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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Jul 7

Excited to have a new open-access article out on online depression discourse in the journal Corpus-based Studies across Humanities, together with my brilliant doctoral student Youngmeen Kim! Check it out at www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...!

Detection and Analysis of Depression-Related Language in an Online Community: Machine Learning, Topic Modeling, and Corpus-Linguistic Approaches

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders worldwide and may affect an individual’s ability to perform essential life activities. Still, “less than 25 % of individuals with depression recei...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Jul 7

@cl2025.co.uk Home after an excellent CL2025 conference where I got to share current research, represent the SCL book series, and reconnect with dear colleagues/friends I’ve known for 20+ years! Huge thanks to the whole organizing team, esp @robbielove.org, and hope to see everyone again soon!!

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Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2025 @slrf2025.bsky.social · Apr 12

Have you heard the news? SLRF 2025 will feature a pre-conference workshop on Mixed Methods in SLA Research, led by Dr. Wenhao Diao and Dr. Naoko Taguchi. You won't want to miss this excellent session on integrating qualitative and quantitative methods to produce high quality, impactful L2 research!

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Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2025 @slrf2025.bsky.social · Apr 5

SLRF 2025 is looking for reviewers! Volunteers will be asked to review ~3-5 abstracts by April 30. Sign up by Thursday, April 10 at forms.gle/eEWontcNiNA3....

SLRF 2025 Reviewer Confirmation Form

Thank you for your interest in serving as a reviewer for SLRF 2025! We're currently finalizing our reviewer list and would like to confirm your availability and areas of interest. Please take a moment...

forms.gle

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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Apr 3

I’ve just decided to attend the CL 2025 Conference! I’ll be wearing my researcher/presenter and my book series editor hats 🎩 🎩 . Find me during the conference for a chat about usage-based SLA research and/or publication ideas for the @johnbenjamins.bsky.social Studies in Corpus Linguistics series!

Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk · Feb 28

📢 Review outcomes for #CL2025 have just been sent via email 📢

Congratulations to the authors of all accepted submissions, and many thanks to our programme committee for providing over 1,000 reviews!

Registration will open at the end of March - more info: www.cl2025.co.uk

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SylvGranger @sylvgranger.bsky.social · Apr 1

Abstract submission deadline for the Learner Corpus Research Graduate Conference (Chemnitz, 22-24 October 2025) extended to April 25, 2025. www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english... Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory

English and Digital Linguistics: LCRGrad 2025

www.tu-chemnitz.de

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Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk · Mar 28

📢 Conference registration now open! 📢

Registration for #CL2025 is now open, with early bird rates valid until 9th May.

Registration info: www.cl2025.co.uk/registration

Workshops info: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme/wo...

We're very excited to welcome you to Birmingham in just over 3 months!

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Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · Mar 27

New Cambridge Element Second Language Phonology by Ellen Simon is now free to read for 2 weeks!

📘 cup.org/3Y3JFhA

#cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics

cover of the Cambridge Element in Phonology titled Second Language Phonology

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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Mar 27

Well that’s how I got Stefan Gries to do his recent SCL monograph…. Keep thinking about it 😊

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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Mar 27

Thank you @perez-paredes.bsky.social and congratulations to you on your contributions! I too am looking forward to seeing this volume out in print!

Pascual Pérez-Paredes @perez-paredes.bsky.social · Mar 27

So glad that this volume is underway! Congrats editors Henry Tyne & @sspina.bsky.social and @johnbenjamins.bsky.social series editor @ute-rb.bsky.social #corpuslinguistics More on my contributions here later on 🎓🎓 benjamins.com/catalog/scl....

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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Mar 27

Agreed 😊 Maybe it’s time to start thinking about a second volume with your name on the cover?

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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Mar 25

New publication alert! My chapter on usage-based SLA and data-driven learning is now available in the living edition of the new Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. It is one of currently 44 entries with many more to come.

link.springer.com/referencewor...

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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Mar 25

One of my favorite things about attending academic conferences: I get to meet with publishers to see what’s new in the field and discuss new directions for research! An added bonus: to hold the latest volumes in the book series I edit for @johnbenjamins.bsky.social! #AAAL2025 #corpuslinguistics

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John Benjamins Publishing Company @johnbenjamins.bsky.social · Mar 25

🌟 LIVE at AAAL 2025 in Denver! 🌟

📚 Do visit the John Benjamins book exhibit and meet publishing expert 📸 Marten Stavenga @mstavenga.bsky.social with whom you can chat about our books, your work and publishing projects!

More info 👉 benjamins.com/conferences/...

#aaal2025 #appliedlinguistics

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