We welcome you to an online talk hosted by the Sydney Corpus Lab on 4 November on genAI and corpus linguistics

Scheduled: Tuesday 4 November at 7 pm (AEDT - Sydney)

Location: Online (https://sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dinnertalk_kklee_flye...)

Title: Artificial intelligence in corpus linguistic research

Abstract: 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 well as in education and research. This talk will explore the potential of AI in corpus linguistic research based on a synthesis of recent publications on corpus linguistics and generative AI/LLMs. The focus is on how AI can be incorporated into different stages of corpus linguistic research such as data processing/cleaning and analysis. Additionally, the talk will cover general debates around the use of AI in corpus linguistic research, in particular, the concerns around the lack of transparency and replicability.

Speaker: Dr Kelvin Lee is the current Project Manager at the Sydney Corpus Lab. He also teaches Japanese Studies at the University of Sydney. Aside from corpus linguistics, Kelvin's broad research interests include topics in the areas of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, language and identity, and media discourse. He is currently working on research that incorporates corpus linguistic analysis in the examination of language use in Japanese speculative telecinematic texts.