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Vaclav Brezina

@vaclavbrezina

Professor in Corpus linguistics, Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, Lancaster University

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Throwing language data at an AI model and hoping for interpretation? Thoughtful design and transparency matter. 🎯📊 #Science #Induction cass.lancs.ac.uk/open-advanced-…

Throwing language data at an AI model and hoping for interpretation? Thoughtful design and transparency matter. 🎯📊 #Science #Induction 

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A new blogpost by Hanna Atcheson, a visiting scholar from Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně Read about defining moments on Hanna's path to explore #CorpusLinguistics Lancaster University cass.lancs.ac.uk/gaining-moment…

A new blogpost by Hanna Atcheson,  a visiting scholar from <a href="/UTBZlin/">Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně</a> 

Read about defining moments on Hanna's path to explore #CorpusLinguistics <a href="/LancasterUni/">Lancaster University</a> 

cass.lancs.ac.uk/gaining-moment…
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Let's be honest about #Science. "We do not know we can only guess" (Popper) yet there is no other way. #falsification #corroboration Open research group meeting. đź•›Today 12pm Everybody is welcome forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka

Let's be honest about #Science.  "We do not know we can only guess" (Popper) yet there is no other way.  #falsification #corroboration 

Open research group meeting.

đź•›Today 12pm

Everybody is welcome

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Great audience today @ Xi'an Jiaotong University #CorpusLinguistics Masterclass ❓Does frequency matter? ❓How to interpret #corpus data? ❓What is the future of data-driven learning?

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A free webinar on Lancaster University’s online programmes (MA, PG Certificate, short courses for credit) in Corpus Linguistics. 🕚Thursday 27th Feb 11am-12pm UK time 🔧Intro to software tools: #LancsBox X and Lancaster Stats Tools online). forms.office.com/e/uppRBrE5AF

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Between #naturalism and #conventionalism: 1. How does language differ from a stone? 2. How does what a linguist does differ from what a geologist does? CASS Open research group meeting. đź•›Today 12pm Everybody is welcome forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka

Between #naturalism and #conventionalism:

1. How does language differ from a stone?
2. How does what a linguist does differ from what a geologist does?

<a href="/CorpusSocialSci/">CASS</a>  Open research group meeting.  

đź•›Today 12pm  

Everybody is welcome  forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka
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Today 12pm UK time: A discussion about #forms and #functions in language. CASS Open research group (online and in person): cass.lancs.ac.uk/open-advanced-… Everybody is welcome.

Today 12pm UK time: A discussion about #forms and #functions in language.

<a href="/CorpusSocialSci/">CASS</a>  Open research group (online and in person): cass.lancs.ac.uk/open-advanced-…

Everybody is welcome.
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We are delighted to have been ranked 3rd in the world for Linguistics by the QS World Subject Rankings 2025! 🔗 topuniversities.com/university-sub… 🔗 lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster…

We are delighted to have been ranked 3rd in the world for Linguistics by the QS World Subject Rankings 2025!

🔗 topuniversities.com/university-sub…

🔗 lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster…
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From a functionalist perspective, language isn't just words—it’s purpose-driven, shaping meaning through social use. 🗣️💡📖 #meaningfulness #social cass.lancs.ac.uk/open-advanced-…

From a functionalist perspective, language isn't just words—it’s purpose-driven, shaping meaning through social use. 🗣️💡📖

#meaningfulness #social

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✨ Ad fontes! The Prague School 🎓 played a key role in linguistic functionalism ✒️. Their 1929 theses 📜 laid the groundwork for analysing language as a structured system 🔄 with meaningful functions 🎯. #Linguistics #Functionalism #PragueSchool

✨ Ad fontes! The Prague School 🎓 played a key role in linguistic functionalism ✒️. Their 1929 theses 📜 laid the groundwork for analysing language as a structured system 🔄 with meaningful functions 🎯. #Linguistics #Functionalism #PragueSchool
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Today 12pm UK time: A discussion about #repetition and #replication in #corpus #linguistics. CASS Open research group (online and in person): cass.lancs.ac.uk/open-advanced-… Everybody is welcome.

Today 12pm UK time: A discussion about #repetition and #replication in #corpus #linguistics.

<a href="/CorpusSocialSci/">CASS</a> 

Open research group (online and in person): 
cass.lancs.ac.uk/open-advanced-…

Everybody is welcome.
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Leading the way in #CorpusLinguistics! CASS at Lancaster University is tackling real-world challenges with big data and language analysis - now with new co-directors at the helm. Dive into our latest blog to see what’s next: cass.lancs.ac.uk/cass-enters-a-… #Linguistics #AI #SocialScience #CASS

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📢 Join us for another webinar in our series on MA & PG Cert programmes in Corpus Linguistics Lancaster University We'll explore explore #CorpusLinguistics #DigitalHumanities🔍📊 2 April 2-3pm UK time. Register: forms.office.com/e/uppRBrE5AF

📢 Join us for another webinar in our series on MA &amp; PG Cert programmes in Corpus Linguistics <a href="/LancasterUni/">Lancaster University</a>   We'll explore explore #CorpusLinguistics #DigitalHumanities🔍📊 

2 April 2-3pm UK time.

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📚 Flicking through Johnson’s Dictionary on its 270th anniversary while finalising a Frequency Dictionary of Multi-Word Expressions It took Johnson 9 years to complete his — hopefully the frequency volume emerges a bit faster. Lancaster University CASS #270YearsOfJohnson

📚 Flicking through Johnson’s Dictionary on its 270th anniversary while finalising a Frequency Dictionary of Multi-Word Expressions

It took Johnson 9 years to complete his — hopefully the frequency volume emerges a bit faster.

<a href="/LancasterUni/">Lancaster University</a> <a href="/CorpusSocialSci/">CASS</a>

#270YearsOfJohnson
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🚨 A blogpost by Adrian Hemler: how an MA in Corpus Linguistics from Lancaster University helped shape a cutting-edge legal research career. 📚⚖️ From semantic precision to real-world legal applications—ideal for high-flyers in law, language & data. 👉 cass.lancs.ac.uk/corpus-linguis…

🚨 A blogpost by Adrian Hemler: how an MA in Corpus Linguistics from <a href="/LancasterUni/">Lancaster University</a>  helped shape a cutting-edge legal research career. 📚⚖️ 

From semantic precision to real-world legal applications—ideal for high-flyers in law, language &amp; data. 👉 

cass.lancs.ac.uk/corpus-linguis…
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.CASS is offering a series of informal meetings to explore key issues in corpus linguistics. 🤖 How Not to Be Replaced by #AI: Corpus Linguistics Reflections 🗓️ Starts: 14 May, 12pm (UK time) 🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka

.<a href="/CorpusSocialSci/">CASS</a> is offering a series of informal meetings to explore key issues in corpus linguistics.

🤖 How Not to Be Replaced by #AI: Corpus Linguistics Reflections

 🗓️ Starts: 14 May, 12pm (UK time)
đź”— Register now: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka
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Join us today 12pm UK time for our first session in the Summer Term to discuss #CorpusLinguistics and #AI Free registration: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka CASS

Join us today 12pm UK time for our first session in the Summer Term to discuss #CorpusLinguistics and #AI 

Free registration: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka

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