Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar
Short Title: LxGr2023

Date: 07-Jul-2023 - 08-Jul-2023
Location: Online, United Kingdom
Contact: Costas Gabrielatos
Contact Email: [email protected]
Meeting URL: https://ehu.ac.uk/lxgr

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Meeting Description:

The focus of LxGr is the interaction of lexis and grammar. The focus is influenced by Halliday’s view of lexis and grammar as “complementary perspectives” (1991: 32), and his conception of the two as notional ends of a continuum (lexicogrammar), in that “if you interrogate the system grammatically you will get grammar-like answers and if you interrogate it lexically you get lexis-like answers” (1992: 64).

LxGr primarily welcomes papers reporting on corpus-based research on any aspect of the interaction of lexis and grammar -- particularly studies that interrogate the system lexicogrammatically to get lexicogrammatical answers. However, position papers discussing theoretical or methodological issues are also welcome, as long as they are relevant to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics. More specifically, studies can …

- focus more on the lexis or grammar end of the continuum, or adopt an integrative approach.
- discuss different interpretations of the nature of lexicogrammar.
- operate within any theoretical approach that takes into account the interaction of lexis and grammar; e.g. Construction Grammar, Lexical Grammar, Pattern Grammar, Systemic Functional Grammar, Valency Grammar.
- discuss empirical findings in need of theoretical interpretation.
- adopt a synchronic or diachronic approach.
- examine any language, or compare different languages.
- examine L1 and/or L2 use.
- discuss the implications of the findings of corpus-based lexicogrammatical research for applied linguistics (e.g. forensic linguistics, lexicography, language acquisition, language processing, language teaching, language testing and assessment, translation, sociolinguistics, discourse studies).
- report on the development of relevant resources for research and/or applications (e.g. language teaching, translation).

Program:

8th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2023), 6-8 July 2023.

Participation is free. Registration closes on 4 July.

See here for the programme, links to abstracts, and registration details: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/lxgr2023

LxGr2023 in numbers: 3 invited speakers, 4 continents, 11 countries, 20 presentations, 23 presenters, 23 universities - *no parallel sessions*

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].