Digital Trends in (Applied) Linguistics, Literature and Translation Studies

Friday, 28 November 2014

University of Antwerp, South Campus (‘Campus Zuid’)

Keynote speaker: Prof. Véronique Hoste (Ghent University)

Like many researchers in the humanities at large, scholars focused on the study of English in the fields of (applied) linguistics, literature and translation studies are now making full use of digital applications and tools to carry out their research. This is evidenced in the multitude of instruments and approaches being adopted. For example, many applied linguists have taken to highlighting the pedagogical repercussions of using computers in language acquisition and language teaching processes. In the field of linguistics, the use of digital corpora as sources of empirical data on the basis of which (new) linguistic theories are tested and elaborated has found a large following in contemporary linguistic research. Likewise, literature scholars are turning to technology, for example, to develop digital editions that display the dynamics of the writing process in manuscripts. And in the field of translation studies, the digitisation of both translation practices and research methodologies has led to increased focus on both the use and the study of digital instruments in the field. More.

See: University of Antwerp

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