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 three interconnected areas: 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. My citation metrics are as follows (the first number indicates total citations, the second my h-index):

• Google Scholar:  3898 | 22
• Scopus:  859 | 8
• Web of Science:  746 | 6

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

I organise Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr), a symposium held annually at Edge Hill University.

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

I also curate a bibliography of Discourse-Oriented Corpus Studies (DOCS), that is, studies using corpora and corpus techniques to examine meaning and style in discourse. 

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

PhD supervision

Daniel Malone, ‘Constructing the Lone Wolf Terrorist: A corpus-driven study of the British press’.

Module Leader

LNG3127. Corpus Linguistics
LNG2133. Analysing Discourse
LNG2138. Methodology
LNG2128. Long Essay
LNG1019. Language and Meaning

Contribution to modules

HUM4000. Critical Approaches to Postgraduate Study in the Humanities & Social Sciences
HUM4002. Research Philosophies and Methodologies
LNG3148. 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.