New Frontiers in Corpus Linguistics Events, 16/17 September 2026

As part of the celebration of the launch of the new LANA Corpus of spoken conversational American English, a series of free to attend events are being held at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on the 16th and 17th September 2026. On the 16th, an event in the morning will launch the LANA corpus, present details of how to download it, discuss its compilation and highlight some early results from the corpus. People can register to attend this event in person or online.

In the afternoon of the 16th, Prof. Vaclav Brezina will provide a workshop on the use of the #LancsBox tool - this is an in person only event.

On the 17th, a full day of talks on corpus-based research will take place with registration available for both in person and online attendance.

To register for the event, visit: https://polyu.hk/RstBb<https://t.edm.polyu.edu.hk/activities_web/track/click?msgid=fae75f5b-88dd-47cc-b946-c76ef3f754a4&linkid=6a7597b0b3cfc20001d873f3>

Face to face attendees will find details of the venue (Hung Hom Bay Campus) on the registration page. Online attendees will be sent joining instructions after registration. Details of the events are given below. Note that the timings given are for Hong Kong. We hope to see colleagues old and new both in person and online next month,

Tony McEnery

16th September - morning, LANA Launch Event

9:00-9:15 Introduction, Prof. Anthony McEnery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

9:15-10:15 Building LANA-CASE: Spoken Corpus Design, Compilation, and Lessons Learned, Dr Elizabeth Hanks

10:15-11:15 Is Casual Conversation Linguistically similar to Other Spoken Registers? Prof. Tove Larsson, Northern Arizona University

11:15-11:45 Coffee Break

11:45-12:45 and I was like wait what? The Language of Gen Z Americans, Prof. Paul Baker, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

12:45-13:00 Accessing LANA, Prof. Anthony McEnery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University & Prof. Vaclav Brezina, Lancaster University

16th September - afternoon 14:00-17:00

#LancsBox Workshop, Prof. Vaclav Brezina, Lancaster University

17th September - all day, symposium

9:00-10:00 Evaluating Chatbot Authenticity in Simulations of Spoken Interaction, Prof. Vaclav Brezina, Lancaster University

10:00-11:00 Changes in the Register of Conversation over Time - a Discourse Unit Approach, Prof. Anthony McEnery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:15 Using Corpora to Analyse Health Communication: A Study of the R/Dementia
Subreddit, Dr Gavin Brookes, Lancaster University

12:15-13:15 When Does a Clause Become a Story? Tracing Discourse Across Languages and Centuries, Dr Hanna Schmück, University of Augsburg

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-15:00 Surprise Words and Core Words: Using Vibe Coding to Identify Collocational Divergence Across Corpora, Prof. Paul Baker, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

15:00-15:15 Coffee Break

15:15-16:15 Comparing and Contrasting in Corpus Linguistics, Dr Niall Curry, University of Birmingham

16:15-17:15 Getting on the Same Wavelength: Synergising Text, Sound, and Vision in Corpus Design, Dr Samuel Schmück, Lancaster University

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