Dear all,
The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University is once again offering a series of informal meetings to explore key issues in corpus linguistics. This summer term's theme is: "How Not to Be Replaced by AI: Corpus Linguistics Reflections."
Each session combines theoretical insights with practical applications, drawing on selected readings and current debates in both AI and corpus linguistics.
Reading: Brezina, V. (2025). Corpus linguistics and AI: #LancsBox X in the context of emerging technologies. International Journal of Language Studies, 19(2), 75-90. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nBbPtP-6Ysok5iHB2X9HPiYG024cm7ie/view
Free Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka
14 May 12pm-12.50pm UK time: Models of Meaning; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 75-79) 28May 12pm-12.50pm UK time: What can AI do better/worse than humans; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 79-83) 11 June 12pm-12.50pm UK time: Communicating Corpus Findings Effectively; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 83-85) 25 June 12pm-12.50pm UK time: #LancsBox X: A New Vision; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 86-89)
Please feel free to join us for these informal sessions!
Best,
Vaclav
Professor Vaclav Brezina Professor in Corpus Linguistics Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YD
Office: County South, room C05 T: +44 (0)1524 510828 @vaclavbrezina [cid:image001.jpg@01DBC001.B9E87080]http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/vaclav-brezina
This summer term’s theme is: “How Not to Be Replaced by AI: Corpus
Linguistics Reflections.”
Selected readings and current debates in both AI and corpus linguistics.
Related to this, some may find the following useful / relevant:
https://www.english-corpora.org/ai-llms/ *New as of **2-3 days ago*, discusses AI/LLM integration at English-Corpora.org; many examples; detailed PDF and video.
https://www.english-corpora.org/ai-llms/corpora-vs-llms.html Seven detailed "white papers" (~90 pages total; many different tests) comparing AI/LLM predictions and actual corpus data -- word frequency, phrase frequency, collocates, comparing words via collocates, genre variation, historical variation, dialectal variation
Best,
Mark Davies English-Corpora.org
On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM Brezina, Vaclav via Corpora < corpora@list.elra.info> wrote:
Dear all,
The *ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science* at *Lancaster University* is once again offering a series of informal meetings to explore key issues in corpus linguistics. This summer term’s theme is: *“How Not to Be Replaced by AI: Corpus Linguistics Reflections.”*
Each session combines theoretical insights with practical applications, drawing on selected readings and current debates in both AI and corpus linguistics.
*Reading:* Brezina, V. (2025). Corpus linguistics and AI: #LancsBox X in the context of emerging technologies. *International Journal of Language Studies, 19*(2), 75-90. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nBbPtP-6Ysok5iHB2X9HPiYG024cm7ie/view
Free Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka
*14 May 12pm-12.50pm UK time*: Models of Meaning; *Reading:* Brezina (2025: pp. 75-79)
*28May 12pm-12.50pm UK time*: What can AI do better/worse than humans; *Reading:* Brezina (2025: pp. 79-83)
*11 June 12pm-12.50pm UK time*: Communicating Corpus Findings Effectively; *Reading:* Brezina (2025: pp. 83-85)
*25 June 12pm-12.50pm UK time*: #LancsBox X: A New Vision; *Reading:* Brezina (2025: pp. 86-89)
Please feel free to join us for these informal sessions!
Best,
Vaclav
*Professor Vaclav Brezina*
Professor in Corpus Linguistics
Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science
Lancaster University
Lancaster, LA1 4YD
Office: County South, room C05 T: +44 (0)1524 510828
@vaclavbrezina
http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/vaclav-brezina
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