The Tuscan Word Centre
The Tuscan Word Centre is a non-profit Association devoted to promoting the scientific study of language.
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About TWC
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Short Intensive Courses
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 Courses for details.
TWC Courses concentrate on the use of electronic corpora for different purposes, including:
translation, automatic or machine-aided
language processing, tagging, parsing etc.
language teaching support
language learning assistance
lexicography and language reference
Turn to The Computer and The Corpus for some details.
Other Activities of TWC:
Advisory and consultancy services
Language processing software evaluation
Project design and management
Language product development
Organisation of academic and professional events, eg conferences, seminars, workshops
TWC staff are experienced in conducting courses and projects in Europe and beyond, co-ordinating commercial, public and academic sectors.
Resources
TWC offers access to unique and growing resources for language and information, including:
large corpora in English and many other European languages
state-of-the-art retrieval software, designed to meet EU standards
specially designed corpus processing tools for sophisticated analysis
range of computers and proprietary software
a panel of advisers with expertise in most aspects of language and information
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