CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
 First Call for Papers

The Fifth Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) group International Conference on

 Connecting Corpus Linguistics

 

The University of Edinburgh, UK

18 and 19 June 2010

 

Confirmed Keynote Speakers Include:

Tony McEnery, Lancaster University
Winnie Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
Janet Cotterill, Cardiff University
Guy Aston, University of Bologna, Forlì

 

The aim of the conference is to continue the success of the previous four IVACS conferences held at the Universities of Limerick (2002, 2008), Belfast, (2004), and Nottingham (2006) by exploring ways in which corpora can be connected to other disciplines.

We invite papers that investigate how this process has brought new methodological challenges and benefits, as well as papers that report on applied corpus research in any of the following areas:

• Corpus Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (data-driven learning; learner corpora; testing; teacher education; non-native speakers of English/English as an International Language (EIL)/English as a Lingua Franca (ELF);

• Corpus Linguistics and Analysing Discourse (using CL in conjunction with other methodologies, e.g. Discourse Analysis, Conversation Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis; using CL to look at language in specific contexts, e.g. Media Discourse, Classroom Discourse, Workplace Discourse, Academic Discourse)

• Corpus Linguistics and Literature (including Corpus Stylistics; CL and Translation Studies

• Corpus Linguistics and Forensic Linguistics

• Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics

• Corpus Linguistics and Speech Technology

• Corpus Linguistics and Sociolinguistics

Papers focusing on languages other than English, and non-native varieties of English are particularly welcome.

 

Abstract Submissions:
Please send your abstract of no more than 200 words to IVACS10@ed.ac.uk

Deadline:
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 20 December 2009

Presentation Guidelines:
Papers will be allotted 20 minutes, plus ten minutes for discussion

Abstract checklist:

• Title in bold on all copies

• Name, affiliation, address, tel. and e-mail address on separate first page of the electronic copy

• Text: 200 words maximum

• Format: Single spaced, Times New Roman 12, justified.