Dear all,

The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, Lancaster University offers an Open Advanced Methods in Corpus Linguistics research group, which meets fortnightly online/in person.

We start on Wed 15 January 12-12.50pm UK time.

This is an informal meeting space for exchange of ideas on corpus linguistics, methodology and science. This term we will be discussing: Fundamental principles of (social) science.

Everybody is welcome.

Free registration: https://forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka

Reading: McEnery & Brezina (2022). Fundamental Principles of Corpus Linguistics. CUP.

Topics:

Wed 15/01/2025 12-12.50pm online and in person County South C89 - Research and common sense. Chapter 1 Wed 29/01/2025 12-12.50pm online and in person County South C89 What is science? Chapter 2 Wed 12/02/2025 12-12.50pm online and in person County South C89 How to do science? Chapter 3 Wed 26/02/2025 12-12.50pm online and in person County South B89 What is social science and the digital humanities? Chapter 4 Wed 12/03/2025 12-12.50pm online and in person County South B89 Forms and functions Chapter 5 Wed 26/03/2025 12-12.50pm online and in person County South C89 Repetition and replication Chapters 6-7

Professor Vaclav Brezina Professor in Corpus Linguistics Department of Linguistics and English Language ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YD

Office: County South, room C05 T: +44 (0)1524 510828 [cid:image001.jpg@01DB60FE.4D884EE0]@vaclavbrezina [cid:image002.jpg@01DB60FE.4D884EE0]http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/vaclav-brezina