Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics 2013

We will be running a three-day summer school in English Corpus Linguistics from Tuesday 27 August – Thursday 29 August 2013.

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!
• You will be taught by world-class researchers at the Survey of English Usage, UCL.
• Students will be expected to have a basic knowledge of English linguistics and grammar.
• You will be taught in the English Department of University College London, in the heart of Central London.

The course is scheduled to allow summer school students following the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics (running from 12 - 23 August) to participate for a small additional charge.

How to apply

• The course fee for the Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics 2013 is £210. This fee does not include lunch and accommodation (see below).
• Print out and complete the application form (PDF) and send it to:
  • Christine Bowles
    Survey of English Usage
    Department of English Language and Literature
    University College London
    London WC1E 6BT
    United Kingdom.
• For your security we also ask that you send us a passport-style photograph. You can include a physical copy with your application or simply send us an image by email to ucleseu@ucl.ac.uk.

Other relevant information

• Accommodation options:
  • UCL Student Residences
  • Hotels (Booking.com)
• Maps and how to find UCL
• Summer Course in English Phonetics

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 application 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 below.

ICE-GB Licence
DCPSE licence

Timetable

27 August 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 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:00 Practical Session Seth Mehl
28 August 09:00-11:00 Searching the Corpus: Wildcards, FTFs and Combining Queries Bas Aarts and Sean Wallis 11:00-11:30 Break 11:30-13:00 Corpus Linguistics Methodology Bas Aarts 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:00 Practical Session Seth Mehl
29 August 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 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:00 Practical Session Seth Mehl

This page last modified 26 June, 2013 by Survey Web Administrator.