* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
LINGUIST List logo Eastern Michigan University Wayne State University *
* People & Organizations * Jobs * Calls & Conferences * Publications * Language Resources * Text & Computer Tools * Teaching & Learning * Mailing Lists * Search *
* *
LINGUIST List 20.3627

Tue Oct 27 2009

Calls: Translation, Text/Corpus Ling, Lexicography/United Kingdom

Editor for this issue: Kate Wu <katelinguistlist.org>


LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3!
Directory
        1.    Richard Xiao, Using Corpora in Contrastive & Translation Studies 2010

Message 1: Using Corpora in Contrastive & Translation Studies 2010
Date: 26-Oct-2009
From: Richard Xiao <Richard.Xiaoedgehill.ac.uk>
Subject: Using Corpora in Contrastive & Translation Studies 2010
E-mail this message to a friend

Full Title: Using Corpora in Contrastive & Translation Studies 2010
Short Title: UCCTS2010

Date: 27-Jul-2010 - 29-Jul-2010
Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire (near Liverpool), United Kingdom
Contact Person: Richard Xiao
Meeting Email: UCCTS2010googlemail.com
Web Site: http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/UCCTS2010

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Lexicography; Text/Corpus
Linguistics; Translation

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2010

Meeting Description:

Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (UCCTS), which is a
biennial international conference series launched to provide a forum for
exploring the creation and use of corpora in contrastive and translation
studies, is related, but not restricted to the following themes:

- Design and development of comparable and parallel corpora
- Processing of multilingual corpora
- Using corpora in translation studies and teaching
- Using corpora in cross-linguistic contrast
- Corpus-based comparative research of source native language, translated
language and target native language
- Corpus-based research at the interface between contrastive and translation
studies
- Bilingual terminology, lexicology and lexicography.

The UCCTS 2010 conference is to be held at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk
(near Liverpool) in the UK on 27-29th July 2010.

Call for Papers

Following the success of the UCCTS 2008 conference, which took place at Zhejiang
University in Hangzhou, China on 25-27th September 2008 (online proceedings are
available, and an edited book of selected papers will be published in 2010 by
Cambridge Scholars Publishing), we are now pleased to invite submissions for
papers for the UCCTS 2010 conference. The event is jointly organised by Edge
Hill University (UK), the University of Bologna at Forlì (Italy), and Beijing
Foreign Studies University (China), and is to be held at Edge Hill University in
Ormskirk (near Liverpool) in the UK on 27-29th July 2010.

Keynote Speakers
Professor Stig Johansson (University of Oslo)
Dr Sara Laviosa (University of Bari)
Professor Anna Mauranen (Helsinki University)
Professor Raphael Salkie (University of Brighton)

Abstract Submission
Abstracts of c. 300 words in the format of MS-Word, pdf or txt should be
submitted via the EasyAbs facility at the following link:
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/UCCTS2010

Important Dates
Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2010
Abstract review: 1 Feb - 31 March 2010
Notification: first week of April 2010
Early bird registration: 1 April 2010 - 31 May 2010
Registration closing date: 30 June 2010
Conference days: 27-29 July 2010

Presentation Format
Papers are allocated to 20-minute slots plus five minutes of discussion.

Conference Publication
The conference proceedings will be published online after the conference, in
addition to an edited book or a special journal issue for a selection of papers.

Programme Committee
Michael Barlow (University of Auckland)
Silvia Bernardini (University of Bologna)
Bart Defrancq (University College Ghent / Ghent University)
Clive Grey (Edge Hill University)
Andrew Hardie (Lancaster University)
Serge Sharoff (Leeds University)
Kefei Wang (Beijing foreign Studies University)
Richard Xiao (Edge Hill University)

Conference Website
http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/UCCTS2010
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/UCCTS2010
Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue




Please report any bad links or misclassified data

LINGUIST Homepage | Read LINGUIST | Contact us

NSF Logo

While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed
on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.