16th Corpus Linguistics in the South

Corpus Linguistics in the South (CLS) runs a series of free, bi-annual conferences on corpus linguistics. The 16th CLS conference will be held at the University of Sussex, in Brighton, with the theme:

Corpus approaches to meaning have often operated at the level of the word. For example, early corpus linguistic research examined the meanings of words, via frequencies of co-occurring words. What happens when researchers shift the focus from the word to the concepts? How do we operationalise concepts? How do we quantify concepts? How do we compare conceptual content between two datasets? Quantitative approaches to concepts go beyond focusing on frequency counts and encompasses all stages of operationalising concepts in corpus linguistics from the working definitions of concepts to the visualisation of conceptual content.

In the vein of the theme of this CLS meeting there will be a plenary talk from the Linguistic DNA project by Dr Seth Mehl. The Linguistic DNA team has been working to map semantics and concepts in the very large historical data set of Early English Books Online (specifically, EEBO-TCP).

This is a free event, but registration is required. You can register for tickets here .

Theme

Quantifying Concepts in Corpus Linguistics

Date

3rd March 2018

Address

The conference will take place at University of Sussex, in Brighton, in the Fulton Building, room 104. Further details can be found on the travel page.

Fulton Building Room 104

University of Sussex

Falmer

Brighton

BN1 9QN

A campus map is available here. Fulton Building is marked as number 30 on the map.

Schedule

More information about each talk can be found on the abstracts page.

Travel

The campus is serviced by Falmer train station which is a ten minute rail journey from Brighton station. There are regular trains to Brighton from both London Victoria and London Bridge. Full details of train times and other routes to Brighton can be accessed on the National Rail website.

The number 25 bus travels to the campus from the city centre. Full details of journey times and stops can be found on the Brighton and Hove buses website.

There are also a number of pay and display car parks on the campus. They can be located on the campus map, link above.

If you require any further information, please email Dr Justyna Robinson justyna.robinson@sussex.ac.uk.