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Adam Kilgarriff: a selection of papers and talks

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Some readings to remember one of the most indisputably influential corpus linguists in the 20 and 21st centuries. Using corpora for language research https://www.sketchengine.co.uk/documentation/attachment/wiki/AK/Papers/SkE_for_lingResearch2013.ppt?format=raw Googleology is bad science http://www.kilgarriff.co.uk/Publications/2007-K-CL-Googleology.pdf Grammar is to meaning as the law is to good behaviour. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 3 (2): 195-198. http://www.kilgarriff.co.uk/Publications/2007-K-CLLT-grammarlaw.doc

English as a medium of instruction, British Council report

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  This report presents the findings of a study which attempted to provide an initial picture of the rapidly growing global phenomenon of English medium instruction (EMI). Our working definition of EMI was: The use of the English language to teach academic subjects in countries or jurisdictions where the first language (L1) of the majority of the population … Read more

Native & learner language in interviews

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This talk discusses some of our findings in Pérez-Paredes, P., & Sánchez Tornel, M. (2015). A multidimensional analysis of learner language during story reconstruction in interviews. In M. Callies & S. Götz (Eds.), Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.   A contrastive analysis of native and non-native speaker interviews from Pascual … Read more

eResearch days on Social Media and CMC Corpora for the eHumanities

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Call for papers (abstract deadline 15th May) The first international research days (IRDs) on Social Media and CMC Corpora for the eHumanities will be held in Rennes, France on 23-24th October 2015 and will focus on communication and interactions stemming from networks such as the Internet or telecommunications, as well as mono and multimodal, synchronous … Read more

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