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Emma McClaughlin
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She/her | Research Fellow in Corpus Linguistics at Nottingham University | Health comms | Applied linguistics | Vegan for the animals 🌱 | All views are my own
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The data is actually part of my forthcoming book, ”Exploring Meaning in Surveillance
Discourses through Corpora“ - available to pre-order now (with a discount code 😉 😇), and coming out in March 2026 (so stay tuned ☺️)

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EXPLORING MEANING IN SUPVEILLANCE DISCOURSESCORPORA BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC Pre-order now at 35% off: Exploring Meaning in Surveillance Discourses through Corpora Viola Wiegand This book takes a fresh perspective on surveillance, examining how it is defined, discussed, and negotiated in different domains of public discourse Use the following discount code to save 35% on bloomsbury.com/9781350501515: BLOOM-CONF-26 March 2026 Situated at the interface of corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and surveillance studies, this book focuses on how surveillance is defined, discussed, and negotiated in public discourses. It analyses different meaning components of the cultural keyword of surveillance - inherently linked to power relations - in ongoing debates of public discourses. The author looks at the representation of surveillance in different discourse domains through three different studies - the prime academic joural in surveillance studies (Surveillance & Society), The Times newspaper, and the signage of public spaces. The first two studies illustrate implementations of a novel method of 'co-occurrence comparisons' in diachronic analyses of collocation. The final study integrates cutting-edge research on the multimodal representation of surveillance in public spaces. Adopting the sociolinguistic framework of 'surveillant landscapes' from mediated discourses analysis, this analysis reveals how surveillant practices are signalled in public environments. To capture the textual and material representation of surveillance in a collection of photographs from public spaces in multiple cities across Europe, North America, and Asia, the study presents a novel methodology combining corpus and qualitative methods for the analysis of multimodal data. Viola Wiegand is Lecturer in Education (TESOL) at the University of Stirling, UK.
July 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
emmamcclaughlin.bsky.social
Never look a swan in the eye twice...
Nonsense Google AI explanation for a made up idiom. It's says 'The saying "never look a swan in the eye twice" is a metaphorical expression meaning to be wary of being caught in a trap, especially a romantic or social one. It suggests that a second glance might reveal something deceptive or harmful. It's a cautionary phrase about second chances or opportunities that might not be as appealing as they initially seem. '
April 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
emmamcclaughlin.bsky.social
Ah thank you very much! 💜💙💚
March 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
emmamcclaughlin.bsky.social
Look forward to seeing you there! 💙
February 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
emmamcclaughlin.bsky.social
A bit of hope wouldn't go amiss right now. Some kindness and compassion would be nice too
February 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM