Corpus in Focus

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Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom

Data-Driven Learning (DDL) can be broadly defined as the use of corpus tools and techniques for learners and teachers of foreign or second language, typically in the form of concordances derived from authentic texts for inductive learning of lexicogrammar. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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The Hawaiian language only has 8 consonant sounds, making it one of the smallest consonant inventories of any language in the world! So what do Hawaiian speakers do when they have to borrow words with other sounds?

The Hawaiian language only has 8 consonants. So how does it deal with sounds in words borrowed from other languages?

Core Concepts in English for Specific Purposes Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Core Concepts in English for Specific Purposes

New Cambridge Element Core Concepts in English for Specific Purposes by Helen Basturkmen.
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Lexical Multidimensional Analysis Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Lexical Multidimensional Analysis

New Cambridge Element Lexical Multidimensional Analysis by Tony Berber Sardinha and Shannon Fitzsimmons-Doolan.
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Welsh Digital Grid - Welsh Digital Grid Welcome to GDC-WDG, an online collection of freely available digital resources designed to support the exploration, analysis, learning, and referencing of the Welsh language. Click the images below to...

GDC-WDG is an online collection of freely available digital resources designed to support the exploration, analysis, learning, and referencing of the Welsh language: digigrid.cymru

We are back in the new year: Open Advanced methods in corpus linguistics research group

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Everybody is welcome.

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Reading: McEnery & Brezina (2022). Fundamental Principles of Corpus Linguistics. CUP.

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corpusmate.com #corpus #language #linguistics

Glorious day. The Behavioral Network Science: Language, Mind, and Society is now available. Thanks for waiting and thanks to all you network scientists (and other scientists) who made the project a joy to work on. TOC and code at thomasthills.github.io/BehavioralNe....

Graduate School Myths and Misconceptions - It’s daunting when you don’t know what to expect about graduate school…or you’re worried you won’t measure up. This episode helps dispel the myths and addresses some of the common misconceptions. newbooksnetwork.com/graduate-sch...

a timeline graph of "happy new year" in the English Trends corpus, Sketch Engine.

Data-driven Happy New Year 2025! 🎉 Corpus data confirms the peaks of "Happy New Year." Curious about other seasonal wishes and trends? Check out our Timelines: www.sketchengine.eu/timeline-lan...
#LanguageTrends #corpuslinguistics #trendingwords

Philological Considerations on Anchieta's Grammar | Cadernos de Linguística

In 1595, Jesuit missionary José de Anchieta compiled a grammar of the Tupinambá language using Renaissance linguistic methods. This article analyzes his approach to documenting an indigenous language in colonial Brazil. Read more: doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics

CL2025 Welcome to the thirteenth international Corpus Linguistics conference (CL2025), co-organised by Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham. CL2025 will take place fr...

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

Statistics for Non-Statisticians

Statistics for Non-Statisticians
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I was so pleased to interview Dr Alexandra Grey about her book on language rights in China for our most recent @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode ! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social www.languageonthemove.com/language-rig...

Hearing connections Midbrain regions dedicated to sound processing can encode behavioral information without input from the auditory cortex.

Neurons in parts of the brain dedicated to processing sound can respond to sound detection behaviour without input from the auditory cortex.

Researchers give adult zebra finches back their ability to learn new songs We all know the adage, 'You can't teach an old dog new tricks.' As we age, our ability to learn new skills, like mastering a foreign language or picking up a musical instrument, seems to fade. The cul...

We all know the adage, 'You can't teach an old dog new tricks.' As we age, our ability to learn new skills, like mastering a foreign language or picking up a musical instrument, seems to fade. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Cover of Purrieties of Language

Just finished Purrieties of Language: How We Talk about Cat Online by Edith Podhovnik and really enjoyed it. The book is quite an interesting tour of examining one language phenomenon, so I'll try and bring this into class a bit next year.

New publication!

'An Investigation of Hate Speech in Italian', edited by Silvio Cruschina and Chiara Gianollo, contributes to the investigation of #hatespeech by adopting the methodological and theoretical tools of #linguistics.

The book is available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/HUP-27

Investigating Plagiarism in Second Language Writing Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Investigating Plagiarism in Second Language Writing

Cambridge Element Investigating Plagiarism in Second Language Writing by Jun Lei and Guangwei Hu. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Speak & Improve Corpus 2025: an L2 English Speech Corpus for Language Assessment and Feedback We introduce the Speak & Improve Corpus 2025, a dataset of L2 learner English data with holistic scores and language error annotation, collected from open (spontaneous) speaking tests on the Speak & I...

Speak & Improve Corpus 2025: an L2 English Speech Corpus for Language Assessment and Feedback arxiv.org/abs/2412.11986

Books are a total scam.
Every single word is already in the dictionary—they’re just selling them back to you in a different order.

Why, like, language evolves Language has always changed over time, but the internet has created layers of slang that can feel impossible to keep up with.

Why, like, language evolves www.rnz.co.nz/nation...

Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right

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Investigating Plagiarism in Second Language Writing Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Investigating Plagiarism in Second Language Writing

This Element is free online from 12th December 2024 - 9th January 2025 www.cambridge.org/core/element...