Contact Details
Tel: +44 (0)1524 592254
Room: Bowland College, B99a
Costas Gabrielatos
Senior Research Associate
Degree: BA (Athens), Dip. ELT (Cambridge ESOL), MPhil (Cambridge)
Associated research centres and groups: Language Variation and Linguistic Theory, The Corpus Research Group, Theoretical Linguistics - RITL, University Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language (UCREL)
Current Teaching
My teaching in 2009-2010 involves lectures and seminars on the Corpus Linguistics module of the Thesis and Coursework PhD, and the MA course LING 421 (Corpus Linguistics), and lectures on the BA courses LING 306 (Corpus-based English Language Studies) and LING 204 (Discourse Analysis: Looking at Language in Use).
For details, see here.
Research Interests
My general area of interest is the use of corpus-based approaches in various areas of linguistics (e.g. lexicogrammar, critical discourse studies, sociolinguistics). More specifically, I am interested in conditionals and modality in English, and the implications of corpus-based research insights for language teaching, particularly in the areas of pedagogical grammar and ESP/EAP. I am also interested in collocation-based research, and in exploring the compatibility between lexical grammar and construction grammar.
I am working on the ESRC funded project, The representation of Islam and Muslims in the UK press, 1998-2008 (RES-000-22-3536; Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Baker; Co-investigator: Prof. Tony McEnery).
I am also working part-time towards a PhD in linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, doing corpus research on English if-conditionals under the supervision of Dr. Willem Hollmann and Prof. Anna Siewierska (previously my supervisor was Prof. Tony McEnery).
For details of my previous research work, see here.
Professional activities
I co-ordinate the UCREL Corpus Research Seminar at Lancaster University together with Neil Millar. I was a member of the organising committee and academic committee co-ordinator for the 1st Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching (LAEL PG 2006).
For details, see here.
Background
Before I became involved in linguistics I worked as an English language teacher and teacher educator. I have designed and taught MA and BA courses in linguistics and ELT, Cambridge ESOL Diploma and Certificate courses for English language teachers, and short courses, seminars and workshops for language schools and ELT publishers.
For details, see here.
Publications and conference presentations
Publications
Gabrielatos, C., Torgersen, E., Hoffmann, S. & Fox, S. (in press). A corpus-based sociolinguistic study of indefinite article forms in London English. Journal of English Linguistics.
Baker, P., Gabrielatos C., Khosravinik, M., Krzyzanowski, M., McEnery, T. & Wodak, R. (2008). A useful methodological synergy? Combining critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to examine discourses of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK press. Discourse & Society 19(3), 273-305. [Also online]
Gabrielatos, C. & Baker, P. (2008). Fleeing, sneaking, flooding: A corpus analysis of discursive constructions of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK Press 1996-2005. Journal of English Linguistics 36(1), 5-38.
Gabrielatos, C. (2007). If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. In M. Davies, P. Rayson, S. Hunston & P. Danielsson (eds.), Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference: Corpus Linguistics 2007. Birmingham: University of Birmingham. [Online]
Gabrielatos, C. (2007). Selecting query terms to build a specialised corpus from a restricted-access database. ICAME Journal, 31, 5-43. [Also online]
Gabrielatos, C., Slessor, R. & Unger, J.W. (eds.) (2007). Papers from the Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching. Volume 1: Papers from LAEL PG 2006. Lancaster: Lancaster University. [TOC with links to papers | Whole volume]
Gabrielatos, C. & Sarmento, S. (2006). Central modals in an aviation corpus: Frequency and distribution. Letras de Hoje, 41(2), 215-240. [Also online]
McEnery, T. & Gabrielatos, C. (2006). English corpus linguistics. In B. Aarts & A. McMahon (eds.) The Handbook of English Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell, 33-71. [Book information]
Gabrielatos, C. (2005). Corpora and language teaching: Just a fling, or wedding bells? TESL-EJ, 8(4), A-1, 1-35, http://www.tesl-ej.org/ej32/a1.html
Gabrielatos, C. & McEnery, T. (2005). Epistemic modality in MA dissertations. In P.A. Fuertes Olivera (ed.), Lengua y Sociedad: Investigaciones recientes en lingüística aplicada. Lingüística y Filología no. 61. Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid, 311-331. [Also online]
Gabrielatos, C. (2004). Teaching the expression of time: A concise framework. In A. Pulverness (ed.) IATEFL 2003: Brighton conference selections. Canterbury, Kent: IATEFL, 133-136. [Also online]
For a full list, see here.
Presentations
Torgersen, E. & Gabrielatos, C. (2009). A corpus-based study of indefinite article and invariant tag use in spoken London English. CLAVIER 2009, University of Modena, Italy, 4-6 November 2009. [Abstract and slides available online]
Torgersen, E. & Gabrielatos, C. (2009). A corpus-based study of invariant tags in London English. Corpus Linguistics 2009, University of Liverpool, 21-23 July 2009. [Abstract and slides available online]
Gabrielatos, C. & Torgersen, E. (2009). A corpus-based sociolinguistic analysis of indefinite article use in London English. ICAME 30, Lancaster, UK, 27-31 May 2009. [Abstract and slides available online]
Baker, P. & Gabrielatos, C. (2008). Representations of Islam in the British and American press 1999-2005. 7th Conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL 2008), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 13-15 March 2008. [Abstract, pp. 17-18; slides]
Baker, P., Gabrielatos, C. & McEnery, T. (2008). Using collocational profiling to investigate the construction of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in the UK press. 7th Conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL 2008), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 13-15 March 2008. [Abstract, pp. 18-19; slides]
Baker, P., McEnery, T. & Gabrielatos, C. (2007). Using collocation analysis to reveal the construction of minority groups: The case of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in the UK press.Corpus Linguistics 2007, University of Birmingham, UK, 27-30 July 2005. [Abstract and slides available online]
Gabrielatos, C. (2007). If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation.Corpus Linguistics 2007, University of Birmingham, UK, 27-30 July 2005. [Abstract and slides available online]
Gabrielatos, C. & Baker, P. (2006). Representation of refugees and asylum seekers in UK newspapers: Towards a corpus-based analysis. Joint Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics and the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL/IRAAL 2006), 7-9 September 2006, University College, Cork, Ireland. [Abstract and slides available online]
Gabrielatos, C. (2006). Corpus-based evaluation of pedagogical materials: If-conditionals in ELT coursebooks and the BNC. 7th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TALC 2006), organised by the Department of Intercultural Studies and Applied Languages, University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, held at Bibliothèque Nationale Francois Mitterrand, Paris, France, 1-4 July 2006. [Attendancewas partly funded through the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Travel Fund, and the William Ritchie Travel Fund (both Lancaster University)]. [Abstract and slides available online]
Gabrielatos, C. & Baker, P. (2006). Representation of refugees and asylum seekers in UK newspapers: Towards a corpus-based comparison of the stance of tabloids and broadsheets. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD 2006), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 29-30 June 2006. [Abstract and slides available online]
Gabrielatos, C. (2005). Elliptical and discontinuous if-conditionals: Co-text, context, inference and intuitions. Corpus Linguistics 2005, University of Birmingham, UK, 14-17 July 2005. [Abstract and slides available online]
For a full list, see here.
Associated Keywords: Computerised corpora, Construction grammar, Corpora and sociolinguistics/discourse, Corpus linguistic methodology, Corpus linguistics, English for academic purposes EAP, English grammar, Learner corpora, Lexical grammar, Pedagogical applications
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