Viktorija Kostadinova
Biographic Data
| ID | 9282424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Viktorija Kostadinova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Viktorija |
| FAMILY NAME | Kostadinova |
| SIGNATURE | KOSTADINOVA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-1911-8329 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Getting “good” data in a pandemic, part 2
This is the second part of a two-part special issue that explores how linguistic researchers adapted their data collection methods during the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection draws from a series of workshops, Getting Data: Linguistic Data Collection in the Age of Pandemic, which served as a springboard for a range of small-scale studies investigating the validity of remote and modified data collection techniques. While the first issue examined t…
Gettin’ sociolinguistic data remotely
The following paper examines the use of the stable sociolinguistic variable ( -ing ) across two different interview modalities: “classic” in-person sociolinguistic interviews and identical interviews conducted remotely over online video chat. The goal of this research was to test whether a change in modality results in style-shifting, as quantified by different rates of formal/standard [-ɪŋ] versus informal/non-standard [-ɪn]. Results show that w…
Getting “good” data in a pandemic, part 1
The articles presented in this special issue contribute to recent scholarship on remote data collection. The topics covered can be described in terms of two focal areas. The first focus is on the ways in which research can be adapted to remote data collection, and the second on the ways in which data collected remotely should be considered alongside data collected using “traditional” methods. The overarching epistemological question uniting these…
Attitudes to usage vs. actual language use
From a descriptive point of view, literally is seen as ‘a case of semantic change in progress’ (Israel, 2002: 424), exemplified through the shift from uses such as This word literally means ‘water’ to This book literally blew my mind . This process of change has been noticed and commented on by language commentators and usage guide writers. In other words, apart from being a case of change in progress, literally is also a usage problem. Usage pro…
Microsoft Grammar and Style Checker (‘Consider Revising’)
I had never given much consideration to the influence of the Microsoft Word grammar and style checker on the average Microsoft Word user. Perhaps that is because I never felt quite bothered by it; as someone who has studied English for almost twenty years now, I always felt I could make my own decisions when it comes to grammar and style matters in English. This feeling, however, changed recently when, in a matter of days, the Microsoft Word gram…
Literally, too big a fuss about nothing
A couple of years ago, a few major news websites, such as those of The Guardian , The Telegraph and The Daily Mail , reported that the non-literal use of literally , as in ‘This book literally blew my mind’, was officially recognised as legitimate usage by Merriam-Webster , Cambridge Dictionaries Online and the Oxford English Dictionary . As often happens in today's online media, the news went viral. Language users and language pundits alike cond…
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Microsoft Grammar and Style Checker (‘Consider Revising’)
I had never given much consideration to the influence of the Microsoft Word grammar and style checker on the average Microsoft Word user. Perhaps that is because I never felt quite bothered by it; as someone who has studied English for almost twenty years now, I always felt I could make my own decisions when it comes to grammar and style matters in English. This feeling, however, changed recently when, in a matter of days, the Microsoft Word gram…
Literally, too big a fuss about nothing
A couple of years ago, a few major news websites, such as those of The Guardian , The Telegraph and The Daily Mail , reported that the non-literal use of literally , as in ‘This book literally blew my mind’, was officially recognised as legitimate usage by Merriam-Webster , Cambridge Dictionaries Online and the Oxford English Dictionary . As often happens in today's online media, the news went viral. Language users and language pundits alike cond…
Attitudes to usage vs. actual language use
From a descriptive point of view, literally is seen as ‘a case of semantic change in progress’ (Israel, 2002: 424), exemplified through the shift from uses such as This word literally means ‘water’ to This book literally blew my mind . This process of change has been noticed and commented on by language commentators and usage guide writers. In other words, apart from being a case of change in progress, literally is also a usage problem. Usage pro…
Getting “good” data in a pandemic, part 2
This is the second part of a two-part special issue that explores how linguistic researchers adapted their data collection methods during the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection draws from a series of workshops, Getting Data: Linguistic Data Collection in the Age of Pandemic, which served as a springboard for a range of small-scale studies investigating the validity of remote and modified data collection techniques. While the first issue examined t…
Gettin’ sociolinguistic data remotely
The following paper examines the use of the stable sociolinguistic variable ( -ing ) across two different interview modalities: “classic” in-person sociolinguistic interviews and identical interviews conducted remotely over online video chat. The goal of this research was to test whether a change in modality results in style-shifting, as quantified by different rates of formal/standard [-ɪŋ] versus informal/non-standard [-ɪn]. Results show that w…
Getting “good” data in a pandemic, part 1
The articles presented in this special issue contribute to recent scholarship on remote data collection. The topics covered can be described in terms of two focal areas. The first focus is on the ways in which research can be adapted to remote data collection, and the second on the ways in which data collected remotely should be considered alongside data collected using “traditional” methods. The overarching epistemological question uniting these…
Computer Science (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Data science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (2 works)