Linguistics with a corpus

NEW BLOG POST: Why should we all care (more) about Zipf’s Law in corpus linguistics? @ jesse-egbert.bsky.social linguisticswithacorpus.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/zip…

Linguistics with a Corpus is now on Bluesky! @lingwithcorpus.bsky.social 🦋

I am looking for two Research Assistants to work with me on a project funded by @BritishAcademy_ Paid positions perfect for discourse analysts interested in human-human and human-AI interaction. To apply: portal.unitemps.com/Search/JobDeta… Application deadline is 26th Nov 2024.

PLEASE SHARE! 🙂 Funded PhD position on "Discourses of borders, immigration and the nation: the politics and language of exclusion" available @unito, supervised by myself & @MABenitezCastr1 as part of @UMontium alliance. All info and appl form here: research.univ-unita.eu/en/choral-proj…

I am excited to share that our introduction to CIABATTA (Corpus In A Box: Automated Tools, Tutorials, & Advising) is out nor and open access for the next 50 days. This paper is part of our @writecroworg team collaboration. authors.elsevier.com/a/1jeq59sT3htS…

Only 2 weeks of data collection left! Thank you for contributing to linguistics research and language teaching 🙏 youtube.com/shorts/1SZRib9…

NEW BLOG POST “No one has ever looked at this before”: Can we do better than that when we design and motivate our CL studies? @tovelarsson1 talks about how it would help cumulative knowledge building if we didn’t rely solely on novelty. wordpress.com/post/linguisti…

I’m sharing the following info about @languagecorpora "#corpuslinguistics & #appliedlinguistics #research 2024", a series of talks organised by the University of Murcia from 9 to 30 October 2024. The talks will take place via ZOOM. This is a #free event. Click on the link of each of the talks for details. Registration links are provided for each of the talks below. After registration, you’ll receive an email with the webinar link. Teacher Knowledge and Corpus-Informed Language Teaching Prof Shelley Staples, The University of Arizona. October 9, 16:00 (Madrid time) um.es/languagecorpor… Using GRAPE MARS for multimodal analysis Prof Inma Fortanet, U. Jaume I. October 16, 17:00 (Madrid time) um.es/languagecorpor… Data-Driven learning and extensive reading in second language classrooms Prof Gregory Hadley, Niigata University. October 22, 11:00 am (Madrid time) um.es/languagecorpor… Learner corpora: Showcasing the CEDL2 corpus Dr Cristobal Lozano, U. Granada. October 30, 17:00 (Madrid time) um.es/languagecorpor… You can check out the 2021, 2022 and 2023 talks here: @corporaappliedlinguistics8358/playlists" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@corporaapplie… Please feel free to share this information with anyone interested in these research areas.

I'm collecting data for my dissertation! It would mean the world to me if you could take a 10-min survey and/or help spread the word. The survey link is in the comments. Thank you 🙏 Eligibility: 18+, lives in the US, speaks English at an expert level qualtrics.nau.edu/jfe/form/SV_b7…

Lund University is looking for a postdoc specialized in #SLA! Fantastic opportunity to work with Prof Alastair Henry to explore the intersection between motivation and self-regulated learning!🤩🙌 Check it out here: lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID…

The special issue on Learner Corpus Research for Pedagogical Purposes co-edited with Sandra Götz @san_goe is out ! Our in-depth introduction to the field is open access :-) jbe-platform.com/content/journa…

"grammatical complexity … must be treated as a multi-dimensional linguistic construct, distinguishing among both structural types and syntactic functions" Biber et al. (in press). Comparing theory-based models of grammatical complexity in student writing doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.…

Check out the Research in #corpuslinguistics RiCL journal @JournalCorpus special issue on innovation in the #compilation and #analysis of spoken #corpora published open access - full issue out in November. Fab editorial work by @lovermob ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl…

The previous link had technical problems, so if you got to the cliffhanger here’s the whole episode. Thanks @lovermob for having us on #CorpusCast it’s always great to talk about #nostalgia and #corpuslinguistics with @_ctaylor_

Do feel free to follow us: In this 3-year, grant-funded project, we are trying to get a better understanding of the effect of self-initiated, extramural L2 activities (e.g. gaming, social media) on younger learners’ L2 writing development. For updates: sites.google.com/view/compleexi…

9th Symposium on #Corpus Approaches to #Lexicogrammar (#LxGr2024). 5-6 July 2024. Online. Attendance is free. Registration closes tomorrow: store.edgehill.ac.uk/conferences-an…. Symposium programme: sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/lxgr2024 #corpuslinguistics @English_EHU @EHU_Research

NEW BLOG POST In this guest post, Lukas Sönning (University of Bamberg) talks about why we should pay more attention to linguistic interpretability, in particular in the context of keyness measures. linguisticswithacorpus.wordpress.com/2024/07/02/key…

What is corpus linguistics? @RaffaBottini from Lancaster University sums it up in this video (plus a shoutout to @LingWithCorpus)! facebook.com/share/v/NCn946…