Tag: Koblenz

Jun
1
2026

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The final day at ICAME47 brought things full circle. Saturday morning kicked off with four parallel sessions spanning work in progress and full papers – from recent changes of taboo words like ‘bloody hell’ to the pressing question of whether language creativity will diminish in the age of AI-generated news content.

Questions like these set the perfect stage for our final plenary. Natalia Levshina took us on a collective reflection: what actually is AI? Should we use it for corpus annotation, and if so, at what cost? Her take? It’s LLMs we’re working with, not AI – and while they can be a powerful ally in corpus annotation, they always come at a cost. She closed with a set of best practices to help navigate that tradeoff. The audience was quick to extend the conversation, showing that this is a debate far from over.

We finally wrapped up with the Annual General Meeting and closing ceremony, welcoming three new members to the ICAME board and re-electing Patricia Ronan as Chair. 🎉 Congrats!

And then it was just us – the team. Grateful for everything learned, everyone met, and every moment that made ICAME47 what it was. 💙 Thanks to everyone who made this happen and joined the flow!

May
29
2026

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As the sun sets over Koblenz, this beautiful panorama from Ehrenbreitstein Castle captures a perfect moment shared among fellow researchers. Taken during the conference warming event on Day 02

Photo credit:
Christoph Draxler
Institut für Phonetik und Sprachverarbeitung
LMU München
Schellingstr. 3
80799 München
Tel. +49 89 2180 2807
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May
28
2026

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Our second plenary kicked off the morning with Jonathan Culpeper taking us on a corpus-based journey through Shakespeare’s language – and beyond. Among other things, he set the record straight on how many words Shakespeare invented. Shakespeare invented fewer words than we’ve long been led to believe.

We then celebrated the 50th birthday of the open-access ICAME Journal. Happy birthday! 🎂

Right after, our poster lighting talks got underway: researchers first pitched their projects to the full audience in the lecture hello before the conversation continued over coffee in the foyer. A wonderful mix of perspectives — from senior researchers to a PhD project and even a Master’s student. A reminder that ICAME truly brings together all the days of the research journey. 🌟

May
28
2026

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On the first official conference day, our social programme kicked off with a stable car ride over the Rhine before a short walk to the coupling room, which rewarded us with a breathtaking view over the Confluence of Rhine and Moselle — the very confluentes that give this year’s conference its name. Good flow continued into the evening with sparkling wine, delicious finger food, and great music. 🥂🎶

May
27
2026

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After a full day of pre-conference workshops yesterday, our welcoming session opened with words from University President Prof. Dr. Wehner and Faculty 2 Dean Prof. Dr. Neuhaus, before JProf. Andreas Weilinghoff got things officially flowing 🌊

We then dove straight into the deep end with our first plenary talk by Laurence Anthony, exploring this year’s conference motto ‘Confluentes’ — where AI and corpus linguistics meet. While corpus linguistics and generative AI share deep roots, they diverge significantly in how they handle data, interaction, and transparency. Anthony made a compelling case for how integrating AI into established corpus tools like AntConc (which he developed) can bridge that gap, opening new possibilities for multimodal analysis while keeping transparency and validity in focus.

Day 1 is off to a great start – more to come!