Overview
Background
My name is Martin Schweinberger and I am Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia. At the UQ, I am Director of the Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory (LADAL) (together with Michael Haugh) and I would consider myself a quantitative corpus linguist specialized in computational analyses of text and speech. In my research, I aim to combine and bridge the gap between computational linguistics and corpus linguistics.
I am steering committee member and Chief Investigator (CI) of the Australian Text Analytics Platform (ATAP) where I focus on producing resources and training through LADAL. I am also CI and on the advisory committee of the Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA). Both ATAP and LDaCA aim at establishing language data infrastructures and text analytics upskilling resources in Australia and they have received substantive funding from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). I have recently been elected as Vice-President Profession to be of the International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) and I am board member of The International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME).
Regarding my background, I have a PhD in English linguistics and I studied at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and Universität Kassel where I graduated in 2008 with an MA in English Philology, Philosophy, and Psychology. After my MA, I remained in Kassel for a short while but soon moved on to the University of Hamburg where I worked on and later received my PhD.
Potential topics for supervision
I would be particularly interested in supervising theses on the following topics:
Sociolinguistics / Language Variation and Change / World Englishes
- General extenders
- Terms-of-address and salutations
- Discourse particles and markers
- Vulgarity
- Adjective amplification
Learner Language / Applied Linguistics / Corpus Phonetics / Learner Corpus Research
- Vowel production among L1 speakers and learners of English
- Voice-onset-times among L1 speakers and learners of English
- Fluency and pauses in learner and L1 speech.
- Accent and intelligibility / comprehension.
Text Analytics / Digital Humanities / Corpus Linguistics
- Applied word embedding applications in the language sciences.
- Comparison of different association / keyness measures
Availability
- Dr Martin Schweinberger is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Universität Hamburg
Research interests
-
Socio- and psycholinguitics
-
Language variation and change
-
Computational and quantitative analyses
-
Corpus linguistics
-
First and second language acquisition
-
Discourse markers and particles
-
Adjective intensification
Works
Search Professor Martin Schweinberger’s works on UQ eSpace
2023
Other Outputs
Text Analytics with Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory Resources: an introduction to free, open-source interactive resources for linguists
Schweinberger, Martin (2023). Text Analytics with Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory Resources: an introduction to free, open-source interactive resources for linguists. Hamburg, Germany: University of Hamburg.
2023
Other Outputs
An introduction to conditional inference trees in R
Schweinberger, Martin (2023). An introduction to conditional inference trees in R. Bonn, Germany: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University.
2022
Conference Publication
A corpus-based computational analysis of high-front and -back vowel production of L1-Japanese learners of English and L1-English speakers
Schweinberger, Martin and Komiya, Yuki (2022). A corpus-based computational analysis of high-front and -back vowel production of L1-Japanese learners of English and L1-English speakers. Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 13 - 16 December 2022. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association.
2022
Conference Publication
Exploring powerful tools to ensure robust and reproducible results in corpus linguistics
Schweinberger, Martin, Flanaghan, Joseph and Schneider, Gerold (2022). Exploring powerful tools to ensure robust and reproducible results in corpus linguistics. 43rd Meeting of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME43), Cambridge, United Kingdom, 18 - 21 August 2021. Cambridge, United Kingdom: TU Dortmund University.
2022
Conference Publication
Research trends in corpus linguistics: a bibliometric analysis of two decades of Scopus-indexed corpus linguistics research in arts and humanities
Crosthwaite, P., Ningrum, S. and Schweinberger, M. (2022). Research trends in corpus linguistics: a bibliometric analysis of two decades of Scopus-indexed corpus linguistics research in arts and humanities. ICAME43, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 27-30 July 2022.
2022
Other Outputs
From tables to forests – working with tables and tree-based models
Schweinberger, Martin (2022). From tables to forests – working with tables and tree-based models. Tromsø, Norway: The Arctic University of Norway.
2022
Other Outputs
Introduction to Power Analysis with R
Schweinberger, Martin (2022). Introduction to Power Analysis with R. Tromsø, Norway: The Arctic University of Norway.
2022
Other Outputs
Introduction to data visualization with R
Schweinberger, Martin (2022). Introduction to data visualization with R. Tromsø, Norway: The Arctic University of Norway.
2022
Book Chapter
Absolutely fantastic and really really good
Schweinberger, Martin (2022). Absolutely fantastic and really really good. Expanding the landscapes of Irish English research. (pp. 129-145) edited by Stephen Lucek and Carolina P. Amador-Moreno. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003025078-7
2021
Journal Article
Ongoing change in the Australian English amplifier system
Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Ongoing change in the Australian English amplifier system. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 41 (2), 166-194. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2021.1931028
2021
Journal Article
Training disciplinary genre awareness through blended learning: an exploration into EAP students’ perceptions of online annotation of genres across disciplines
Crosthwaite, Peter, Sanhueza, Alicia Gazmuri and Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Training disciplinary genre awareness through blended learning: an exploration into EAP students’ perceptions of online annotation of genres across disciplines. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 53 101021, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jeap.2021.101021
2021
Journal Article
Which word gets the nuclear stress in a turn-at-talk?
Ruhlemann, Christoph and Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Which word gets the nuclear stress in a turn-at-talk?. Journal of Pragmatics, 178, 426-439. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.04.005
2021
Journal Article
Voices from the periphery: perceptions of Indonesian primary vs secondary pre-service teacher trainees about corpora and data-driven learning in the L2 English classroom
Crosthwaite, Peter, Luciana and Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Voices from the periphery: perceptions of Indonesian primary vs secondary pre-service teacher trainees about corpora and data-driven learning in the L2 English classroom. Applied Corpus Linguistics, 1 (1) 100003, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.acorp.2021.100003
2021
Other Outputs
Tree-Based Models in R
Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Tree-Based Models in R. Brisbane, QLD Australia: School of Languages and Cultures.
2021
Book Chapter
On the waning of forms – a corpus-based analysis of decline and loss in adjective amplification
Schweinberger, Martin (2021). On the waning of forms – a corpus-based analysis of decline and loss in adjective amplification. Lost in change: causes and processes in the loss of grammatical elements and constructions. (pp. 235-260) edited by Svenja Kranich and Tine Breban . Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/slcs.218.08sch
2021
Other Outputs
The Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory (LADAL)
Schweinberger, Martin (2021). The Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory (LADAL). Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Other Outputs
Fixed- and Mixed-Effects Regression Models in R
Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Fixed- and Mixed-Effects Regression Models in R. Brisbane, QLD Australia: School of Languages and Cultures.
2021
Journal Article
Analysing discourse around COVID-19 in the Australian Twittersphere: a real-time corpus-based analysis
Schweinberger, Martin, Haugh, Michael and Hames, Sam (2021). Analysing discourse around COVID-19 in the Australian Twittersphere: a real-time corpus-based analysis. Big Data and Society, 8 (1), 205395172110214. doi: 10.1177/20539517211021437
2021
Book Chapter
Using intensifier-adjective collocations to investigate mechanisms of change
Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Using intensifier-adjective collocations to investigate mechanisms of change. Variation in time and space: observing the world through corpora. (pp. 231-255) edited by Anna Čermáková and Markéta Malá. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110604719-010
2020
Journal Article
A corpus-based analysis of differences in the use of very for adjective amplification among native speakers and learners of English
Schweinberger, Martin (2020). A corpus-based analysis of differences in the use of very for adjective amplification among native speakers and learners of English. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research, 6 (2), 163-192. doi: 10.1075/ijlcr.20011.sch
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Martin Schweinberger is:
- Available for supervision
Before you email them, read our advice on how to contact a supervisor.
Supervision history
Current supervision
-
Doctor Philosophy
Examining Changes in Conspiracy Discourse on Reddit from 2019 - 2023
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ryan Ko
-
Doctor Philosophy
A multifactorial study of morpho-syntactic errors across different L1 backgrounds and language proficiency levels
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
-
Doctor Philosophy
A corpus-based analysis of conspiracy theory discourse on Reddit: Understanding conspiracy-fuelled anomie and moral panics during COVID-19
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ryan Ko
-
Doctor Philosophy
The Relationship Between Writing Tasks and Second Language Writers¿ Use of Metadiscourse
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
-
Doctor Philosophy
Corpus-based investigation of three-minute thesis presentations: Register perspective
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
-
Doctor Philosophy
EFL writers' knowledge and use of appraisal language, factors that affect such use, and the influence of such appraisal language use on the quality of these writers' essays
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
-
Doctor Philosophy
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in TESOL: A Study on Personalised Learning and Impact on Student Engagement and Motivation in A Rural Indonesian University
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
-
Doctor Philosophy
EFL writers' knowledge and use of appraisal language, factors that affect such use, and the influence of such appraisal language use on the quality of these writers' essays
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
Completed supervision
-
2023
Doctor Philosophy
The acquisition of number marking: The case of Indonesian as a second language
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
Media
Enquiries
For media enquiries about Dr Martin Schweinberger's areas of expertise, story ideas and help finding experts, contact our Media team: