Type of Event:
Symposium
Date:
2008/09/25
Venue:
Hangzhou, China
Event theme(s):
We invite papers that are related to, but not restricted to, the following themes:
* Design and development of comparable and parallel corpora
* Processing of multilingual corpora
* Using corpora in translation studies and teaching
* Using corpora in cross-linguistic contrast
* Corpus-based comparative research of source native language, translated language and target native language
* Corpus-based research of interface between contrastive and translation studies
Description:
The international symposium on Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies is sponsored jointly by Zhejiang University, University of Central Lancashire, Beijing Foreign Language Studies, Shandong University, and Lancaster University, with the aim of exploring the creation and use of corpora in contrastive and translation studies. The first conference will be held at Zhejiang University in the scenic city of Hangzhou, China during 25th - 27th September 2008.
Keynote Speakers:
Michael Barlow (Auckland University)
Silvia Bernardini (Bologna University)
Defeng Li (Shandong University / SOAS, University of London)
Tony McEnery (Lancaster University)
Kefei Wang (Beijing Foreign Studies University)
Deadline for submission of proposals:
2008/03/21
Registration deadline:
Contact details:
Please email your abstract as a Microsoft Word attachment to:
dr.yueming@gmail.com <mailto:dr.yueming@gmail.com>
Abstract format
· Title in bold on all copies
· Name, affiliation, address, telephone, and email address on a separate cover page
· Text of no more than 300 words
· Single spaced, Times New Roman 12, justified
Event website:
Conference website
http://www.sis.zju.edu.cn/sis/sisht/dlwy/UCCTS2008main.htm <http://www.sis.zju.edu.cn/sis/sisht/dlwy/UCCTS2008main.htm>
Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies
Posted by: Elena Di Giovanni date: 04-03-2008 | 10:16 PM.
