Pleased to share the newest Cambridge Element in the series I edit β How to Use Generative AI in Educational Research by J. Roe.
A clear, critical, and timely guide for anyone exploring how GenAI is reshaping educational research.
FREE ACCESS for two weeks:
π doi.org/10.1017/9781...
What happens when you use AI to tag 8546 images in a 1.5m word corpus of UK news about Islam? How accurate is the tagger? What's the relationship between images and words? My new Cambridge Element with @hannaschmueck.bsky.social and Yufang Qian is now free to access www.cambridge.org/core/element...
@emma-putland.bsky.social thanks for joining the session (and questions!) I really enjoyed sharing my work and engage with the audience ππ± #baal2025
π’ Deadline extended: submissions are welcome until 7 September 2025!
I'm on BBC News Now shortly talking about the 'new' words that have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary [and why we need to be careful calling them 'new'].
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Missed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand!
YouTube links on conference website and in replies:
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
Super proud of my first Cambridge Elements, joint work with my long-term collaborator Francesca Strik-Lievers: "Linguistic Synesthesia: A Meta-Analysis"
www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/linguistic-synesthesia/C6B019926C53001D1D698CB0C46F80C6/
Quick summary of the take home message in thread β¬οΈ
Do you take photos of linguistically interesting signage? Join the club!
@jslx.bsky.social are proud to publish an obituary for William Labov, written by three of Billβs students @betsysneller.bsky.social, @laurelmack.bsky.social & M Tamminga. We are grateful to Billβs colleagues and family for the OA costs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @lhlew.bsky.social
I did an interview with Becca Warner for @atmosmag.bsky.social about language and #climate change (and of course #metaphors) atmos.earth/can-better-w...
π π£New OA paper with @tonymcenery.bsky.social & @gavinbrookes.bsky.social, "A question of alignment β AI, GenAI and applied linguistics" You can find it in ARAL here: doi.org/10.1017/S026... & more details in the posts below β¬οΈ @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
π’ new π open access paper in Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social with Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social
You can find the paper here: doi.org/10.1080/1740...
Some key points below β¬οΈ
In case you missed the QR code during my talk on Geometric Multivariate Analysis @cl2025.co.uk: You can find slides, code, and data at osf.io/9p25y
π‘ What is the current place of multilingualism and plurilingualism in UK universities?
Discover how the multilingual university could look, behave and speak at this panel discussion with Professors Terry Lamb and Jo Angouri.
π 23 June, 6pm
π» Hybrid
π Register here ‡οΈ
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/langu...
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to share my latest research on the language of trust at Hong Kong's Poly.
The studyβs in press with Cambridge Elements in Forensic Linguistics and weβre releasing a new 400k corpus of Enron trader phone calls.
Watch this space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx7_...
Happy 5th-anniversary #ReframeCovid initiative! People collaboratively compiled non-belic metaphors to frame the pandemic. But how do they *really* impact our decision-making? @iraideia.bsky.social & I have just published a study on this - here's a thread with the results if you only have 5 mins:
This Wednesday! π€©
We are hosting the amazing @proftaylor.bsky.social & @journolinguist.bsky.social for an upcoming talk on Corpus and Beyond Seminars next week! π
April 2nd, Wed, 5pm(UK) / 7pm(TR)
Enjoy the talk in person if you are in London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
or register below for the online link:
Corpus and lecicogrammar. This is a really lovely annual event within a friendly and supportive community. Check it out!
Merriam-Webster has started a slang dictionary, if you've been wondering what on earth "skibidi", "cheugy", or "high-key" means
www.merriam-webster.com/slang #slang #langsky
Call open! 58th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics invites you to share your research!
University of Glasgow 4-6th Sept 2025
Theme: Applied linguistics in the face of global challenges and local needs
More info: baal2025.wordpress.com #language #linguistics
Want to know how concordances help to study:
πΆ Pop songs
π Language learning
ποΈ Syntax
πΉ Surveillance
β¦ and more?
π Just under two weeks left to register and find out!
π go.fau.de/1bdgb
@FOMATPLAY Conference on Migration, identity and transnational discourse U. Granada, 2-5 September 2025
Interested in #migration, #discourse and #identity in the EU and beyond? @FOMATPLAY @fyl-ugr.bsky.social Conference on Migration, identity and transnational discourse U. Granada, 2-5 September 2025 Info πππhttps://granadacongresos.com/fomaplay The βοΈdeadline to submit your abstracts is 21 March!!!
Applications are now open for our new summer school in 'Corpus Linguistics for Language Testing and Assessment' offered as part of our free annual Lancaster Summer Schools series.
16-20 June 2025, Lancaster University
Find out more: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer...
My paper with @bodowinter.bsky.social and @jwgrieve.bsky.social was published in the Journal of Linguistic Geography today. π
Itβs a tutorial on how to use R & ggplot2 to visualise linguistic map data.
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
Excited to be Invited Speaker next to @angeladebruin.bsky.social and @timoroettger.bsky.social for the 1st Workshop on Replication in the Language Sciences (WoReLa 1) in Frankfurt a. M. on 3-4th of July 2025
Should be a fun event!
Abstract submission open till Feb 28:
sites.google.com/view/worela1
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Come join the conversation at this fantastic *free* symposium π
