May
28
2026

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A novel and energising format was featured on the programme today: the Poster Lightning Talks. Presenters introduced their digital posters in a brisk five-minute talk. Afterwards the physical posters were displayed in the conference venue, drawing participants into rich, extended discussions. The session showcased a striking variety of research — from Martin Wynne’s “Fifty Years of the Oxford Text Archive: Digital Research Infrastructure Then and Now,” to Darya Katkova’s “Keyword analysis of British legal texts before and after Brexit”, Elen Le Foll’s work on statistical power in multifactorial alternation studies (“Power to the Corpus”), and Xingni Li’s cross-linguistic comparison of speech prosody and rap flows in American English and Cantonese. A short format with a long tail of conversation — exactly what a good poster session should be.

May
28
2026

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A special moment unfolded today as Prof. Dr. Patricia Ronan (TU Dortmund) [Chair of the ICAME Executive Board], led a brief celebration of the 50th issue of the ICAME Journal. The journal was first launched in March 1978 as ICAME News — a newsletter edited by Stig Johansson at the University of Oslo. Half a century on, the journal remains a leading international outlet for research in English corpus linguistics, and it was wonderful to pause and recognise this milestone together. Here’s to the next fifty!

May
28
2026

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Our second plenary kicked off the morning with Jonathan Culpeper taking us on a corpus-based journey through Shakespeare’s language – and beyond. Among other things, he set the record straight on how many words Shakespeare invented. Shakespeare invented fewer words than we’ve long been led to believe.

We then celebrated the 50th birthday of the open-access ICAME Journal. Happy birthday! 🎂

Right after, our poster lighting talks got underway: researchers first pitched their projects to the full audience in the lecture hello before the conversation continued over coffee in the foyer. A wonderful mix of perspectives — from senior researchers to a PhD project and even a Master’s student. A reminder that ICAME truly brings together all the days of the research journey. 🌟

May
28
2026

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On the first official conference day, our social programme kicked off with a stable car ride over the Rhine before a short walk to the coupling room, which rewarded us with a breathtaking view over the Confluence of Rhine and Moselle — the very confluentes that give this year’s conference its name. Good flow continued into the evening with sparkling wine, delicious finger food, and great music. 🥂🎶

May
28
2026

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Prof. Laurence Anthony at ICAME47

The main conference programme of ICAME47 opened on 27th May with a captivating one-hour plenary by one of the most celebrated figures in corpus linguistics, Professor Laurence Anthony of Waseda University. Speaking on “Advancing Corpus Linguistics with Small, Local and Multimodal AI Language Models,” he explored how generative AI and modern language models can be brought together with established corpus linguistic methods to open up new avenues of analysis. Professor Anthony, who holds the National Prize of the Japan Association for English Corpus Studies and is best known worldwide for his AntConc software, kept the audience thoroughly engaged throughout. The highlight was a series of live demonstrations in which he used AntConc to analyse multimodal corpora, integrating large language models and other AI tools to show how they can complement the work of a corpus linguist. It was an inspiring and fitting start to the main conference, leaving participants with much to reflect on as the days unfold.

May
27
2026

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After a full day of pre-conference workshops yesterday, our welcoming session opened with words from University President Prof. Dr. Wehner and Faculty 2 Dean Prof. Dr. Neuhaus, before JProf. Andreas Weilinghoff got things officially flowing 🌊

We then dove straight into the deep end with our first plenary talk by Laurence Anthony, exploring this year’s conference motto ‘Confluentes’ — where AI and corpus linguistics meet. While corpus linguistics and generative AI share deep roots, they diverge significantly in how they handle data, interaction, and transparency. Anthony made a compelling case for how integrating AI into established corpus tools like AntConc (which he developed) can bridge that gap, opening new possibilities for multimodal analysis while keeping transparency and validity in focus.

Day 1 is off to a great start – more to come!

May
26
2026

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It was 32°C here in Koblenz today — but the heat couldn’t beat the spirits of our linguists and researchers. Gathered in the Mensa Garten over pretzels and coffee, participants kept the conversation lively, with plenty of discussion on LLMs, AI, and corpus linguistics. The only ‘ICE’ in sight was the corpus kind — though no one seemed to mind. A warm day, in every sense, and a wonderful one.

May
26
2026

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Just by the Foyer, near to our reception desk, you’ll find a small stall from John Benjamins Publishing Company (website) . Do stop by to browse a selection of titles in linguistics and corpus research. Conference participants can take advantage of special discounts, and authors interested in publishing with John Benjamins are welcome to drop by for more information. The stall is open throughout the conference — visit between the sessions!

May
26
2026

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ICAME47 had a wonderful start today, with 5 parallel workshops that attracted tremendous interest among the participants. As the conference theme itself is ‘A Confluence of Corpus Research in the Age of AI,’ workshop papers on the use of AI and LLMs in corpus linguistics saw great turnouts. The workshop on “Corpus and Computational Linguistics meet Fake News, Mis- and Disinformation and LLMs” drew particular attention, with papers exploring ‘stance expressions’ in AI-generated versus human-written fake news, whether LLMs can be deceived into trusting disinformation, and the use of LLM agents to test interventions in online echo chambers. Equally well attended was “Data Management, Corpora and AI,” featuring talks that included fifty years of the Oxford Text Archive, Automatic Speech Recognition and the annotation of large multimodal corpora. Workshops on “ICE Corpora in the Age of AI” and “A Confluence of Languages through Corpus-based Contrastive Research in the Age of AI” rounded off a stimulating first day. We look forward to the remaining days of the conference!

May
26
2026

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The 47th ICAME international conference has started today (26th May, 2026) at the University of Koblenz, Germany. ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English) is one of the longest-standing organisations of linguists and data scientists working with English language corpora. This year’s conference runs from 26–30 May under the theme “A Confluence of Corpus Research in the Age of AI,” bringing together researchers from around the world. The academic programme features full papers, work-in-progress reports, software demonstrations, poster sessions, and plenary talks, complemented by a social programme of a welcome reception, a boat trip, and a gala dinner.