The 44th annual conference of the International Computer Archive for Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) is hosted by the North-West University in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, from 17 to 21 May 2023.
EXTENDED DEADLINE There is an extended deadline for participants who still want to submit abstracts: 10 February 2023. Those participants will be informed of the outcome of the review process by 28 February 2023. All participants who submitted already will still be informed of the decision by 31 January 2023.
CONFERENCE DETAILS The conference format will be hybrid, with on-site and on-line participation possible. The conference theme is “English going places, corpora crossing spaces”. Participants are invited to reflect on how the diffusion of English across spaces – physical, virtual or metaphorical – contributes to shape the language.
KEYNOTES SPEAKERS Alexandra Esimaje “Challenges of doing corpus linguistics in Africa” Sylviane Granger “Learner corpus research: Some food for thought” Haidee Kotze “Protean invisibilities: A corpus-based perspective on the role of translation in language variation and change in global Englishes” Christiane Meierkord “Corpora crossing disciplinary borders: ICE Uganda meets sociolinguistics, anthropology and ethnography” Mike Scott “News Downloads and Text Coverage: Case Studies in Relevance”
SUBMISSIONS All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Submission is done on the EasyChair platform via the following link: https://www.easychair.org/cfp/ICAME44
The following paper categories are welcome: • Full papers (20 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion) describing the findings of new research projects involving the study of the English language by means of corpora. • Work-in-Progress reports (10 minutes presentation, 5 minutes discussion) describing ongoing projects prior to final results. • Posters describing new ideas or new findings. Proposals of 300-400 words, excluding references, should clearly indicate the problem, method and anticipated/provisional results. VENUE The conference will be held in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, at the Emerald Resort. The resort simultaneously provides the venue and accommodation. It is about 95km away from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Other details, including the registration details, is provided or will be added soon to the conference website: https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/ICAME44
CONTACT All questions about submissions or the conference should be emailed to the conference organiser, Bertus van Rooy, using e-mail address a.j.vanrooy@uva.nl