former lit + linguistics scholar, supporting researchers counting words in various ways with computers @uazlibraries
Tucson, AZ
Joined June 2010
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Periodic reminder (esp for the new people) that I have two link farms on my website.
1/ general links related to the work I tend to do hfroehli.ch/links/
2/ an intro bibliography to corpus linguistics (why/what/how) hfroehli.ch/2014/05/11/intro…
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Out today in the International Journal of Lexicography, my article on how the @OED made @twitter and @X the largest source of new language evidence added to the dictionary in updates since 2018. thelifeofwords.uwaterloo.ca/…
I tried to condense the entire field of sociolinguistics for text and data mining purposes into 5k words for this fabulous new volume, _Text and Data Mining Literacy For Librarians_ (ACRL press). You can read it here! repository.arizona.edu/handl…
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My latest review for @TheTLS, in which I suggest, not all that gently, that Brian Vickers’s book about Thomas Kyd is… well, it’s mental
the-tls.com/literature-by-re…
Ever wondered about regional accents & linguistic variation in North American English? Nicole Halliday and Anne Helen Peterson have you very covered, and it's a straight up delight to listen to culturestudypod.substack.com…
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Sam Altman just confirmed what lawyers have been saying for over a year:
There’s no legal privilege when you use ChatGPT.
So if you’re pasting in contracts, asking legal questions, or asking it for strategy, you’re not getting legal advice. You’re generating discoverable evidence.
No attorney-client privilege. No confidentiality. No ethical duty. No one to protect you.
It might feel private, safe, and convenient. But lawyers are bound to protect you.
ChatGPT isn’t—and can be used against you.
brandon taylor is usually right (don't tell him) but this essay on how research in literary study works should be on everyone's intro to graduate studies syllabus this fall & spring blgtylr.substack.com/p/amate…
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SALT LAKES has a cover!!
And a pre-order link: bookshop.org/p/books/salt-la…
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Global Majority Fellowships in NLP 2025-26 @EdinburghUni, for early careers researchers. This year's theme is “Responsible NLP and Digital Cultural Heritage”, working with me! 2-3 months in duration, Visa fees, stipend &travel. Please share! responsiblenlp.org/global-ma…
Unbelievably, this week (June 19) marks the 10th birthday of my @ProgHist tutorial, Corpus Analysis with AntConc. 10 whole years!! I cannot believe how far and wide this little publication has travelled and been cited programminghistorian.org/en/…
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i chatted w @PalantirTech, its incoming meritocracy fellows (the anti-college internship for 18-year-olds), and people who skipped college entirely to start companies. my findings: tech’s newest recruits and founders are young, male, and hate higher ed. 1/
Hudson's Bay Company, one of the longest-running English (then Canadian) trading companies, is finally closing, 335 years after its founding on 2 May 1670. Its history is long and fascinating and, of course, very colonial en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson…
I am going to my first ever ALA conference this June and all the sheer LEVELS and DETAILS of this giant conference is simply overwhelming and here I thought modern language association was A Lot
The @Auths_Alliance is now accepting grant applications on AI, Copyright and the Public Interest Grants will not exceed $20,000
Grant applications are due by July 1, 2025
Details: authorsalliance.org/2025/05/…
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Happy 135th birthday to The Arizona Republic, first published decades before Arizona became a state! 🥳 @azcentral
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The Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (@DEFConsortium) is doing one final round of teaching fellowships this summer! Please share our call and application with colleagues teaching at regional comprehensive or community colleges! Apps due May 31st. tinyurl.com/DEFConTF2025
At my previous university we used to complain that they were too descriptive and detailed in our UAlert texts
"When you think of high-powered economic hubs in the U.S., your mind probably jumps to Silicon Valley [...] Detroit [... and] Hollywood. But there’s another powerhouse quietly fueling both our regional economy and national food supply: Yuma, AZ" cales.arizona.edu/news/yumas…
