Research interests

My research draws upon methods from corpus linguistics, applied linguistics and (critical) discourse analysis.

Variation and change in contemporary spoken British English

• short-term diachronic language variation
• corpus-based sociolinguistics
• swearing in casual conversation
• variation in lexis and grammar, e.g. adverbs, modal auxiliaries

Applied (corpus) linguistics

• commercial language research
• forensic linguistics
• language in education
• language teaching materials development
• news discourse
• strategic communications

Methods in corpus linguistics

• spoken corpus design and construction
• methods for the analysis of spoken corpora
• manual and automated transcription
• critical corpus evaluation

I have published papers and given talks at conferences on these topics. My research also informs my teaching, which covers a range of topics in English Language and Linguistics.