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<H1><FONT COLOR="#99660">The Tuscan Word Centre</H1></FONT></CENTER><A name= "TOP">
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<td >The Tuscan Word Centre is a non-profit Association devoted to promoting the scientific study of language.
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<P><a href="c2003.htm">Courses</a></P>
<P><a href="applform.html">Application forms</A></P>
<P><a href="applform.txt">Application forms (download a text version)</A></P>
<P><a TARGET="frame2" href="Scholarships1.html">Scholarships</a></P>
<P><a href="scholarships1.html">Scholarships <br>(download a text version)</a></P>
<P><a href="abouttwc.html">About TWC</A></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE="+1"><STRONG> Short Intensive Courses </STRONG></FONT>
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TWC organises one-week high-level courses for language researchers and workers in the language industries. This year they are particularly concerned with giving access to the resources available in text corpora.
See <A HREF="c2003.htm">Courses</A> for details. <p>
<STRONG>TWC Courses </STRONG>concentrate on the use of electronic corpora for different purposes, including:
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<LI>translation, automatic or machine-aided</LI>
<LI>language processing, tagging, parsing etc.</LI>
<LI>language teaching support</LI>
<LI>language learning assistance</LI>
<LI>lexicography and language reference</LI>
<BR>Turn to <A HREF="compcor.html" >The Computer and The Corpus </A>for some details.
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<STRONG>Other Activities of TWC:</STRONG>
<LI>Advisory and consultancy services</LI>
<LI>Language processing software evaluation</LI>
<LI>Project design and management</LI>
<LI>Language product development</LI>
<LI>Organisation of academic and professional events, eg conferences, seminars, workshops </LI>
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<P><STRONG>TWC staff </STRONG>are experienced in conducting courses and projects in Europe and beyond, co-ordinating commercial, public and academic sectors.</P>
<P><STRONG>Resources</STRONG></P>
<P>TWC offers access to unique and growing resources for language and information, including:</P>
<LI>large corpora in English and many other European languages</LI>
<LI> state-of-the-art retrieval software, designed to meet EU standards</LI>
<LI>specially designed corpus processing tools for sophisticated analysis</LI>
<LI>range of computers and proprietary software </LI>
<LI>a panel of advisers with expertise in most aspects of language and information</LI>
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