Monika Bednarek
@corpusling.bsky.social
Professor in #Linguistics #Usyd #CorpusLinguistics #MediaLinguistics #SocioLinguistics #DiscourseAnalysis #Stance #Affect #Emotion #DigitalHumanities
Founding director sydneycorpuslab.com
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-5424
Founding director sydneycorpuslab.com
monikabednarek.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-5424
GenAi and Corpus linguistics — New blog post just published:
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Generative AI in corpus linguistics: A synthesis
Written by Kelvin Lee The advent of large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT has led to AI being used in many facets of everyday life as wel…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
GenAi and Corpus linguistics — New blog post just published:
sydneycorpuslab.com/generative-a...
sydneycorpuslab.com/generative-a...
SydneyCorpusLab event: Online talk with @celesterl.bsky.social on Tues 7 Oct “The Yarning Corpus: Aboriginal English in Southwest Western Australia”
7pm Sydney 6pm Brisbane 4pm Perth 9am London 10am Berlin
Details in flyer
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7pm Sydney 6pm Brisbane 4pm Perth 9am London 10am Berlin
Details in flyer
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October 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
SydneyCorpusLab event: Online talk with @celesterl.bsky.social on Tues 7 Oct “The Yarning Corpus: Aboriginal English in Southwest Western Australia”
7pm Sydney 6pm Brisbane 4pm Perth 9am London 10am Berlin
Details in flyer
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...
7pm Sydney 6pm Brisbane 4pm Perth 9am London 10am Berlin
Details in flyer
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9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details:
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September 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details:
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...
9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details:
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...
sydneycorpuslab.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details:
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...
The recording of the recent ISLE expert forum on telecinematic discourse is now available:
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March 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The recording of the recent ISLE expert forum on telecinematic discourse is now available:
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New article published online, part of my ongoing collaboration with Barbra Meek:
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“Are you Navajo or Inuit?” Identity, television dialogue, and Indigenizing semiotics
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February 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New article published online, part of my ongoing collaboration with Barbra Meek:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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🚨 Our February issue is here!
Read thought-provoking articles on:
📌 Race & LGBTQ+ youth identities
📌 The embodiment of sexuality by signers & speakers
📌 A special theme issue on awareness in sociolinguistics
See the full issue here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679841...
Read thought-provoking articles on:
📌 Race & LGBTQ+ youth identities
📌 The embodiment of sexuality by signers & speakers
📌 A special theme issue on awareness in sociolinguistics
See the full issue here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679841...
Journal of Sociolinguistics: Vol 29, No 1
Click on the title to browse this issue
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February 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🚨 Our February issue is here!
Read thought-provoking articles on:
📌 Race & LGBTQ+ youth identities
📌 The embodiment of sexuality by signers & speakers
📌 A special theme issue on awareness in sociolinguistics
See the full issue here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679841...
Read thought-provoking articles on:
📌 Race & LGBTQ+ youth identities
📌 The embodiment of sexuality by signers & speakers
📌 A special theme issue on awareness in sociolinguistics
See the full issue here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679841...
Didn’t know “having or taking an early mark” had such restricted use:
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/qa-wher...
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/qa-wher...
Q&A: Where did the “early mark” come from? | Australian Writers' Centre
Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration...
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February 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Didn’t know “having or taking an early mark” had such restricted use:
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/qa-wher...
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/qa-wher...
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📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
February 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
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Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows https://buff.ly/4gLpADv #langsky
Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows
Dutch scientist Leonie Cornips has become fascinated with how cows communicate. But can this really be called 'language'?
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February 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows https://buff.ly/4gLpADv #langsky
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There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W
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February 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W
Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February
February 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February
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Great to see this get attention.
My work showed 'illegal' has been the strongest collocate of 'immigrants' in the Times newspaper since the 1970s
Prior to that, the words most associated with 'immigrants' were:
60s: Commonwealth
50s: coloured
40s: illegal
30s: Jewish
20s: British
10s: Canada
My work showed 'illegal' has been the strongest collocate of 'immigrants' in the Times newspaper since the 1970s
Prior to that, the words most associated with 'immigrants' were:
60s: Commonwealth
50s: coloured
40s: illegal
30s: Jewish
20s: British
10s: Canada
‘Illegal’ among words most often linked to migrants in UK politics, report finds
‘Illegal’ among words most often linked to migrants in UK politics, report finds
Exclusive: Language during debates reinforces view of migration as inherently unlawful, says Runnymede Trust
* UK politics live – latest updates
The word “illegal” has been one of the terms most strongly associated with migrants in UK parliamentary…
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January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Great to see this get attention.
My work showed 'illegal' has been the strongest collocate of 'immigrants' in the Times newspaper since the 1970s
Prior to that, the words most associated with 'immigrants' were:
60s: Commonwealth
50s: coloured
40s: illegal
30s: Jewish
20s: British
10s: Canada
My work showed 'illegal' has been the strongest collocate of 'immigrants' in the Times newspaper since the 1970s
Prior to that, the words most associated with 'immigrants' were:
60s: Commonwealth
50s: coloured
40s: illegal
30s: Jewish
20s: British
10s: Canada
New blog post exploring media representation of weight loss
sydneycorpuslab.com/construction...
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Constructions of weight loss in British and Australian newspapers
Written by Tara Coltman-Patel, Carly Bray, Paul Baker and Monika Bednarek Note: This post was simultaneously published by the Sydney Corpus Lab and by the Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Sci…
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January 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New blog post exploring media representation of weight loss
sydneycorpuslab.com/construction...
sydneycorpuslab.com/construction...
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Still thinking of submitting an abstract for #CL2025? Good news - you have an extra week!
Extended (and final) deadline for paper, poster, panel and workshop submissions: Friday 24th January 2025 (23:59 GMT)
www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...
Extended (and final) deadline for paper, poster, panel and workshop submissions: Friday 24th January 2025 (23:59 GMT)
www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...
January 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Still thinking of submitting an abstract for #CL2025? Good news - you have an extra week!
Extended (and final) deadline for paper, poster, panel and workshop submissions: Friday 24th January 2025 (23:59 GMT)
www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...
Extended (and final) deadline for paper, poster, panel and workshop submissions: Friday 24th January 2025 (23:59 GMT)
www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...
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Call for papers - Corpus Linguistics 2025! Closing date for proposals 17th January 2025. More information here: www.cl2025.co.uk
CL2025
Welcome to the thirteenth international Corpus Linguistics conference (CL2025), co-organised by Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham.
CL2025 will take place fr...
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January 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Call for papers - Corpus Linguistics 2025! Closing date for proposals 17th January 2025. More information here: www.cl2025.co.uk
UMich when I arrived…
UMich as I leave
UMich as I leave
December 20, 2024 at 3:54 PM
UMich when I arrived…
UMich as I leave
UMich as I leave
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Our 2nd most downloaded article is Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media by Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media | Corpora
The sharing of news through social media platforms is now a significant part of mainstream online media use and is an increasingly important consideration in journalism practice and production. This p...
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December 20, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Our 2nd most downloaded article is Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media by Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
It’s that time of the year… “The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab”
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2024: The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab
written by Monika Bednarek 2024 was yet another busy year for the Sydney Corpus Lab, as we continued working on various projects, including our collaboration on the Language Data Commons of Austral…
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December 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM
It’s that time of the year… “The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab”
sydneycorpuslab.com/2024-the-yea...
sydneycorpuslab.com/2024-the-yea...
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Permanent computational linguistics job @ QM. Deadline 5th January. We're looking for a linguist w/ computational focus, to teach on new MSc Linguistics&AI who fits our research (phon, syn, sem, socio, neuro, exper). linguistlist.org/issues/35.33... (salary on scale w/ annual increases) #linguistics
LINGUIST List 35.3363 Jobs: Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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December 13, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Permanent computational linguistics job @ QM. Deadline 5th January. We're looking for a linguist w/ computational focus, to teach on new MSc Linguistics&AI who fits our research (phon, syn, sem, socio, neuro, exper). linguistlist.org/issues/35.33... (salary on scale w/ annual increases) #linguistics
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With thanks to @corpusling.bsky.social , I have now blogged about yesterday's obsession, beanies
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separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2024/12/bean...
beanie (hat)
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December 12, 2024 at 3:30 PM
With thanks to @corpusling.bsky.social , I have now blogged about yesterday's obsession, beanies
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2024/12/bean...
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2024/12/bean...
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Out now! #CorpusCast Episode #36: CorpusCast in Review, celebrating three years of podcasting about corpus linguistics and what it can do for society. Thanks to all guests, listeners and @astonpress.bsky.social!
📺 Watch here: youtu.be/dcA7oPQOLgQ?...
🎧 Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-e...
📺 Watch here: youtu.be/dcA7oPQOLgQ?...
🎧 Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-e...
Episode 36 | Dr Robbie Love on CorpusCast - The Finale
YouTube video by Aston Originals
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December 4, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Out now! #CorpusCast Episode #36: CorpusCast in Review, celebrating three years of podcasting about corpus linguistics and what it can do for society. Thanks to all guests, listeners and @astonpress.bsky.social!
📺 Watch here: youtu.be/dcA7oPQOLgQ?...
🎧 Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-e...
📺 Watch here: youtu.be/dcA7oPQOLgQ?...
🎧 Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-e...
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Save the date: We are excited to announce that the next Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics will be held 16-20 June 2025 at Lancaster University. Check our website for more info about programme & applications: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Save the date: We are excited to announce that the next Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics will be held 16-20 June 2025 at Lancaster University. Check our website for more info about programme & applications: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
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What's a "hidden gem" that you really like in lingcomm? 🐦🐦
I'm looking for linguistics communication places beyond the usual/well known
So what's something that's newish or has relatively few followers which you keep being surprised isn't 10x or 100x more popular than it is?
(No self-noms pls!)
I'm looking for linguistics communication places beyond the usual/well known
So what's something that's newish or has relatively few followers which you keep being surprised isn't 10x or 100x more popular than it is?
(No self-noms pls!)
December 11, 2024 at 9:23 PM
What's a "hidden gem" that you really like in lingcomm? 🐦🐦
I'm looking for linguistics communication places beyond the usual/well known
So what's something that's newish or has relatively few followers which you keep being surprised isn't 10x or 100x more popular than it is?
(No self-noms pls!)
I'm looking for linguistics communication places beyond the usual/well known
So what's something that's newish or has relatively few followers which you keep being surprised isn't 10x or 100x more popular than it is?
(No self-noms pls!)
Reposted by Monika Bednarek
#linguistics Blue Sky-ers -- check out my book with Paul Reed, 'Language and Place', coming out *OPEN ACCESS* Jan 16, 2025! It's part of the Cambridge Elements in Sociolinguistics series, & offers advice to sociolinguists looking to engage more with place theory www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Language and Place
Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Language and Place
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December 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
#linguistics Blue Sky-ers -- check out my book with Paul Reed, 'Language and Place', coming out *OPEN ACCESS* Jan 16, 2025! It's part of the Cambridge Elements in Sociolinguistics series, & offers advice to sociolinguists looking to engage more with place theory www.cambridge.org/core/element...