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AntConc Walk-Through
Category : Project Guides
This is a walk-through to introduce to a couple of AntConc’s basic functions: word lists, keyword lists, and concordances. Bear...

Can We Quantify “Bad” Writing?
Category : Mini Experiments
In one of classes, my students were talking about the Sean Penn’s article in which he interviewed the Mexican drug...

Corpus of Presidential Speeches (CoPS) and a Clinton/Trump Corpus (Updated!)
Category : Corpora
In this election season, both linguistics and the popular press have shown an interest in candidates’ speaking styles — particularly...

Figuring out Your Research Topic
Category : Project Guides
This is, of course, difficult if you don’t have much of a background in the field. And it’s doubly tricky...

MICUSP for AntConc and WordSmith
Category : Corpora
The Michigan Corpus of Upper-Level Student Papers is a collection of advanced undergraduate and and graduate student writing. The University...

Normalizing Word Counts
Category : Statistics
One of the things we often do in corpus linguistics is to compare one corpus (or one part of a...

Song Lyrics Data Tables
Category : Corpora
(Download links are below.) Recently, a student of mine who is interested in analyzing song lyrics pointed me to the...

Understanding Keyness
Category : Statistics
In order to identify significant differences between 2 corpora or 2 parts of a corpus, we often use a statistical...

What Data Do I Need?
Category : Project Guides
The type of data you will need to carry out a particular project will depend on a number of factors:...

Workshop: Introduction to Text Analysis with R
Category : Workshops
If you are planning on attending the workshop at Wake Forest University, follow the 11 steps under the “To do...

Writing Up Your Linguistics Project
Category : Project Guides
If you’re new to linguistics, committing your analysis to paper can be anxiety producing. What follows are some tips to...