corpus Linguistics, Texts and Literature
Lexicography;
Corpus Stylistics;
CL and Translation Studies;
CL and Literary Linguistics;
Forensic Linguistics;
Register Studies.
Corpus Linguistics and Speech
CL Speech Technology;
CL and Multimodality;
Spoken Corpora;
Corpus Phonology.
Corpus Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
CL and language change;
CL and language varieties;
CL and language variation;
CL and minority language studies.
Corpus Linguistics and Historic Linguistics
Building historic corpora;
Analysing historic corpora;
Historic pragmatics.
Papers focusing on languages other than English, as well as language varieties and dialects are most welcome.

 

Submission of Abstracts

Full papers will involve a 20-minute presentation, plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion.

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 19th December, 2017

Outcome of CfP: 31st January, 2018

Abstract specifications for full papers:

250 – 350 words in length (including references, if any)
Written in Times New Roman font and saved as a docs file
Page 1 will include: Title; Presenter(s); Affiliation(s); Email address(es), plus abstract
Page 2 will be anonymised and will include: Title and abstract only.
Submit abstract to: IVACS2018@um.edu.mt

#CFP 14th American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL) Conference Sept 20-22, 2018, Atlanta, GA

 

14th American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL) Conference, September 20-22, 2018 in Atlanta, GA

We are now accepting proposals for paper and poster presentations for the AACL 2018 conference.

Conference website: http://alsl.gsu.edu/2018-aacl-conference/ (information on registration, travel, accommodation etc. will be added in the spring).
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL (http://alsl.gsu.edu/) at Georgia State University (GSU) is excited to host the 14th Conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL), 20-22 September 2018 on the GSU main campus in downtown Atlanta, GA. Please mark your calendars!
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), Iowa State University (2016), 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 University (2004), Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (2002), and University of Massachusetts-Boston (2001).

We are proud to have the following keynote speakers at AACL 2018:

Tony Berber Sardinha, Catholic University of São Paulo
Bethany Gray, Iowa State University
Stefan Gries, University of California at Santa Barbara

The conference will feature pre-conference workshops, plenary talks, and paper and poster presentation sessions.

IMPORTANT DATES
November 2017: First call for proposals
15 February 2018: Deadline for submission of abstracts
31 March 2018: Notification of decisions on abstracts
20 September 2018: Registration and pre-conference workshops
21-22 September 2018: Conference

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars are invited to submit abstracts of 250 to 300 words (not including references) for 25-minute papers (20 minute presentation + 5 minutes for questions) and posters on any aspect of corpus linguistics. Abstracts will undergo anonymous review.

Papers and posters are welcome from a range of subfields in three categories:
1. Tools and methods (corpus creation, corpus annotation, tagging and parsing, visualization of large data sets, open source corpora, software development)
2. 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)
3. Application (the use of corpora in language teaching and learning).

Abstract submission
Please submit your abstract through our EasyChair conference page at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aacl2018. If your abstract contains any specialized fonts or special formatting, please submit it as a PDF file.

Feel free to email the conference co-chairs at aacl2018@gmail.com if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your proposals!
Viviana Cortes, Eric Friginal, Ute Römer (AACL 2018 co-chairs)

#CFP 14th American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL)

14th American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL) Conference – September 20-22, 2018 in Atlanta, GA

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL (http://alsl.gsu.edu/) at Georgia State University (GSU) is excited to host the 14th Conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL), 20-22 September 2018 on the GSU main campus in downtown Atlanta, GA. Please mark your calendars!

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), Iowa State University (2016), 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 University (2004), Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (2002), and University of Massachusetts-Boston (2001).

We are proud to have the following keynote speakers at AACL 2018:
· Tony Berber Sardinha, Catholic University of São Paulo
· Bethany Gray, Iowa State University
· Stefan Gries, University of California at Santa Barbara

 

The conference will feature pre-conference workshops, plenary talks, and paper and poster presentation sessions.

IMPORTANT DATES
November 2017: First call for proposals
15 February 2018: Deadline for submission of abstracts
31 March 2018: Notification of decisions on abstracts
20 September 2018: Registration and pre-conference workshops
21-22 September 2018: Conference

Feel free to email the conference co-chairs at aacl2018@gmail.com if you have any questions. We hope you will consider joining us for AACL 2018 in Atlanta!

Viviana Cortes, Eric Friginal, Ute Römer (AACL 2018 co-chairs)

#CFP Language Technology for Digital Humanities: Language Resources and Evaluation Journal

From the Corpora List

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CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite submissions of papers to a special issue of the journal ”Language Resources and Evaluation”. The special issue will focus on the use of language technology for digital humanities and will have the title: Language Technology for Digital Humanities.
MOTIVATION:
The use of digital resources and tools across humanities disciplines has steadily increased, giving rise to new research paradigms and associated methods that are commonly subsumed under the term ”digital humanities”. Digital humanities does not constitute a new discipline in itself, but rather a new approach to humanities research that cuts across different existing humanities disciplines. While digital humanities extends well beyond language-based research, textual resources and spoken language materials play a central role in most humanities disciplines. Applying LT tools and data for digital humanities research implies new perspectives on these resources regarding domain adaptation, interoperability, technical requirements, documentation, and usability of user interfaces.
TOPICS:
We invite original contributions on completed work, not published before and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
* Case studies of using language technology and/or language resources with the goal of finding new answers to existing research questions in a particular humanities discipline or addressing entirely new research questions
* Case studies of expanding the functionality of existing language processing tools in order to be able to address research questions in digital humanities
* The design of new language processing tools as well as annotation tools for spoken and written language, showcasing their use in digital humanities research
* Domain adaption of rule-based, statistical, or machine-learning models for language processing tools in digital humanities research
* Challenges posed for language processing tools when used on diachronic data, language variation data, or literary texts
* Showcasing the use of language processing tools in humanities disciplines such as anthropology, gender studies, history, literary studies, philosophy, political science, and theology
SUBMISSION:
Accepted papers will have a length of 20-30 pages, excluding references.
Authors are advised to use the online manuscript submission for the journal. Make sure to select the special issue when asked to provide the article type. More information, including formatting instructions for authors can be found on the journal’s webpage at:  http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/linguistics/journal/10579#
Authors are requested to send a brief email to the guest editors (LTforDH@gmail.com) indicating their intention to participate as soon as possible, including their contact information and the topic they intend to address in their submission. Questions regarding the special issue should be sent to the same address.
IMPORTANT DATES:
* Submission deadline: 31 October 2017
* Author notification of acceptance: 15 January 2018
GUEST EDITORS:
Erhard Hinrichs, University of Tübingen
Marie Hinrichs, University of Tübingen
Sandra Kübler, Indiana University
Thorsten Trippel, University of Tübingen