Creating and Digitizing Language Corpora Volume 3: Databases for Public Engagement
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 212340-62124-1281
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1057/978-1-137-38645-8
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN
- 9781137386441
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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C - English Language and Linguistics
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- Additional information
- Mearns was co-editor of this volume, collaborating on the selection, peer review and editing of those chapters which were eventually accepted as original and rigorous enough to be published. Mearns was also co-author of the introductory chapter which makes the case for the first time as to why and how linguistic corpora should be designed for public engagement purposes. He was lead author on Chapter 7, which offers a rationale and a method for genuine reciprocity with respect to public corpora derived from community studies such as that which informs the case study detailed in §§2/3. The research presented is based on the original contribution which Mearns made as Research Associate on the AHRC-funded 'Linguistic Time-Capsule for the Google Generation' project (£185,037, 2010-2012) with Corrigan as PI. His particular input included designing the TEI-compliant XML format of the database in addition to researching or developing ab initio best practices for the ethical management and presentation of legacy sociolinguistic interview data in new, sustainable, Open Access formats. These insights have significant consequences for future corpus linguists who wish to embark on similar initiatives that have the potential to exponentially increase the effectiveness of community-based projects by ensuring they represent true knowledge exchange and not just unidirectional knowledge transfer.
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