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Eye-tracking reading-while-listening: Challenges and methodological considerations in vocabulary research (2023)
Journal Article
Conklin, K., & Alotaibi, S. (2023). Eye-tracking reading-while-listening: Challenges and methodological considerations in vocabulary research. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2(3), Article 100086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2023.100086

Learners need to know a considerable number of words to function in a second or foreign language. To help increase their word knowledge, learners are encouraged to engage in activities that provide a rich source of vocabulary like listening to music... Read More about Eye-tracking reading-while-listening: Challenges and methodological considerations in vocabulary research.

Satire in Eighteenth-Century Medical Discourse: Elizabeth Nihell, Tobias Smollett and the Advent of Man-Midwifery (2023)
Journal Article
Whitt, R. J. (2023). Satire in Eighteenth-Century Medical Discourse: Elizabeth Nihell, Tobias Smollett and the Advent of Man-Midwifery. English Studies, 104(8), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838x.2023.2266232

This paper examines Tobias Smollett’s scathing assessment in the Critical Review of Elizabeth Nihell’s midwifery treatise, Treatise on the Art of Midwifery (1760), a polemic against the use of instruments in childbirth and the increasing popularity o... Read More about Satire in Eighteenth-Century Medical Discourse: Elizabeth Nihell, Tobias Smollett and the Advent of Man-Midwifery.

Invisible Animals: Exploring Public Discourses to Understand the Contemporary Status of Donkeys in Britain (2023)
Journal Article
Clancy, C., McClaughlin, E., & Cooke, F. (2023). Invisible Animals: Exploring Public Discourses to Understand the Contemporary Status of Donkeys in Britain. Anthrozoös, 36(6), 951-970. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2248762

Established representations of donkeys in western literature and popular culture have often been negative, portraying the animals as stupid, inept, and bad tempered. To understand whether such representations are reflected in contemporary understandi... Read More about Invisible Animals: Exploring Public Discourses to Understand the Contemporary Status of Donkeys in Britain.

Shetland and the Runic Diaspora (2023)
Book Chapter
Jesch, J. (2023). Shetland and the Runic Diaspora. In R. Foster, & C. Cooijmans (Eds.), History, Landscape, and Language in the Northern Isles and Caithness: A'm Grippit Dis Laand’. A Gedenkschrift for Doreen Waugh. Brepols Publishers

What triggers perceptions of racism in Heart of Darkness? A reader-response analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Mastropierro, L., & Conklin, K. (2023). What triggers perceptions of racism in Heart of Darkness? A reader-response analysis. Language and Literature, 32(4), 437-457. https://doi.org/10.1177/09639470231202263

This paper combines reader-response analysis and stylistic insights to investigate what may be triggering perceptions of racism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It presents the results of a survey that asked participants to read extracts from th... Read More about What triggers perceptions of racism in Heart of Darkness? A reader-response analysis.

Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging (2023)
Journal Article
Jewitt, S., Smallman-Raynor, M., McClaughlin, E., Clark, M., Dunham, S., Elliott, S., …Tarlinton, R. (2023). Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging. Heliyon, 9(9), Article E19211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19211

Understanding how smallscale (‘backyard’) poultry keepers interpret and respond to governmental directives designed to reduce the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is of paramount importance in preparing for future HPAI outbrea... Read More about Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging.

Rock is Dead, Long Live Rock: Quantum Archaeology in the Neolithic Present (2023)
Journal Article
Legendre, T. (2023). Rock is Dead, Long Live Rock: Quantum Archaeology in the Neolithic Present. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 9(1), 67-85. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.22418

Kilmartin Glen's rock art and built structures suggest activities dedicated to decentring human individuality and agency, paradoxically through heightened sensory experience. This process of "losing oneself" in time and place may be understood in ter... Read More about Rock is Dead, Long Live Rock: Quantum Archaeology in the Neolithic Present.

A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clos, J., McClaughlin, E., Barnard, P., Tom, T., & Yajaman, S. (2023). A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress. In TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3597530

Online misinformation is a serious problem that can have a negative impact on individuals, societies, and democracies. It can lead to the spread of false information, the erosion of trust in institutions, and the polarisation of political discourse.... Read More about A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress.