Dear list members,

APCLC2024 (25-27 October, Friday to Sunday) will be held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. The conference will act as a major forum for the presentation of innovative ideas, approaches, developments, and research projects in the areas of Corpus Linguistics. The major theme for the conference is “New Data, New Theories”.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following Advances in Corpus Linguistics Data science for Corpus Linguistics Corpora in digital humanities Corpora and discourse studies Corpora and translation Corpora and lexicography Corpora and language teaching Corpora and language acquisition Corpora and language education Corpora and theoretical linguistics

*Paper submission* Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference submission system by February, 29th, 2024. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference.

*Preconference workshop * The main conference will be preceded by a workshop day on Friday 25 October 2024.

*Important dates* February 29, 2024: Deadline for abstract submission March 31, 2024: Notification of acceptance of abstracts May 31, 2024: End of early bird registration July 31, 2024: End of main registration October 25, 2024: Preconference workshops October 26-27, 2024: Main conference

*Plenary speakers* (listed alphabetically by first name) Dagmar Divjak (University of Birmingham, UK) Martin Hilpert (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) Michael Barlow (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Naixing Wei (Beihang University, China) Vaclav Brezina (Lancaster University, UK) Wenzhong Li (Zhejiang Gongshang University, China)

*Co-hosts* APCLA Corpus Linguistics Society of China The School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Additional information The submission method and other information will be updated and announced later.

Sincerely,

Jiajin

Jiajin XU, Ph.D., Professor National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China