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Paul Baker

@paulari.bsky.social

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Professor of English Language at Lancaster University, corpus linguistics, FAcSS, FRSA.

Paul Baker is a British professor and linguist at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of Lancaster University, United Kingdom. His research focuses on corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, corpus-assisted discourse studies and language and identity. He is known for his research on the language of Polari. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts. .. more

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations Issy 🥳

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Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · Aug 20

How do you decide whether or not to use AI tools in your research? One approach is to judge the extent to which they align with the values that underpin your research - in this open access paper we look at this question of alignment. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · Aug 11

Check it out - the corpus MOOC is back (15th September) on a new platform (edX) exploring new topics, including AI. One thing has not changed - it is still free to access 😁 Find out more here: www.edx.org/learn/social...

lancasteruniversity: Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society | edX

In an era of AI and big data, understanding language through data is essential. This hands-on course from Lancaster University—a global leader in corpus linguistics—teaches you to build, query, and an...

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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

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Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare

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

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Jul 14

Sure

Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Jul 5

Thanks Rakan, it was great to catch up with you too

Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Jul 4

What happens when you use AI to tag 8546 images in a 1.5m word corpus of UK news about Islam? How accurate is the tagger? What's the relationship between images and words? My new Cambridge Element with @hannaschmueck.bsky.social and Yufang Qian is now free to access www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Automatic Image Tagging for Corpus Linguistics

Cambridge Core - Research Methods in Linguistics - Automatic Image Tagging for Corpus Linguistics

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Jul 2

Great plenary by @proftaylor.bsky.social and @journolinguist.bsky.social at #CL2025

Charlotte Taylor and Anna Marchi giving a plenary talk.

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Jun 20

A great week at the Lancaster University Summer School in Corpus Linguistics. I think this is the 15th year I've taught on it.

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · May 23

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I’ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief – and our own mortality | Molly Conisbee

How we deal with bereavement has changed hugely over the years, I’ve learned. But not all the old traditions should be forgotten, says historian and author Molly Conisbee

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · May 23

@mollyconisbee.bsky.social congrats on your Guardian article today!

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Apr 15

One of my favourite places might not last much longer 😟https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/apr/14/uks-oldest-indian-restaurant-faces-closure-in-dispute-with-crown-estate

UK’s oldest Indian restaurant faces closure in dispute with crown estate

Owner of Michelin-starred Veeraswamy, London, heads to high court to object to ‘heartless’ plans to upgrade building

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Mar 12

Very proud that my department (Linguistics and English Language) is placed 3rd in the world for a second year www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast...

Lancaster subjects are among best in the world and Linguistics takes third place   - Lancaster University

Linguistics at Lancaster University has been ranked third in the world with eight other subjects making it into the world top 100, according to new rankings released today.

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Mar 12

My recent Darwin College lecture at the University of Cambridge on Polari is now available on YouTube eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Mar 7

Great to represent @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and give a Darwin College lecture at the University of Cambridge this evening on Polari. Among others, the series has hosted Mary Beard, Desmond Tutu, David Crystal, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Hawking and Sandy Toksvig. It was a bona nochy.

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Feb 27

Congratulations Sally, looking forward to getting a copy!

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Sally Hunt @sallyhuntsa.bsky.social · Feb 26

Happy to say this was published yesterday: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Linguistic Representations of Gender in Children's Literature

This book examines how aspects of gender and identity are represented in a cross-section of bestselling children's book series of the last 60 years.

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Paweł Szudarski @pawelszudarski.bsky.social · Feb 15

Happy to share my review of 'Vocabulary, Corpus and Language Teaching', just out in ELT Journal.

#artificialintelligence #ChatGPT #elt

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Vocabulary, corpus and language teaching. A machine-generated literature overview

The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 can be classified as a pivotal moment, one that compels us to pause and consider some fundamental questions related

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Feb 7

Great to chat with @ollyalexander.bsky.social about his fantabulosa new album Polari on The Today Show this morning 👏❤️🌈

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Feb 1

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Nov 20

Congratulations Hanna, that’s great news!

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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Nov 15

Congratulations Federica!

Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · Nov 15

Thanks Lucy, I was inspired by @nounfraze.bsky.social 😎

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