CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Third Call for Papers
The Sixth Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) group International Conference on
Corpora across Linguistics
Leeds Metropolitan University, England
21st and 22nd June 2012
Confirmed Keynote Speakers Include:
Paula Buttery
Jonathan Culpeper
Sylviane Granger
Kieran OHalloran
The aim of the conference is to continue the success of the previous five IVACS conferences by exploring ways in which corpus linguistics have been used in different areas of linguistics. We invite papers that explore 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 Historical Linguistics
Corpus Linguistics and Literature (including Corpus Stylistics; CL and Translation Studies)
Developments in Automated Corpus Analysis (data mining and text classification).
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 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 as a word attachment to:
Dr Ivor Timmis – i.timmis@leedsmet.ac.uk cc. Angela Batty – A.J.batty@leedsmet.ac.uk
Deadline:
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is January 27th, 2012
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
Further information about the IVACS Research Group is available at http://www.mic.ul.ie/ivacs