The Survey of English Usage at University College London will be running its 13th Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics online from 24-26 June 2026. This Summer School is an accessible and inspiring introductory course in English Corpus Linguistics for students of linguistics and students of the English language. The course will be taught online over three days in the morning (UK time). The course consists of theoretical and practical sessions. Over the course of the three days, participants learn about the following:

-the scope of Corpus Linguistics, and how we can use corpora to study the English Language; -key issues in Corpus Linguistics methodology; -how to use corpora to analyse issues in syntax, semantics, discourse and World Englishes; -basic elements of statistics; -how to navigate large and small corpora, particularly ICE-GB and DCPSE.

At the end of the course, participants will have:

-acquired a basic but solid knowledge of the terminology, concepts and methodologies used in English Corpus Linguistics; -had practical experience working with two corpora and a corpus exploration tool (ICECUP); -have gained an understanding of the breadth of Corpus Linguistics and the potential application for projects; -have learned about the fundamental concepts of inferential statistics and their practical application to Corpus Linguistics.

Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of concepts in linguistics, especially grammar. Places are limited. Be sure to book early to get the early bird rate. For students in full-time education the course fee includes a free copy of either the ICE-GB Corpus (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/research-projects/1998/sep/ice-gb) or the DCPSE Corpus (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/research-projects/2006/sep/dcpse), with the associated exploration software ICECUP. For more information about the course, provisional timetable and how to apply, see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/summer-school-english-corpus-linguistics

Prof. Bas Aarts

Department of English Language and Literature UCL

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