Publications

Below, we have listed the most important publications related to the compilation of and research based on LLC–2. Where possible, clicking on a title or DOI will take you to an online version. Most of the items are open access or, alternatively, available on request via ResearchGate.

• Põldvere, N., Johansson, V., & Paradis, C. (forthcoming). A guide to the London–Lund Corpus 2 of spoken British English. Lund Studies in English. Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University.

• Põldvere, N., Johansson, V., & Paradis, C. (2021). On the London–Lund Corpus 2: Design, challenges and innovations. English Language and Linguistics, 25(3), 459–483. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674321000186

• Seitanidi, E., Põldvere, N., & Paradis, C. An interactional account of exaggeration in everyday conversation. In A. Haselow & G. Kaltenböck (Eds.), Language in social interaction: Studies in interaction management, social behavior and grammar in interaction (pp. 81–112). Mouton De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111509105-004
• Love, R., & Põldvere, N. (2025). Lexico-grammatical variation in spoken British English corpora. In R. J. Sandow and N. Braber (Eds.), Sociolinguistic approaches to lexical variation in English (pp. 119–137). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003510581-9
• Nykiel, J., & Põldvere, N. (2025). Ellipsis meets the reactive what-x construction in English. English Language and Linguistics, 28(3), 613–635. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674324000303
• Seitanidi, E., Põldvere, N., & Paradis, C. (2023). All-cleft constructions in the London–Lund Corpora of spoken English: Empirical and methodological perspectives. Journal of Pragmatics, 207, 78–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2023.02.003
• Põldvere, N., De Felice, R., & Paradis, C. (2022). Advice in conversation: Corpus pragmatics meets mixed methods. Cambridge Elements in Pragmatics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009053617
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• Paradis, C., Johansson, V., & Põldvere, N. (Eds.). (2021). Special issue on spoken language in time and across time. English Language and Linguistics, 25(3).
• Paradis, C., Johansson, V., & Põldvere, N. (2021). Spoken language in time and across time: Introduction. English Language and Linguistics, 25(3), 449–457. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674321000174
• Põldvere, N., Frid, J., Johansson, V., & Paradis, C. (2021). Challenges of releasing audio material for spoken data: The case of the London–Lund Corpus 2. Research in Corpus Linguistics, 9(1), 35–62. https://doi.org/10.32714/ricl.09.01.04
• Põldvere, N., Johansson, V., & Paradis, C. (2021). Resonance in dialogue: The interplay between intersubjective motivations and cognitive facilitation. Language and Cognition, 13(4), 643–669. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2021.16
• Põldvere, N., & Paradis, C. (2020). ‘What and then a little robot brings it to you?’ The reactive what-x construction in spoken dialogue. English Language and Linguistics, 24(2), 307–332. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674319000091
• Põldvere, N., & Paradis, C. (2019). Motivations and mechanisms for the development of the reactive what-x construction in spoken dialogue. Journal of Pragmatics, 143, 65–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2019.02.008
• Põldvere, N. (2019). What's in a dialogue? On the dynamics of meaning-making in English conversation [Doctoral dissertation, Lund University]. Media-Tryck.