corpus linguistics

Nov 10 CFP ENGCORPORA2015 Extended deadline

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This Conference is intended as a gathering for corpus linguists working on any aspect of the English language and concerned with corpora issues. The main issues that this conference aims at debating are: – the use and reliability of a corpus in the hypothesis-building process – the use of corpora in linguistics courses or in … Read more

Measuring ling. complexity: A multidisciplinary perspective

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Update  All presentations here The Linguistics Research Unit of the Institute of Language and Communication hosted a workshop on ‘Measuring linguistic complexity: A multidisciplinary perspective’ on Friday 24 April, 2015.  The main objective of the workshop were to bring together specialists from a number of different but related fields to discuss the construct of linguistic complexity … Read more

Digital natives and corpora in language learning #corpuslinguistics

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For digital natives, “research” is more likely to mean a Google search than a trip to the library […] it remains to be seen how corpus resources co-exist with online services like Google and online distionaries and how learners’ search habits behave in both contexts (Pérez-Paredes et al. 2012:484). Pérez-Paredes, P., Sánchez-Tornel, M., & Alcaraz … Read more

LINDSEI: the Turkish component

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LINDSEI-TR: A New Spoken Corpus of Advanced Learners of EnglishBy Abdurrahman Kilimci Cukurova University, Faculty of Education, English Language Teaching Department, Balcalı, Adana, Turkey Abstract The aim of the present study is to describe the LINDSEI-TR, the Turkish component of the LINDSEI (the Louvain International Database of Spoken English), which was initiated to compile a … Read more

CFP From data to evidence in English language research: Big data, rich data, uncharted data 19-22 October 2015

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From data to evidence in English language research: Big data, rich data, uncharted data ***Conference in Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2015*** To diversify the discussion of data explosion in the humanities, the Research Unit for Variation, Contacts and Change in English (VARIENG) is organising an academic conference that addresses the use of new data sources, … Read more