[apologies for any cross-posting] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for Participation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This call invites you to attend the forthcoming international conference ‘Computational and Corpus-based Phraseology – recent advances and interdisciplinary approaches’ (EUROPHRAS 2017) taking place in London on 13 and 14 November 2017. This year’s conference will focus on interdisciplinary approaches to phraseology and has accepted submissions on a wide range of topics: corpus-based, psycholinguistic and cognitive approaches to the study of phraseology, the computational treatment of multi-word expressions, and practical applications in translation, lexicography, and language learning, teaching and assessment. Please see the website for a full list of accepted papers and information on the registration process: http://rgcl.wlv.ac.uk/europhras2017/ . Kindly note that the early bird registration deadline is 5 September 2017. << Keynote Speakers >> -- Ken Church (IBM Research) -- Dmitrij Dobrovol’skij (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Language Institute) -- Patrick Hanks (University of Wolverhampton) -- Gloria Corpas Pastor (University of Malaga) -- Miloš Jakubíček (Lexical Computing) EUROPHRAS 2017 will be accompanied by the following two workshops: >>> MUMTTT: The 3rd Workshop on Multi-word Units in Machine Translation and >>> Translation Technology (MUMTTT 2017) will take place on Tuesday 14 November >>> (http://rgcl.wlv.ac.uk/europhras2017/mumttt-2017/). The invited speaker is >>> Carlos Ramisch, Aix-Marseille University, France. >>> Student Research Workshop: This workshop will take place on Monday 13 >>> November (http://rgcl.wlv.ac.uk/europhras2017/student-workshop/). The >>> Invited speaker is Jean-Pierre Colson, Université Catholique de Louvain, >>> Belguim. << Special Event >> Sketch Engine tutorial: Miloš Jakubíček, CEO, Lexical Computing, will give a tutorial on the successful Sketch Engine tools. << Venue >> EUROPHRAS 2017 will take place at the Strand Palace Hotel, in the heart of London’s West End. Many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, the eclectic eateries and bars of Soho, and numerous galleries and museums, are concentrated in the area. The venue is also within walking distance of Covent Garden, an area associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square (now a popular shopping and tourist destination) and the Royal Opera House. The Embankment, a path which runs along the River Thames, is also a short walk from the Strand, and the bustling Southbank area is located across the water. For more information on the conference location, please download our brochure: http://rgcl.wlv.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Europhras-Covent-Garden-Brochure.pdf << Conference Awards >> In order to recognize significant advancements in phraseology, the following awards will be given to the first authors of the highest quality papers: - Best Paper Award - Best Paper from a Young Researcher (under 35) - Best Paper at the MUMTTT workshop - Best Paper at the Student Research Workshop The most important aspects in judging the quality of a paper will be: originality, novelty, relevance, and impact of the presented research. A selection committee consisting of prominent researchers in the fields of interest will select the recipients of the awards. << IMPORTANT DATES >> - 5 September 2017 – Deadline for Early Bird Registration - 9 November 2017 – late Online Registration The conference is jointly organised by the European Association for Phraseology EUROPHRAS, the University of Wolverhampton (Research Institute of Information and Language Processing) and Association for Computational Linguistics – Bulgaria. Europhras and the Sketch Engine are the official sponsors of the conference. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We look forward to welcoming you in London this November, EUROPHRAS 2017 Organising Committee _______________________________________________ Mt-list site list [email protected] http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
