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Al-Qahtani, Hanaa Ali (2017). 'We' and identity in political discourse: a case study of Hilary Clinton. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Glaas, Sharon L ORCID: 0000-0002-2148-8928 (2022). A corpus assisted discourse study of political and media discourse in the lead up to the Brexit referendum. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Bang, Minhee (2003). A corpus based study of representation of foreign countries in the South Korean Press. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Tagg, Caroline (2009). A corpus linguistics study of SMS text messaging. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Glaas, Sharon Lesley (2016). A corpus-assisted study of British newspaper discourse on the European Union and a potential membership referendum. University of Birmingham. M.A.

Adelakun, Tahir (2014). A corpus-based critical discourse analysis of election news in Nigerian newspapers. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Smith, Dominic N. A. (2010). A corpus-driven discourse analysis of transcripts of Hugo Chávez’s television programme ‘Aló Presidente’. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Jullian, Paula M (2009). An exploration of strategies to convey evaluation in the "NoteBook" texts. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Abdulmajeed, Haveen Muhamad (2017). An integrated approach to achievement: measuring the development of writing skills in Kurdish learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Oakley, Lee John (2016). An investigation into the representations of sexuality in sex education manuals for British teenagers, 1950-2014. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Alqarni, Abdullah Saad (2019). Applying corpus pattern analysis to learner corpora: investigating the pedagogical potential of the pattern dictionary of English verbs. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Kamakura, Yoshihito (2011). Collocation and preposition sense: a phraseological approach to the cognition of polysemy. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Jaihow, Patson (2018). Corpus use by student writers: error correction by Thai learners of English. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Huang, Lan Fen (2011). Discourse markers in spoken English: a corpus study of native speakers and Chinese non-native speakers. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Myskow, Gordon (2015). Evaluative language in history textbooks. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Nishina, Yasunori (2011). Evaluative meanings and disciplinary values: a corpus-based study of adjective patterns in research articles in applied linguistics and business studies. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Zou, Yanli (2018). First person pronouns in academic discourse by novice writers in China. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Chau, Meng Huat (2015). From language learners to dynamic meaning makers: a longitudinal investigation of Malaysian secondary school students’ development of English from text and corpus perspectives. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Cunningham, Stuart (2023). How do participants in discussion groups co-construct knowledge? University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Muguiro, Natalia F. (2019). Interdisciplinarity and academic writing: a corpus-based case study of three interdisciplines. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Su, Hang (2015). Judgement and adjective complementation patterns in biographical discourse: a corpus study. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Alomaim, Thamir Issa M (2019). Language education policy and language practices in teaching English as a foreign language in a Saudi newly established university: an interpretive case study. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Kheovichai, Baramee (2014). Marketization in the language of UK university recruitment: a critical discourse analysis and corpus comparison of university and finance industry job advertisements. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Vincent, Benet Donald (2015). Modality and the V wh pattern. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Van Geyte, Els (2018). Persuasion in higher education: a comparative investigation of argumentational strategies in student and expert opinion essays. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Plappert, Gary Lee (2012). Phraseology and epistemology in scientific writing: a corpus-driven approach. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Blackwell, Susan (2007). Power and solidarity revisited: the acquisition and use of personal pronouns in modern English and Dutch. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Pilkington, Olga A. (2016). Presented discourse analysis in popular science narratives of discovery. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Bang, Minhee (2009). Representation of foreign countries in the US press : a corpus study. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Moreton, Emma (2008). Restoring the history of the subaltern: a corpus-informed study of ‘The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave’. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Alharbi, Abdulrahman Mohammed (2019). Signalling nouns in corpora of learner and native speaker English. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Atonde, Terkimbi Felix (2019). The discourse of fundraising in UK universities: a critical discourse analysis. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Nausa, Ricardo (2019). The language of oral presentations given by PhD researchers in an EAP class: level of performance and disciplinary differences. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Shapero, Jess Jann (2011). The language of suicide notes. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Isserlis, Simon Jonathon (2009). The language of the sea: a corpus driven examination of the influence of Britain's maritime tradition on standard English. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Ke, Yushan (2014). The phraseology of phrasal verbs in English: a corpus study of the language of Chinese learners and native English writers. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Aljabhan, Mohammad (2021). The representation of foreign workers in Saudi English online newspapers: A corpus-based critical discourse analysis. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Aljabr, Fahad Saleh (2018). The role of citation in interdisciplinary discourse: an investigation into citation practices in the journal "Global Environmental Change". University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Smart, Cameron (2014). The role of discourse reflexivity in a linear description of grammar and discourse: the case of IMDb message boards. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Reichardt, Renate (2013). Valency sentence patterns and meaning interpretation: case study of the verb 'consider'. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Connerty, Mary C. (2009). Variation in academic writing among Generation 1.5 learners, native English-speaking learners and ESL learners: the discoursal self of G1.5 student writers. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Guo, Xiaotian (2006). Verbs in the written English of Chinese learners : a corpus-based comparison between non-native speakers and native speakers. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Henry, James (2022). Writing at the crossroads: a linguistic analysis of academic business report writing at a modern UK university. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.