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Dr Andreas Buerki
Uwch Ddarlithydd
Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth
- BuerkiA@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 74504
- Adeilad John Percival , Ystafell 3.29, Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
- Siarad Cymraeg
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwyg
I am a member of the Centre for Language and Communication Research.
I am principally a quantitative corpus linguist and phraseologist, looking at how language as actually used by speakers (and writers) in real contexts works. My work is of a broadly usage-based, cognitive linguistic outlook, employing a constructionist approach to linguistic structure.
I am particularly interested in the various aspects of formulaic language (common turns of phrase, phraseology) and in the social and cultural nature of language and how this shows in linguistic structure, language change and all sorts of more applied areas like second language acquisition.
I am a member of the 'Cardiff Corpus Network' of corpus linguists at Cardiff where among other projects, the CorCenCC Welsh language corpus project is based. I am also a member of the Cardiff Language and Law (CaLL) group and the Digital Cultures Network at Cardiff.
Before coming to Cardiff I taught at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the University of the West of England, the University of Basel, as well as Korea University and Gwangju University.
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- Buerki, A. 2023. Sonja Poulsen, Collocations as a language resource: A functional and cognitive study in English phraseology (Human Cognitive Processing 71). Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2022. Pp. xvi + 348. ISBN 9789027210838. [Book Review]. English Language and Linguistics (10.1017/S1360674323000138)
2022
- Buerki, A. 2022. Towards progressive-reflective digital practices in Higher Education. Presented at: TechHighEd Pakistan 2022, Islamabad, Pakistan, 23 - 24 February 2022.
2021
- Buerki, A. 2021. Reading discourses through their phraseology: the case of Brexit. In: Formulaic Language: Theories and Methods. Berlin: Language Science Press, pp. 141-170., (10.5281/zenodo.4727671)
- Buerki, A. 2021. What genre is Wikipedia?. Presented at: Corpus Linguistics International Conference 2021 (CL2021), Limerick, Ireland, 13-16 July 2021.
- Buerki, A. 2021. Pro-tem phraseology: what is it and what does it mean for phraseological theory?. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2021, Virtual, 6-9 September 2021.
2020
- Buerki, A. 2020. How Brexit Changed the English language. The Conversation 2020, article number: 30 Dec.
- Spasic, I., Williams, L. and Buerki, A. 2020. Idiom–based features in sentiment analysis: cutting the Gordian knot. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing 11(2) (10.1109/TAFFC.2017.2777842)
- Buerki, A. 2020. Formulaic language and linguistic change: A data-led approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (10.1017/9781108769976)
- Buerki, A. 2020. (How) is formulaic language universal? Insights from Korean, German and English. In: Piirainen, E. et al. eds. Formulaic Language and New Data: Theoretical and Methodological Implications. Formulaic Language Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 103-134., (10.1515/9783110669824-005)
2019
- Buerki, A. 2019. Furiously fast: on the speed of change in formulaic language. Yearbook of Phraseology 10(1), pp. 5-38. (10.1515/phras-2019-0003)
- Buerki, A. 2019. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant?. In: MacKenzie, I. and Kayman, M. eds. Formulaicity and creativity in language and literature. London: Routledge, pp. 15-36.
- Buerki, A. 2019. Brexit phraseology. Presented at: CL2019: International Corpus Linguistics Conference, Cardiff, Wales, 22-26 July 2019.
2018
- Buerki, A. 2018. Rate of change in phraseological expressions. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2018, Białystok, Poland, 10-12 September 2018.
- Spasic, I., Corcoran, P., Gagarin, A. and Buerki, A. 2018. Head to head: Semantic similarity of multi-word terms. IEEE Access 6, pp. 20545-20557. (10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2826224)
2017
- Buerki, A. 2017. Using big diachronic language data to feel the pulse of cultural change. Presented at: Digital Cultures Network Symposium on Investigating (with) Big Data, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 24 May 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Statistical computing: descriptive statistics with R. Presented at: CLCR Software Training Workshops, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 29 March 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Measuring and matching corpus size cross-linguistically. Presented at: Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Annual Symposium, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 4 March 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Methods and applications of computational identification of formulaicity – an overview. Presented at: Research Symposium on Methods and Applications of Computational (and other) Identification of Formulaicity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 27 February 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Computational workshop: N-Gram processor. Presented at: Research Symposium on Methods and Applications of Computational (and other) Identification of Formulaicity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 27 February 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Frequency consolidation among word N-grams: a practical procedure. In: Mitkov, R. ed. Computational and Corpus-Based Phraseology. Lecture notes in Computer Science Vol. 10596. Cham: Springer, pp. 432-446., (10.1007/978-3-319-69805-2)
- Buerki, A. 2017. Frequency consolidation among word N-grams: A practical procedure. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2017: Computational and Corpus-based Phraseology, London, UK, 13-14 November 2017.
2016
- Buerki, A., Wray, A. and Fitzpatrick, T. 2016. Linguistic markers and risk of Alzheimer's Disease. Presented at: BRACE Annual Celebration 2016, Filton, UK, 6 June 2016.
- Buerki, A. 2016. Feeling the pulse of cultural change using common phraseology. Presented at: HiSoN Conference on Historical Sociolinguistics and Socio-Cultural Change, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland, 9 - 11 March 2016.
- Buerki, A. 2016. Automatic identification of formulaic sequences in (fairly) big data: practical introduction to a procedure. Presented at: Advances in Identifying Formulaic Sequences:A Methodological Workshop, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 22 January 2016.
- Buerki, A. 2016. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant?. European Journal of English Studies 20(1), pp. 15-34. (10.1080/13825577.2015.1136158)
- Buerki, A. 2016. Formal and functional equivalence across typological diversity: insights from formulaic sequences in Korean, German and English. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2016, Trier, Germany, 1 August 2016.
2015
- Buerki, A. 2015. Phraseological fingerprints: using habitual wordings to aid authorship attribution. Presented at: Corpus Linguistics in the South (CLS) 10: Corpus approaches to public and professional discourse, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 28 November 2015.
- Buerki, A. 2015. An introduction to R. Presented at: CLCR Software Training Workshops, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 25 November 2015.
- Buerki, A. 2015. Mein Diplom und unser Diplom [on individual and societal aspects of a university degree]. Presented at: Graduation Ceremony of the Philosophical-Historical Faculty of the University of Basel, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland, 28 March 2015.
- Buerki, A. 2015. Word Association Data Processor. GitHub.
2014
- Buerki, A. 2014. Approaches to formulaic language as a universal phenomenon. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2014, Université Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France, 10 September 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Motivation in recent and ongoing language change: it’s not all in the system. Presented at: 5th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Lancaster University, UK, 29 July 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant?. Presented at: FLaRN 2014, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 14 July 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Good and bad reasons for using and not using quantitative methods in linguistic research: a personal view. Presented at: CLCR Postgraduate Conference, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 29 May 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Language Shaped by Culture (and Culture by Language) – One Way to Get a Handle on it. Presented at: CLCR Research Seminar, Cardiff University, 19 March 2014.
2013
- Buerki, A. 2013. Towards a cross-linguistic concept of formulaic language: Introduction to a project. Presented at: Formulaic Language Research Seminar, Cardiff, 5 December 2013.
- Buerki, A. 2013. Automatically identifying instances of change in diachronic corpus data. Presented at: Corpus Linguistics 2013, Lancaster University, UK, 22 - 26 July 2013.
- Buerki, A. 2013. Multiword expressions – (how) are they universal?. Presented at: Korpuslinguistik Kolloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 24 April 2013.
- Buerki, A. 2013. N-Gram Processor. GitHub. (10.5281/zenodo.18064)
2012
- Buerki, A. 2012. Identifying relevant change in diachronic corpora: a perspective from research into formulaic language. Presented at: Korpuslinguistik Kolloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2 May 2012.
- Buerki, A. 2012. Great or small, fast or slow: assessing extent and speed of change in multiword sequences. Presented at: FLaRN 2012, Tilburg, 30 March 2012.
- Buerki, A. 2012. Korpusgeleitete Extraktion von Mehrwortsequenzen aus (diachronen) Korpora: Vorgehenswege für deutschsprachige Daten [‘Corpus-led extraction of multiword sequences from (diachronic) corpora: procedures for work on German-language data’]. In: Aspekte der historischen Phraseologie und Phraseographie. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter
2011
- Buerki, A. 2011. Ausmass des Sprachwandels quantitativ messen: zur Veränderung von Mehrwortsequenzen im Schweizer Text Korpus’ [Measuring the extent of language change quantitatively: on change in multi-word sequences in the Swiss Text Corpus]. Presented at: Korpuslinguistik Kolloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 23 November 2011.
- Buerki, A. 2011. Sociocultural change and multi-word sequences: perspectives from the Swiss Text Corpus. Presented at: Language as a Social and Cultural Practice, Basel, 8 -10 June 2011.
- Buerki, A. 2011. Substring reduction and frequency consolidation among word N-Grams: suggestion for a procedure. Presented at: 6th International Newcastle Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, Newcastle, 7 April 2011.
- Buerki, A. 2011. SubString. GitHub. (10.5281/zenodo.18164)
2010
- Buerki, A. 2010. Lexis that rings a bell: on the influence of auditory support in vocabulary acquisition. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 20(2), pp. 206-231. (10.1111/j.1473-4192.2009.00246.x)
- Buerki, A. 2010. Korpus-geleitete Extraktion von Mehrworteinheiten – Probleme und Lösungen aus dem Umgang mit Deutschen Daten [Corpus-led extraction of multi-word units – problems and solutions in working with German data]. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2010, Universidad de Granada, 30 June -2 July 2010.
- Buerki, A. 2010. (How) Are Multi-word Sequences Universal? On the nature and degree of universality of multi-word sequences from the perspective of Korean, German and English. Presented at: Seoul International Conference on Linguistics, Korea, 23 - 25 June 2010.
- Buerki, A. 2010. All sorts of change: a preliminary typology of change in multi-word sequences in the Swiss Text Corpus. Presented at: FLaRN 2010, Paderborn, Germany, 26 March 2010.
- Buerki, A. 2010. Using corpora in ELT. In: KOTESOL Proceedings 2006. Seoul: Myeongjinsa, pp. 37-48.
2009
- Buerki, A. 2009. Multi-word sequences in motion. Presented at: Corpus Linguistics 2009, Liverpool, 22 July 2009.
2007
- Buerki, A. 2007. Fostering learner independence in the area of lexico-grammar. Presented at: Departmental seminar, Institute of Foreign Language Studies (IFLS), Korea, 31 October 2007.
2006
- Buerki, A. 2006. Using Corpora in ELT: A few ideas. Presented at: 14th Annual KOTESOL International Conference, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, 28-29 October 2006. pp. 37-48.
- Buerki, A. 2006. Review of Gavioli, Laura 'Exploring corpora for ESP Learning'. English Teaching Professional 47, pp. 40-41.
2004
- Buerki, A. 2004. English hearts and what they tell us about language and mind. SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 247-267.
Articles
- Buerki, A. 2023. Sonja Poulsen, Collocations as a language resource: A functional and cognitive study in English phraseology (Human Cognitive Processing 71). Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2022. Pp. xvi + 348. ISBN 9789027210838. [Book Review]. English Language and Linguistics (10.1017/S1360674323000138)
- Buerki, A. 2020. How Brexit Changed the English language. The Conversation 2020, article number: 30 Dec.
- Spasic, I., Williams, L. and Buerki, A. 2020. Idiom–based features in sentiment analysis: cutting the Gordian knot. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing 11(2) (10.1109/TAFFC.2017.2777842)
- Buerki, A. 2019. Furiously fast: on the speed of change in formulaic language. Yearbook of Phraseology 10(1), pp. 5-38. (10.1515/phras-2019-0003)
- Spasic, I., Corcoran, P., Gagarin, A. and Buerki, A. 2018. Head to head: Semantic similarity of multi-word terms. IEEE Access 6, pp. 20545-20557. (10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2826224)
- Buerki, A. 2016. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant?. European Journal of English Studies 20(1), pp. 15-34. (10.1080/13825577.2015.1136158)
- Buerki, A. 2010. Lexis that rings a bell: on the influence of auditory support in vocabulary acquisition. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 20(2), pp. 206-231. (10.1111/j.1473-4192.2009.00246.x)
- Buerki, A. 2006. Review of Gavioli, Laura 'Exploring corpora for ESP Learning'. English Teaching Professional 47, pp. 40-41.
- Buerki, A. 2004. English hearts and what they tell us about language and mind. SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 247-267.
Book sections
- Buerki, A. 2021. Reading discourses through their phraseology: the case of Brexit. In: Formulaic Language: Theories and Methods. Berlin: Language Science Press, pp. 141-170., (10.5281/zenodo.4727671)
- Buerki, A. 2020. (How) is formulaic language universal? Insights from Korean, German and English. In: Piirainen, E. et al. eds. Formulaic Language and New Data: Theoretical and Methodological Implications. Formulaic Language Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 103-134., (10.1515/9783110669824-005)
- Buerki, A. 2019. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant?. In: MacKenzie, I. and Kayman, M. eds. Formulaicity and creativity in language and literature. London: Routledge, pp. 15-36.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Frequency consolidation among word N-grams: a practical procedure. In: Mitkov, R. ed. Computational and Corpus-Based Phraseology. Lecture notes in Computer Science Vol. 10596. Cham: Springer, pp. 432-446., (10.1007/978-3-319-69805-2)
- Buerki, A. 2012. Korpusgeleitete Extraktion von Mehrwortsequenzen aus (diachronen) Korpora: Vorgehenswege für deutschsprachige Daten [‘Corpus-led extraction of multiword sequences from (diachronic) corpora: procedures for work on German-language data’]. In: Aspekte der historischen Phraseologie und Phraseographie. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter
- Buerki, A. 2010. Using corpora in ELT. In: KOTESOL Proceedings 2006. Seoul: Myeongjinsa, pp. 37-48.
Books
- Buerki, A. 2020. Formulaic language and linguistic change: A data-led approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (10.1017/9781108769976)
Conferences
- Buerki, A. 2022. Towards progressive-reflective digital practices in Higher Education. Presented at: TechHighEd Pakistan 2022, Islamabad, Pakistan, 23 - 24 February 2022.
- Buerki, A. 2021. What genre is Wikipedia?. Presented at: Corpus Linguistics International Conference 2021 (CL2021), Limerick, Ireland, 13-16 July 2021.
- Buerki, A. 2021. Pro-tem phraseology: what is it and what does it mean for phraseological theory?. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2021, Virtual, 6-9 September 2021.
- Buerki, A. 2019. Brexit phraseology. Presented at: CL2019: International Corpus Linguistics Conference, Cardiff, Wales, 22-26 July 2019.
- Buerki, A. 2018. Rate of change in phraseological expressions. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2018, Białystok, Poland, 10-12 September 2018.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Using big diachronic language data to feel the pulse of cultural change. Presented at: Digital Cultures Network Symposium on Investigating (with) Big Data, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 24 May 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Statistical computing: descriptive statistics with R. Presented at: CLCR Software Training Workshops, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 29 March 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Measuring and matching corpus size cross-linguistically. Presented at: Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Annual Symposium, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 4 March 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Methods and applications of computational identification of formulaicity – an overview. Presented at: Research Symposium on Methods and Applications of Computational (and other) Identification of Formulaicity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 27 February 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Computational workshop: N-Gram processor. Presented at: Research Symposium on Methods and Applications of Computational (and other) Identification of Formulaicity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 27 February 2017.
- Buerki, A. 2017. Frequency consolidation among word N-grams: A practical procedure. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2017: Computational and Corpus-based Phraseology, London, UK, 13-14 November 2017.
- Buerki, A., Wray, A. and Fitzpatrick, T. 2016. Linguistic markers and risk of Alzheimer's Disease. Presented at: BRACE Annual Celebration 2016, Filton, UK, 6 June 2016.
- Buerki, A. 2016. Feeling the pulse of cultural change using common phraseology. Presented at: HiSoN Conference on Historical Sociolinguistics and Socio-Cultural Change, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland, 9 - 11 March 2016.
- Buerki, A. 2016. Automatic identification of formulaic sequences in (fairly) big data: practical introduction to a procedure. Presented at: Advances in Identifying Formulaic Sequences:A Methodological Workshop, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 22 January 2016.
- Buerki, A. 2016. Formal and functional equivalence across typological diversity: insights from formulaic sequences in Korean, German and English. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2016, Trier, Germany, 1 August 2016.
- Buerki, A. 2015. Phraseological fingerprints: using habitual wordings to aid authorship attribution. Presented at: Corpus Linguistics in the South (CLS) 10: Corpus approaches to public and professional discourse, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 28 November 2015.
- Buerki, A. 2015. An introduction to R. Presented at: CLCR Software Training Workshops, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 25 November 2015.
- Buerki, A. 2015. Mein Diplom und unser Diplom [on individual and societal aspects of a university degree]. Presented at: Graduation Ceremony of the Philosophical-Historical Faculty of the University of Basel, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland, 28 March 2015.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Approaches to formulaic language as a universal phenomenon. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2014, Université Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France, 10 September 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Motivation in recent and ongoing language change: it’s not all in the system. Presented at: 5th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Lancaster University, UK, 29 July 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant?. Presented at: FLaRN 2014, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 14 July 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Good and bad reasons for using and not using quantitative methods in linguistic research: a personal view. Presented at: CLCR Postgraduate Conference, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 29 May 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2014. Language Shaped by Culture (and Culture by Language) – One Way to Get a Handle on it. Presented at: CLCR Research Seminar, Cardiff University, 19 March 2014.
- Buerki, A. 2013. Towards a cross-linguistic concept of formulaic language: Introduction to a project. Presented at: Formulaic Language Research Seminar, Cardiff, 5 December 2013.
- Buerki, A. 2013. Automatically identifying instances of change in diachronic corpus data. Presented at: Corpus Linguistics 2013, Lancaster University, UK, 22 - 26 July 2013.
- Buerki, A. 2013. Multiword expressions – (how) are they universal?. Presented at: Korpuslinguistik Kolloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 24 April 2013.
- Buerki, A. 2012. Identifying relevant change in diachronic corpora: a perspective from research into formulaic language. Presented at: Korpuslinguistik Kolloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2 May 2012.
- Buerki, A. 2012. Great or small, fast or slow: assessing extent and speed of change in multiword sequences. Presented at: FLaRN 2012, Tilburg, 30 March 2012.
- Buerki, A. 2011. Ausmass des Sprachwandels quantitativ messen: zur Veränderung von Mehrwortsequenzen im Schweizer Text Korpus’ [Measuring the extent of language change quantitatively: on change in multi-word sequences in the Swiss Text Corpus]. Presented at: Korpuslinguistik Kolloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 23 November 2011.
- Buerki, A. 2011. Sociocultural change and multi-word sequences: perspectives from the Swiss Text Corpus. Presented at: Language as a Social and Cultural Practice, Basel, 8 -10 June 2011.
- Buerki, A. 2011. Substring reduction and frequency consolidation among word N-Grams: suggestion for a procedure. Presented at: 6th International Newcastle Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, Newcastle, 7 April 2011.
- Buerki, A. 2010. Korpus-geleitete Extraktion von Mehrworteinheiten – Probleme und Lösungen aus dem Umgang mit Deutschen Daten [Corpus-led extraction of multi-word units – problems and solutions in working with German data]. Presented at: EUROPHRAS 2010, Universidad de Granada, 30 June -2 July 2010.
- Buerki, A. 2010. (How) Are Multi-word Sequences Universal? On the nature and degree of universality of multi-word sequences from the perspective of Korean, German and English. Presented at: Seoul International Conference on Linguistics, Korea, 23 - 25 June 2010.
- Buerki, A. 2010. All sorts of change: a preliminary typology of change in multi-word sequences in the Swiss Text Corpus. Presented at: FLaRN 2010, Paderborn, Germany, 26 March 2010.
- Buerki, A. 2009. Multi-word sequences in motion. Presented at: Corpus Linguistics 2009, Liverpool, 22 July 2009.
- Buerki, A. 2007. Fostering learner independence in the area of lexico-grammar. Presented at: Departmental seminar, Institute of Foreign Language Studies (IFLS), Korea, 31 October 2007.
- Buerki, A. 2006. Using Corpora in ELT: A few ideas. Presented at: 14th Annual KOTESOL International Conference, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, 28-29 October 2006. pp. 37-48.
Other
- Buerki, A. 2015. Word Association Data Processor. GitHub.
- Buerki, A. 2013. N-Gram Processor. GitHub. (10.5281/zenodo.18064)
- Buerki, A. 2011. SubString. GitHub. (10.5281/zenodo.18164)
Ymchwil
My primary research interests include:
- formulaic language and constructionist approaches to grammar
- corpus linguistic and quantitative approaches to linguistic research, including computational methods
- historical linguistics, particularly recent and ongoing change and motivation in linguistic change
- language, culture and society, particularly social and cultural aspects of linguistic structure
Currently, I am working on a monograph on formulaic language, linguistic change and socio-cultural change. I am also currently a co-investigator on a Wellcome Trust funded project investigating linguistic precursors of dementia where I am involved principally in automating and deriving various linguistic metrics from large amounts of texts written by participants in the study.
From 2013 to 2014, I was the sole investigator of an SNSF-funded project on the universality of formulaic language. This project looked at how formulaic language manifests itself in languages of morphologically different type using a 30-million word corpus of Wikipedia texts.
Addysgu
This year at postgraduate level, I teach the MA module on Quantitative Research Methods in linguistics (SET013), as well as teaching blocks on forensic authorship attribution as part of the Forensic Linguistics 2 module (SET002).
At undergraduate level, I teach on the modules 'How Language Works 1' (SE1113) and 'How Language Works 2' (SE1114) which are introductory modules to the study of language.
I also teach the 'Introduction to UNIX/Linux' workshop at Cardiff University's doctoral academy.
In the past, I have taught parts of a module on 'Reading and Writing in the Digital Age' module (SE1112) as well as modules on Second Language Acquisition and various introductory linguistics courses as well as workshops on corpus-linguistic, computational linguistic and statistics topics.
Bywgraffiad
Derbyniais fy ngradd BA o Brifysgol Brunel a'm MA mewn Ieithyddiaeth o'r Ysgol Astudiaethau Dwyreiniol ac Affricanaidd (SOAS, Prifysgol Llundain). Wedi hynny, gweithiais fel darlithydd mewn Iaith Saesneg ym Mhrifysgol Gwangju a Phrifysgol Corea, y ddau yng Ngweriniaeth Korea, cyn dechrau fy ymchwil PhD ym Mhrifysgol Basel, y Swistir, yn 2008. Derbyniais fy PhD mewn Ieithyddiaeth Gyffredinol o Brifysgol Basel yn 2013. Yn dilyn hynny, roeddwn i'n ddarlithydd rhan-amser (Lehrbeauftragter) ym Mhrifysgol Basel ac yn ymchwilydd ôl-ddoethurol ac yn ddarlithydd rhan-amser (Lehrbeauftragter) yn Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin cyn addysgu'n rhan-amser ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd a Phrifysgol Gorllewin Lloegr yn ogystal â bod yn ail-reolydd ôl-ddoethurol ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Deuthum yn ddarlithydd llawn amser ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd yn 2015 ac yn Uwch Ddarlithydd yn 2019.
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Formulaic Language Research Network (FLaRN)
- International Cognitive Linguistics Association
- European Society of Phraseology (EUROPHRAS)
- Société Suisse de Linguistique (Swiss Linguistics Society)
I am a member of the scientific advisory council of the European Society of Phraseology.
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Rwy'n croesawu datganiadau o ddiddordeb gan ddarpar fyfyrwyr PhD sydd â diddordeb mewn gweithio ym meysydd:
- Ymadroddeg / Iaith Fformiwlaidd
- Gramadeg Adeiladu
- Iaith a Diwylliant, gan gynnwys perthnasedd ieithyddol
- Newid iaith
- priodoliad awduriaeth
- pynciau ieithyddol corpws eraill gydag elfen feintiol
Nid wyf yn goruchwylio gwaith ar bynciau cymhwysol yn unig heb agwedd ddamcaniaethol bwysig, fel gwaith sy'n cynnig ymchwilio i faterion cymhwysol yn unig mewn addysgu iaith.
