Abstract This article examines the discourses around climate change in UK press from 2003 to 2019. Our main goal is investigate how media discourse developed during a period of significant world events, whilst also exploring public’s perception problem. We combine novel technique Usage Fluctuation Analysis (UFA, McEnery et al. 2019) with corpus-assisted analysis track fluctuation usage phrases and global warming over this 17-year period. Thus, addition offering methodological contribution by...

Abstract Concordance analysis is widely recognised as one of the main techniques in a corpus linguist’s toolkit. However, despite growing body work critically exploring previously unquestioned mainstays methods ( Mautner, 2015 ; Taylor & Marchi, 2018 ), this has not focused on concordance specifically. In paper, we aim to discuss issues that researchers may encounter when interpreting concordances. We begin Step One with cursory examination 800 lines order identify potential issues. Two,...

Drawing on the Enhanced Shakespearean Corpus: First Folio Plus and using corpus-based methods, this article explores, quantitatively qualitatively, Shakespeare’s depictions of five deceptive characters (Aaron, Tamora, Iago, Lady Macbeth Falstaff). Our analysis adopts three strands: firstly, statistical keywords relating to each character are examined determine what tells us about their natures more generally. Secondly, wordlists produced for drawn upon extent which they make use linguistic...

Abstract Topic modelling is a method of statistical data mining corpus documents, popular in the digital humanities and, increasingly, social sciences. A critical methodological issue how ‘topics’ (groups co-selected word types) can be interpreted analytically meaningful terms. In current literature, this typically done by ‘eyeballing’; that is, cursory and largely unsystematic examination ‘top’ words each algorithmically identified group. We critically evaluate approach dual analysis,...

British culture is said to be characterised by off-record or negative politeness and norms giving prominence social distance. However, this assumes that works in the same way across all speakers contexts. Work constituting variational pragmatics – a field at interface of dialectology has shown an over-simplification. Using data from Spoken National Corpus 2014, paper explores variation gender, age, region, population density, class, highest educational qualification, setting. We selected 50...

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are opening up new areas of research and teaching potential across a variety domains. The purpose the present conceptual paper is to map this terrain from point view Critical Discourse Studies (CDS). We demonstrate that usage LLMs raises concerns definitely fall within remit CDS; among them, power inequality. After an initial explanation LLMs, we focus on three key reflection. first general stock-taking, where look at CDS' theoretical...

Teaching and learning Shakespeare takes place across the world. Pedagogical matters have been subject of much discussion in last few decades. This article begins by reviewing that discussion, showing how different approaches – textual, contextual active (or performance) connect with language plays. No study, it is pointed out, has conducted an empirical investigation as to what exactly students find problematic when they read Shakespeare’s plays, obvious first step, one might think,...

Abstract How might interpretivist qualitative researchers tackle large data sets consisting of millions or even billions words? Corpus‐assisted discourse studies (CADS) is the approach we explore here. Specifically designed for analysis voluminous textual data, it offers a recognized empirical making sense such data. But does so within an epistemology that understands language to be central in shaping our understanding world around us, CADS can assist revealing social dynamics text –...

This article explores the linguistic representation of Chinese identity in art exhibitions across England period immediately following Umbrella Revolution. It focuses on publicly funded institutions through an analysis press releases from Art Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) between 2014 and 2020. By employing corpus-assisted methods (Baker et al. 2008; Partington 2013; Gillings 2023) drawing Karen Barad’s (2007) notion ‘diffraction’ to read artistic practices, we...