LINGUIST List 7.290

Sun Feb 25 1996

Calls: Corpus Seminar

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1. Chris Gledhill, Corpus Seminar

SEMINAR ON APPLICATIONS OF CORPUS LINGUISTICS

With the support of BAAL and the Institute for the Study of Language and Soc=
iety

=46riday 29 April 1996, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Contributions of 30 minutes are invited. If you would like to propose a
paper or just take part in the debate, please make contact at the address
below by March 29, 1996.
___________________________________________________________
Name:
Affiliation:
Address for correspondence:

Cost of seminar: =A310 Student: =A35
I shall / shall not be presenting a paper. Proposed title:
___________________________________________________________

Contact:Dr Chris Gledhill,
 Languages and European Studies,
 Aston University,
 Birmingham B4 7ET
 UK
 c.j.gledhillaston.ac.uk
 Tel: +44 121 359 3611 (ext: 4232)

Computational corpus linguistics (Leech, Lancaster, 1991) involves the
analysis of patterns that would not ordinarily be evident in large
stretches of language. It has become a key methodology in areas as far
apart as literature, lexicography, terminology, and cognitive modelling.
=46indings range from challenging our notions of syntax, to establishing the
authorship of Shakespeare's plays (Lowe, Aston 1996). The approach has been
instrumental in questioning dominant intuition-based paradigms and in
establishing innovation in the study of language. Indeed corpus linguistics
has not yet exploited its full potential in applied areas such as
translation, forensic linguistics, language teaching, languages for special
purposes, and discourse and genre analysis, to name but a few.

Because of the diverse nature of these applications, corpus linguists need
a forum of debate in order to share methodologies and to shape the future
development of the field. The aim of this seminar is to provide such a
forum and to set out CL's potential in areas that have yet to be fully
exploited.