LINGUIST List 22.2760 Wed Jul 06 2011 Confs: Syntax, Morphology, Typology, Computational Ling/Birmingham Editor for this issue: Zac Smith <zaclinguistlist.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.     Ramesh Krishnamurthy , Aston Corpus Summer School Message 1: Aston Corpus Summer School Date: 05-Jul-2011 From: Ramesh Krishnamurthy <r.krishnamurthyaston.ac.uk> Subject: Aston Corpus Summer School E-mail this message to a friend Aston Corpus Summer School Date: 01-Aug-2011 - 05-Aug-2011 Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom Contact: Ramesh Krishnamurthy Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/SummerSchool.html Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics Meeting Description: Introduction to the use of corpora in various areas: language learning/teaching, lexicography, translation, literary stylistics, metaphor, critical discourse analysis, etc using various types of data: monolingual, multilingual, parallel, diachronic, annotated, etc. Including practical, hands-on exercises with various software tools and datasets. Early Bird registration ended today. Fees are now as below. Register now! The course is filling up quite quickly. Go to http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/SummerSchool.html for the registration form, online payment, accommodation information, etc. We have received registrations from Belarus, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, and UK during the Early Bird registration period, which has ended.. Fees are now: Standard Fee = £250 Non-Aston Students = £200 Aston Students = £150 (fees include lunches and coffee/tea/etc; but not accommodation, evening meals, or social events) Programme has been finalised as follows: Monday 10:00-17:00 Introduction to Corpus Linguistics -Ramesh Krishnamurthy (Aston University) Tuesday 10:00-12:00 Diachronic Corpora (Penn Corpora, English) -Dr Carola Trips (Mannheim, Germany) 12:00-13:00 Diachronic Corpora (French) -Achim Stein (Stuttgart, Germany) 14:00-17:00 Keywords and Literature (WordSmith Tools) Dr- Mike Scott (Aston University) Wednesday 10:00-13:00 ParallelL Corpora (Multiconcord) / Translation -Philip King (Aston University) 14:00-17:00 EAP and Lexicography (SketchEngine) -Dr Iztok Kosem (Trojina, Slovenia) 17:00-18:00 Translation and Web Resources -Patricia Rodríguez-Inés (Barcelona, Spain) Thursday 10:00-13:00 Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA): Language and Gender, Feminism (1) -Dr Sylvia Jaworska (Queen Mary, London) 14:00-15:00 (CDA): Feminism (2) -Paul Baker, Veronika Koller (Lancaster University) 15:00-16:00 (CDA): Politics, Racism, Climate Change -Ramesh Krishnamurthy (Aston University) 16:00-16:30 Metaphor; Spoken Data (GeWiss project) -Klaus Thiele (Aston University) Friday 10.00-13:00 Language Pedagogy (ACORN project) -Ramesh Krishnamurthy (Aston University) 14:00-15:00 Learner Corpora (ICLE) -Dr Cem Can (Adana, Turkey) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 06-Jul-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.