📣New open-access article in AJL

New research on language attitudes in Sydney shows how perceived and actual ethnicity shape how Australian English speakers are judged. Stereotypes strongly influence ratings of status, solidarity and confidence.
Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#AJL

Representations of obesity in the news Written by Monika Bednarek and Gavin Brookes Note: This post was simultaneously published by the Sydney Corpus Lab and by the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster Univer…

Check out this blog post, co-authored with Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social in which we reflect on our collaboration, between @corpussocialsci.bsky.social and the Sydney Corpus Lab, addressing obesity discourse in the UK and Australia >> sydneycorpuslab.com/representati...

Applications of Corpus Linguistics Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Applications of Corpus Linguistics

New year, new book! Out now: 'Applications of Corpus Linguistics: Established and Emergent Contexts', edited with @niallrcurry.bsky.social and @robbielove.org and published by @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org. More info in thread ⬇️ www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Large language models (LLMs) in corpus linguistics – Using GenAI with corpora written by Monika Bednarek The Sydney Corpus Lab recently published a post containing a synthesis of how large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools have been …

New #SydneyCorpusLab resource on GenAI (LLMs) in corpus linguistics — for possible use in teaching CL: sydneycorpuslab.com/large-langua...

Generative AI in corpus linguistics: A synthesis Written by Kelvin Lee The advent of large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT has led to AI being used in many facets of everyday life as wel…

GenAi and Corpus linguistics — New blog post just published:
sydneycorpuslab.com/generative-a...

SydneyCorpusLab event: Online talk with @celesterl.bsky.social on Tues 7 Oct “The Yarning Corpus: Aboriginal English in Southwest Western Australia”
7pm Sydney 6pm Brisbane 4pm Perth 9am London 10am Berlin
Details in flyer
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...

9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details:
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9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details:
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...

The recording of the recent ISLE expert forum on telecinematic discourse is now available:
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/LKi4C91WPR...

New article published online, part of my ongoing collaboration with Barbra Meek:

anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Journal of Sociolinguistics: Vol 29, No 1 Click on the title to browse this issue

🚨 Our February issue is here!

Read thought-provoking articles on:
📌 Race & LGBTQ+ youth identities
📌 The embodiment of sexuality by signers & speakers
📌 A special theme issue on awareness in sociolinguistics

See the full issue here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679841...

Q&A: Where did the “early mark” come from? | Australian Writers' Centre Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration...

Didn’t know “having or taking an early mark” had such restricted use:
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/qa-wher...

📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore

Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4

Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows Dutch scientist Leonie Cornips has become fascinated with how cows communicate. But can this really be called 'language'?

Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows https://buff.ly/4gLpADv #langsky

There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W

Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February

Great to see this get attention.

My work showed 'illegal' has been the strongest collocate of 'immigrants' in the Times newspaper since the 1970s

Prior to that, the words most associated with 'immigrants' were:
60s: Commonwealth
50s: coloured
40s: illegal
30s: Jewish
20s: British
10s: Canada

Constructions of weight loss in British and Australian newspapers Written by Tara Coltman-Patel, Carly Bray, Paul Baker and Monika Bednarek Note: This post was simultaneously published by the Sydney Corpus Lab and by the Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Sci…

New blog post exploring media representation of weight loss
sydneycorpuslab.com/construction...

Still thinking of submitting an abstract for #CL2025? Good news - you have an extra week!

Extended (and final) deadline for paper, poster, panel and workshop submissions: Friday 24th January 2025 (23:59 GMT)

www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...

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

UMich when I arrived…
UMich as I leave

Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media | Corpora The sharing of news through social media platforms is now a significant part of mainstream online media use and is an increasingly important consideration in journalism practice and production. This p...

Our 2nd most downloaded article is Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media by Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

2024: The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab written by Monika Bednarek 2024 was yet another busy year for the Sydney Corpus Lab, as we continued working on various projects, including our collaboration on the Language Data Commons of Austral…

It’s that time of the year… “The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab”
sydneycorpuslab.com/2024-the-yea...

LINGUIST List 35.3363 Jobs: Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

Permanent computational linguistics job @ QM. Deadline 5th January. We're looking for a linguist w/ computational focus, to teach on new MSc Linguistics&AI who fits our research (phon, syn, sem, socio, neuro, exper). linguistlist.org/issues/35.33... (salary on scale w/ annual increases) #linguistics

The Cat Empire - Beanni (Official Audio) YouTube video by The Cat Empire

I really need a beanie now! (-10 degrees outside) The Macquarie dictionary defines it as ‘a small close-fitting knitted cap, often having a pompom or other decoration on top.’ And here’s a fun link to a song youtu.be/Aey_zIE3K9E?...

beanie (hat)

With thanks to @corpusling.bsky.social , I have now blogged about yesterday's obsession, beanies

separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2024/12/bean...

Episode 36 | Dr Robbie Love on CorpusCast - The Finale YouTube video by Aston Originals

Out now! #CorpusCast Episode #36: CorpusCast in Review, celebrating three years of podcasting about corpus linguistics and what it can do for society. Thanks to all guests, listeners and @astonpress.bsky.social!

📺 Watch here: youtu.be/dcA7oPQOLgQ?...

🎧 Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-e...

Save the date: We are excited to announce that the next Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics will be held 16-20 June 2025 at Lancaster University. Check our website for more info about programme & applications: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

What's a "hidden gem" that you really like in lingcomm? 🐦🐦

I'm looking for linguistics communication places beyond the usual/well known

So what's something that's newish or has relatively few followers which you keep being surprised isn't 10x or 100x more popular than it is?

(No self-noms pls!)

I always thought “beanie” was Australian English