Practical Applications in Language and Computers - PALC 2007 Given the special nature of PALC 2007, we are working towards an occasion that will reflect on the current status of corpus studies and computational linguistics but will also set research directions for at least another ten years. We encourage and welcome proposals for special sessions, roundtable discussions and workshops. TOPICS The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following: * Contrastive Studies and Language Corpora * Discourse and Language Corpora * ESP and Language Corpora * Expert, Retrieval and Analytical Systems in Corpora * FLA/SLA and Language Corpora * Language Teaching Materials and Language Corpora * Language Teaching and Learner Corpora * Lexicography and Language Corpora * Lexicology and Language Corpora * Literature and Language Corpora * Phonetics/Phonology and Language Corpora * Translation and Language Corpora * Cognition, Computers and Language DATES The conference will be held over 3 days, 19 to 22 April 2007 (arrival day 18 April) at the Lodz University Conference Centre, where subsidised accommodation will also be made available to participants. PLENARY SPEAKERS * The following scholars have accepted our invitation to address the conference as plenary speakers: * Patrick Hanks, Masaryk University, Brno * Michael Hoey, University of Liverpool * Frank Kammerzell, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin * Michael Oakes, University of Sunderland * Paul Rayson, Lancaster University * Mike Scott, University of Liverpool * Włodzimierz Sobkowiak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan * Thekla Wiebusch, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris ABSTRACTS Abstracts of papers should be up to 500 words long and forwarded (by e-mail) to the organisers (see below). Deadline for submission is 31 January 2007. We have also activated online registration forms as an alternative way of submitting abstracts. CONTACT DETAILS e-mail: palc@uni.lodz.pl http://palc.ia.uni.lodz.pl/