We hope this will be useful for corpus compilers

IJCL@ijcl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

OUT NOW: @corpusling.bsky.social and Kelvin K. H. Lee introduce the Document Similarity tool, which gives corpus compilers more control over the deduplication process. Reported case studies demonstrate how consequential deduplication is to corpus-based discourse research. doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...

Here is @proftaylor.bsky.social giving us the dull facts about migration in the UK and anything but dull analysis of 'emotion talk' ( @corpusling.bsky.social )in migration debates

New #SydneyCorpusLab guest blog post about combining corpus linguistics with NVivo sydneycorpuslab.com/decisions-de...

Decisions, decisions… Combining corpus linguistic software with qualitative analysis through NVivo

written by Rodrigo Arellano One research practice that has puzzled me over the years is the combination of software packages and the complementary analyses they afford to develop a better understan…

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3 minute video conversation featuring Prof Barbra Meek talking about our joint work: youtube.com/watch?v=KbwR...

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YouTube video by Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

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No coding required 📚💻 Sydney Informatics Hub helped USYD researchers explore Wordflow, a new text analytics tool developed via Language Data Commons of Australia. It makes it easy to analyse large text collections, uncover trends, model topics & compare datasets; all via a browser-based interface.

New Sydney Corpus Lab blog post on “Human rights in British parliamentary debates” sydneycorpuslab.com/human-rights...

Human rights in British parliamentary debates: a computational approach

Written by Marco Duranti Introduction: The symbolic force of human rights The last half century has witnessed the ascendancy of human rights as a language of legal, moral, and political claim-makin…

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📣New open-access article in AJL New research on language attitudes in Sydney shows how perceived and actual ethnicity shape how Australian English speakers are judged. Stereotypes strongly influence ratings of status, solidarity and confidence. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AJL

Check out this blog post, co-authored with Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social in which we reflect on our collaboration, between @corpussocialsci.bsky.social and the Sydney Corpus Lab, addressing obesity discourse in the UK and Australia >> sydneycorpuslab.com/representati...

Representations of obesity in the news

Written by Monika Bednarek and Gavin Brookes Note: This post was simultaneously published by the Sydney Corpus Lab and by the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster Univer…

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New year, new book! Out now: 'Applications of Corpus Linguistics: Established and Emergent Contexts', edited with @niallrcurry.bsky.social and @robbielove.org and published by @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org. More info in thread ⬇️ www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

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Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Applications of Corpus Linguistics

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New #SydneyCorpusLab resource on GenAI (LLMs) in corpus linguistics — for possible use in teaching CL: sydneycorpuslab.com/large-langua...

Large language models (LLMs) in corpus linguistics – Using GenAI with corpora

written by Monika Bednarek The Sydney Corpus Lab recently published a post containing a synthesis of how large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools have been …

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GenAi and Corpus linguistics — New blog post just published: sydneycorpuslab.com/generative-a...

Generative AI in corpus linguistics: A synthesis

Written by Kelvin Lee The advent of large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT has led to AI being used in many facets of everyday life as wel…

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SydneyCorpusLab event: Online talk with @celesterl.bsky.social on Tues 7 Oct “The Yarning Corpus: Aboriginal English in Southwest Western Australia” 7pm Sydney 6pm Brisbane 4pm Perth 9am London 10am Berlin Details in flyer sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...

9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details: sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...

9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details: sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...

The recording of the recent ISLE expert forum on telecinematic discourse is now available: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/LKi4C91WPR...

New article published online, part of my ongoing collaboration with Barbra Meek: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

🚨 Our February issue is here! Read thought-provoking articles on: 📌 Race & LGBTQ+ youth identities 📌 The embodiment of sexuality by signers & speakers 📌 A special theme issue on awareness in sociolinguistics See the full issue here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679841...

Journal of Sociolinguistics: Vol 29, No 1

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Didn’t know “having or taking an early mark” had such restricted use: www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/qa-wher...

Q&A: Where did the “early mark” come from? | Australian Writers' Centre

Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration...

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📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4

Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows https://buff.ly/4gLpADv #langsky

Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows

Dutch scientist Leonie Cornips has become fascinated with how cows communicate. But can this really be called 'language'?

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There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W

Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February

Great to see this get attention. My work showed 'illegal' has been the strongest collocate of 'immigrants' in the Times newspaper since the 1970s Prior to that, the words most associated with 'immigrants' were: 60s: Commonwealth 50s: coloured 40s: illegal 30s: Jewish 20s: British 10s: Canada

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y ago

‘Illegal’ among words most often linked to migrants in UK politics, report finds

New blog post exploring media representation of weight loss sydneycorpuslab.com/construction...

Constructions of weight loss in British and Australian newspapers

Written by Tara Coltman-Patel, Carly Bray, Paul Baker and Monika Bednarek Note: This post was simultaneously published by the Sydney Corpus Lab and by the Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Sci…

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Still thinking of submitting an abstract for #CL2025? Good news - you have an extra week! Extended (and final) deadline for paper, poster, panel and workshop submissions: Friday 24th January 2025 (23:59 GMT) www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...

Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025@cl2025.co.uk · 2y ago

📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2025 📢 #CL2025 • Birmingham, UK • Monday 30th June - Thursday 3rd July 2025 Submissions are open for paper presentations, poster presentations, thematic panels, and pre-conference workshops: www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap... Submission deadline: 17th January

Call for papers - Corpus Linguistics 2025! Closing date for proposals 17th January 2025. More information here: www.cl2025.co.uk

CL2025

Welcome to the thirteenth international Corpus Linguistics conference (CL2025), co-organised by Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham. CL2025 will take place fr...

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UMich when I arrived… UMich as I leave

Our 2nd most downloaded article is Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media by Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media | Corpora

The sharing of news through social media platforms is now a significant part of mainstream online media use and is an increasingly important consideration in journalism practice and production. This p...

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It’s that time of the year… “The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab” sydneycorpuslab.com/2024-the-yea...

2024: The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab

written by Monika Bednarek 2024 was yet another busy year for the Sydney Corpus Lab, as we continued working on various projects, including our collaboration on the Language Data Commons of Austral…

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Permanent computational linguistics job @ QM. Deadline 5th January. We're looking for a linguist w/ computational focus, to teach on new MSc Linguistics&AI who fits our research (phon, syn, sem, socio, neuro, exper). linguistlist.org/issues/35.33... (salary on scale w/ annual increases) #linguistics

LINGUIST List 35.3363 Jobs: Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London

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