Sociolecto day 1 (a new game created by Paul Baker) ~ Guess who says the word "love" in American English conversation the most We'll share the answers tomorrow Good luck 🍀 youtube.com/shorts/MVvVu9i…

Good morning! Today we are engaging with the public about Smart Data Research UK - with simultaneous events in London, Gateshead, Inverness, Belfast and Newport. Thank you to everyone giving up your Saturday ☕️

Sociolecto day 2 ~ Guess who says the word "busy" in American English conversation the most! We'll share the answers tomorrow. Good luck 🍀youtube.com/shorts/nJBAHYf…

This week on Wonkhe: Home Office reforms to English language testing will only fix one end of the problem wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/ho…

"The Truth About English Grammar": It's past time for me to feature Geoff Pullum's new book, The Truth About English Grammar. The publisher's blurb: Do you worry that your understanding of English grammar isn’t what it should be? It may not be your… dlvr.it/TD0BCX

Check out the forthcoming #corpuslinguistics and #appliedlinguistics #research 2024 series of online talks later this week. We'll announce speakers and the time schedule soon. Meanwhile, check out former talks on the Corpora and applied linguistics Youtube channel youtube.com/@corporaapplie…

We are really excited that the free #CorpusMOOC starts in one week (16 September): futurelearn.com/courses/corpus… Register now!

How does academic training in language testing take shape and what factors influence the curriculum? We are very happy to share our oral history research on this topic. Our chapter is freely available as part of Lynda Taylor and Baker’s volume here: cambridgeenglish.org/Images/717470-…

If you care about R&D making a difference to people's lives, please watch our short video about engaging the public in research. There's a such a big opportunity for us to be more inclusive, and have a better dialogue with wider society. Please have a look 🫶 CaSE

What is corpus linguistics❓ How can you apply corpus methods to your research/teaching/learning/work context❓ ✨Join the FREE ONLINE #CorpusMOOC at Lancaster University Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni ❗️ ➡️ Link: futurelearn.com/courses/corpus… ➡️ Details in the post below

Czech National Corpus turns 30 today! Here are some pictures from its beginnings. And don't forget to visit korpus.cz to grab a balloon while you can.

Thanks to everyone who contributed data in Wilmington, Delaware! Your support has been invaluable to the corpus. Here's a clip from one conversation that we recorded (shared with participants' permission and audio distortion to maintain anonymity) youtube.com/shorts/MjxJfFu…

Lecturer at University of Sussex “got an email offering £1,500 to use an AI tool for marking as part of a trial”. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

I'm currently advertising a short 10-month post-doc. Suitable for somebody with experience in dynamical modelling, speech dynamics and/or computational neuroscience. The job can be (somewhat) flexible to fit the right candidate's skillset. Deadline 23 Sep! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Coming up in less than a week... 🟢New version of #LancsBox X with the Wizard tool supporting complex batch searches and R scripts. -simple stats & visualizations -complex language models -automation Join #CorpusMOOC to find out more and get support futurelearn.com/courses/corpus…

We're delighted to share the first talk in this new academic year's research seminar series - given by online by Marta Andersson and Dan McIntyre on September 24th from 14:00-16:00. Please sign up and find more details via this link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/can-chatgpt-…

Great opportunity for anyone wanting to learn how to analyse language data 👇

Just (officially) out - and available Open Access: Exploring potential unknown subgroups in your data: An introduction to finite mixture models for applied linguistics (Larsson & Hancock, 2024) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

So, Kamala Harris tells Donald Trump: Vladimir Putin's “a dictator who would eat you for lunch.” Calling all Russian-language experts: does the phrase ‘to eat somebody for lunch’ exist in Russian?

Apropos of nothing, what do Americans talk about eating? A quick insight from 5 million words of casual US English conversation from The LANA corpus Top food related collocates of eating - burrito, dinner, vegetables, meat, soup, food, lunch, breakfast, chocolate, chicken, cheese.