First up is the news that there are more than 700 members. Nice.
Important date for your diaries is 25 September 2017 when another round of #corpusmooc is launching. This time new sections are promised and most notable new addition is a new version of LancsBox. Check out the following two cute vids being used to promote #corpusmooc 2017:
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Also if you use Twitter you can follow the bot corpusmoocRT@corpusmoocFav.
Next up are some great plenary videos from this years Corpus Linguistics 2017 knees-up in Birmingham plus related notes from conference by John Williams.
Checking the distribution of the pair on the one hand/on the other hand in BYU-COCA sections.
A graphic trying to depict keywords as calculated in AntConc.
A possible way to find collocations suitable for various proficiency levels.
And finally for a bit o’ fun is this the longest term in ELT? And The Banbury Corpus Revisted by Michael Swan.
Thanks for reading and for those coming off a summer break much energy to you for the new teaching year.
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