Our second three-day Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics will run from Monday 7 July – Wednesday 9 July 2014. Last year’s course was highly successful, and we had extremely positive feedback from those who attended — as the following sample comments indicate:
"I am amazed by your availability and helpfulness throughout the summer school. 4 tutors for 21 students, that is a support-ratio I have never had in my (university) education before. Maybe I should go to more summer schools."
"I'm studying statistics in my university. So I think this lecture is very useful and I want to study hard."
What did you learn that was most useful to you? “Difficult choice because each session offered a link to the next (admirably cohesive) and all were very useful — perhaps I'll opt for what I was least comfortable with, statistics.”
Aims and objectives of the course
The Summer School is a primer in Corpus Linguistics for students of the English language. It is designed to be both accessible and inspiring!
Attendees are taught by world-class researchers at the Survey of English Usage, UCL.
Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of English linguistics and grammar.
It will take place in the English Department of University College London, in the heart of Central London.
Location
The Summer School will take place in Foster Court, University College London.
Other relevant information
Booking form (£275 early registration price, £325 after 1 May 2014).
Accommodation options:
Special offer — ICE-GB or DCPSE
Students in full-time education: free copy of either ICE-GB or DCPSE (Student Licence).
All other registrants: 25% off the Individual Licence for either
ICE-GB (regular price £365 now £273.75) or
DCPSE (regular price £349 now £261.75).
Note: these prices exclude VAT at 20%, which is payable for EU customers.
Conditions: Each applicant for the course is entitled to one copy of one corpus and a licence in their name. You can pay in advance using the credit card form or payment can be accepted by sterling cheque or credit card at the Summer School. The corpus will be provided in person at the Summer School for your security. For licence terms and general ordering information see the links below.
Timetable
This timetable is provisional, but unlikely to change much.
7 July
09:00-09:30
Registration
09:30-11:00
An Introduction to English Corpus Linguistics
Bas Aarts
11:00-11:30
Break
11:30-13:00
Introducing ICE-GB and DCPSE and their Functionality
Bas Aarts and Rachele de Felice
13:00-14:15
Lunch
14:15-15:30
Practical Session
Seth Mehl
8 July
09:00-11:00
Corpus Linguistics Methodology
Seth Mehl
11:00-11:30
Break
11:30-13:00
Searching the Corpus: Wildcards, FTFs and Combining Queries
Bas Aarts and Sean Wallis
13:00-14:15
Lunch
14:15-15:30
Practical Session
Seth Mehl
9 July
09:00-11:00
Simple Statistics for Corpus Linguistics
Sean Wallis
11:00-11:30
Break
11:30-13:00
Quantity and Quality: Large Corpora and Specialised Corpora
Rachele de Felice
13:00-14:15
Lunch
14:15-15:30
Practical Session
Seth Mehl
15:30-
Closing tea!
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