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Monika Bednarek is a German-born Australian linguist. She is a professor in linguistics at the University of Sydney and director… more

Monika Bednarek
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Communication & Media Studies 42%
Psychology 22%
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
SydneyCorpusLab event: Online talk with @celesterl.bsky.social on Tues 7 Oct “The Yarning Corpus: Aboriginal English in Southwest Western Australia”
7pm Sydney 6pm Brisbane 4pm Perth 9am London 10am Berlin
Details in flyer
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by Monika Bednarek — Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details:
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
The recording of the recent ISLE expert forum on telecinematic discourse is now available:
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
New article published online, part of my ongoing collaboration with Barbra Meek:

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“Are you Navajo or Inuit?” Identity, television dialogue, and Indigenizing semiotics
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

jslx.bsky.social
🚨 Our February issue is here!

Read thought-provoking articles on:
📌 Race & LGBTQ+ youth identities
📌 The embodiment of sexuality by signers & speakers
📌 A special theme issue on awareness in sociolinguistics

See the full issue here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679841...
Journal of Sociolinguistics: Vol 29, No 1
Click on the title to browse this issue
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
Didn’t know “having or taking an early mark” had such restricted use:
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/qa-wher...
Q&A: Where did the “early mark” come from? | Australian Writers' Centre
Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration...
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by Charlotte Taylor — Reposted by: Monika Bednarek, Pascual Pérez-Paredes

proftaylor.bsky.social
📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore

Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

languages-direct.com
Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows https://buff.ly/4gLpADv #langsky
Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows
Dutch scientist Leonie Cornips has become fascinated with how cows communicate. But can this really be called 'language'?
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek, Janina Wildfeuer

jlpopculture.bsky.social
There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W
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by Charlotte Taylor — Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

theguardian.com
‘Illegal’ among words most often linked to migrants in UK politics, report finds
‘Illegal’ among words most often linked to migrants in UK politics, report finds
Exclusive: Language during debates reinforces view of migration as inherently unlawful, says Runnymede Trust * UK politics live – latest updates The word “illegal” has been one of the terms most strongly associated with migrants in UK parliamentary…
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
New blog post exploring media representation of weight loss
sydneycorpuslab.com/construction...
Constructions of weight loss in British and Australian newspapers
Written by Tara Coltman-Patel, Carly Bray, Paul Baker and Monika Bednarek Note: This post was simultaneously published by the Sydney Corpus Lab and by the Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Sci…
sydneycorpuslab.com
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek, Gavin Brookes

cl2025.co.uk
Still thinking of submitting an abstract for #CL2025? Good news - you have an extra week!

Extended (and final) deadline for paper, poster, panel and workshop submissions: Friday 24th January 2025 (23:59 GMT)

www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek, Gavin Brookes

tonymcenery.bsky.social
Call for papers - Corpus Linguistics 2025! Closing date for proposals 17th January 2025. More information here: www.cl2025.co.uk
CL2025
Welcome to the thirteenth international Corpus Linguistics conference (CL2025), co-organised by Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham. CL2025 will take place fr...
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
UMich when I arrived…
UMich as I leave
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

corpora.bsky.social
Our 2nd most downloaded article is Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media by Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Investigating evaluation and news values in news items that are shared through social media | Corpora
The sharing of news through social media platforms is now a significant part of mainstream online media use and is an increasingly important consideration in journalism practice and production. This p...
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
It’s that time of the year… “The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab”
sydneycorpuslab.com/2024-the-yea...
2024: The year in review for the Sydney Corpus Lab
written by Monika Bednarek 2024 was yet another busy year for the Sydney Corpus Lab, as we continued working on various projects, including our collaboration on the Language Data Commons of Austral…
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

davidadger.bsky.social
Permanent computational linguistics job @ QM. Deadline 5th January. We're looking for a linguist w/ computational focus, to teach on new MSc Linguistics&AI who fits our research (phon, syn, sem, socio, neuro, exper). linguistlist.org/issues/35.33... (salary on scale w/ annual increases) #linguistics
LINGUIST List 35.3363 Jobs: Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
I really need a beanie now! (-10 degrees outside) The Macquarie dictionary defines it as ‘a small close-fitting knitted cap, often having a pompom or other decoration on top.’ And here’s a fun link to a song youtu.be/Aey_zIE3K9E?...
The Cat Empire - Beanni (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Cat Empire
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

lynneguist.bsky.social
With thanks to @corpusling.bsky.social , I have now blogged about yesterday's obsession, beanies

separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2024/12/bean...
beanie (hat)
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

gretchenmcc.bsky.social
What's a "hidden gem" that you really like in lingcomm? 🐦🐦

I'm looking for linguistics communication places beyond the usual/well known

So what's something that's newish or has relatively few followers which you keep being surprised isn't 10x or 100x more popular than it is?

(No self-noms pls!)
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
I always thought “beanie” was Australian English
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

drkatcarm.bsky.social
#linguistics Blue Sky-ers -- check out my book with Paul Reed, 'Language and Place', coming out *OPEN ACCESS* Jan 16, 2025! It's part of the Cambridge Elements in Sociolinguistics series, & offers advice to sociolinguists looking to engage more with place theory www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Language and Place
Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Language and Place
www.cambridge.org
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek, Elena Semino

danagablas.bsky.social
Save the date: We are excited to announce that the next Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics will be held 16-20 June 2025 at Lancaster University. Check our website for more info about programme & applications: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

jrkasstan.bsky.social
Join us for the last #Westminster #linguistics seminar of term (11th Dec, 4PM): @katespowage.bsky.social will be presenting her work on 'Global #English, #decolonisation, and the critique of capitalism'. Free to attend and open to all yee interested followers: us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
Accompanied by four invited expert commentaries
by Sylvia Jaworska: https://buff.ly/4fSoUMW
by Akira Murakami, Susan Hunston & Paul Thompson: https://buff.ly/3Z8qKSA
by Martin Schweinberger: https://buff.ly/3Bh00Y0
by Maite Taboada: https://buff.ly/49p17Sk
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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
New discussion paper "Topic modelling in corpus-based discourse analysis: Uses and critiques" now out in Discourse Studies: https://buff.ly/3Z4h0sw
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Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

robbielove.org
Out now! #CorpusCast Episode #36: CorpusCast in Review, celebrating three years of podcasting about corpus linguistics and what it can do for society. Thanks to all guests, listeners and @astonpress.bsky.social!

📺 Watch here: youtu.be/dcA7oPQOLgQ?...

🎧 Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-e...
Episode 36 | Dr Robbie Love on CorpusCast - The Finale
YouTube video by Aston Originals
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by Ingrid Piller — Reposted by: Monika Bednarek

languageonthemove.bsky.social
"A highly readable and rich account of migrant stories (Catherine Travis about "Life in a New Language")

In our new Lanugage-on-the-Move post, @loylising.bsky.social reflects on the recent @auslingsoc.bsky.social conference

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by Monika Bednarek

corpusling.bsky.social
Not sure where the link disappeared to: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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