LINGUIST List 27.586
Mon Feb 01 2016
Summer Schools: Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics/UK
Editor for this issue: Ashley Parker <ashleylinguistlist.org>
Date: 01-Feb-2016
From: Rachele De Felice <ucleseu
ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics/UK
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Coordinating Institution:
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/summer-school/
Dates: 06-Jul-2016 - 08-Jul-2016
Location: London, United Kingdom
Focus: The Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics is an introduction to Corpus Linguistics for students of language and linguistics and teachers of English. Participants should have a basic knowledge of English linguistics and grammar. Students will gain experience with a state-of-art corpus and an understanding of basic statistical ideas.
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate
Special Qualifications: Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of concepts in English linguistics, especially grammar.
Description:
The Survey of English Usage at University College London (UCL) will be running a three-day Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics from Monday, 6 July 2016 till Wednesday, 8 July 2016.
Over the three days, participants will learn about the following:
- the scope of Corpus Linguistics, and how we can use it to study the English Language
- key issues in Corpus Linguistics methodology
- how to use corpora to analyse issues in syntax and semantics
- basic elements of statistics
- how to navigate large and small corpora, particularly ICE-GB and DCPSE
At the end of the course, participants will have:
- acquired a basic but solid knowledge of the terminology, concepts and methodologies used in English Corpus Linguistics
- had practical experience working with two state-of-the-art corpora and a corpus exploration tool (ICECUP)
- have gained an understanding of the breadth of Corpus Linguistics and the potential application for projects
- have learned about the fundamental concepts of inferential statistics and their practical application to Corpus Linguistics
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Languages: English
Tuition: 295 GBP
Registration: 01-Feb-2016 to 01-Jul-2016
Contact Person: Survey of English Usage UCL
Phone: +442076793119
Email: ucleseu
ucl.ac.uk
Apply on the web: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/summer-school/ssecl.pdf
Registration Instructions:
A booking form is available on the website.
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