corpus linguistics

Some references for an undergrad CADS project on the representation of migrants in mass media

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Doherty, B. (2015), ‘Why words matter when reporting migrants’ stories’. Media Asia, 42(3-4): 136-143. Gerard, L. (2016), ‘The press and immigration: Reporting the news or fanning the flames of hatred?’ SubScribe, 3. URL: http://www.sub‐scribe.co.uk/2016/09/the‐press‐and‐immigration‐reporting.html Goodfellow, M. (2020), Hostile environment: How immigrants became scapegoats, New York: Verso Books. Pérez-Paredes, P. (2024). Frequency and keyness: what are … Read more

Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC) conference editions

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The Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC) conference is a biennial event. Here is a list of the editions of the TaLC conference, along with the year and the university where it took place. In bold, those editions I attended. Volumes published with selected research from the conferences are also included. 1994 – Lancaster University, UK. … Read more

Some resources to learn corpus-based discourse analysis

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One of my students asked me for some online references to learn more about corpus-based/assisted discourse analysis. Here’s 5 online talks. Obesity in the News: Combining Corpus and Critical Perspectives. Online talk by Gavin Brookes at Universidad de Murcia. Corpus linguistics and the discursive construction of migrants. Online talk by Charlotte Taylor at Universidad de … Read more

New research on Data-driven language learning March 2023

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Allan, R. (2023). Reserved for Research? Normalising Corpus Use for School Teachers. Nordic Journal of English Studies, 22(1). Allan, R., Walker, T., & Langum, V. (2023). Data-driven learning: Tools, approaches, and next steps. Nordic Journal of English Studies, 22(1), 1-12. Muftah, M. (2023). Data-driven learning (DDL) activities: do they truly promote EFL students’ writing skills development? Education and Information Technologies, … Read more

Exploring Part of Speech (POS)-tag sequences in a large-scale learner corpus of L2 English: A developmental perspective

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Abstract This research explores the POS-tag sequences that shape the transition from upper intermediate (B2 CEFR) to near-native proficiency (C2 CEFR) in a corpus of essays (n=32,410) from the Cambridge Learner Corpus. Gilquin (2018) and others have shown that POS tag sequences offer a holistic approach to extracting the most commonly used patterns without a … Read more