Symposium on Exploring the Boundaries and Applications of Corpus
Linguistics
April 15-17, 2011
The University of Alabama
Aim/Theme: This symposium aims to explore the boundaries and applications of corpus linguistics, especially its relationship with and application to
neighboring disciplines such as cognitive linguistics, comparative linguistics, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, historical linguistics, language learning/teaching, literary analysis, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and writing (both academic and creative).
Proposal Submission
The 2011 English Department Symposium on Exploring the Boundaries and Applications of Corpus Linguistics is calling for proposals related to the
theme of the symposium. Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for 30-minute papers on any topic suitable for the symposium
including, but not limited to, the following: the use of corpora for the study of cognitive/comparative/forensic/historical/ sociolinguistic issues,
discourse analysis, language learning/teaching, lexicography, literary analysis (i.e. the analysis of literary works in terms of genre and style),
and register/genre variation; corpus creation for specific purposes; as well as the development and use of parallel corpora.
Abstracts are due November 15, 2010. Abstracts should be 200-300 words in length and be submitted to 2011 symposium2011@as.ua.edu. Notification of decisions on proposals will be sent via email on December 15.
Registration: Registration is free. Those whose proposals are accepted will be provided with free hotel accommodation for two nights (April 15 and 16,
double occupancy). The symposium will also provide transportation for speakers from the Birmingham airport to Tuscaloosa/UA where the symposium
will be held.
Keynote Speakers
Mark Davies, Professor of Linguistics, Brigham Young University
Speech title: Change then and change now: Mapping linguistic changes in English with the Corpus of Historical American English and the Corpus of
Contemporary American English
Stefan, Th. Gries, Professor of Linguistics, University of California at Santa Barbara
Speech title: Marrying corpus linguistics with cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics: Some whys and hows
Michaela Mahlberg, Associate Professor of English Language and Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Speech title: Corpus Stylistics: What a corpus approach can tell us about fictional worlds
Venue: The symposium will be held on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. For information about the University, please check
http://www.ua.edu/
For information about the city of Tuscaloosa, please check http://www.ci.tuscaloosa.al.us/index.aspx?NID=134
Session Schedule: It will be available January 5, 2010.
For more information, please go to http://www.as.ua.edu/english/sym2011index.html
Thanks for reading,
Dilin Liu
Robert Nelson
Department of English
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
205-348-5176
Linguistics
April 15-17, 2011
The University of Alabama
Aim/Theme: This symposium aims to explore the boundaries and applications of corpus linguistics, especially its relationship with and application to
neighboring disciplines such as cognitive linguistics, comparative linguistics, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, historical linguistics, language learning/teaching, literary analysis, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and writing (both academic and creative).
Proposal Submission
The 2011 English Department Symposium on Exploring the Boundaries and Applications of Corpus Linguistics is calling for proposals related to the
theme of the symposium. Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for 30-minute papers on any topic suitable for the symposium
including, but not limited to, the following: the use of corpora for the study of cognitive/comparative/forensic/historical/ sociolinguistic issues,
discourse analysis, language learning/teaching, lexicography, literary analysis (i.e. the analysis of literary works in terms of genre and style),
and register/genre variation; corpus creation for specific purposes; as well as the development and use of parallel corpora.
Abstracts are due November 15, 2010. Abstracts should be 200-300 words in length and be submitted to 2011 symposium2011@as.ua.edu. Notification of decisions on proposals will be sent via email on December 15.
Registration: Registration is free. Those whose proposals are accepted will be provided with free hotel accommodation for two nights (April 15 and 16,
double occupancy). The symposium will also provide transportation for speakers from the Birmingham airport to Tuscaloosa/UA where the symposium
will be held.
Keynote Speakers
Mark Davies, Professor of Linguistics, Brigham Young University
Speech title: Change then and change now: Mapping linguistic changes in English with the Corpus of Historical American English and the Corpus of
Contemporary American English
Stefan, Th. Gries, Professor of Linguistics, University of California at Santa Barbara
Speech title: Marrying corpus linguistics with cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics: Some whys and hows
Michaela Mahlberg, Associate Professor of English Language and Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Speech title: Corpus Stylistics: What a corpus approach can tell us about fictional worlds
Venue: The symposium will be held on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. For information about the University, please check
http://www.ua.edu/
For information about the city of Tuscaloosa, please check http://www.ci.tuscaloosa.al.us/index.aspx?NID=134
Session Schedule: It will be available January 5, 2010.
For more information, please go to http://www.as.ua.edu/english/sym2011index.html
Thanks for reading,
Dilin Liu
Robert Nelson
Department of English
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
205-348-5176