Corpus-based teaching resources for A-level English Language and for ELT developed by @LAEL_LU at Lancaster university. Maintained by @danagablas.

Joined October 2017
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๐Ÿ“š New @CorpusSocialSci blog post by @he_ruoshi๐ŸŒค๏ธ๐ŸŽฌ Go behind the scenes of our Lancaster shoot for the LUโ€“XJTU Dual Degree video - unexpected sunshine made filming even brighter than expected! โ˜€๏ธ cass.lancs.ac.uk/a-break-in-โ€ฆ
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๐ŸŒ New blog post! .@CorpusSocialSci welcomes an XJTU delegation at Lancaster as we celebrate a major milestone in our UKโ€“China TNE partnership ๐ŸŽ“โœจ Find out more about our new BSc in Language Science, co-designed with XJTU, and future student exchanges between Hainan ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ and Lancaster ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‘‰ cass.lancs.ac.uk/cass-welcomโ€ฆ
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โœจWe are excited to announce the launch of a new major ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ โœ๏ธ! Join us for an online corpus launch to learn more about the corpus and how to access it. โฒ๏ธ17 June 2026 ๐Ÿ”—Find out more: tinyurl.com/3bntvhya
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๐Ÿ“ˆWould you like to develop your skills in ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ 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/โ€ฆ
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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! ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง #LancsSS26
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๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Time to turn over a new leaf! ๐Ÿƒ A new dictionary ranks 5,000 of the most common English idioms, phrases, and everyday collocations - from โ€œbreak the iceโ€ to โ€œmake sureโ€ and โ€œtake placeโ€ - showing how these expressions shape the way we communicate every day. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง lancaster.ac.uk/news/time-toโ€ฆ @danagablas @CorpusSocialSci @LancasterUni
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๐Ÿ‘‰ 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. โžก๏ธFree registration: forms.office.com/e/FLEgsnp7Rโ€ฆ The webinar also introduces corpus linguistics study opportunities at Lancaster University.
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Open Research Group โ€“ @CorpusSocialSci Join us from 22 April (12:00 UK time) for a new series on collocations ๐Ÿ“Šโ€”how words co-occur and how we can measure these patterns statistically ๐Ÿง  Plus a gentle intro to R for beginners ๐Ÿ’ป (hands-on, practical, and accessible for all social scientists ๐ŸŒ) ๐Ÿ—“ Sessions: 22 Apr | 6 May | 20 May | 3 Jun (12:00โ€“12:50 UK time) ๐Ÿ”— Register: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“ข Open Research Group next meeting ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ“Š 20 May 12pm UK time Collocation measures, precision vs approximation and computing association (e.g. MI) โž—๐Ÿ“ˆ โ“ Quiz: what is a logarithm - and why is it used in MI score calculation? ๐Ÿงฎ forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโ€ฆ
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This week, @CorpusSocialSci welcomed Czech Ambassador Vรกclav Bartuลกka and Consul General David Frous to discuss energy security and nuclear discourse ๐Ÿ”‹โ˜ข๏ธ๐ŸŒ in times of geopolitical change. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Featuring a 3D-printed cooling tower visualising the language of โ€œnuclearโ€ from billions of words of political and media data. Read more: cass.lancs.ac.uk/words-energโ€ฆ @LancasterUni @mzvcr @CZinLondon
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๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ“– New blog post now live: Highlights from the Vice-Chancellorโ€™s visit to CASS, including a research โ€œshow and tellโ€ @LancasterUni cass.lancs.ac.uk/cass-hosts-โ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“šOpen Research Group meets tomorrow (Wed)! forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโ€ฆ Weโ€™ll 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/Sโ€ฆ Evert, S. (2008) โ€œCorpora and collocationsโ€: stephanie-evert.de/PUB/Evertโ€ฆ #CorpusLinguistics #OpenResearch
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๐Ÿงช Quiz time! Can you match the molecules? Options: Water ๐Ÿ’ง | Ethanol ๐Ÿท | Ammonia ๐Ÿงผ Just like molecules combine, words form collocations: curious how? ๐Ÿค” Join the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group today at 12pm UK time to explore the patterns behind language! Registration link here ๐Ÿ‘‡ forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโ€ฆ
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One week before the deadline for this fully funded PhD opportunity - cass.lancs.ac.uk/fully-fundeโ€ฆ

Still time to apply! ๐ŸŽ“โœจ Fully funded PhD Opportunity @CorpusSocialSci jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL407/fully-โ€ฆ
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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-researโ€ฆ
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Corpus linguistics for secondary schools ๐Ÿ“šโœจ Delighted to have given a lecture at the Catholic Grammar School in Pilsen, Czech Republic this Monday! ๐Ÿ™Œ So many thoughtful and interesting questions from the students. We explored corpora, new technologies and the real power of language in action ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Truly inspiring morning! ๐ŸŒŸ@CorpusSocialSci
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Still time to apply! ๐ŸŽ“โœจ Fully funded PhD Opportunity @CorpusSocialSci jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL407/fully-โ€ฆ
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Today at 12pm (UK time) weโ€™re discussing Gries (2024), Frequency, Dispersion, Association, and Keyness, at the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group ๐Ÿ“š Link: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโ€ฆ Join us and let us know what you think! ๐Ÿ’ฌโœจ #CorpusLinguistics
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Delighted to see Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster ranked #2 globally for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2026) ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅˆ - a reflection of the strength, depth and impact of our research and collaborations. @LAEL_LU @CorpusSocialSci @LancasterUni topuniversities.com/universiโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“Šโœจ Today at the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group! A gentle introduction to R for corpus linguistics ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ’ป Perfect if youโ€™re new or just curious! ๐Ÿ“ Join in person or online โฐ 12pm (UK time) ๐Ÿ‘‰ forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjkโ€ฆ #CorpusLinguistics #RStats #DigitalHumanities
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