An updated version of the KonText application is now available with new features, such as brand new keywords function and displaying translation equivalents in parallel corpora for user-selected words directly in the concordance.
Release 12 of the SYN corpus of contemporary written Czech was published at the end of 2023. As a result of inclusion of journalistic texts from 2022, its size has reached 5.17G words.
Congratulations to our colleagues for winning standard projects of the GAČR (The Czech Science Foundation): Jiří Milička succeeded with the grant Large language models through the prism of corpus linguistics and Hana Skoumalová’s team will be working on the project Czech phraseology and changes in its use in temporal and genre contexts.
CNC published an OnomOs diachronic corpus compiled by the researchers from Department of Czech language, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava. It is composed of selected issues of the (Rudé) Právo newspaper and includes named entity annotation.
We have released a new version of the KWords app. You can now analyze texts in more than 30 languages and use lemmatization and tagging (keymorph analysis) to identify prominent units. The application can also be accessed via an API.
Thanks to the support of TA ČR, we have been able to work on the HiČKoK project – History of Czech in the corpus continuum since September. In cooperation with the Czech Language Institute, the National Library and the IFAL MFF UK, we will create a uniformly annotated corpus that will cover 8 centuries of […]
Release 16 of the InterCorp parallel corpus has been published. Thanks to the updated OpenSubtitles package, the corpus has almost tripled in size with 20 new languages. An overview of all the enhancements can be found in the version history.
We have released a new version of the diachronic corpus of Lower Sorbian prepared by the Cottbus-Chóśebuz branch of the Sorbian Institute. The new version is not only larger, but it also includes normalisation and lemmatisation of the texts.
We have released version 2.0 of the Mapka application for working with spoken and dialectal corpora. It features enhanced design, more intuitive interface and significantly enriched content: samples from spoken corpora and overviews of dialectal features.
Our colleagues have been successful in the TA CR SIGMA Programme and got funding for projects History of Czech in corpus continuum (grant holder dr. Martin Stluka) and Multiword units for digital education (grant holder dr. Marie Kopřivová).
On 12th april 2022 prof. Martin Hilpert gave online lecture on: Life is too short for long words: Studying English clippings in language use and in the laboratory ( PDF)
On 14th and 16th May 2019, prof. George Mikros visited our Institute and gave two lectures on Predicting the author’s gender using computational stylistic methods (PDF) Stylometric analysis and machine learning methods (PDF)
On 20th March 2019, Prof. Achim Rabus visited our Institute and gave lectures on SpoCo: a bottom-up initiative to build Slavic spoken corpora Abstract In the talk, the SpoCo infrastructure for Slavic (and non-Slavic) spoken (and non-spoken) corpora is presented. I show how the platform evolved, discuss its functionality and give an outlook on its […]
On 12th March 2019, Dr. Maarten Janssen visited our Institute and gave lectures on TEITOK – a web-based platform for viewing, creating, and editing corpora Abstract In this talk I will give a general overview of TEITOK, an online system for making corpora available and searchable, but at the same time for editing them, annotating, and […]
On 27th and 28th November 2017, Dr. Michael Ramscar visited our Institute and gave two lectures on The discriminative nature of human communication The information structure of discriminative human communication systems Abstracts
On 26th and 27th October 2016, Prof. Stefan Th. Gries visited our Institute and gave two lectures on Corpus data and aspects of the mental lexicon from a cognitive-linguistic perspective: frequency, contingency, recency, and context What statistical methods have to offer to linguistics: three (differently complex) case studies of spelling, morphological change, and foreign language […]
On 11th and 12th October 2016, Prof. Rafał Ludwik Górski (Institute of the Polish Language, Polish Academy of Sciences) visited our Institute and gave two lectures on Translationese and stylometry; Historical linguistics and stylometry. Can the corpus tell us how to periodize the history of a language? Abstracts
On 3rd and 4th May 2016, Prof. Alan Partington (Università di Bologna) visited our Institute and gave two lectures on Corpus-assisted Discourse Studies (CADS): Good Practices and Potential Pitfalls; “Why are you English all so anti-European?” A corpus-assisted discourse study (CADS) of “stay or leave?” arguments on the eve of the UK Referendum on withdrawal […]
On 11th and 12th April, Prof. Mark Davies (Brigham Young University) visited our Institute and gave two lectures on Corpus-based analyses of variation in English: Why both size and structure matter New from the BYU corpora: the NOW corpus and virtual corpora Abstracts
On 24th and 25th November Wolfgang Teubert (University of Birmingham) visited our Institute and gave two lectures on Building onto the corpus-driven approach: a wider look on meaning Corpus linguistics and the meaning of lexical items: how to distinguish grief from mourning Abstracts
The traditional sports festival of Charles University is organized this year by the Department of Physical Education at CU FA on 14 May 2024 in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Pilsen. Offering a wide range of activities, the event allows you to learn about new sports, compare skills and performances, and also meet with classmates and colleagues in an informal environment.
Since the opening of the main building of CU FA after the tragic events of December 2024, students and staff can regularly meet Snow, a therapy dog, in the corridors. The range of therapy animals and their human companions is gradually expanding.
According to the newly published international QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, Charles University has improved in three fields – history, linguistics, and philosophy. Amongst other fields, it is now one of the best schools in the global comparison in the field of archaeology.
Students of all study programmes at Charles University can apply for a grant, as individuals or in groups, with their projects supporting sustainable development at the university. The project can be carried out in English. The deadline for applications is 30 April 2024.
During her visit to Prague on 18 March 2024, the Slovak President stopped in front of the main building of CU FA to pay tribute to the victims of the December shooting. She talked briefly with the Rector of Charles University Prof Milena Králíčková, the Dean of CU FA Dr Eva Lehečková, and several students.
Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Hana Vymazalová from the Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU FA, Dr Sue Kelly is working on a project “The Impact of Political and Climate Change on Women’s Agency: A Social Power Analysis.” It aims to comprehensively analyze women’s lives, exploring their social, economic, and political agency.
On 19–23 March 2024, Campus Hybernská will be transformed into a space based on Kafka’s topology in his prose and diaries and a laboratory searching for the essence of Kafka’s genius. Stage readings, panel discussions, educational workshops, pop-up galleries, site-specific performances, and musical performances will all aim to bring Kafka’s unique mythology to life.
On 21 February 2024, a Romanianist from the Institute of Ethnology and Central European and Balkan Studies at CU FA received the Romanian state decoration in the rank of Officer from the Romanian Ambassador to the CR, Antoaneta Barta, awarded by the President of Romania, Klaus Werner Iohannis, for the promotion of Romanian language and culture in the CR.
This lecture provides a comprehensive overview of practical aspects of Czech law relevant to students. You will learn about visa and residency permit procedures in the Czech Republic, employment opportunities, distinctions between employment and business activities, and various types of contracts applicable in the Czech Republic. It will take place online from 4:00 pm.
