Excited to see my chapter in print in "Sociolinguistics of Protesting". The chapter explores how the reported speech of protesters and politicians can be both legitimised and delegitimised in press reports of protest. Get in touch if you'd like access to preprint!

Great to see our (@markmcglashan.com) encyclopedia entry on Corpus Linguistics and Safeguarding in the "Reference Collection in Social Sciences", ahead of its publication in the "International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 3rd edition" in June. Get in touch for access!

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...

Very proud to share that yesterday evening, I was presented with the Future Leader Award at the 2025 KTP Awards! 🏆✨ It was wonderful to celebrate 50 years of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. Congratulations to all the award winners and thank you to Innovate UK 🎉 #KTP50

Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online 🔓 Out now with @crkennedy.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime edited by the brilliant @wrightdw.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Next week, @markmcglashan.com and I will be sharing the findings of our new paper 'Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online' (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) in a live webinar for @senso-cloud.bsky.social. More info and registration below!

What a fabulous #cl2025. So many brilliant people and ideas (& good lunches). Thank you @robbielove.org & organisers And I'm so grateful that we are having AI discussions - and disagreement - in these open spaces. To me, speaking in silos has v. limited value for developing ideas and responses.

Great to share our research on corpus linguistic approaches to safeguarding this morning at #CL2025 @markmcglashan.com @senso-cloud.bsky.social

First session of the day @cl2025.co.uk with papers by Susanne Kopf (WU Vienna) on corpus-assisted discourse strategies for social-media data and @crkennedy.bsky.social & @markmcglashan.com on corpus linguistic approaches to safeguarding studies 📚🎓 #cl2025

We're (@senso-cloud.bsky.social) committed to translating CL research into impact that helps safeguard children online. If your work addresses issues related to child online safety, get in touch! Learn more below, and next week at Corpus Linguistics 2025 #CL2025 www.linkedin.com/posts/sensoc...

Today, the @mantrap.bsky.social team presented our research on the language of the manosphere to senso.cloud/en-GB, a company developing safeguarding software. We talked about manosphere-specific words, ordinary words in specific co-texts and discourse features beyond words (syntax, grammar etc.).

Early intervention saves lives! 💙 Discover how linguistics, the study of language, helps identify early warning signs. Join our safeguarding language specialist, Charlotte, and our amazing partner, LGfL, to learn more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW2E... #Safeguarding #Linguistics #MentalHealth

Really excited to see our (@wrightdw.bsky.social) chapter on British newspaper coverage of police responses to climate change protest groups published in Critical Approaches to Polycrisis! Congrats to the editors and authors on an excellent collection! Read here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Busy week talking about my Social Media and Body Image project with @helenringrow.bsky.social and Charlotte Boyce in Portsmouth. We're launching a toolkit for mentors in The Girls' Network to use with young women all around the country.

CL2025 submissions are in and you've been busy! Over the next month, our amazing programme committee will be reviewing a total of 466 submissions, including: 🧑‍🏫 365 papers 🖼️ 85 posters 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 7 panels ⚙️ 9 pre-conference workshops

Really enjoyed the last couple of days at #BettShow2025 talking to schools about linguistics and safeguarding at Senso.cloud 😄

Registration is now OPEN for our free symposium "Forensic Linguistics and the Law", which will showcase interdisciplinary research conducted across these two fields. Join us Friday, March 14 · 1 - 4:50pm GMT (in-person or online) 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forensic-l...

My monograph 'Male Separatism: Discourse, Ideology, Argumentation' is now available for purchase as an ebook with John Benjamins, though you will need to pre-order for a physical copy. benjamins.com/catalog/daps...

Just registered! Can’t wait!

There is some gorgeous apricity about this morning: (17th century: warming sun on a winter’s day).

The new Senso.cloud homepage is live, and I'm so proud to see our corpus linguistics work (and me 🤭) featured front and centre! Senso is committed to being the most linguistically accurate safeguarding tool, and @markmcglashan.com and I are v excited to be helping them achieve that goal 🎯

Looking forward to talking to BCU's Applied Sociolinguistics students today! I'll be sharing insights from my safeguarding work with Renato Software Ltd. (Senso.cloud) to demonstrate how corpus linguistics can be applied to benefit industries outside of academia

I've been contributing a biweekly section about my work on safeguarding and corpus linguistics to Anchored Schools' newsletter, #Radar. Read 'Spotlight on Linguistics with Senso.cloud' (and other important safeguarding news) by subscribing here: anchoredschools.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Here’s a simple explainer for kids on how to navigate and understand (dis)information online. It teaches kids how to process information online, reiterating the specific things that they can do when on social media and the wider internet. #DigitalLiteracy Find it at: fakebelieve.blog/resources/

Call for papers: Corpus Linguistics 2025 #CL2025 Birmingham, UK First week of July 2025 Submissions welcome for papers, posters, thematic panels and pre-conference workshops! www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...

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