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
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Socio- and psycholinguitics
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Language variation and change
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Computational and quantitative analyses
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Corpus linguistics
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First and second language acquisition
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Discourse markers and particles
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Adjective intensification
Works
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2010
Conference Publication
Rethinking the classification of high frequency discourse markers. A new approach towards LIKE across Varieties of English
Schweinberger, Martin (2010). Rethinking the classification of high frequency discourse markers. A new approach towards LIKE across Varieties of English. 11. Norddeutsches Linguistisches Kolloquium (11. NLK), Hamburg, Germany, 5-6 March 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
Epistemic modality and discourse markers: A quantitative analysis of the distribution and function of discourse marker LIKE across varieties of English
Schweinberger, Martin (2010). Epistemic modality and discourse markers: A quantitative analysis of the distribution and function of discourse marker LIKE across varieties of English. ModE4 (4th meeting on Modality in English), Madrid, Spain, 9-11 September 2010.
2009
Conference Publication
And he's like, is LIKE like LIKE, like? A quantitative account of the positional and functional distribution of the discourse marker LIKE across varieties of English
Schweinberger, Martin (2009). And he's like, is LIKE like LIKE, like? A quantitative account of the positional and functional distribution of the discourse marker LIKE across varieties of English. 10. Norddeutsches Linguistisches Kolloquium (10. NLK), Greifswald, Germany, 13-14 March 2009.
2009
Book Chapter
Towards a more fine-grained analysis of the areal distributions of nonstandard features of English
Siemund, Peter, Maier, Georg and Schweinberger, Martin (2009). Towards a more fine-grained analysis of the areal distributions of nonstandard features of English. Language contacts meet English dialects: studies in honour of Markku Filppula. (pp. 19-45) edited by Esa Pentitilä and Heli Paulasto. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2008
Other Outputs
Sprache und Raum im Lichte der Raumkonzeption Kants - Untersuchung der Beziehbarkeit von Kants Überlegungen zum Raum auf Thematisierungen des Raums in der neueren Linguistik
Schweinberger, Martin (2008). Sprache und Raum im Lichte der Raumkonzeption Kants - Untersuchung der Beziehbarkeit von Kants Überlegungen zum Raum auf Thematisierungen des Raums in der neueren Linguistik. M.A. Thesis, Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik, Universität Kassel.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Martin Schweinberger is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Examining Changes in Conspiracy Discourse on Reddit from 2019 - 2023
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ryan Ko
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
The Relationship Between Writing Tasks and Second Language Writers¿ Use of Metadiscourse
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
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Doctor Philosophy
Corpus-based investigation of three-minute thesis presentations: Register perspective
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
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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
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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
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The acquisition of number marking: The case of Indonesian as a second language
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
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