Research projects

WebCorp: harnessing the web as linguistic resource in research, teaching and beyond

The WebCorp suite of tools is comprised of three versions of the software that build on one another to provide linguis...

eMargin is an online collaborative annotation tool that lets you highlight, colour-code, write notes and assign tags t...

The project explored the online provision of information and advice directed at parents who turn to social media or on...

Dr Islam Issa reviewed thousands of archives, letters and documents from the First World War, revealing how frequently...

OurSurveySays is an online service for the analysis of open-text survey questions using Corpus Linguistic techniques. ...

To detect and monitor terrorist activity, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) increasingly rely on social media intelligenc...

In the first full length study of John Milton's influence in the Arab world, Dr Islam Issa reveals the poet's influenc...

Exploring the instances of language whereby pairs of words are discouraged from appearing together, or are 'repulsed' ...

BCU researchers have analysed over 68,000 eBay listings in order to find the most successful language used on the onli...

Dr Islam Issa, a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Birmingham City University, has increased knowledge and unde...

Utilising a multimodal approach, including conversation analytics and eye-tracking technology, this project aims to an...

The Research Development Unit for English Studies have developed a number of tools to assist quantitative language rese...

Elizabeth Siddall was an important and influential artist and poet during the 19 th century, but did her published ...

Developing a dashboard to track hitherto under-explored online conversations surrounding COVID-19, to provide valuable...

Working with multiple partners to revive Birmingham's Shakespeare Memorial Library, the world's first great Shakespeare...