Is Academic Writing Becoming More Colloquial?
Have you noticed that academic writing in books and journals seems less formal than it used to? Preliminary data from the Written BNC2014 shows that
Abigail Hawtin
July 10 2018
Have you noticed that academic writing in books and journals seems less formal than it used to? Preliminary data from the Written BNC2014 shows that
Researchers from CASS recently attended the ICAME38 conference at Charles University in Prague. Luckily, we arrived in Prague a day early which gave us plenty
Registration now open for Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics and other Digital Methods! We are pleased to announce that we will be running our
CASS PhD student, Amelia Joulain-Jay, has been researching to what extent OCR errors are a problem when researching historical texts, and whether these errors can
Dr Sheryl Prentice’s work on using technology to aid in the detection of terrorists has been gaining a lot of attention in the media this
CASS is delighted to welcome visiting researcher Yufang Qian to the centre, where she will be working on a project exploring the representation of Chinese medicine
FireAnt, a tool for extracting, visualising and exporting social media data, is making headlines! The tool, developed by Claire Hardaker and Laurence Anthony at CASS,
CASS is extremely sorry to hear of the death of Professor John Urry. We have lost a very distinguished and enthusiastic member of our team,
CASS is delighted that the Gale Dissertation Research Fellowship for research to be undertaken in 2016 has been awarded to Amelia Joulain-Jay, a PhD student
Congratulations to CASS ‘s Professor Ram-Prasad who has been announced as the winner of the ‘Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies (2011-2015)’ book ‘Divine Self, Human Self: The Philosophy of
CASS just keeps getting fuller! Gavin Brookes is the newest senior research associate to join the centre, and will be working on our “Beyond the checkbox
We are excited to be welcoming Craig Evans to the centre in October, as the recipient of a PhD studentship which was awarded to CASS