Call for papers
16th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics
“Meaning in corpus: Tools, methods and approaches to aboutness”
15-17 May 2025
University of Salamanca
Important dates
- Abstract submission: 22 October 2024 – 10 January 2025
- Notification of acceptance: 10 February 2025
- Registration: 10 January 2025 – 15 April 2025
- Early bird: 10 January 2025 – 15 March 2025
- Regular: 16 March 2025 – 1 April 2025
- Conference dates: 15-17 May 2025
Conference description
The Spanish Association for Corpus Linguistics (AELINCO) and the organizing committee of this edition are pleased to invite you to the 16th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics (CILC2025), which will take place at Faculty of Philology of the University of Salamanca from 15 to 17 May 2025. The conference is organized by members of the DING (English Dialectology and the History of the English Language) and LINDES (Linguistic Descriptions of English) research groups, whose major areas of specialization include diachronic and synchronic corpus-assisted studies with tools such as the Salamanca Corpus and the MIAMUL Corpus.
This edition of the conference focuses on the study of meaning in representative linguistic corpora from different periods, registers and genres. As it is well known, meaning is a central concern of corpus linguistics, since its study is essential for understanding how language works and how people use it to communicate, while at the same time it poses great methodological challenges for its detection and analysis.
We invite proposals that address the production and analysis of meaning in any of its facets through specialized tools, as well as from complementary approaches and methodologies within the framework of the nine thematic panels of the conference, including mixed methods of analysis. Proposals that deal with other topics related to the areas covered by the nine thematic panels are also welcome.
The following plenary speakers have confirmed their participation:
- Mark Alexander y James Balfour (Universidad de Glasgow): “‘up yours at the end of life’: Opposition, emotion, and overlap in a corpus of Scottish debates on assisted dying”
- Pascual Cantos (Universidad de Murcia): “La inteligencia artificial generativa en el laberinto de la traducción especializada”
- Mark Davies (Universidad Brigham Young): “Corpora and AI: What AI knows about language, what it doesn’t, and why we still need corpora”
- Rebekah Wegener (Universidad de Salzburgo Paris Lodron): “From Big Data to Smart Data: Building better datasets for Human-Centric AI with meaning in mind”
As in previous editions, CILC2025 will run over three days in parallel sessions and will offer a number of academic activities, including a workshop convened by Michael O’Donnell (UAM Corpus Tool), as well as a social programme that includes a walking tour of the historic city centre, a wine reception and a Gala Dinner.
Proposals
Prospect speakers are welcome to submit abstract proposals contributing to any one of the nine AELINCO thematic panels:
- Corpus design, compilation and types
- Discourse, literary analysis and corpora
- Corpus-based grammatical studies
- Corpus-based lexicology and lexicography
- Corpora, contrastive studies and translation
- Linguistic variation and change through corpora
- Corpus-based computational linguistics
- Corpora, language acquisition and teaching
- Special uses of corpus linguistics
We invite abstracts for the following formats:
- Full papers: 20-min oral presentation + 10-min discussion
Abstracts of full papers should be 400-500 words (excluding references) and should clearly indicate the main research question(s), the methodology, and (anticipated/ provisional) findings. They should be anonymous and sent attached to cilc2025@usal.es according to the following formatting guidelines:
- Begin your abstract indicating the thematic panel to which it is submitted (centred, italics)
- Title: centred, bold, font Times New Roman 14 pt
- Keywords: up to five, in italics, font Times New Roman 12 pt (below the title).
- Main text: justified, font Times New Roman 12 pt, linear interspacing 1.
- References: APA7
- Format: .DOCX and .PDF
Do please attach a second Word .DOCX file containing the title of your abstract, your name(s), affiliation(s), and e-mail(s).
Each participant may submit a maximum of two proposals in English or Spanish from 22 October 2024 to 10 January 2024 (new deadline).
- Posters
Authors interested in submitting a proposal for the posters display should follow the above guidelines, indicating that they would like that their abstract is considered for the posters presentation.
Once they have been accepted, posters should comply with the following format:
- Dimensions: A0
- Height: 1189 mm = 118.9 cm
- Width: 841 mm = 84.1 cm
- Content
- Title: At the top, font minimum 42 pt
- Authors and affiliation: Below the title.
- Main text: font minimum 17pt
| Please note that being a member of AELINCO is an absolute prerequisite for participation. If you are interested in becoming a member of AELINCO, you can find details about the application process on the AELINCO website. |
Publication
As in other editions, we are planning to edit a volume with a selection of peer-reviewed papers about the conference theme with a prestigious publisher in the field and/or a special issue in RiCL (Research in Corpus Linguistics) (SJR: Q2 2023).
Registration
| Early bird registration
(10 January-15 March) |
Late registration
(16 March-15 April) |
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| FEE FOR PRESENTERS | |||
| Conference fee | 150 € | Conference fee | 175 € |
| Concessions (postgraduate students and retired) (proof of status required) | 100 € | Concessions (postgraduate students and retired) (proof of status required) | 125 € |
| FEE FOR ATTENDEES | |||
| Conference fee | 80 € | Conference fee | 80 € |
| Accompanying person | 40€ | Accompanying person | 40€ |
| BA students (proof of status required)* | 30€ | BA students (proof of status required)* | 30€ |
| Conference dinner (Friday 16 May) | 50€ | Conference dinner (Friday 16 May) | 50€ |
| * Registration for BA students will remain open until 10 May (included) | |||
| NOTES:
• Presenters are advised to register before 15 March. • No cancellation reimbursements can be done after 15 April. |
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Contact
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact us at: cilc2025@usal.es
Information about the conference fee, accommodation, etc. will be posted on the conference website before the end of the year, keep an eye on it and follow us on X @cilc2025!
We look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Salamanca in 2024!
The organising committee
Izaskun Elorza (Chair)
Nely Iglesias Iglesias
Vasilica Mocanu
Elisa Pérez García
Javier Ruano-García (Chair)
Mª Pilar Sánchez García
Paula Schintu Martínez
Supporting committee
Lucía Bausela Buccianti
Maria Bîrlea
Sara Casco Solís
Alejandro Guevara Guevara
Nora Rodríguez Loro
Carmen Sumillera Iglesias
René Tissens
Agata Żelachowska