Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
Cambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
Just received the final proofs of this book, based on @corpussocialsci.bsky.social research on health communication. It will be out *open access* later this year. @paulari.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social @tonymcenery.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
17.07.2025 09:30 β π 36 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Wmatrix corpus analysis and comparison tool
After a soft launch in the last couple of weeks, #wmatrix version 7 is now completely freely available worldwide for academic users plus UK government and NHS email addresses. This is the largest revision of the software since it was created 25 years ago: ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/wmatrix/
25.03.2025 09:29 β π 33 π 12 π¬ 1 π 0
Day 2: Colleagues are joining us online to talk about communication around health inequalities and lived experience.
Thereβs still time to register at the Events page and get the link to join us:
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Day 1 of our @baal-health-sig.bsky.social event, supported by the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science.
Were in-person @lancasteruni.bsky.social and you can register at our events page for the online broadcast link and watch along
21.03.2025 08:29 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
A reminder that we are hosting the BAAL Health and Science Communication SIG event on the topic of Inequalities, inclusion and innovation
Day 1: Friday 21 March, Lancaster University (hybrid)
Day 2: Tuesday 25 March (online only)
Registration is open and FREE: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Programme for HSC SIG event March 2025
We are delighted to confirm our #2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation. In person @lancslinguistics.bsky.social on 21/03/25 and online on 25/03/25. Plenaries @elenasemino.bsky.social & @fmfederici.bsky.social All welcome: register via website - baalhealthsci.wordpress.com
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Front page of an article in Language and Health
New paper co-authored with @elenasemino.bsky.social
in Language and Health: A linguistic analysis of female and male opening posts on an online forum dedicated to pain
Open Access and available online: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
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Events and notices
Starting in 2015, the BAAL Health and Science Communication SIG has run a range of national and international events, which you can find out more about via our workshops pages. In 2021, in responseβ¦
Call for papers: βHealth and science communication: Inequalities, Inclusion & Innovationβ, hosted by the BAAL Health and Science Communication SIG.
To be held at Lancaster University on 22nd March 2025 (in person) and 25th March (online).
Deadline: 11th December
baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/events/
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Goldlings online guest lecture: Dr Lucy Jones
Language, identity and intersectionality: Analysing race in the talk of LGBTQ+ youth
Excellent presentation from
@lucyjones.bsky.social, talking to us about ethnographic fieldwork with young LGBTQ+ people.
Check out the related campaign: nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
This talk was part of the Goldlings online guest lecture series: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
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Copies of the book, 'Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication: A Guide for Research'
Copies of the book, 'Language, Discourse and Anxiety'
Copies of the book, 'Viral Language: Analysing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Public Discourse'
From 2023:
Language, Discourse and Anxiety
cambridge.org/core/books/l...
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Viral Language: Analysing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Public Discourse
routledge.com/Viral-Langua...
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Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication: A Guide for Research
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
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Old man (Abraham Simpson) yells at cloud
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