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Personal profile
Biography
I am an English language teacher with a professional background in lexicography and corpus linguistics. During my career I have contributed to more than 30 published dictionaries and language reference works, including the COBUILD range, the Partridge Dictionary of Slang, and the Dante lexical database.
I am particularly interested in the digital humanities and crowdsourced language data, and am part of a team exploring the lexical features of online discussion among citizen scientists. We have compiled a large corpus of online talk in citizen science, and recently contributed a chapter based on this work to the Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities.
Education/Academic qualification
MA, M Soc Sc Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 31 Aug 1998
BA (Hons), French, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 1 Jul 1978
Keywords
- P Philology. Linguistics
- lexicography
- corpus linguistics
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Talking about the weather: exploring adjective use with Sketch Engine for Language Learning
Williams, J., 26 Oct 2022, Teaching English with Corpora: A Resource Book. Viana, V. (ed.). 1st ed. Routledge, 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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English language and public humanities: ‘An army of willing volunteers’: analysing the language of online citizen engagement in the humanities
Saraceni, M., Hadikin, G., Williams, J. & Clarke, B., 5 May 2020, The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities. Adolphs, S. & Knight, D. (eds.). Routledge, p. 530-554 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Norms and authority in language: the case of UK English
Saraceni, M., Williams, J. & Wright, S., 16 Dec 2014, In: Sociolinguistica Jahrbuch. 28, 1, p. 138-154 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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The persistence of publicly: a corpus-assisted historical study
John Williams (Speaker)
4 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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‘Definately [sic] worth it’: engaging undergraduate corpus linguistics students in real research
John Williams (Speaker)
19 Jul 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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LexESP: The Words of The Law
John Williams (Presented paper)
27 Apr 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Post-Truth: An Interdisciplinary Exploration
John Williams (Presented paper)
24 Mar 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Language and Citizen Science
John Williams (Speaker) & Glenn Hadikin (Speaker)
15 Nov 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk