Events Archive

2013 - 2014

Cambridge Handbook of Stylistics launch
Michaela Mahlberg plenary speaker at the University of Liverpool

Description
Professor Michaela Mahlberg will be plenary speaker at the University of Liverpool, School of English Postgraduate Conference 2014: 'Language'.
Workshop on Corpus Stylistics

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This workshop aims to contribute to the growing area of research that employs corpus linguistic methods in the study of literary texts.
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Michaela Mahlberg

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Professor Michaela Mahlberg from the School of English will deliver her Inaugural Lecture "Applying Corpus Linguistics".
Corpus Linguistics Workshop: Discussion of research article (Partington, 2011)

Description
The Corpus Linguistics Workshop will be meeting on Friday, April 4th, 15.00-16.30 at Trent A35. PhD student Shatha Qaiwer will present the research article "Phrasal irony: Its form, function and exploitation" by Alan Partington (Journal of Pragmatics, 43, 2011) and everyone is welcome to join the discussion.
Corpus Linguistics Workshop: Discussion of research article (Barlow, 2013)

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International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
Louise Mullany's MOOC: 'How to read your boss'

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Dr. Mullany's MOOC: 'How to read your boss' will be launched in October 2014, via the University of Nottingham's FutureLearn platform, where you can already sign up for the course.
Effective Leadership Communication Workshop (Dr. Louise Mullany)

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This one-day workshop will provide SME business leaders in the East Midlands with access to the most advanced approaches to effective communication based on internationally-renowned linguistics research at the University of Nottingham.
Real, ideal or implied…? The Reader in Stylistics' Symposium

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This free one-day symposium has been organised by the University of Nottingham's Stylistics & Discourse Analysis (S&DA) reading group to provide an opportunity to engage in exciting discussions about this topical area in stylistics.
Professor Michaela Mahlberg teaches Corpus Linguistics at the LingPhil Summer School 2014

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Professor Michaela Mahlberg teaches Corpus Linguistics at the LingPhil Summer School 2014, Hamn i Senja, Senja, Norway 1-6 June 2014. The course gives an introduction to the field of corpus linguistics and aims to show how corpora can be used to explore a variety of features of language.
Michaela Mahlberg holds talk on 'Corpus Linguistics and Discourse Analysis' at the University of Bari, Italy

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Michaela Mahlberg, Director of the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics, is holding a talk on 'Corpus Linguistics and Discourse Analysis' at the University of Bari, Italy on December 6th 2013.
Workshop: Methods in corpus linguistics
Corpus Linguistics Workshop opening event: Talk by Dr Maristella Gatto
Literary Linguistics Research Series: Dr Joanna Gavins

Description
Dr Joanna Gavins from the University of Sheffield will hold a talk on 'Pronouns and perspectives in Absurdist poetry' at the Nottingham Literary Linguistics Research Series on March 7, 2014.
Kat Gupta speaking at the "'Trans' in Popular Representation" event at the University of Warwick
International Conference on Motivational Dynamics and Second Language Acquisition
Michaela Mahlberg Keynote Speaker at event at Saarland University, Germany

Description
Michaela Mahlberg is a Keynote Speaker at Teachers' Day, Saarland University, Saarbruecken University, Germany - 23rd/24th September 2013.
Norbert-Schmitt to give Talk at the 'Vocabulary at Victorian University of Wellington' conference in December 2013

Description
Norbert Schmitt will give a talk titled 'Size and depth of vocabulary: A review of the research' at the 'Vocabulary at Victoria University of Wellington' conference on December 18th.
Language Testing Forum in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University - November 2013

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The Language Testing Forum 2013 will be held in Nottingham on November 15 - 17 with the theme "Language Testing: Past, Present, and Future".
Michaela Mahlberg speaking at Invited talk at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, in November 2013

Description
Michaela Mahlberg will be holding a talk about 'Corpus stylistics and fictional characters in Dickens' at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh - 13th Novermber 2013.
Norbert Schmitt gives Plenary Talk on Classroom-oriented research in Poland, 14th-16th October 2013
Tony Fisher - Invited Talk at University of Reading

Description
On Tuesday, October 22nd, Tony Fisher will give an invited talk at the University of Reading. The talk is entitled 'Selling the Self: Constructing Identities in the 2010 UK Leaders' Debates'.
ICAME 35

Description
CRAL and the School of English are proud to host ICAME 35, the 35th conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English.

2012 - 2013

Anniversary symposium 2012

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A symposium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics.
Applying Linguistics in the Real World: The Next 10 Years

Description
In 2012, a symposium was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham.
Dickens, characterisation and the corpus: employing computer-assisted methodology to study textual patterns in Dickens's novels
Cognitive Grammar in Literature
Zoltan Dornyei plenary talk

2011 - 2012

Peter Stockwell plenary talk
Michaela Mahlberg keynote Sussex
Norbert Schmitt invited talk
Norbert Schmitt plenary Turkey

Description
Plenary talk by Professor Schmitt at the 6th International ELT Research Conference
Health Communication Workshop
Lawrence and Language: A Workshop on D.H. Lawrence's Style

Description
This workshop takes a broad approach to the language of D.H. Lawrence. The workshop considers the process of editing Lawrence, the utility of Textual Criticism in elucidating points of style, dialect in literature, narrative point of view, and cognition and literary styles.

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