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New Approaches in English Historical Lexis Short Title: HEL-LEX Date: 17-Mar-2005 - 19-Mar-2005 Location: Helsinki, Finland Contact: Rod McConchie Contact Email: hel-lexMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuehelsinki.fi Meeting URL: http://www.eng.helsinki.fi/varieng/main/Hellex/hellex.htm Linguistic Sub-field: Historical Linguistics Subject Language: English Meeting Description: A symposium on recent research in English historical lexicography, lexicology and lexical semantics. Papers are invited for a symposium on English historical lexis to be held in Helsinki in March 2005. The symposium is intended to discuss recent research in English historical lexicography, lexicology and lexical semantics. While the main interest is English, contributions discussing other languages in so far as they relate to English lexis are welcome. The symposium is being organized by the Research Unit for Variation and Change in English (VARIENG), a National Centre of Excellence funded by the Academy of Finland and the University of Helsinki.