Research projects

Neology, lexical diffusion, and the study of language change

An overview of my research programme in neology, corpus linguistics, lexical diffusion, and methodological innovation.

Research programme statement

My research programme currently comprises four main areas:

1. Term competition and lexical diffusion, particularly the factors that influence whether emerging terms become established or remain marginal.
2. Rare and emerging linguistic phenomena, including low-frequency constructions that are difficult to identify and study using conventional methods.
3. Artificial intelligence in linguistic research, especially the evaluation and responsible use of large language models for corpus analysis, evidence extraction, and research workflows.
4. Academic writing and scholarly communication, with particular attention to how disciplinary expectations and genre conventions can be made more explicit for students and researchers.

For individual studies and collaborations, see my research projects. Published and forthcoming work is listed under publications.