Professor of Applied Linguistics and Education, University of Exeter. https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/20179-phil-durranthttps://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.social/post/3lyk6fp5lak27I am seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the ESRC-funded project 'Writing Tasks at School and University'. The post is full-time and will run from 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2029. See below for a brief overview of the project. https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=171839ediw&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=731541tGjq11 Sep 2025 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:jo3tidgqfclzb67rdocr37lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyk6fp5lak27https://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.social/post/3lpvrjnx4dk2uIn case anyone needs some weekend reading, my contribution to a special issue of Applied Corpus Linguistics, dedicated to corpus research into children's writing, is now available open access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666799125000176?via%3Dihub24 May 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:jo3tidgqfclzb67rdocr37lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpvrjnx4dk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.social/post/3lgumwsryas2nOur recent webinar for those interested in applying for a Hornby scholarship is now available online...https://youtu.be/yEQq1iqaYq0?si=RMoQrEzqjOlBvL8j [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:jo3tidgqfclzb67rdocr37lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgumwsryas2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.social/post/3lgsuavkhws2mMy recent inaugural lecture on corpus research into academic language is now available on YouTube... https://youtu.be/hlonWrFVgQo?si=KDZI2S4wFZ1F54pf28 Jan 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:jo3tidgqfclzb67rdocr37lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsuavkhws2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.social/post/3lg6asudluc22Hornby Scholarships for international ELT professionals from middle- and low-income countries to study MEd TESOL at Exeter University. For more information and guidance, you are welcome to attend a webinar 28 Jan 1200-1300 (UK time). Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2VSMiN12QWCVUpFiL1251A [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2025 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:jo3tidgqfclzb67rdocr37lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6asudluc22https://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.social/post/3lfeumgy6s22rCall for Papers: Applied Corpus Linguistics special issue on corpus research into children's writing. For details, see https://phildurrant.net/special-issue-of-applied-corpus-linguistics-on-research-into-childrens-writing/ If you are interested in contributing, please send a 300-word abstract to me (p.l.durrant@exeter.ac.uk) by 31 January.10 Jan 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:jo3tidgqfclzb67rdocr37lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfeumgy6s22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.social/post/3ld7b7m47ic2yOur new paper out now in Applied Linguistics… https://academic.oup.com/applij/advance-article/doi/10.1093/applin/amae084/792317813 Dec 2024 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:jo3tidgqfclzb67rdocr37lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7b7m47ic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/phil-durrant.bsky.social/post/3ld6pl4uug22qAdjective + noun collocations in L2 spoken English. How robust is the role of proficiency? A great addition to the literature on collocation use and L2 proficiency. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ijlcr.23034.gab13 Dec 2024 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:jo3tidgqfclzb67rdocr37lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6pl4uug22q