Corpus Linguistics Research Group
Meetings will be every Monday at 3:30pm-4:30pm in 4056 JFSB.
Faculty Advisors
Earl Brown
Linguistics Professor at BYU
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Research Interests
Language Variation and Patterns, Second
Language Acquisition, and Legal
Linguistics
Published Articles
Previous Research and Experience
Brett Hashimoto
Assistant Linguistics Professor at BYU
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Research Interests
Corpus Linguistics, Legal Linguistics, Language
Learning and Teaching, Language Assessment,
Pragmatics, Grammar, and Vocabulary
Published Articles
Research Tools, Data, and Thesis Ideas
Current Research Group Members
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Elizabeth Meyr
(2025-Present)
Presented the following paper, “Predicting writing proficiency using phrasal complexity features in timed ESL writing tasks.” Paper presented at the 2025 annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Denver, CO, USA.
Marley Matthews
(2022-2023, 2025-Present)
Presented the following paper, “Predicting writing proficiency using phrasal complexity features in timed ESL writing tasks”. Paper presented at the 2025 annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Denver, CO, USA.
Taft Julian
(2025-Present)
Presented the following paper, “Cracking the shell: A corpus-based analysis of the functions of shell nouns in American legal contracts”. Paper presented at the International Corpus Linguistics Conference CL 2025, Birmingham, England, UK.
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Yung-Wei Wang
(2024-Present)
Presented the following paper, “Triangulating corpus and survey data in understanding academic writers’ practices and attitudes toward linguistic prescriptions. Paper presented at the 2025 annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Denver, CO, USA.
Alyssa Crezee
(2025-Present)
Presented the following paper, “Language Variation Among Autism Community Stakeholders in a Reddit Corpus”. Paper presented at the International Corpus Linguistics Conference CL 2025, Birmingham, England, UK.
Sarah Collins
(2025-Present)
Nathaniel May
(2025-Present)
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Past Research Group Members
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David Chandler
(2022-2025)
Published a peer-reviewed journal article in
"here-, there-, and every where-" Exploring the role of pronominal adverbs in legal language
Presented two papers at annual academic conferences:
Annual Law & Corpus Linguistic Conference
American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference
Received a HUM Grant
Honors Thesis
Danalyn Bradford
(2024-2025)
Spencer Poggeman (2022-2023)
Worked as a paid research assistant for Dr. Hashimoto
Presented two papers at academic conferences
Intermountain TESOL 2021 Fall Conference
TESOL International Convention 2022
Hannah Knecht (2022-2023)
Worked as a paid research assistant for Dr. Hashimoto
Presented two papers at academic conferences
Intermountain TESOL 2021 Fall Conference
TESOL International Convention 2022
Lindsey Leetham (2022-2023)
Published a peer-reviewed article in BYU Studies:
"A Register Analysis of Public Prayers"
Joseph Pineda (2022-2023)
Ellen Wight (2022-2023)
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McKayla Lindman
(2023-2025)
Worked as a paid research assistant for Dr. Hashimoto
Published a peer-reviewed research article to
Kyra Larsen
(2022-2025)
Worked as a paid research assistant for Dr. Hashimoto
Published a peer-reviewed research article to Register Studies.
Working on a peer-reviewed journal article about morphological
productivity in polysemous morphemes
Calvin Condie
(2024-2025)
Catherine Marshall (2022-2023)
Linguistics MA
Submitted a peer-reviewed article to
Presented a paper at an annual conference
American Association for Applied Linguistics
Kelly Woods (2022-2023)
Published a peer-reviewed article in Assessing Writing
"A Multi-Measure Approach for Lexical Diversity in Writing Assessments: Considerations in Measurement and Timing"
Presented a paper at an annual conference
American Association for Applied Linguistics
Rosie Stoddard (2022-2023)
Worked as a research assistant
for Dr. Hashimoto
Brandon Torruella (2022-2023)
Nathania Colver (2022-2023)
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