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TWC The Tuscan Word Centre TWC Courses 2000 Apply now for a place on one of the short intensive courses listed below. The Tuscan Word Centre exists to promote the scientific study of language, and these courses are among its principal activities. The Centre is situated in rural Tuscany, but not far from Florence, Pisa and Lucca. Resident Staff: Prof Elena Tognini Bonelli, University of Lecce Prof John Sinclair, University of Birmingham April 25th-30th: How to use corpora in language work Visiting Expert: Prof. Stig Johansson, University of Oslo EC Scholarships available for young European research workers - see website for details May 2nd-7th: How to use corpora in language work (special emphasis on multilingual resources) Visiting Expert: Prof. Stig Johansson, University of Oslo Prof. Wolfgang Teubert, Institut fuer Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim Includes familiarisation with the new multilingual TRACTOR resource. June 19th- 24th : How to Use Corpora in Literary Text Analysis. Visiting Experts: Mr Bill Louw, University of Zimbabwe Dr Fiona Tweedie, University of Glasgow EC Scholarships available for young European research workers - see website for details October 9th-14th: How to Use Text Corpora in Lexicography Visiting Experts: Mr Patrick Hanks, Oxford University Press Dr Thierry Fontenelle, Luxembourg EC Scholarships available for young European research workers - see website for details Apply early to avoid disappointment. Only twenty places on each course Apply early to avoid disappointment. Only twenty places on each course. http://www.twc.it for details queries mailto:infoMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuetwc.it John Sinclair NORMALLY AT: The Tuscan Word Centre Vellano 409 51010 Pescia (PT) Italia Telephone: +39 0572 409251 Fax: 409253 Office: 409900 IF ANY PROBLEM WITH THESE NUMBERS PLEASE TRY: +39 0832 631319 (phone and fax) or +39 0832 261542 web page <www.twc.it>
Greetings, We have now constructed a memorial webpage for Si Belasco, which is reachable from our program website www.cla.sc.edu/LING/index.html (Go to Faculty, and click on Si's name). You can also reach the page directly at: http://www.cla.sc.edu/LING/faculty/belasco/MEMORIAL.html Please feel free to link to this page. I encourage those of you who have memories of Si that you would like to share, to send these to me at dubinskyMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuesc.edu. We will post them as they are received. Please let others know about this page. Best wishes, Stan Stanley Dubinsky e-mail: dubinsky
sc.edu Director phone: 803-777-2063 Linguistics Program phax: 803-777-7514 U of South Carolina http://www.cla.sc.edu/LING/index.html Columbia, SC 29208