Dear Colleague,
Over the past few years, many colleagues have commented that they
would like to use computational techniques in their own research and
teaching, or would like to encourage their students to do so, but that
they lack some of the basic knowledge and skills. This is true for
colleagues in various fields of study, such as language, literature,
culture, and history.
In order to assist such colleagues, a group of us are arranging
`Computers and Text', a practical course in using computers for
language analysis, which will take place in Debrecen, Hungary from
4th-10th September 1997.
We hope that the Course will enable colleagues to get a better idea of
the benefits that computer-based methods can offer them in their work
and study.
Although the focus of this course will be on the English language,
most of the principles and techniques involved are broadly applicable
to other languages, for many of which corpora and computer tools
already exist or are currently being developed. We will certainly be
willing to advise and assist people working on other languages.
As we are a self-funding course, we would appreciate anything you can
do to publicize this event. Please copy this email to your colleagues
and relevant departments in your institution, or to any newsletters,
bulletins, or journals you contribute to or subscribe to. Or print out
the email and pin it up on your noticeboards.
Thanks in advance for your support.
Best wishes.
Ramesh Krishnamurthy, COBUILD, University of Birmingham.
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COMPUTERS AND TEXT: 4th-10th September 1997, DEBRECEN, HUNGARY.
A PRACTICAL COURSE IN USING COMPUTERS FOR LANGUAGE ANALYSIS.
Associated with the ESSE/4 Conference, organized by the European
Society for the Study of English. (For further information about the
ESSE/4 Conference, visit the home page of ESSE:
http://www.unil.ch/angl/docs/esse).
This is the second course of this type to be held in Debrecen (the
first was in 1995). The planned course components include hands-on
classes in the computer room as well as the sessions listed below.
Further sessions may be added.
A. BELA HOLLOSY (LAJOS KOSSUTH UNIVERSITY, DEBRECEN):
1. Available corpora and tools, corpus creation, lexical analysis,
tokenization
2. String handling, text retrieval (collocations, etc), and basic
programming
3. Working with Concordancers
4. Lexicographic model building
B. RAMESH KRISHNAMURTHY (COBUILD, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM):
1. History of corpora, and corpus design considerations
2. Lexis as a linguistic level: paradigms and syntagms
3. The relationship between Corpora and Dictionaries
4. Usage prototypes: collocation and syntactic patterns
C. PATRICK HANKS (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS):
1. `Enthusiasm' and `Condescension' - contrasting Historical (17-18th
Century) and Modern corpora
2. The Individual in Time and Space - how everyday words such as `over'
and `above' are used
3. Extremes of exploitation - `Finnegan's Wake' and the OED
4. Cognitive prototypes - what Speakers do and what Hearers believe
REGISTRATION: Fill in the pre-registration form electronically at
http://www.flc.klte.hu/Course if you can. Otherwise, fill in the
Registration form at the end of this announcement, and post it to the
Course Organizer. Applications must be received by 30th June 1997,
otherwise late registration fees will apply. Once your Registration
form has been received, a booking confirmation will be issued to you
within 5 working days by e-mail, or 21 working days by post, if you
have not given us an e-mail address.
6 Extra Practical Classes are available, at a fee of UK Pounds 50, or
US $ 80, per person. If you wish to join these classes, please fill in
the relevant section on the Registration form below.
TIMETABLE: As the Course timetable depends partly on the ESSE/4
Conference timetable, details will be issued after the Conference
timetable is published.
IMPORTANT: If you are taking part in any of the ESSE/4 Conference
events, please tell us which events in the relevant section of the
Registration form below, and we will try to organize the Course
program to avoid clashes with your ESSE/4 commitments.
COURSE ORGANIZER: Ferenc Rovny, CLTDC, Foreign Language Centre, Lajos
Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary - 4010, P.O. Box 41.
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.flc.klte.hu/Course
DEBRECEN INFORMATION: for travel, accommodation, food, etc, see:
a) pp 79-80 of the European English Messenger, Volume V/2, Autumn 1996
b) the ESSE homepage: http://www.unil.ch/angl/docs/esse
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REGISTRATION FORM
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1. YES, I want to take part in the `Computers and Text' Course
described above from 4th-10th September 1997, in Debrecen, Hungary.
REGISTRATION FEE: US$ 260, UK pounds 160 (before 30th June 1997)
LATE REGISTRATION FEE: US$ 325, UK pounds 200 (after 30th June 1997)
2. I understand that it is a pre-condition to register with the ESSE/4
Conference as well.
(Fill in BLOCK LETTERS, please, and send to the COURSE ORGANIZER:
Ferenc Rovny, CLTDC, Foreign Language Centre, Lajos Kossuth
University, Debrecen, Hungary - 4010, P.O. Box 41.)
Title (Prof/Dr/Mrs/Mr/Miss/Ms):
Position/Institution:
Surname:
First name:
Address:
Country:
Zip code:
E-mail:
Telephone:
Fax:
EXTRA PRACTICAL CLASSES: (Delete 1. or 2. as appropriate)
1. YES, I wish to join the 6 extra practical classes at an additional fee of
UK Pounds 50 or US $ 80.
2. NO, I do not wish to join the 6 extra practical classes.
ESSE/4 CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION: I will be taking part in the
following lecture(s), seminar(s) and roundtable(s):
Date:
Signature:
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