Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC): Our Use Of Little Words Can, Uh, Reveal Hidden Interests @NPR

An NPR feature which disccusses W. Pennebaker contribution to human use of words. This was also the subject of my own contribution to the 2010 World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies within the session “Interdisciplinary research between Corpus Linguistics and Clinical Psychology” at Boston University, MA.  

Exploring #English: #language and #culture Free MOOC starts Sept. 1

This course is for people who are learning English and who are interested in finding out more about British culture and improving their English language skills. The course will use short videos to present a different topic each week, including English as a global language, the environment, entrepreneurship and literature. Filmed in Great Britain, these … Read more