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Vaclav Brezina

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Professor in Corpus linguistics, Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science.

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Today at 12pm (UK time) weโ€™re discussing Gries (2024), Frequency, Dispersion, Association, and Keyness, at the
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social Open Research Group ๐Ÿ“š

Link: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka

Join us and let us know what you think! ๐Ÿ’ฌโœจ #CorpusLinguistics

04.03.2026 11:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Still time to apply! ๐ŸŽ“โœจ
Fully funded PhD Opportunity @corpussocialsci.bsky.social

jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL407/f...

26.02.2026 09:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Corpus linguistics for secondary schools ๐Ÿ“š

Great day at the Catholic Grammar School in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Brilliant questions, corpora, new tech ๐Ÿ’ป and the power of language ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธโœจ

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

19.02.2026 05:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today 12pm at the @corpussocialsci.bsky.social Open Research Group ๐Ÿ“š
Weโ€™re reading Frequency in Language by @dagmardivjak.bsky.social and asking: how does frequency relate to cognition?

Join us in person (County South B59) or online ๐Ÿ‘‡
forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkac

04.02.2026 09:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ“โœจ Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK & International applicants) โœจ๐ŸŒ

A PhD studentship is available @corpussocialsci.bsky.social starting Oct 2026. Weโ€™re seeking outstanding candidates in #corpuslinguistics, #languagetesting, or #appliedlinguistics ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ’ป

๐Ÿ”— More info: cass.lancs.ac.uk/fully-funded...

02.02.2026 09:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Everything is ready for today's Open research Group meeting (online and in person) organised by @corpussocialsci.bsky.social

Topic: Frequency in language analysis
Start: Wed 21 January 12pm UK time

Still time to register: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkac

21.01.2026 09:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ“ฃ The Open Advanced Methods in Corpus Linguistics research group @corpussocialsci.bsky.social

๐Ÿ” Measuring & reporting frequency โ€” a core concept in corpus linguistics
๐Ÿ“… Wednesdays (fortnightly), 12:00โ€“12:50 UK time; Starts: Wed 21 January
โœ… Free registration: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkac

12.01.2026 12:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cold ride this morning in Lancaster ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ Balaclava helmet very much required on the way to @corpussocialsci.bsky.social

Lots of exciting corpus linguistics opportunities coming up ๐Ÿ“Šโœจ โ€” watch this space! ๐Ÿ‘€

cass.lancs.ac.uk

08.01.2026 10:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What does the future hold for English vocabulary? ๐Ÿค” What are the likely Words of the Year for 2026? ๐Ÿ”ฎ

A conversation on
@dubaieye1038.bsky.social
๐Ÿ“ป๐Ÿ‘‡

omny.fm/shows/the-ag...

Happy New Year! ๐ŸŽ‰โœจ #Language #woty2025 @corpussocialsci.bsky.social

05.01.2026 09:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ„๏ธCorpus linguists believe in Santa - the evidence appears every December in the newspaper corpus ๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐ŸŽ…
lancsbox.lancs.ac.uk/cracker

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social
#Christmas2025 #ChristmasCrackers

17.12.2025 09:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ… Why did the corpus linguist bring a ladder? To reach higher frequency items ๐Ÿ“Š lancsbox.lancs.ac.uk/cracker

#LancsBox #Christmas #joke @corpussocialsci.bsky.social

16.12.2025 12:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited for the Global China Dialogues at the iconic British Academy in London! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณโœจ

Theme: Governance for Global Education ๐ŸŽ“

Which tech future will truly meet our educational & social needs? ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ“š

#CriticalAI #CorpusLinguistics

@tonymcenery.bsky.social

05.12.2025 15:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœจ A very interesting evening at the House of Commons!

๐ŸŽ“ Official launch of the CDBU Code of Ethical University Governance tonight, 4 December.

๐Ÿ“• Worth a read: cdbu.org.uk/wp-content/u...

04.12.2025 20:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A new @corpussocialsci.bsky.social ๐Ÿ“– blog post "Big Screens, Bigger Data: Reflections on a Lecture Trip to China" is now available cass.lancs.ac.uk/big-screens-...

02.12.2025 15:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#CorpusLinguistics plenary talk at Xiโ€™an Jiaotong University: #bigdata even bigger screen ๐ŸŽฌ๐ŸŒŸ

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

16.11.2025 14:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Data-Driven Learning in the Age of AI: A Hands-On Introduction to #LancsBox X

at Xi'an Jiaotong University

180+ participants; great conversations; cutting-edge technology
lancsbox.lancs.ac.uk

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

14.11.2025 14:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On the high-speed train to Xiโ€™an ๐Ÿš„๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ cruising at 300 km/h!

Ready for the 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Corpus-based Interdisciplinary Research. Workshop & plenary all set ๐ŸŽ“โœจ
#CorpusLinguistics #Conference #GlobalLearning

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

13.11.2025 09:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Huge thanks to the amazing local organisers at SHISU for hosting such a successful training event! ๐ŸŒŸ

๐ŸŽ“ Join us for more events or explore our latest research at ๐Ÿ‘‰ cass.lancs.ac.uk

12.11.2025 11:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A great talk by @paulari.bsky.social at @lancasteruni.bsky.social SHISU training event.

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

12.11.2025 07:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 2 at SHISU: 2-hour training session on #LancsBox - online and in person. #innovation #CorpusLinguistics

#LancsBox now speaks Chinese.

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

12.11.2025 07:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿš€ Insights from todayโ€™s workshop:

๐Ÿ’ก Corpus linguistics = cutting-edge tech: specialised & transparent, unlike general but opaque LLMs.
๐ŸŒ Innovation is booming in multilingual & multimodal research.
๐Ÿงฐ Try #LancsBox โ€” a free, powerful, and easy-to-use tool for corpus exploration: lancsbox.lancs.ac.uk

12.11.2025 07:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Between #science and #metaphysics: Dark matter in astrophysics - cannot be observed but must be assumed.

@tonymcenery.bsky.social discussing key points in social science, #corpusLinguistics and beyond.

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

11.11.2025 06:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now @tonymcenery.bsky.social discussing #CorpusLinguistics and #epistemology. Questions about paradigms, reality and science as a process.

A two-day workshop at Shisu in Shanghai starting today!

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

11.11.2025 06:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At the beautiful SHISU campus ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ, getting ready for a corpus linguistics workshop with @tonymcenery.bsky.social and @paulari.bsky.social. Corpus is never lost in translation โœจ๐Ÿ“š

#CorpusLinguistics #LancsBox #ChinaTour #GlobalLearning

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

@lancasteruni.bsky.social

11.11.2025 01:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On a high-speed train to Shanghai ๐Ÿš„ - speed matters in both travel and computing.

Looking forward to delivering a #LancsBox workshop soon at SHISU ๐ŸŽ“โœจ

#Teaching #Research #ChinaTour #CorpusLinguistics #GlobalLearning

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

@lancasteruni.bsky.social

11.11.2025 01:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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First days in Xiโ€™an ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ - extraordinary students and a great atmosphere. Encouraging discussions on future collaborations, visits and dual degree opportunities with
@lancasteruni.bsky.social @corpussocialsci.bsky.social

๐ŸŒโœจ
#Teaching #Research #GlobalLearning #ChinaTour #AcademicCollaboration

11.11.2025 01:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My plenary lecture at "Data Science and Second Language Studies" conference at Shaoguan University.
#AI #LanguageLearning

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

11.11.2025 01:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœˆ๏ธ Off to China for my teaching & research collaboration tour: Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Xiโ€™an and Shanghai
#China2025 #CuriousMinds #ChinaTour

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

@lancasteruni.bsky.social

11.11.2025 01:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations to my colleagues @elenasemino.bsky.social @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social @juditkormos.bsky.social
@jculpeper.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social Alison Mackey & Jason Rothman for being in the Stanford/Elsevier top 2% of scientists list. Iโ€™m in good company!

21.09.2025 02:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In conversation with @elenasemino.bsky.social on #CorpusMOOC

#healthcare #corpuslinguistics #communication

๐Ÿ‘‰Find out more: edx.org/learn/social...

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

19.09.2025 11:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0