📣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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

📢 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

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

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

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...

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

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....

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

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

With thanks to @corpusling.bsky.social , I have now blogged about yesterday's obsession, beanies separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2024/12/bean...

Out now! #CorpusCast Episode #36: CorpusCast in Review, celebrating three years of podcasting about corpus linguistics and what it can do for society. Thanks to all guests, listeners and @astonpress.bsky.social! 📺 Watch here: youtu.be/dcA7oPQOLgQ?... 🎧 Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-e...

Save the date: We are excited to announce that the next Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics will be held 16-20 June 2025 at Lancaster University. Check our website for more info about programme & applications: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

What's a "hidden gem" that you really like in lingcomm? 🐦🐦 I'm looking for linguistics communication places beyond the usual/well known So what's something that's newish or has relatively few followers which you keep being surprised isn't 10x or 100x more popular than it is? (No self-noms pls!)

#linguistics Blue Sky-ers -- check out my book with Paul Reed, 'Language and Place', coming out *OPEN ACCESS* Jan 16, 2025! It's part of the Cambridge Elements in Sociolinguistics series, & offers advice to sociolinguists looking to engage more with place theory www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Join us for the last #Westminster #linguistics seminar of term (11th Dec, 4PM): @katespowage.bsky.social will be presenting her work on 'Global #English, #decolonisation, and the critique of capitalism'. Free to attend and open to all yee interested followers: us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152

New discussion paper "Topic modelling in corpus-based discourse analysis: Uses and critiques" now out in Discourse Studies: https://buff.ly/3Z4h0sw

"A highly readable and rich account of migrant stories (Catherine Travis about "Life in a New Language") In our new Lanugage-on-the-Move post, @loylising.bsky.social reflects on the recent @auslingsoc.bsky.social conference www.languageonthemove.com/life-in-a-ne...

The first title in the Cambridge UP Elements series edited by @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and me has been published. The short book - the latest by Teun van Dijk - is available for free for the next four weeks. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

All articles that are part of the special issue on "News Today" that Teun van Dijk and I co-edited are now available Online First

This is open access, along with many of the other articles in the special issue, all examining language in asylum

Hello Bluesky. Corpora journal is about to enter its 20th year of publication. Thanks to our editorial board, our subscribers, authors and reviewers over the last two decades, and to @edinburghup.bsky.social who have supported us throughout. We couldn't have made it this far without you!

And you know what? The event is free! Do help us spread the word! 🙏#corpuslinguistics #corpusanddiscourse #digitalhumanities

Winner, Macquarie Dictionary (Australia) Word of the year 2024

Optimist: glass half full Pessimist: glass half empty Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?

I made a linguistics and language podcast starter pack for you, if you're looking for your new favourite linguistics podcast: go.bsky.app/5pirXas

So excited about "Life in a New Language" - if you haven't checked out our new book about how migrants manage the simultaneous challenge of learning a new language and starting a new life through that language, head over to www.languageonthemove.com/life-in-a-ne... to learn more

ICYMI #SydneyCorpusLab blog post about Accountability in corpus linguistics

So, I'm on Bluesky now! Thought it would be a good idea to give a short introduction to what my research is about. Currently I am working on a PhD project focused on the #newsworthiness of #science and #scientificresearch. In this project I ask this question 👇

We're delighted to have @emilymbender.bsky.social as a guest on @lingthusiasm.bsky.social!

Textbooks/introductions/handbooks on corpus linguistics (in different languages): sydneycorpuslab.com/introductions/

The ALS 2024 Conference is happening next week (26-29 November) at ANU, Canberra! We look forward to seeing you there! Details and programme: als.asn.au/Conference/2... #ALS2024

Currently based at the University of Michigan for my sabbatical