Corpus-based teaching resources for A-level English Language and for ELT developed by @LAEL_LU at Lancaster university. Maintained by @danagablas.
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Jun 10
๐ New @CorpusSocialSci blog post by @he_ruoshi๐ค๏ธ๐ฌ
Go behind the scenes of our Lancaster shoot for the LUโXJTU Dual Degree video - unexpected sunshine made filming even brighter than expected! โ๏ธ
cass.lancs.ac.uk/a-break-in-โฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Jun 10
๐ New blog post!
.@CorpusSocialSci welcomes an XJTU delegation at Lancaster as we celebrate a major milestone in our UKโChina TNE partnership ๐โจ
Find out more about our new BSc in Language Science, co-designed with XJTU, and future student exchanges between Hainan ๐จ๐ณ and Lancaster ๐ฌ๐ง
๐ cass.lancs.ac.uk/cass-welcomโฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Jun 10
โจWe are excited to announce the launch of a new major ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ โ๏ธ! Join us for an online corpus launch to learn more about the corpus and how to access it.
โฒ๏ธ17 June 2026
๐Find out more: tinyurl.com/3bntvhya
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
๐Would you like to develop your skills in ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ and apply them in different areas? Join our online PG programmes in #corpuslinguistics and study at @LAEL_LU - one of the best Linguistics departments in the world! lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/โฆ
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Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics start next week - we are very much looking forward to welcoming participants from over 30 countries to @LancasterUni next week! ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐น๐จ๐ณ๐ญ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ฑ๐ต๐น๐ท๐ด๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ธ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐น๐ท๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง #LancsSS26
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Jun 8
๐๐ฃ๏ธ Time to turn over a new leaf! ๐
A new dictionary ranks 5,000 of the most common English idioms, phrases, and everyday collocations - from โbreak the iceโ to โmake sureโ and โtake placeโ - showing how these expressions shape the way we communicate every day. ๐ฌ๐ง
lancaster.ac.uk/news/time-toโฆ
@danagablas @CorpusSocialSci @LancasterUni
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
May 29
๐ Webinar: What can corpus methods tell us about business communication?
Join Prof Veronika Koller next Tuesday for the latest session in the Corpus Linguistics: Skills for the Future webinar series.
โก๏ธFree registration: forms.office.com/e/FLEgsnp7Rโฆ
The webinar also introduces corpus linguistics study opportunities at Lancaster University.
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Apr 20
๐ฃ Open Research Group โ @CorpusSocialSci
Join us from 22 April (12:00 UK time) for a new series on collocations ๐โhow words co-occur and how we can measure these patterns statistically ๐ง
Plus a gentle intro to R for beginners ๐ป (hands-on, practical, and accessible for all social scientists ๐)
๐ Sessions:
22 Apr | 6 May | 20 May | 3 Jun (12:00โ12:50 UK time)
๐ Register: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
May 19
๐ข Open Research Group next meeting ๐ง ๐
20 May 12pm UK time
Collocation measures, precision vs approximation and computing association (e.g. MI) โ๐
โ Quiz: what is a logarithm - and why is it used in MI score calculation? ๐งฎ
forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
May 15
This week, @CorpusSocialSci welcomed Czech Ambassador Vรกclav Bartuลกka and Consul General David Frous to discuss energy security and nuclear discourse ๐โข๏ธ๐ in times of geopolitical change. ๐ฌ๐ง ๐จ๐ฟ
Featuring a 3D-printed cooling tower visualising the language of โnuclearโ from billions of words of political and media data.
Read more: cass.lancs.ac.uk/words-energโฆ
@LancasterUni @mzvcr @CZinLondon
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
May 19
๐๐ New blog post now live: Highlights from the Vice-Chancellorโs visit to CASS, including a research โshow and tellโ
@LancasterUni
cass.lancs.ac.uk/cass-hosts-โฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
May 5
๐Open Research Group meets tomorrow (Wed)!
forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโฆ
Weโll be discussing collocations, focusing on association measures and continuing our exploration of R. Suggested readings:
Brezina, V. (2018) Statistics in Corpus Linguistics, Ch. 3 (collocation): google.co.uk/books/edition/Sโฆ
Evert, S. (2008) โCorpora and collocationsโ: stephanie-evert.de/PUB/Evertโฆ
#CorpusLinguistics #OpenResearch
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Apr 22
๐งช Quiz time! Can you match the molecules?
Options: Water ๐ง | Ethanol ๐ท | Ammonia ๐งผ
Just like molecules combine, words form collocations: curious how? ๐ค
Join the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group today at 12pm UK time to explore the patterns behind language!
Registration link here ๐
forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Apr 3
One week before the deadline for this fully funded PhD opportunity - cass.lancs.ac.uk/fully-fundeโฆ
Feb 26
Still time to apply! ๐โจ
Fully funded PhD Opportunity @CorpusSocialSci
jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL407/fully-โฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Feb 11
We recently hosted a visit from Mina Patel, Head of Research, Future of English at the @BritishCouncil - you can read more in our latest blog post. cass.lancs.ac.uk/cass-researโฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Feb 19
Corpus linguistics for secondary schools ๐โจ
Delighted to have given a lecture at the Catholic Grammar School in Pilsen, Czech Republic this Monday!
๐ So many thoughtful and interesting questions from the students. We explored corpora, new technologies and the real power of language in action ๐ง ๐ป๐ฃ๏ธ
Truly inspiring morning! ๐@CorpusSocialSci
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Feb 26
Still time to apply! ๐โจ
Fully funded PhD Opportunity @CorpusSocialSci
jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL407/fully-โฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Mar 4
Today at 12pm (UK time) weโre discussing Gries (2024), Frequency, Dispersion, Association, and Keyness, at the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group ๐
Link: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโฆ
Join us and let us know what you think! ๐ฌโจ #CorpusLinguistics
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Mar 25
Delighted to see Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster ranked #2 globally for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2026) ๐๐ฅ
- a reflection of the strength, depth and impact of our research and collaborations.
@LAEL_LU @CorpusSocialSci @LancasterUni
topuniversities.com/universiโฆ
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Corpus for Schools retweeted
Mar 18
๐โจ Today at the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group!
A gentle introduction to R for corpus linguistics ๐ง ๐ป
Perfect if youโre new or just curious!
๐ Join in person or online
โฐ 12pm (UK time)
๐ forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโฆ
#CorpusLinguistics #RStats #DigitalHumanities
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