corpus linguistics

#Corpuslinguistics webinars today and tomorrow @Anne0Keeffe

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Thanks to Anne O’Keeffe FREE WEBINARS 13:00 GMT today 26th November, 2015 “‘Appropriate methodologies for studying classroom discourse” Prof. Steve Walsh, Newcastle University Link to webinar: https://mic.adobeconnect.com/maallearnerdiscourse/ 17:00 GMT tomorrow 27th November, 2015 “Using corpora to inform teaching and materials development” Prof. Randi Reppen, Northern Arizona University Link to webinar: https://mic.adobeconnect.com/maalissuesinlinguistics/ Recordings of these will … Read more

Corpus Apprenants norvégiens du français

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Ce corpus, constitué à l’été 2015 par Catrine Bang Nilsen, présente 5 interactions spontanées d’environ une heure chacune entre apprenants norvégiens intermédiaires et avancés du français et francophones de France. Sa transcription par Clémence Michel et Jérôme Barbet suit les conventions du corpus CFPQ. Afin de respecter la confidentialité des informateurs, les films des interactions … Read more

Collocate 1.0 for Windows free download

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  Through the Corpora list ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Windows program Collocate 1.0 is available for download at michaelbarlow.com. The software extracts collocations in various ways (including n-grams) and provides scores based on MI, t-score and Log Likelihood. This version of the software is now free. If you want to simply check out the functionality of the … Read more

CFP Corpora and Discourse International Conference abstract deadline 31/1/16 #corpuslinguistics

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  Corpora and Discourse International Conference: Call for papers Siena University Pontignano Conference Centre June 30-July 2, 2016 (June 30 Conference workshop; July 1-2 Main Conference) Main Conference Plenary speakers: Michael Hoey (Liverpool), Gerlinde Mautner (Vienna, WU), Michael Stubbs (Trier) Corpus-based and corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) investigate the employment of corpus techniques to shed light … Read more

CFP LLT Special Issue on: Corpora in Language Learning and Teaching

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CALL FOR PAPERS, LLT Special Issue on: Corpora in Language Learning and Teaching Special issue editors: Nina Vyatkina and Alex Boulton Corpora in their many guises have been applied for the purposes of language learning and language teaching since they emerged in their modern form in the 1960s. Whereas originally, more  pedagogical applications were of … Read more