Dr Costas Gabrielatos

I have been working in corpus linguistics since 2001. I came to linguistics via English language teaching (1984-1993) and language teacher education (1992-2001). I joined Edge Hill University in September 2012; previously, I worked as associate lecturer and researcher at Lancaster University and Liverpool University.

My current research  focuses on corpus linguistics methodology, theoretical and pedagogical lexicogrammar, and discourse studies. I have also published on language teaching methodology, language teacher education, and the connection between linguistics and TESOL.

E-copies of my publications and presentations are available via Pure, Research Gate, and Academia.edu. 

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Recent/Current Activities

Research projects

• Implicit Attitudes towards Autism in the British Press
• Portrayals of Greta Thunberg in the British Press

Presentations

• Gabrielatos, C. (2021) Discourse-oriented corpus studies as critical lexicography. Invited talk at PhrasaLex II, University of Hildesheim, Germany, 22-23 July 2021. [Conference website] [Abstract] [Slides]
• Gabrielatos, C. (2021) A corpus-based comparison of the explanatory power of linguistic theories: The case of the modal load in if-conditionals. TheorLing 2021, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 21-22 June 2001. [Symposium website]
• Maden-Weinberger, U., Gabrielatos, C., Beattie, G. & Karaminis, T. (2021) Implicit attitudes towards autism in the British Press. Autistica Research Festival, 12-16 July 2021.

I organise the annual symposium, Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr).

I co-edit the Journal of Corpora and Discourse Studies.

I curate the Bibliography of Discourse-Oriented Corpus Studies (DOCS).

Research focus

My research focuses on the following areas:

Corpus Linguistics methodology

• query constrruction for the compilation of topic-specific corpora
• analytical techniques and metrics (consistent collocates, keyness analysis),

Theoretical Lexicogrammar

• Conditionals
• Modality and modal markers
• Tense and aspect
• Compatibility between construction grammar and lexical grammar

Pedagogical Lexicogrammar

• Learner language (particularly the use of conditionals, modality, tense and aspect)
• Comparisons between L2 and L1 use. and the information in pedagogical materials

Discourse-Oriented Corpus Studies

• Presentation of social actors in the media
• Foci: immigration and asylum, religion, autism

Current research projects

Implicit Attitudes towards Autism in the British Press
— Funder: British Academy (SRG20\201250).
— Duration: January 2021-December 2022.
— Team: Themis Karaminis, Costas Gabrielatos, Uschi Madden-Weinberger, Geoff Beattie.

Portrayals of Greta Thunberg in the British Press
— Funder: Research Investment Fund, Edge Hill University
— Duration: May 2021 – February 2022.
— Team: Themis Karaminis, Costas Gabrielatos, Geoff Beattie.

Other funded projects

Teaching buyout to carry out research and prepare a portfolio of publications for REF2021
— Funder: Research Investment Fund, Edge Hill University (1GABRI15)
— Duration: September-December 2016

Trinity Corpus of Spoken English Phase 2 Investigation.
— Funders: Trinity College London and Oxford University Press
— Team: Judit Kormos (PI), Costas Gabrielatos (CI)
— Duration: August 2011 – July 2012

Recognition

My publications often feature as required or suggested reading in undergraduate and postgraduate modules. The approach to keyness analysis discussed in Gabrielatos & Marchi (2011, 2012) and Gabrielatos (2017, 2018) has been implemented in the following corpus tools:

• CQPweb, maintained by Prof. Jiajin Xu (National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University), http://124.193.83.252/cqp.
• Wmatrix, developed by Dr. Paul Rayson (Department of Computing, Lancaster University), http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/wmatrix.
• AntConc, developed by Prof Laurence Anthony (Waseda University, Japan),  www.laurenceanthony.net/software/antconc.

My teaching has focused on corpus linguistics, English lexicogrammar, semantics (particularly, modality and tense-aspect), pedagogical lexicogrammar, (critical) discourse analysis, and TESOL methodology.

PGR Supervision

Daniel Malone (PhD, GTA)

• Constructing the Lone Wolf Terrorist: A corpus-driven study of the British press.

Katia Adimora (PhD, GTA)

• Mexican Immigration to the US in Donald Trump’s era: A comparative corpus-based analysis of American and Mexican press.

Leah Ferneyhough (MRes)

• Complex transitive uses of DO with pronominal objects and adjectival complements: A corpus linguistic perspective

Module Leader

LNG3154. Critical Discourse Studies
LNG2140. Investigating English Language
LNG2133. Analysing Discourse
LNG1019. Language and Meaning

I also contribute to:

LNG3148. English Language Dissertation
LNG3143. TESOL
LNG2136. Modern English Structure and Use

Invited teaching

LOT Winter School 2019. University of Amsterdam, Centre for Language and Communication.  7-11 January 2019.

— Mini-course on Discourse-Oriented Corpus Studies (12 hours).
— Individual supervisions with participants (4 hours).

University of Bangor. 24 February 2016.
— Presentation and workshop on collocation analysis using Sketch Engine.
— Individual tutorials with PhD and MA students.

Research Capacity Building Workshops, Staff Learning and Development Programme, Edge Hill University.
— Author citation metrics. 14 November 2018
— Promoting research by using social media. 7 March 2018.
— Author citation metrics. 15 November 2017.
— Promoting research by using social media. 3 March 2017.
— Author citation metrics. 16 November 2016.
— Author citation metrics. 12 November 2015

Dubrovnik Fall School in Linguistic Methods. Centre for Advanced Academic Studies, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20–26 October 2013.

— Counting: word frequency and beyond.  [e-copy]
— Keyword analysis. [e-copy]

UCREL Summer School in Corpus Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK
— Corpora and Sociolinguistics: Studying linguistic innovators. 10-12 July 2012.
— Corpora and Sociolinguistics: Studying linguistic innovators. 13-15 July 2011.

Conference for Teachers of A Level English Language, Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, 1 July 2011.
— Corpora and language teaching. [e-copy]

Corpus Linguistics Advanced Research Education and Training (CLARET), Lancaster University
— Compiling topic-specific corpora from limited-access online databases. 24 May 2010.
— Compiling topic-specific corpora from limited-access online databases. 31 March 2008. [e-copy]

Public lecture, Gresham College, 23 March 2009.
— From dictionary user to amateur lexicographer: Possibilities of on-line searches. [Video]

Seminar organised by the Greek Ministry of Education and the British Council, Athens, Greece, September 1997.
— Receptive skills development with mixed-ability young learners.