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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · 9d

The timeline for the projects discussed in this book roughly maps onto my time with @corpussocialsci.bsky.social and will stand proudly on my bookshelf.

Was fun to write, too.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Copies of the book, Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · 20d

From Ben Blatt’s “Nabokov’s Favourite Word is Mauve: The Literary Quirks and Oddities of our Most-Loved Authors” (2017; Simon & Schuster)!

Graph showing relative frequency of exclamation points per one hundred thousand words for literary authors

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · 23d

I used to do a workshop on analysing social media data (including emoji) for the Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics. 🖥️📄

Then William Platt and I decided to write a paper based on the data.

So: what happened on University Twitter during lockdown? Here’s one case study 😷🌹

doi.org/10.3366/cor....

Keywords and key emoji: investigating a university’s Twitter posts before, during and after covid-related restrictions | Corpora

Many universities use social media to communicate and engage with stakeholders, including students and staff. In recent years, universities were also faced with navigating the challenges resulting fro...

doi.org

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BAAL Health & Science SIG @baal-health-sig.bsky.social · Feb 7

We are delighted to confirm our #2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation. In person @lancslinguistics.bsky.social on 21/03/25 and online on 25/03/25. Plenaries @elenasemino.bsky.social & @fmfederici.bsky.social All welcome: register via website - baalhealthsci.wordpress.com

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BAAL Health & Science SIG @baal-health-sig.bsky.social · Mar 18

Please join us for our upcoming workshops on social justice, health inequalities, language diversity and inclusion: in person this Friday 21/3 @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and online on Tuesday 25/3. A wonderful line-up of presentations!
baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/2...

2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation

This year’s workshop series has a particular interest in discussing concerns around social justice, health inequalities, language diversity and inclusion. The event will span two days (schedu…

baalhealthsci.wordpress.com

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Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social · Jul 17

Just received the final proofs of this book, based on @corpussocialsci.bsky.social research on health communication. It will be out *open access* later this year. @paulari.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social @tonymcenery.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare

Cambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Mar 25

After a soft launch in the last couple of weeks, #wmatrix version 7 is now completely freely available worldwide for academic users plus UK government and NHS email addresses. This is the largest revision of the software since it was created 25 years ago: ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/wmatrix/

Wmatrix corpus analysis and comparison tool

ucrel.lancs.ac.uk

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · Mar 25

Day 2: Colleagues are joining us online to talk about communication around health inequalities and lived experience.

There’s still time to register at the Events page and get the link to join us:

BAAL Health & Science SIG @baal-health-sig.bsky.social · Mar 18

Please join us for our upcoming workshops on social justice, health inequalities, language diversity and inclusion: in person this Friday 21/3 @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and online on Tuesday 25/3. A wonderful line-up of presentations!
baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/2...

2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation

This year’s workshop series has a particular interest in discussing concerns around social justice, health inequalities, language diversity and inclusion. The event will span two days (schedu…

baalhealthsci.wordpress.com

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · Mar 21

Day 1 of our @baal-health-sig.bsky.social event, supported by the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science.

Were in-person @lancasteruni.bsky.social and you can register at our events page for the online broadcast link and watch along

Entrance to building labelled Management School

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · Feb 12

A reminder that we are hosting the BAAL Health and Science Communication SIG event on the topic of Inequalities, inclusion and innovation

Day 1: Friday 21 March, Lancaster University (hybrid)
Day 2: Tuesday 25 March (online only)

Registration is open and FREE: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

BAAL Health & Science SIG @baal-health-sig.bsky.social · Feb 7

We are delighted to confirm our #2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation. In person @lancslinguistics.bsky.social on 21/03/25 and online on 25/03/25. Plenaries @elenasemino.bsky.social & @fmfederici.bsky.social All welcome: register via website - baalhealthsci.wordpress.com

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Jack Grieve @jwgrieve.bsky.social · Dec 10

Two new Assistant Professorships in our department

Language and New Media:

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Intercultural Communication:

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Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications (Language and New Media) (Research and Education) - School of English, Drama and Creative Studies - 104941 - Grade 8

The post holder will contribute high quality teaching to our suite of successful programmes which includes the BA in Digital Media and Communications launched on the University’s Edgbaston campus in S...

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · Nov 19

New paper co-authored with @elenasemino.bsky.social
in Language and Health: A linguistic analysis of female and male opening posts on an online forum dedicated to pain

Open Access and available online: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

Front page of an article in Language and Health

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · Nov 19

Call for papers: “Health and science communication: Inequalities, Inclusion & Innovation”, hosted by the BAAL Health and Science Communication SIG.

To be held at Lancaster University on 22nd March 2025 (in person) and 25th March (online).

Deadline: 11th December
baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/events/

Events and notices

Starting in 2015, the BAAL Health and Science Communication SIG has run a range of national and international events, which you can find out more about via our workshops pages. In 2021, in response…

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · Feb 7

Excellent presentation from
@lucyjones.bsky.social, talking to us about ethnographic fieldwork with young LGBTQ+ people.

Check out the related campaign: nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

This talk was part of the Goldlings online guest lecture series: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Goldlings online guest lecture: Dr Lucy Jones

Language, identity and intersectionality: Analysing race in the talk of LGBTQ+ youth

www.gold.ac.uk

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Luke C Collins @lukeccollins.bsky.social · Jan 8

From 2023:
Language, Discourse and Anxiety
cambridge.org/core/books/l...

Viral Language: Analysing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Public Discourse
routledge.com/Viral-Langua...

Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication: A Guide for Research
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

Copies of the book, 'Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication: A Guide for Research'

Copies of the book, 'Language, Discourse and Anxiety'

Copies of the book, 'Viral Language: Analysing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Public Discourse'

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