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@danagablas

Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Lancaster University. Passionate about use of corpora for L2 learning, teaching & testing. Creator of CorpusForSchools.

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#today at the Open Research Group: #LancsBox and Corpus linguistics tools in the age of AI

⌛️ 12.00-12.50pm UK time

teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

25.06.2025 09:33 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📊 Statistics in Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide—now available in Mandarin Chinese 🇨🇳 and Korean 🇰🇷!

It could be a great summer read to explore at your own pace.

#CorpusLinguistics #Statistics

@corpussocialsci.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

02.07.2025 08:53 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Missed the Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics? 🎓

Catch up with free lecture recordings from #LancsSS25 here 👉 cass.lancs.ac.uk/free-lancast...

#CorpusLinguistics #FreeLectures
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social

02.07.2025 13:39 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Great to represent @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and give a Darwin College lecture at the University of Cambridge this evening on Polari. Among others, the series has hosted Mary Beard, Desmond Tutu, David Crystal, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Hawking and Sandy Toksvig. It was a bona nochy.

07.03.2025 22:41 👍 38 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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My recent Darwin College lecture at the University of Cambridge on Polari is now available on YouTube eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

12.03.2025 08:43 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Lancaster subjects are among best in the world and Linguistics takes third place   - Lancaster University Linguistics at Lancaster University has been ranked third in the world with eight other subjects making it into the world top 100, according to new rankings released today.

Very proud that my department (Linguistics and English Language) is placed 3rd in the world for a second year www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast...

12.03.2025 10:52 👍 30 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A great week at the Lancaster University Summer School in Corpus Linguistics. I think this is the 15th year I've taught on it.

20.06.2025 21:01 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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📊MORNING RECAP: Some standout moments from @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social ‘s talk on the visualization of corpus data and practical session using the Lancaster Stats Tool online! #LancsSS25

18.06.2025 12:46 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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🧑‍💻An afternoon at #LancsSS25 ! With a talk from @danagablas.bsky.social on analysing and describing L2 production and a practical session from Dr. Andrew Hardie using CQPweb

18.06.2025 15:34 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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🚶📸Some snapshots from the Lancaster Walk yesterday afternoon! Highlights included Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Priory and J.L. Austin’s birthplace! #LancsSS25

19.06.2025 07:55 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‼️TODAY’S LIVESTREAMED LECTURE:
Prof. Vaclav Brezina discusses the underlying principles of collocations—word combinations that occur together more frequently than by chance. #LancsSS25
🕥10:30-11:30am
🔗 teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

19.06.2025 08:17 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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🚀 #LancsBox X 5.5.0 is here!
The latest version of the powerful, free software tool for the analysis of large language datasets is now available.

📌TODAY AT 12:35

🔗LIVESTREAM OF THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

19.06.2025 09:19 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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🔴STARTING NOW: Drawing on insights from corpus linguistics, @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social demonstrates how collocations can be effectively identified, analysed, and visualised using corpus tools and techniques. #LancsSS25

19.06.2025 09:39 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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🧬 @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social demonstrates the corpus linguistic phenomenon of collocation using a molecular structure. #LancsSS25

19.06.2025 09:46 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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🚀 #LancsBox X 5.5.0 is here!
#LancsBox X 5.5.0 introduces cool new features including:
🖍️Colour annotation of concordance lines
📝Metadata highlighting in texts and concordances
🗂️Advanced filtering options
...and much more
👉 Download now: lancsbox.lancs.ac.uk

19.06.2025 11:39 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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💥An action-packed morning at #LancsSS25 ! With talks from @tinekebrunfaut.bsky.social , @issyclarke.bsky.social , @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social , a practical session on collocations and the launch of #Lancsbox X 5.5.0!

19.06.2025 12:44 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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👋The week has finally drawn to a close at #LancsSS25 ! Thank you to all our participants, speakers and helpers!

20.06.2025 18:47 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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@vaclavbrezina.bsky.social shows us another fascinating object related to today’s talk on data visualization in corpus linguistics!💡#LancsSS25 🔗Join via the link to find out more: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

18.06.2025 09:38 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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🌤️Welcome to Day 3 of #LancsSS25 ! Coming up today: sessions from Dr Raffaella Bottini, @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social , @danagablas.bsky.social and Dr Andrew Hardie, as well as our Lancaster Walk!

18.06.2025 08:25 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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🕰️Prof. @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social introduces two interesting objects relevant to our lectures today on corpus building and statistics! #LancsSS25 🎦Join the livestreams to find out more!

17.06.2025 09:24 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Live streamed lectures available from 16 June...
cass.lancs.ac.uk/free-online-...

13.06.2025 11:24 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨 Join us for our next webinar in the @LancasterUni series on online MA & PG Cert programmes in Corpus Linguistics!
📢 Corpus Linguistics and AI: Challenges and Opportunities

📅 11 June | 🕙 10–11am (UK time)

👉 Register: forms.office.com/e/uppRBrE5AF

#AI #CorpusLinguistics #Future

09.06.2025 08:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Sam Schmück awarded Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship - Lancaster University Congratulations to Sam Schmück for being awarded a highly prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship!

We are very excited that Samuel Schmück has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship for a great project on speech analytics and under-represented language varieties in speech technology. Many congratulations Sam!

@samschmueck.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

04.06.2025 09:28 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Some excellent news! Come and join us and study Corpus linguistics @lancasteruni.bsky.social

We offer flexible (Online) programmes and we are recruiting right now!

www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/...

10.06.2025 14:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Today at the @corpussocialsci.bsky.social
Open Research Group: Corpus Linguistics & AI – which professions will survive and which will be replaced?

We compared Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." performed by an AI bot vs. a great Shakespearean actor Kenneth Branagh.

🎭 Can you tell the difference?

11.06.2025 13:42 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A great meeting with the amazing #LancsSS25 volunteers today — full of enthusiasm and positive energy! Lancaster, hurrah! 🙌🎓✨

12.06.2025 15:07 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Lancaster Summer Schools kick off next week — we are all excited! 🎉

Watch this space for links to public lectures throughout the week.

A true highlight of the year for corpus linguistics! #LancsSS25 #CorpusLinguistics

12.06.2025 12:10 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 Read our latest blog post about a recent visit from the Consul General of the Czech Republic to
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social ! From @lancasteruni.bsky.social 's early contributions to corpus linguistics to cutting-edge analysis of policy documents.

t.co/Fowug85S42

06.06.2025 15:49 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Matariki with Ria Hall - Auckland Philharmonia Mānawatia a Matariki!

Lots of ways to celebrate matariki this year. Ria Hall with the Philharmonia is gonna be amazing!

aucklandphil.nz/concert/mata...

19.05.2025 08:27 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Postdoctoral Opportunity in Digital Humanities & Old Norse I am pleased to share with you a new employment opportunity in the field of digital humanities, with a particular focus on computational philology and Old Norse studies, as part of my current project ...

2-yrs full-time #postdoc position in #digitalhumanities and #oldnorse in Paris at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social open for applications - there were some issues with the pdf circular, so I published the text on my blog. Please circulate widely.
www.kakapitan.com/post/postdoc...

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