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| Description | Experimental Methodology | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| Research in methodology for parsed corpus linguistics, computing and statistical support. Includes theoretical approaches, software tools, algorithms, visualisations and statistical methods. |
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Experiment
ICECUP
Knowledge Discovery
Method
Methodology
Research
Research Method
Software
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| Description | Corpus-Based Psycholinguistics | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| Implications of corpus linguistics (and potential methodologies) for psycholinguistic research. |
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Language Production
Parsing
Psycholinguistics
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| Description | Coordination of next phase of ARCHER | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| The next phase of the multinational ARCHER project (corpus of BrE and AmE 1600-1999) is being coordinated at Manchester by Nuria Yáñez-Bouza and me. Expect a major announcement soon. |
| eModE
lModE
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| Description | How weird are teenagers? | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| Using corpora of Present Day and Late Modern English, we investigate the factors that determine/limit the use of nouns and pseudo-titles (joint project with John Payne). |
| Englishes
Historical Linguistics
Syntax
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| Description | ICE-Fiji | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| Compilation of the Fiji component of ICE; research focus on the syntax of the noun phrase. |
| ESL Varieties
Syntax
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| Description | B-Brown corpus | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| Compilation; study of differential change (morpho-syntax) in the 20th century. |
| Historical Linguistics
Syntax
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| Description | Variation, Linguistic Change, Grammaticalization | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| This project carries out theoretically-informed corpus-based research on grammatical change in the history of English and in Present-day English, and tries to explain its mechanisms and causes |
| Cognitive Science
Historical Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Sociolinguistics
Syntax
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| Description | The language of Scottish burghs 1380-1560 | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| Functional analysis of recurrent lexical bundles and MWUs in Edinburgh Corpus of Older Scots , set against historical and legal background of the burghs, with reference to text-type standardisation. |
| Historical Linguistics
legal language
lexical bundles
MWUs
Scots
Scottish burghs
Text/Corpus Linguistics
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| Description | English extender tags & diachronic phraseology | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| Funded by the Finnish Academy, I'm studying English extender tags ("and such-like", "et cetera") in the history of English. Fixed forms, variant forms, their functions and distribution. |
| Historical Linguistics
Phraseology
Pragmatics
Semantics
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| Description | Learner corpus research | Kwd:1 Text:0 |
| Collection, annotation and analysis of corpora containing written or spoken data from second or foreign language learners. Design of corpus-based pedagogical applications (grammars, dictionaries, etc) |
| Applied Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Lexicography
Second language acquisition
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