I passed my viva today!🎉 Huge thanks to @tonymcenery.bsky.social for being the best supervisor, to my examiners @Dr Vittorio Tantucci and @niallrcurry.bsky.social for their insightful questions and feedback, and to @paulari.bsky.social for chairing the viva! 🌟I honestly couldn’t be more grateful!

Important insights into the conceptualisation and limitations of using interviews in learner corpus research.

I would secretly judge anyone who puts milk first...🥲 (Waiting for the tea to brew and cool down a bit can help prevent the milk protein from denaturing, at least in my experience)

This emotion is exactly how I felt when I read one of his former PhD students speak about him on Bluesky. The loss of William Labov is a profound one for the linguistics community.

Solid choice and a powerful message to the world! 10 out of 10!

I wonder if forensic linguists will get involved to analyse his manifesto to see if he actually wrote it. (I mean, who carries a manifesto while running from the police? Something about this just doesn't add up.) #forensiclinguistics #linguistics

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

Just finished teaching the final seminar for the MA Corpus Linguistics module today! I absolutely enjoyed every moment of it. The students from both classes were incredibly sweet! 💖 It’s been such a joy!😊 #corpuslinguistics #linguotics

It's interesting to learn that in Old English, 'you' was only used for the plural. As for the ambiguity of 'you' as a singular, we’ve kind of found ways to work around it. One simple solution I’ve noticed is just adding the person’s name when addressing them directly, or even making eye contact.

Lovely piece of work linking corpus linguistics, the history of medicine and ancient history. Neat.

This is a clear example of biased and selective framing: brushing over fur farming in other countries but focusing solely on China and linking its farms to “the next pandemic.” Such narratives fuel the stereotypes and racism reinforced by COVID. ☹️ #linguistics youtu.be/xN4K6H7bbaA?...

Found myself in #SwearSky Just the daily dopamine hit you need!💅✨ #swearinginEnglish #linguistics

Have to jump on this trend😝: Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Corpus linguists: I need more cups…

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

As a huge fan of corpus linguistics, I thought it would be helpful to create a starter pack dedicated solely to this amazing field! go.bsky.app/RmFQ5NJ

This article reminds me of a recent discussion I had with participants on #CorpusMOOC: how labelling language uses like "ain't" and "isn't" as simply standard or non-standard risks reinforcing social discrimination, as choices like "ain't" are often linked to lower sociolinguistic groups.

📣Join us at the Linguistics and English Language LAEL PG Conference at Lancaster University on June 21st, 2024. Calling MA and PhD students from any institution🎓! Present your work and get the opportunity to be published by Lancaster University.📚 wp.lancs.ac.uk/laelpgconfer...