Lily Zhou

Thanks Trinaaa😗😗😗

No problem! I just added you!

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
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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

Sweets in the classroom

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!😊

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True! It heavily depends on the context!

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.

Lastly, fur farming is a global issue. It happens in the EU too. I think the report fails to provide a balanced view of pandemic risks globally and instead singles out China. This kind of framing reinforces stereotypes about China instead of addressing the broader global issue.

Fur Production in the European Union Each year, around 37 million animals in the European Union are still raised and killed solely for their fur. In...

Second, according to Humane Society International (UK), "most of these minimum welfare standards are not being met on EU fur farms," so the idea that EU fur farming is more regulated and humane doesn’t really hold up. （check out this website if you're interested: www.hsi.org/news-resourc...

That's an interesting point. But the report doesn’t apply the same scrutiny to countries like the US and Canada, which are barely mentioned. Without comparable investigation, it’s unfair and baseless to claim Chinese fur farms are worse.

Of course, animal cruelty is unacceptable!❌

NEWS Is the cruel fur farming industry in China becoming a ticking time bomb' of viruses?

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. ☹️

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Hi, I'm not sure! You might want to check with the creator @bagpuss.org to see if the code is available.

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

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Sure! All done! : )

Have to jump on this trend😝:

Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Corpus linguists: I need more cups…

Yes, it was contributed by many famous corpus linguists! Great to know you’ve been on the MOOC!😃

will check it out! Thank you for the recommendation! 😀

For books, "Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory, and Practice" by Tony McEnery and Andrew Hardie is a great introduction. Plus, there are plenty of YouTube videos on applying corpus linguistics that can be super helpful for beginners.

Corpus Linguistics Analysis - Online Course - FutureLearn Get a practical introduction to the methodology of corpus linguistics for researchers in the social sciences and humanities in this course from Lancaster University.

Corpus Linguistics on MOOC is a great place to start (www.futurelearn.com/courses/corp...). We just finished an 8-week free course with mentors answering questions, but it should be back for free next September!

That's def something to be cautious about!

The blue bar represents the relative frequency of use by different social classes in the 1994 corpus.

It's interesting to see that "ain't" was once used by writers in the late 18th century. I'm not entirely sure if it was common in the late 18th, though. By 1994 (according to BNC corpus), it was more commonly used by the working class. I've attached a screenshot if you're interested!

I really appreciate this discussion! It's great to explore this topic together!

What I'm saying is not that all informal language is viewed as inferior, but that certain language uses, especially those linked to specific socioeconomic groups, are labelled 'non-standard', which reinforces broader social biases and inequalities.

Good point! But I think we're talking about slightly different layers of language use. The standard/non-standard distinction often carries significant societal judgement tied to education and social status, while the informal/formal and spoken/written distinctions are more about styles or registers.