Isobelle Clarke

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My research interests include corpus linguistics, forensic linguistics, sociolinguistics, news discourse and discourse analysis. My previous research covers language variation on social media, especially Twitter. For example, I have analysed general tweets, trolling tweets, abusive language tweets, and Donald Trump's tweets. I also have experience in authorship analysis. My previous research has also focused on news discourse, where I have examined the representation of Islam in the UK press through time. In my current research, I am investigating the language of second language learners and anti-science discourse. I received Leverhulme Trust's Early Career Researcher fellowship to investigate anti-science discourses, such as anti-vaccination discourse, climate change denials, and anti-GMO discourse.

Experience

  • –present
    Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow, Lancaster University

Education

  • 2020 
    University of Birmingham, PhD in Applied Linguistics
  • 2016 
    Aston University, MA in Forensic Linguistics
  • 2015 
    University of Hertfordshire, BA (Hons) in English Language and Communication with English Language Teaching

Publications

  • 2022
    A multi-dimensional analysis of English tweets, Language and Literature
  • 2022
    Keywords through time: A study of representations of Islam in the British press. , International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
  • 2021
    Multiple Correspondence Analysis, newspaper discourse and subregister: A case study of discourses of Islam in the British press, Register Studies
  • 2020
    Responding effectively to customer feedback on Twitter: A mixed methods study of webcare styles, Applied Linguistics
  • 2019
    Stylistic variation on the Donald Trump Twitter account, PlosOne
  • 2019
    Functional linguistic variation in Twitter Trolling, The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
  • 2018
    Attributing the Bixby Letter using n-gram Tracing., Digital Scholarship in the Humanities
  • 2018
    ‘I consider myself to be a service provider’: Discursive identity construction of the forensic linguistic expert., The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
  • 2017
    Dimensions of Abusive Language on Twitter, Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Abusive Language Online

Grants and Contracts

  • 2022
    Meeting Future Challenges in Language Testing and Teaching: Building Teams, Setting Goals
    Role:
    Co-investigator
    Funding Source:
    Economic and Social Research Council
  • 2022
    Trinity-Lancaster Corpus
    Role:
    Co-investigator
    Funding Source:
    Trinity College London
  • 2021
    Understanding the linguistic repertoires across anti-science narratives
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Leverhulme Trust
  • 2020
    The local perspective – understanding differences between local and national reporting of Islam
    Role:
    Co-investigator
    Funding Source:
    UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund

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