I conduct research on a range of topics in applied linguistics, spanning contrastive linguistics, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, English-medium instruction, language pedagogies, metadiscourse, parascientific, scientific, and academic communication, register studies, TESOL, translation. See selected publications below. 

Books

Curry, N. (2021). Academic writing and reader engagement: Contrasting questions in English, French and Spanish corpora. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429322921

Research Articles

Curry, N., & Mark, G. (2024). Using corpus linguistics in materials development and teacher education. Second Language Teacher Education, 2(2), 187-208. https://doi.org/10.1558/slte.25727. PDF available here.

Curry, N., Baker, P., & Brookes, G. (2024). Generative AI for corpus approaches to discourse studies: A critical evaluation of ChatGPT. Applied Corpus Linguistics, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acorp.2023.100082. PDF available here.

Curry, N. (2023). How should digital tools for writing be evaluated? Reflections from digital pedagogies and applied linguistics. Journal of Academic Writing, 13(1), 53-58. https://doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v13i1.970. PDF available here.

Curry, N., Kasparkova, A., Ganobcsik-Williams, L., & Gustafsson, M. (2023). Editorial: Thinking outside the academic writing box. Journal of Academic Writing, 13(1), ii-v. https://doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v10i1.968. PDF available here.

Curry, N. (2023). Question illocutionary force indicating devices in academic writing: A corpus-pragmatic and contrastive approach to identifying and analysing direct and indirect questions in English, French, and Spanish. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 28(1), 91-119. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20065.cur. PDF available here.

Curry, N. (2023). [Review of the book Fundamental principles of corpus linguistics, by T. McEnery, & Brezina, V.] International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 28(2), 278-283. doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.00052.cur. PDF available here.

Cheded, M., Curry, N., Hopkinson, G., & Gilchrist, A. (2023). Managing precarity at the intersection of individual and collective life: A membership categorisation analysis of conflict and tensions in an online biosocial community. Organization, 30(1), 42-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084221131643. PDF available here.

Curry, N., Love, R., & Goodman, O. (2022).  Adverbs on the move: Investigating publisher application of corpus research on recent language change to ELT coursebook development. Corpora, 17(1), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.3366/cor.2022.0233. PDF available here.

Ganobcsik-Williams, L., Curry, N., Neculai, C. (2022). Academic writing in times of crisis: Refashioning writing tutor development for online environments. Journal of Academic Writing, 12(1), 10-21. https://doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v12i1.887. PDF available here.

Love, R., Brookes, G. & Curry, N. (2022). BAAL/CUP seminar: “Corpora in applied linguistics: Broadening the agenda”. Language Teaching, 55(1), 139-141. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444821000331. PDF available here.

Curry, N. & Pérez-Paredes, P. (2021). Stance nouns in COVID-19 related blog posts: A contrastive analysis of blog posts published in The Conversation in Spain and the UK. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 26(4), 469-497. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.21080.cur. PDF available here.

Curry, N. (2021). Developing learners as global citizens: Reflections on the affordances of digital pedagogies in language education. ACROSS – A Comprehensive Review of Societal Studies, 4(1), 1-11. PDF available here.

Love, R., & Curry, N. (2021). Recent change in modality in informal spoken British English: 1990s – 2010s. English Language and Linguistics, 25(3), 537-562. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674321000265. PDF available here.

Curry, N. (2019). Learners as models: The pedagogical value of near peer role models. Speak Out! Journal of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group, 60, 34-43. PDF available here.

Curry, N. & Chambers, A. (2017). Questions in English and French research articles in linguistics: A corpus-based contrastive analysis. Corpus Pragmatics, 1(4), 327-350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41701-017-0012-0. PDF available here.

Book Chapters

Curry, N., & Pérez-Paredes, P. (2023). Using corpus linguistics and grounded theory to explore EMI stakeholders’ discourse. In S. Curle, & Pun, J. K. H. (eds.). Qualitative research methods in English medium instruction for emerging researchers: Theory and case studies of contemporary research (pp. 45-61). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003375531-5. PDF available here.

Curry, N. (2023). Afterword. In M. Leedham, C. Tagg, & Tuck, J. (eds.), Online pedagogy and the student experience: Teaching applied linguistics and beyond (pp. 180-184). McGraw-Hill. PDF available here.

McCallum, L., & Curry, N. (2023). Complexity, accuracy and fluency in writing. In Mohebbi, H. (ed.), Insights into teaching and learning writing: A practical guide for early-career teachers (pp. 27-44). Castledown Publishing. https://doi.org/10.29140/9781914291159. PDF available here.

Pérez-Paredes, P., & Curry, N. (2023). Exploring the internationalisation and glocalisation constructs in EMEMUS lecturers’ interviews and focus groups. In E. Dafouz, & Smit, U. (eds.), Researching English-medium higher education (pp. 92-116). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003193852-6. PDF available here.

Curry, N. (2022). Digital pedagogy and language teaching and learning – from research to practice. In Watkins, P. (ed.), The better learning research review (pp. 103-109). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009152167.017. PDF available here.

Curry, N. (2022). On contrastive analysis and language pedagogy: Reimagining applications for contemporary English language teaching. In McCallum, L. (ed.), English language teaching in the European Union: Theory and practice across the region (pp. 239-256). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2152-0_14. PDF available here.

Curry, N., Clarke, J., & Vincent, B. (2021). Ponying the slovos: A parallel linguistic analysis of translations of A Clockwork Orange. In Campbell, I., (ed.), Science fiction in translation (pp. 165-188). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84208-6_9. PDF available here.

Curry, N., & Riordan, E. (2021). Intelligent CALL systems for writing development: Investigating the use of Write and Improve for developing written language and writing skill. In K. Kelch, P. Byun, S. Cervantes, &. Safavi, S. (eds.), CALL theory applications for online TESOL education (pp. 252-273). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6609-1.ch011. PDF available here.

Curry, N., & Pérez-Paredes, P. (2021). Understanding lectures’ practices and processes: An investigation of English medium education in a Spanish multilingual university. In M. L. Carrió-Pastor, & Bellés-Fortuño, B., (eds.), Teaching language and content in multicultural and multilingual classrooms (pp. 123-156). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56615-9_6. PDF available here.

Curry, N., & Clark, T. (2020). Corpus-informed evaluation of examination criteria for MENA. In L. McCallum, & Coombe, C. (eds.), The assessment of L2 written English across the MENA Region: A synthesis of practice (pp. 359-392). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53254-3_15. PDF available here.

Reports

Love, R., Brookes, G., & Curry, N. (2021). Reporting from “Corpora in Applied Linguistics: Broadening the Agenda”. BAAL News, 119 (Summer 2021). British Association for Applied Linguistics.