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Explorations in the Stories of Words

Title: Explorations in the Stories of Words (10:00-12:00, Wednesday 13 June 2018)
Session type: Panel
Chair: Julian Weiss, King’s College London
Participants: Rocío Díaz Bravo, University of Cambridge; Christopher J. Pountain, Queen Mary, University of London; Isabel García Ortiz, Queen Mary, University of London; Bozena Wislocka Breit, Queen Mary University of London, Livia C. García Aguiar, University of Granada


Description:
This panel session looked at the history of the Spanish language, patterns of learned borrowings, and the challenges of using linguistic corpora for research. Details of each presentation can be found by clicking on the titles below:


How to find what isn’t (apparently) there: the secret life of large corpora 
Christopher J. Pountain, Queen Mary, University of London; Isabel García Ortiz, Queen Mary, University of London

An inquiry into the Mammotrectus - Mammothrept´s - Mamotreto´s linguistic ventures in Europe 
Bozena Wislocka Breit, Queen Mary University of London

Linguistic characterisation of learned characters in the Retrato de la Loçana andaluza

Rocío Díaz Bravo, University of Cambridge

An approach to the study of learned borrowings in archive documents from Málaga (18th century) 
Livia C. García Aguiar, University of Granada