About APCLC 2016  

The APCLC 2016 is the third of the Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference series under the auspices of Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Association. It is going to be held at Beihang University, Beijing, China from Friday 21 October 2016 to Sunday 23 October 2016. We wish to bring together corpus researchers on different lines in the Asia-Pacific region and other parts of the globe for a reunion, to discuss issues of interest and to exchange ideas and methods for research in this fast changing discipline. The whole event consists of a preconference workshop and the main conference which comprises plenary talks, special symposiums and concurrent sessions.  

Preconference workshop. The main conference will be preceded by a workshop day on Friday 21 October 2016, run by Tony McEnery and Michael Barlow and colleagues.  

Conference themes. The central theme is Corpus research moving forward and beyond, with sub-themes, including, but not limited to:    

1) New technologies and methods in corpus research  

2) Cross-fertilizations in corpus research  

3) Corpora and cross-linguistic and cultural studies  

4) Corpora and discourse studies  

5) Corpora and language acquisition and learning  

6) Corpora and lexicography and translation  

Important Dates  

May 30: deadline for abstracts submission  

July 30: notify contributors of acceptance of abstracts  

August 20: end of early bird registration  

September 20: end of main registration  

October 21: preconference workshop  

October 22-23: main conference  

October 24: cultural tour in Beijing  

Plenary speakers  

We are happy to announce that the following linguists have agreed to deliver plenary talks:

Monika Bednarek (University of Sydney, Australia)  

Susan Hunston (University of Birmingham, UK)  

Maocheng Liang (Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)  

Tony McEnery (University of Lancaster, UK)  

UteRömer (Georgia State University, USA )  

website: http://fld.buaa.edu.cn/Science/View.aspx?id=2194