The University of Auckland – Lancaster University: Corpus Linguistics Workshop

October 25 – 26, 2014 | Venue: The University of Auckland, Business School Address: Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road Auckland, New Zealand.

This free two-day workshop, arranged jointly by The University of Auckland and Lancaster University, offers a series of sessions on topics in corpus linguistics and the application of corpus techniques in discourse studies and research on second language acquisition. We welcome everyone who wants to learn more about this versatile methodology for language analysis; no specialised knowledge about language corpora is required, but basic familiarity with the use of computers is presupposed. The workshop offers a mixture of practical and theoretical sessions in which the participants will learn to apply corpus techniques in a number of contexts. Registration in advance is required, as places are limited.

To register for free click on the link below (or copy the address to your web browser) http://corpora.lancs.ac.uk/submission/registration.php?conference=5

Registration deadline: 30th September, 2014 (or when the maximum number of registrations is reached) Refreshments & lunch will be provided.

Saturday 25th October Session 9.30- 10.30 Tony McEnery: Corpus linguistics beyond the basics (lecture) 10.30 - 11.00 BREAK 11.00 - 12.00 Tony McEnery, Paul Baker, Vaclav Brezina, Dana Gablasova: Practical session 1 (computer labs) 12.00 - 13.00 LUNCH 13.00 - 14.00 Michael Barlow: Corpus and Text (lecture) 14.00 - 15.00 Paul Baker: Corpus-based discourse analysis (lecture) 15.00 - 15.30 BREAK 15.30 - 16.30 Paul Baker et al.: Corpus-based discourse analysis (computer labs) Sunday 26th October Session 9.30- 10.30 Tony McEnery, Paul Baker, Vaclav Brezina, Dana Gablasova: Practical session 2 (computer labs) 10.30 - 11.00 BREAK 11.00 - 12.00 Vaclav Brezina: Statistics in corpus linguistics (lecture) 12.00 - 13.00 LUNCH 13.00 - 14.00 Vaclav Brezina et al. : Statistics in corpus linguistics (computer labs) 14.00 - 15.00 Dana Gablasova: Corpora and second language acquisition (lecture) 15.00 - 15.30 BREAK 15.30 - 16.30 Dana Gablasova et al.: Corpora and second language acquisition (computer labs) 16.30 – 16.40 Closing remarks (lecture theatre)

Travel and Accommodation

The workshop will take place in the Business School at the University of Auckland – city campus. The address is: Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road Auckland, New Zealand.

From the airport you can take the AIRBUS EXPRESS (http://www.airbus.co.nz/): It operates 24/7, every 15 minutes during the day. Ask the driver for Auckland University.

Workshop venue

The workshop will be held at 12 Grafton Road, Auckland which is reasonably close to the downtown area and since Auckland is quite small and any hotel within the CBD (Central Business District) will be suitable as long as you don't mind walking up a steep hill.

Hotels close to the venue:

Pullman Hotel The Quadrant Quest on Mount Street

Copthorne Hotel Auckland City

Cheaper (Backpacker) accommodation:

YHA Auckland International 5 Turner Street, Auckland Tel: 09 302 8200 or fax: 09 302 8205 Base Auckland Backpackers 229 Queen Street,

Corner of Darby and Queen Street, Auckland Tel: +64 (0) 9 358 4877 Email: [email protected]

You can also book accommodation in Auckland on expedia.co.nz

Do you need New Zealand visa? New Zealand visa information: http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/visit/visitors/

CONTACT: Vaclav Brezina, Lancaster University, email: [email protected] Ye Jin, The University of Auckland, email: [email protected]