Gavin Brookes
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social
Reader in Linguistics at Lancaster University｜UKRI Future Leader Fellow｜Fulbright @ NAU｜Associate Editor of IJCL｜Co-Editor of Corpus & Discourse, Elements in CDS｜FRSA
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Gavin Brookes
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
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Looking forward to giving this talk tomorrow and there is time to register still if you're interested 😄 ⤵️
If you're interested in AI and Linguistics, there's still time to register for @niallrcurry.bsky.social's MCRL seminar tomorrow (online and F2F) at 3pm where he will be talking about his @ukri.org metascience Fellowship on GenAI in the disciplines! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/genai-in-t...
GenAI in the Disciplines
Join us for a hybrid seminar with Dr Nial Curry about Generative AI in the Social Sciences
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Looking forward to giving this talk tomorrow and there is time to register still if you're interested 😄 ⤵️
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New article out:
Sampling through the lens of QRPs (Sterling, Kytö, Plonsky, Yaw, & Larsson, 2025).
Available open access for 50 days:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sampling through the lens of QRPs (Sterling, Kytö, Plonsky, Yaw, & Larsson, 2025).
Available open access for 50 days:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sampling through the lens of QRPs
From an ethical standpoint, it is important that we ensure that our sampling procedures allow us to make generalizations about the populations we wish…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New article out:
Sampling through the lens of QRPs (Sterling, Kytö, Plonsky, Yaw, & Larsson, 2025).
Available open access for 50 days:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sampling through the lens of QRPs (Sterling, Kytö, Plonsky, Yaw, & Larsson, 2025).
Available open access for 50 days:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A reminder that the deadline for abstracts is coming up, on 16 November!
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026
Call for Papers – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
wp.lancs.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A reminder that the deadline for abstracts is coming up, on 16 November!
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"I feel a wave of affection.."
"il sera fou de joie…"
OUT NOW: Iva Novakova, Olivier Kraif, & Marion Gymnich's contrastive corpus analysis sheds light on the phraseological motifs observed in the French and English romance novel genre.
#LiteraryGenre #CorpusStylistics
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
"il sera fou de joie…"
OUT NOW: Iva Novakova, Olivier Kraif, & Marion Gymnich's contrastive corpus analysis sheds light on the phraseological motifs observed in the French and English romance novel genre.
#LiteraryGenre #CorpusStylistics
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Exploring the ‘language of intimacy’ in English and French romance novels by means of a corpus-driven
approach | John Benjamins
Abstract
Subgenres of the novel have traditionally been defined first and foremost in terms of their content. Yet, in
addition to revisiting themes, settings, plot patterns and character constellation...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"I feel a wave of affection.."
"il sera fou de joie…"
OUT NOW: Iva Novakova, Olivier Kraif, & Marion Gymnich's contrastive corpus analysis sheds light on the phraseological motifs observed in the French and English romance novel genre.
#LiteraryGenre #CorpusStylistics
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
"il sera fou de joie…"
OUT NOW: Iva Novakova, Olivier Kraif, & Marion Gymnich's contrastive corpus analysis sheds light on the phraseological motifs observed in the French and English romance novel genre.
#LiteraryGenre #CorpusStylistics
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
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🚨New Cambridge Element🚨
"Protecting the Public's Health during Novel Infectious Disease Outbreaks" by Louise Cummings is out now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/3J3aAWI
#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦 #PublicHealth 🩺📊
"Protecting the Public's Health during Novel Infectious Disease Outbreaks" by Louise Cummings is out now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/3J3aAWI
#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦 #PublicHealth 🩺📊
Protecting the Public's Health during Novel Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Protecting the Public's Health during Novel Infectious Disease Outbreaks
cup.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨New Cambridge Element🚨
"Protecting the Public's Health during Novel Infectious Disease Outbreaks" by Louise Cummings is out now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/3J3aAWI
#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦 #PublicHealth 🩺📊
"Protecting the Public's Health during Novel Infectious Disease Outbreaks" by Louise Cummings is out now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/3J3aAWI
#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦 #PublicHealth 🩺📊
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Have you published a book recently? or a special issue? Are you working on a call for papers or abstracts? Are you organising a workshop?
If you'd like to include any of the above on the next CADAAD mailshot, please write to sbennett@amu.edu.pl
If you'd like to include any of the above on the next CADAAD mailshot, please write to sbennett@amu.edu.pl
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Have you published a book recently? or a special issue? Are you working on a call for papers or abstracts? Are you organising a workshop?
If you'd like to include any of the above on the next CADAAD mailshot, please write to sbennett@amu.edu.pl
If you'd like to include any of the above on the next CADAAD mailshot, please write to sbennett@amu.edu.pl
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My new Open Access article in Discourse and Society with Rickey Lu: Holistic, nurturing and sustainable: Discursive shift in corporate social responsibility reporting. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
My new Open Access article in Discourse and Society with Rickey Lu: Holistic, nurturing and sustainable: Discursive shift in corporate social responsibility reporting. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I'm honoured to have been appointed to the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) new assessor college. Looking forward to continuing to contribute to the council's important work in this new role! @ukri.org @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I'm honoured to have been appointed to the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) new assessor college. Looking forward to continuing to contribute to the council's important work in this new role! @ukri.org @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
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Some exciting news ⤵️ to share: I have been awarded a UKRI Metascience AI Fellowship! This will enable me to spend the next few years working with research councils & policymakers to develop disciplinary guidelines & policy on responsible AI use in Social Science research. @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social
We're pleased to be funding early career researchers to explore how AI is transforming science.
The UK Metascience Unit has announced a cohort of 29 researchers that will receive funding through the AI Metascience Fellowship Programme.
Read more: www.ukri.org/news/interna...
The UK Metascience Unit has announced a cohort of 29 researchers that will receive funding through the AI Metascience Fellowship Programme.
Read more: www.ukri.org/news/interna...
International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science
New £4 million programme funds early career researchers in the UK, US and Canada to investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming science.
www.ukri.org
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Some exciting news ⤵️ to share: I have been awarded a UKRI Metascience AI Fellowship! This will enable me to spend the next few years working with research councils & policymakers to develop disciplinary guidelines & policy on responsible AI use in Social Science research. @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social
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spooktacular, momfluencer, pupperazi..
How do combining forms operate and what meaning is transferred?
Jinhong Huang and Yongwei Gao examine the evidence for 10 combining forms in American English to map out their schematic extensions and stability
#WordFormation
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
How do combining forms operate and what meaning is transferred?
Jinhong Huang and Yongwei Gao examine the evidence for 10 combining forms in American English to map out their schematic extensions and stability
#WordFormation
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
A corpus-based study into new combining forms in American English | John Benjamins
Abstract
This study examines 10 new combining forms (CFs) in American English from both diachronic and synchronic
perspectives, based on data from the Corpus of Historical American English, the Corpus...
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
spooktacular, momfluencer, pupperazi..
How do combining forms operate and what meaning is transferred?
Jinhong Huang and Yongwei Gao examine the evidence for 10 combining forms in American English to map out their schematic extensions and stability
#WordFormation
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
How do combining forms operate and what meaning is transferred?
Jinhong Huang and Yongwei Gao examine the evidence for 10 combining forms in American English to map out their schematic extensions and stability
#WordFormation
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
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New OA 🔓 paper with @perez-paredes.bsky.social & @paguado.bsky.social in Computer Assisted Language Learning @tandfresearch.bsky.social. Read, 'Integrating critical corpus and AI literacies in applied linguistics: A mixed-methods study' here: doi.org/10.1080/0958... & see 🧵 below for some details ⬇️
Integrating critical corpus and AI literacies in applied linguistics: a mixed-methods study
This study examines the integration of corpus literacy and critical AI literacy in language education. As part of a sequential mixed-methods design, undergraduate learners from a southern European ...
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
New OA 🔓 paper with @perez-paredes.bsky.social & @paguado.bsky.social in Computer Assisted Language Learning @tandfresearch.bsky.social. Read, 'Integrating critical corpus and AI literacies in applied linguistics: A mixed-methods study' here: doi.org/10.1080/0958... & see 🧵 below for some details ⬇️
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It was such a pleasure to take part in the legendary Language and Power podcast!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
Wonderful to speak with @matteofuoli.bsky.social on the latest episode: Changing Climate; Changing Discourse languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog-post-title-one-jawmt-pcckw-eh84g-ne93z-7efd9-4m5xl-wh4nd-s38gs-cpc35-z3r6k-b2kfk-pjj6a-d2pzy-ksrpb-zhd5b-p4ww7-enf62-9yw6l-6k8sx-nmpwh-rppkr
S5 Episode 5: Changing climate, changing discourse- panel discussion — Language/Power Podcast
In this special episode, recorded at the International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress held in Glasgow this summer, we have an expert panel discussion on 'Changing Climate, Changing Discourse...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It was such a pleasure to take part in the legendary Language and Power podcast!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
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The timeline for the projects discussed in this book roughly maps onto my time with @corpussocialsci.bsky.social and will stand proudly on my bookshelf.
Was fun to write, too.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Was fun to write, too.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The timeline for the projects discussed in this book roughly maps onto my time with @corpussocialsci.bsky.social and will stand proudly on my bookshelf.
Was fun to write, too.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Was fun to write, too.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...
Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
This book has been fun and also somewhat liberating to write. To explain this we have to tell the story of how the book came about.
cambridgeblog.org
September 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...
Honoured to give a keynote at the Data, Gender and Society summer school at @dhssfau.bsky.social this morning. Thanks so much for the invitation, and great audience engagement! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Honoured to give a keynote at the Data, Gender and Society summer school at @dhssfau.bsky.social this morning. Thanks so much for the invitation, and great audience engagement! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
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“The true value of #corpuslinguistics is the combination of quantitative scale & qualitative depth”
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social gave us so much to think about this morning
#DHSS2025
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social gave us so much to think about this morning
#DHSS2025
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“The true value of #corpuslinguistics is the combination of quantitative scale & qualitative depth”
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social gave us so much to think about this morning
#DHSS2025
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social gave us so much to think about this morning
#DHSS2025
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Today’s keynote is Gavin Brookes on "Corpus linguistics for gender and language research".
One striking example: James Bond’s masculinity is, among other things, constructed through silence (most frequent trigram in the Fleming corpus is "bond said nothing").
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social
#DHSS2025
One striking example: James Bond’s masculinity is, among other things, constructed through silence (most frequent trigram in the Fleming corpus is "bond said nothing").
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social
#DHSS2025
September 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Today’s keynote is Gavin Brookes on "Corpus linguistics for gender and language research".
One striking example: James Bond’s masculinity is, among other things, constructed through silence (most frequent trigram in the Fleming corpus is "bond said nothing").
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social
#DHSS2025
One striking example: James Bond’s masculinity is, among other things, constructed through silence (most frequent trigram in the Fleming corpus is "bond said nothing").
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social
#DHSS2025
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One for the calendars 📅 #IVACS2026 will take place in Malta, July 1-3 2026! I'm honoured to be among the plenary speakers. More details on the conference and call for papers here: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
September 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
One for the calendars 📅 #IVACS2026 will take place in Malta, July 1-3 2026! I'm honoured to be among the plenary speakers. More details on the conference and call for papers here: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
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We had two fantastic sessions this morning!
– Prof. Michaela Mahlberg gave us a great introduction to digital humanities @michamahlberg.bsky.social
– Prof. Anna Foka delivered an inspiring first keynote on AI & heritage
Fantastic vibes all around! ✨
#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
– Prof. Michaela Mahlberg gave us a great introduction to digital humanities @michamahlberg.bsky.social
– Prof. Anna Foka delivered an inspiring first keynote on AI & heritage
Fantastic vibes all around! ✨
#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
September 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We had two fantastic sessions this morning!
– Prof. Michaela Mahlberg gave us a great introduction to digital humanities @michamahlberg.bsky.social
– Prof. Anna Foka delivered an inspiring first keynote on AI & heritage
Fantastic vibes all around! ✨
#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
– Prof. Michaela Mahlberg gave us a great introduction to digital humanities @michamahlberg.bsky.social
– Prof. Anna Foka delivered an inspiring first keynote on AI & heritage
Fantastic vibes all around! ✨
#DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities
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We can’t wait to welcome our great keynote speakers at next week’s Summer School!
Find out more details about their sessions on our website.
@annafoka.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mkschumacher.bsky.social
#DHSS2025 #DigitialHumanities
Find out more details about their sessions on our website.
@annafoka.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mkschumacher.bsky.social
#DHSS2025 #DigitialHumanities
September 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We can’t wait to welcome our great keynote speakers at next week’s Summer School!
Find out more details about their sessions on our website.
@annafoka.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mkschumacher.bsky.social
#DHSS2025 #DigitialHumanities
Find out more details about their sessions on our website.
@annafoka.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mkschumacher.bsky.social
#DHSS2025 #DigitialHumanities
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OUT NOW: Fonteyn, Manjavacas & De Regt show how large predictive language models can be used to (semi-)automatically annotate corpus data.
In this example, Early Modern English -ing forms are automatically classified by means of the historical English model MacBERTh.
#BERT
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
In this example, Early Modern English -ing forms are automatically classified by means of the historical English model MacBERTh.
#BERT
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Using machine learning to automate data annotation in corpus linguistics | John Benjamins
Abstract
A wealth of linguistic data has been annotated by corpus linguists, and this extant annotated data can be used to
automatically replicate and apply the linguist’s annotation scheme by means o...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
OUT NOW: Fonteyn, Manjavacas & De Regt show how large predictive language models can be used to (semi-)automatically annotate corpus data.
In this example, Early Modern English -ing forms are automatically classified by means of the historical English model MacBERTh.
#BERT
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
In this example, Early Modern English -ing forms are automatically classified by means of the historical English model MacBERTh.
#BERT
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
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OUT NOW: Maud Reveilhac and @geraldschneider.bsky.social present a replication study, applying their approach to stance detection to social media data.
Their model is shown to be transferable and performs competitively alongside other machine learning methods.
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Their model is shown to be transferable and performs competitively alongside other machine learning methods.
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Evaluating a transparent and interpretable approach to stance detection using linguistic markers in social media
data | John Benjamins
Abstract
Our study focuses on replicability, which entails researchers’ ability to achieve similar results to a prior study
using identical methods but a different yet comparable dataset. We address t...
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September 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
OUT NOW: Maud Reveilhac and @geraldschneider.bsky.social present a replication study, applying their approach to stance detection to social media data.
Their model is shown to be transferable and performs competitively alongside other machine learning methods.
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Their model is shown to be transferable and performs competitively alongside other machine learning methods.
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
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Brilliant and timely reflection by @niallrcurry.bsky.social @tonymcenery.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social on epistemology, knowledge-making, values, macroethics ... and GenAI "A question of alignment – AI, GenAI and applied linguistics" #corpuslinguistics www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brilliant and timely reflection by @niallrcurry.bsky.social @tonymcenery.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social on epistemology, knowledge-making, values, macroethics ... and GenAI "A question of alignment – AI, GenAI and applied linguistics" #corpuslinguistics www.cambridge.org/core/journal...