Claire Hardaker (linguist)

Claire Hardaker (born 16 January 1981) is a British linguist. She is currently a Professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of Lancaster University, United Kingdom. Her research involves forensic linguistics and corpus linguistics. Her research focuses on deceptive, manipulative, and aggressive language in a range of online data. She has investigated behaviours ranging from trolling and disinformation to human trafficking and online scams. Her research typically uses corpus linguistic methods to approach forensic linguistic analyses.

Claire Hardaker
Born (1981-01-16) 16 January 1981
Dewsbury, United Kingdom
Children3
AwardsPart of the team awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education
Academic background
Alma materLancaster University
ThesisTrolling in computer-mediated communication: Aggression and deception online (2012)
Doctoral advisorJonathan Culpeper
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsLancaster University
WebsiteHardaker on the website of Lancaster University

She has worked in the Department of Linguistics and English Language[1] at Lancaster University since 2013.

Career and research

Hardaker received her MA in Language Studies in 2007, and her PhD in Linguistics in 2012 from Lancaster University. She taught English Language and Linguistics at the University of Central Lancashire as an associate lecturer, and then as a lecturer from 2007 to 2012. In 2013 she took a position as lecturer in Forensic Corpus Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Forensic Corpus Linguistics in 2017.[2]

Hardaker has been principal investigator (PI) and co-investigator (CI) on research grants from the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). As part of the £5 million ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Sciences (CASS),[3] Hardaker has investigated different manifestations of online abuse, including strategies, motivations, and responses.[4] Hardaker has also been CI on projects funded by Her Majesty's Government,[5] and co-researcher on research funded by the European Commission, investigating anti-trafficking, and the deployment of anti-trafficking funds across the European Union.[6]

Hardaker has appeared on television and radio,[7][8] and in documentaries,[9][10][11] podcasts,[12][13][14] and print media around the world[15][16][17] on topics ranging from online abuse,[18][19][20][21][22][23] to the Word of the Year,[24] to the language of children online,[25][26][27][28] to the decryption of the Voynich manuscript.[29][30][31] Her research has been discussed in the House of Commons,[32] and she has written for The Guardian and The Observer,[33] The Independent,[34] The Conversation,[35] the Political Studies Association,[36] among others.

Hardaker serves on the editorial board of Internet Pragmatics,[37] directs the Forensic Linguistics Research Group (FORGE)[38][39] at Lancaster University, is the co-creator of the free software, FireAnt, designed to collect, filter, and export Twitter data,[40] and she publishes a monthly podcast entitled en clair. Each episode typically covers a case involving forensic linguistics, language mysteries, literary detection, decryption of codes and undeciphered languages, and other forms of linguistic intrigue.[41][42]

Awards and honors

Hardaker's ESRC-funded research on online abuse, undertaken within Lancaster University's Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Sciences (CASS) subsequently assisted CASS in being awarded The Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.[43]

Personal life

Hardaker was born in Dewsbury, and grew up in the small village of Tyersal in Bradford. She attended Tong High School until 1995, sat her A Levels at Bradford College, and remained in Bradford for over thirty years, until she moved to Lancaster in 2013 to take up her position as lecturer at Lancaster University. She has a son and identical twin daughters.

Selected publications
  • C. Hardaker. "Trolling in asynchronous computer-mediated communication: From user discussions to academic definitions." Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture 6(2). 215–242. 2010.
  • C. Hardaker. "'Uh.... not to be nitpicky, but… the past tense of drag is dragged, not drug.': An overview of trolling strategies." Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 1(1). 58–86. 2013.
  • C. Hardaker and M. McGlashan. "'Real men don’t hate women;' Twitter rape threats and group identity." Journal of Pragmatics 91. 80–93. 2016.
  • C. Hardaker. "'I refuse to respond to this obvious troll': an overview of responses to (perceived) trolling. Corpora 10 (2). 201–229. 2015.
  • C. Hardaker. Corpus Linguistics for Forensic Linguistics: Research and Practice – Routledge Corpus Linguistics Guides. Taylor & Francis Ltd. 2021.
gollark: I think there are some people running NAT on v6, but they're wrong.
gollark: IPv4 address shortage.
gollark: NAT is VERY bees but necessary.
gollark: Well, NAT and such.
gollark: Greetings, mortal.

References
  1. "Linguistics and English Language (LAEL)". lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. "I was changing a nappy when call for help came". lancasterguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. "The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS)". lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. "Twitter rape threats and the discourse of online misogyny". gtr.ukri.org. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "Claire Hardaker – CV – grants". lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. "Comprehensive Policy Review of Anti-Trafficking Projects". ec.europa.eu. September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. "BBC Newsnight – The Twitter trolls who threaten rape – we try to catch one". BBC. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. "BBC Radio 4 – Women's online misogyny". BBC. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. "BBC – Blurred Lines: The New Battle of the Sexes". BBC. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. "Channel 4 to air Elliot Roger documentary, The Virgin Killer". channel4.com. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. "BBC – The Anti-Social Network". BBC. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. "Tech Weekly Podcast 2013: Understanding the internet troll". theguardian.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  13. "Tech Weekly Podcast 2014: Understanding the internet troll". theguardian.com. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  14. "The Naked Scientists: Are You Safe Online?". thenakedscientists.com. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  15. "Brazil – Veja – Trolagem: a marca da maldade na web". veja.abril.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  16. "China – QQ – 《新政治家》杂志：铲除网络空间的"恶"". view.news.qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  17. "The Netherlands – JOOP – Trollen doen het vooral uit verveling". joop.bnnvara.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  18. "Internet trolls face up to two years in jail under new laws". BBC. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  19. "Twitter Makes Tweaks To Limit Abuse And Abusers". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  20. "Sky News may face Ofcom inquiry after complaints over death of McCann 'troll'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  21. "Internet trolls will not be deterred by long prison sentences, Mary Beard warns". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  22. "The internet is often vile, but we can make it civilised". ft.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  23. "Who are the trolls?". newstatesman.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  24. "'Post-truth' declared word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries". BBC. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  25. "A dictionary to decipher kids' chat lingo". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  26. "Parents baffled by children using 'noob' and 'tekkers' in online chat". The Daily Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  27. "Derp, YOLO and Jank make it in to new dictionary". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  28. "Reem! Two-thirds of parents confused by online slang". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  29. "How the Voynich manuscript hit the headlines". historyextra.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  30. "Voynich code cracked?". languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  31. "Científico afirma haber descifrado el manuscrito Voynich, el texto más enigmático de la Edad Media". mundo.sputniknews.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  32. "Daily Hansard, Westminster Hall". 26 February 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  33. "The Guardian author profile – Claire Hardaker". theguardian.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  34. "The Independent author profile – Claire Hardaker". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  35. "The Conversation author profile – Claire Hardaker". theconversation.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  36. "TWITTER: WHERE FREE SPEECH AND CENSORSHIP CAN BE SYNONYMS". psa.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  37. "Internet Pragmatics". benjamins.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  38. "Forensic Linguistics Research Group (FORGE)". wp.lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  39. "Lancaster University's Linguistics & English Language Department Research Groups". lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  40. "FireAnt: Filter, Identify, Report, and Export Analysis Toolkit". laurenceanthony.net. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  41. "en clair: forensic linguistics, literary detection, language mysteries, and more". podcasts.apple.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  42. "en clair: forensic linguistics, literary detection, language mysteries, and more – ways to listen". wp.lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  43. "Royal approval for Lancaster University linguistics centre". thevisitor.co.uk. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

External sources

• Faculty web page at Lancaster

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