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A discourse category model of register representation and processing Abstract In the text-linguistic tradition of register analysis, registers have often been seen as varieties of language defined by situations of use (see e.g., Biber & Conrad 2019). Recently, howe...

A milestone for register studies! In a new paper, Daniel Keller offers a psycholinguistic account of register, examining register acquistion, representation, & processing through cognitive processes, and proposes that registers are mental categories of discourse events.
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📢 Just out! Alexandra Končar's "A systemic functional-corpus approach to mapping generic structure" integrates corpus methods with the SFL model of register, visualizing semantic shifts and structural movements within and across televised Slovenian sermons. share.google/JyXXKcX7Bapp...

Doing meetings online Abstract This paper contributes to previous work on workplace registers by presenting an analysis of a corpus of virtual meetings. The Interactional Variation Online corpus is comprised of recordings ...

In "Doing meetings online", Peraldi et al. highlight several variable situational features in this new register, such as organizational differences, engagement among participants, and the use of technology, all of which impact the linguistic choices of the participants. share.google/s2CSqyjqHwPG...

Exploring public-oriented research communication Abstract Garnering public engagement with academic research in a timely and accessible manner has become a central concern in contemporary academia. This centrality has given rise to a growing interes...

"Exploring public-oriented research communication" by Curry & Perez-Paredes examines academic blogs on climate crisis through multidimensional and cluster analyses and highlights intra-register variation: a number of disciplinary differences and variation in text types share.google/VgCeXFOEmHh9...

One hundred years of managerial expertise in the business case studies Abstract This diachronic study analyzes engagement features — epistemic positioning and interactivity in particular — in the business case studies published by the Harvard Business Review (HBR) over t...

P. Millot's contribution "One hundred years of managerial expertise in the business case studies" takes a historical perspective and examines features of engagement, stance, and writer/reader presence. Findings reveal notable diachronic linguistic and situational shifts. share.google/MsW3SeP3cQ5X...

Evaluative expression in architectural practice Abstract Writing is the main medium of communication between practising architects, their clients and other professionals involved in the construction and regulation of the built environment (Forty 20...

"Evaluative expression in architectural practice" by Lahlouhi & Nesi explores Design and Access Statements through a modified version of the Appraisal Framework, highlighting, among other findings, the attribution of human features to non-human entities in the register. share.google/lk02nDdgpjAK...

A register approach to specialized word list creation Abstract Specialized word lists (SWLs) can help language learners acquire domain-specific vocabulary; however, there are few such lists for legal domains despite the growing demand for resources in th...

In "A register approach to specialized word list creation", Larsen et al. propose innovative methods for word list design in legal contracts and demonstrate the impact of register on list design and implications for teaching Business and Legal English as a Lingua Franca. share.google/a2ltd626bzkf...

Register and Professional Discourse Issue of Register Studies

As part of our Special Issue on Register and Professional Discourse (guest editors @shelleystaples.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social), a series of papers tackle questions related to communication within a range of specialized settings🧵
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📢Just out! Duran, Weirich, & Jannedy examine phonetic variation in German as they manipulate formality of the addressee, function of the interaction, and setting in their new study "Experimental assessment of phonetic register variation in situated interaction"

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📢Just out! In a new paper "Sensitivity towards Registers in Czech: A Forced-Choice Study", A. Marklová, C. Demian, R. Meyer, L. Szucsich, & O. Buchmüller unite corpus linguistic and experimental methods targeting human perceptions of register-specific features.

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💡 Call for Papers! 💡

Our journal Register Studies invites papers for a special issue entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Register Variation” edited by Tony Berber-Sardinha, critically examining the relationship between #AI and #register.

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Call for Papers: Register Studies Special Issue on AI and Register Variation
Deadline for Abstracts: January 1, 2026
Guest Editor: Tony Berber Sardinha

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Can a British comedy drama be used in English learning contexts to expose students to useful elements of natural conversation? Find the answer here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

What are the communicative functions of out of office emails? Authors Yagmur Demir, Ryan Bartholomew and Tove Larsson answer this question in “I’m on retreat and will respond to messages after 7/6: A register analysis of out-of-office emails"

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📢📃 New open access 🔓 paper with @perez-paredes.bsky.social in @registerstudies.bsky.social: Exploring public-oriented research communication - A register perspective. You can find the paper here: doi.org/10.1075/rs.2... & some details in the 🧵 below⬇️ @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @um.es