I am Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics at the University of Liverpool.
My research combines approaches from Corpus Linguistics, (Critical) Discourse Studies, Computational Linguistics, and Data Science to study a range of issues pertinent to (online) safety and security â particularly relationships between language and abuse â such as extreme misogyny and sexism, nationalism and radicalisation, safeguarding, and mis/disinformation. Much of my present work focuses on applications of corpus linguistics in safeguarding in the context of the following grants:
I am Co-Investigator on the ~ÂŁ2.5m ESRC-funded project, âDeveloping corpus approaches to safeguarding and family justice system researchâ
I am Academic Supervisor on an Innovate UK-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership working to develop the linguistic toolchain for the online safeguarding product Senso.cloud âĄ
Before joining Liverpool, I was Associate Professor of Corpus Linguistics and Discourse Studies in the College of English and Media at Birmingham City University, and I have held various research positions at Lancaster University's Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science and Security Lancaster, as well as in the WMG Cyber Security Centre at The University of Warwick. I earned an ESRC-funded PhD in Applied Linguistics from Lancaster University and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).Â
Books
Maci, S. M., Demata, M., McGlashan, M., & Seargeant, P. (Eds.) (2023). The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003224495
McGlashan, M. & Mercer, J. (Eds.) (2023) Toxic Masculinity: men, meaning and digital media. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003263883
Maci, S. M. & McGlashan, M. (Eds.) (2024). (Critical) Discourse Studies and the (new?) normal: analysing discourse in times of crisis. Peter Lang.
Journal Special issues
Maci, S. & McGlashan, M. (2023). (Critical) Discourse Studies and the (new?) normal: Introduction. CADAAD Journal, 15(2), 1â3. https://doi.org/10.21827/cadaad.15.2.41597Â
[IN PREPARATION]
Koller, V., Krendel, A., Aiston, J., & McGlashan, M. (in preparation, 2025) The language of the manosphere: global perspectives. Critical Discourse Studies. https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/language-manosphere-global-perspectives/Â
Journal articles
Maci, S. & McGlashan, M. (2024) âSpecial Issue â (Critical) Discourse Studies and the (new?) normal: Introduction)â. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, 15(2): 1-3. https://doi.org/10.21827/cadaad.15.2.41597Â
Paterson, L. & McGlashan, M. (2024) âSame-sex marriage, gay marriage, or equal marriage? Category construction and exclusion by premodification in a corpus of 21st century newspaper textsâ. Journal of Language and Sexuality 13(2): 129-153. https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00034.pat
BogetiÄ, K., Heritage, F., Koller, V., & McGlashan, M. (2023) âLandwhales, femoids and sub-humans: Dehumanising metaphors in incel discourseâ. Metaphor and the Social World. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.23005.bog
McGlashan, M. & Krendel, A. (2023) 'Keywords of the Manosphere'. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.22053.mcg
Brookes, G., McEnery, T., McGlashan, M., Smith, G., & Wilkinson, M. (2022) âNarrative evaluation in patient feedback: A study of online comments about UK healthcare servicesâ. Narrative Inquiry 32(1): 9-35. https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.20098.broÂ
Krendel, A., McGlashan, M., & Koller, V. (2022) âThe representation of gendered social actors across five manosphere communities on Redditâ. Corpora. https://doi.org/10.3366/cor.2022.0257Â
McGlashan, M. (2021) âNetworked discourses of bereavement in online COVID-19 memorialsâ. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 26(4): 557-82. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.21135.mcg
McGlashan, M. (2020) âCollective identity and discourse practice in the followership of the Football Lads Alliance on Twitter'. Discourse & Society 31(3): 307-328. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926519889128Â
Hardaker, C. & McGlashan, M. (2016) ââReal men donât hate womenâ: Twitter rape threats and group identityâ. Journal of Pragmatics 91: 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2015.11.005
McEnery, T., McGlashan, M., & Love, R. (2015) âPress and social media reaction to ideologically inspired murder: the case of Lee Rigbyâ. Discourse & Communication 9(2): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481314568545Â
Sunderland, J. & McGlashan, M. (2015) âHeteronormativity in EFL textbooks and in two genres of childrenâs literature (Harry Potter and same-sex parent family picturebooks)â. Language Issues 26(2): 17-26.Â
Sunderland, J. & McGlashan, M. (2013) âLooking at picturebook covers multimodally: the case of two-mum and two-dad picturebooks.â Visual Communication 12(4): 473-496. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357212471474Â
Sunderland, J. & McGlashan, M. (2012) âThe linguistic, visual and multimodal representation of two-Mum and two-Dad families in childrenâs picturebooksâ. Language and Literature 21(2): 189-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947011435863Â
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Chapters
McGlashan, M., Aiston, J., Koller, V., & Krendel, A. (in press, 2024) âMisogyny and The Red Pill (MANTRaP): applications and impact of linguistic research on online misogynyâ. In: Brookes, G., Curry, N., & Love, R. (Eds.) Applications of Corpus Linguistics. Cambridge University Press.
Larner, S. & McGlashan, M. (2023) âHow children talk about domestic abuse in the home: insights for practitionersâ. In: Taylor, J., Bates, E., & Callaghan, J. (Eds.) Children and adolescentâs experiences of violence and abuse at home: current theory, research and practitioner insights. Routledge. pp. 146-164. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003124634-16Â
Maci, S., Demata, M., Seargeant, P., & McGlashan, M. (2023) âThe various dimensions of disinformation: an introductionâ. In: Maci, S., Demata, M., McGlashan, M., & Seargeant, P. (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation. London: Routledge. pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003224495-1Â
McGlashan, M. (2023) â(Mental) health in the manosphereâ. In: Brookes, G. & ChaĹupnik, M. (Eds.) Masculinities and Discourses of Menâs Health. Springer. pp. 189-218. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38407-3_8
McGlashan, M. & Clarke, I. (2023) âOnline Discourses of Toxic Masculinityâ. In: McGlashan, M. & Mercer, J. (Eds.) Toxic Masculinity: men, meaning and digital media. London: Routledge.
McGlashan, M. & Mercer, J. (2023) âToxic Masculinity: an introductionâ. In: McGlashan, M. & Mercer, J. (Eds.) Toxic Masculinity: men, meaning and digital media. Routledge. pp. 1-7.
McGlashan, M. (2022) âLinguistic and visual trends in the representation of two-mum and two-dad couples in childrenâs picturebooksâ. In: Moya-Guijarro, A. J. & Ventola, E. (Eds) A Multimodal Approach to Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Childrenâs Picture Books. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145875-14Â
Baker, P. & McGlashan, M. (2020) 'Critical Discourse Analysis'. In: Adolphs, S. & Knight, D. (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of English Language and the Digital Humanities. London: Routledge. pp. 220-241.
Mackenzie, J., Coffey-Glover, L., Payne, S., & McGlashan, M. (2020) 'Disco Divas and Heroic Knights: A critical multimodal analysis of gender roles in "create the world" LEGO cards'. In: Caldas-Coulthard, C. R. (Ed.) Innovations and Challenges: women, language and sexism. London: Routledge. pp. 60-76.
McGlashan, M. (2013) âThe branding of European nationalism: perpetuation and novelty in racist symbolism. In: Wodak, R. & Richardson, J. (Eds.) Analysing Fascist Discourse: European fascism in talk and text. London: Routledge.
McGlashan, M. & Sunderland, J. (2011) âStories featuring two-Mum and two-Dad Familiesâ. In: Sunderland, J. Language and Gender in Childrenâs Fiction. London: Continuum. pp. 142-172.Â
Software/resources
Kehoe, A., Gee, M., Lawson, R., McGlashan, M., & Tkacukova, T. (2021). TRAC:COVID â Trust and Communication: A Coronavirus Online Visual Dashboard. Available online at https://traccovid.com
McGlashan, M., Gee, M., Kehoe, A., Lawson, R., & Tkacukova, T. (2021) TRAC:COVID Case study 2: misinformation, authority, and trust. Working Paper. Birmingham City University, Birmingham. https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/12011/Â
Tkacukova, T., Gee, M., Kehoe, A., Lawson, R., & McGlashan, M. (2021) Government management of the COVID-19 communication and public perception of the pandemic. Working Paper. Birmingham City University, Birmingham. https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/11960/Â
Reviews
McGlashan, M. (2021) 'Book review: Egbert, J, Larsson, T, & Biber, D. 'Doing Linguistics with a Corpus: Methodological Considerations for the Everyday Userâ. Discourse Studies 23(4): 560-2. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456211027995a
McGlashan, M. (2019) 'Book review: Zappavigna, Michele, Searchable talk: hashtags and social media metadiscourse'. Discourse & Communication 13(4): 461-70. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481319842460Â
Acknowledgements
Marchi, A. (2024) 'Presenting the special issue of JCaDS in honour of Alan Partington'. Journal of Corpora and Discourse Studies, 7: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.18573/jcads.31Â
Barton, D. (2018) 'The roles of tagging in the online curation of photographs'. Discourse, Context and Media, 22: 39-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2017.06.001 |Â
Michel, M. and Smith, B. (2017) âMeasuring lexical alignment during L2 chat interaction: An eye-tracking studyâ. In: Gass, S. M., Spinner, P., Behney, J. (Eds.) Salience in Second Language Acquisition. Taylor and Francis, pp. 244-267.
Keynotes
McGlashan, M. (2024) âCorpus Linguistic Approaches to Safeguarding Studies: Theory, Method, and Applicationâ. 4th International Conference EnTRetextos, The University of Valencia, Spain, 23-25/10/2024.
McGlashan, M. (2021) âLanguage and COVID: crisis, conflict, and changeâ. LTS (Language, Texts and Society) Conference 2021: responding to conflict, crisis and change. 30/04/2021.
Invited workshops
Clarke, I. & McGlashan, M. (2024) âKeyword Co-occurrence Analysisâ. PontifĂcia Universidade CatĂłlica de SĂŁo Paulo (Pontifical Catholic University of SĂŁo Paulo), Brazil, 6-10/05/2024.
McGlashan, M. (2021) âCorpus-assisted Discourse Studiesâ. University of Valencia, Spain, 27/10/2021.
McGlashan, M. (2021) âCritical Discourse Studies & Corpus-assisted Discourse Studiesâ. University of Bergamo, Italy, 26/11/2021.
McGlashan, M. (2020) âCOVID-19 Memorials: discourses of online bereavementâ. University of Leicester, UK, 04/11/2020.
Invited papers
Aiston, J., Krendel, A., Koller, V., & McGlashan, M. (2024) âWhat is âthe wallâ? Language and persuasion in the Reddit manosphere and r/PurplePillDebateâ. Language and Persuasion Reloaded, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 21-22/11/2024
McGlashan, M. (2022) âSame-sex parents in childrenâs picturebooks: examining representations using corpus-assisted multimodal critical discourse analysisâ. The University of Glasgow, Scotland, 24/04/2024.
Kennedy, C., Franklin, E., & McGlashan, M. (2023) âUsing corpus linguistics to safeguard children against online harmsâ. Language, Identities and Institutions Research Group, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, 22/11/2023
McGlashan, M. (2023) âForensic Linguisticsâ. 2023 Lancaster Asia Pacific Summer Seminar in Corpus Linguistics, Seoul National University, South Korea, 10/07/2023.
McGlashan, M. (2022) âSame-sex parents in childrenâs picturebooks: examining representations using corpus-assisted multimodal critical discourse analysisâ. The University of Bologna, Italy, 27/04/2022.
McGlashan, M. (2022) âThe language of childrenâs online disclosures of domestic, emotional, sexual, and physical abuseâ. Lancaster University, UK, 31/03/2022.
Gee, M., McGlashan, M., & Tkacukova, T. (2021) âTRAC:COVID â Trust and Communication: A Coronavirus Online Visual Dashboardâ. Pandemic Perspectives, 02/12/2021.
McGlashan, M. (2021) âCOVID-19 Memorials: networked discourses of online bereavementâ. Nottingham Trent University, UK, 20/07/2021.
McGlashan, M. (2019) âSame-sex parents in childrenâs picturebooksâ. Northern Fertility Nurses Meeting, Leeds, UK, 27/07/2019.
McGlashan, M. (2019) âMisogyny online: networked language, networked hateâ. British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association (BILETA), Aston University, UK, 07/06/2019
Cross Government Social Media Research Group (SMRG), Home Office, 16/05/19
McGlashan, M. (2019) âSame-sex parents in childrenâs picturebooks: examining representations using corpus-assisted multimodal critical discourse analysisâ. York St. John University, UK, 03/04/2019
McGlashan, M. (2019) âPolitical in- and out-groups on Twitter: a corpus-based discourse analysis of the Football Lads Alliance'. Newcastle Critical Discourse Group (NCDG), Newcastle, UK, 06/03/2019
McGlashan, M. (2018) âRepresenting same-sex parents: non-traditional families?â. Centre for Family Research, Cambridge, UK, 29/11/2018.
McGlashan, M. (2018) âSame-sex parents in childrenâs picturebooks: examining representations and their place in the curriculumâ. BAAL 2018: Taking Risks in Applied Linguistics, York St. John University, UK, 6-8/09/2018.
Lawson, R. & McGlashan, M. (2017) ââYou take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goesâ: A socio-corpus analysis of language and masculinity in an online âPickup Artistâ community'. Survey of English Usage Seminar Series, University College London, UK, 15/03/17.
Conference papers
Aiston, J., Krendel, A., Koller, V., & McGlashan, M. (2024) âWhat is âthe wallâ? Negotiating boundaries of womenâs youth and attractiveness in the manosphereâ. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines Conference 2024 (CADAAD2024), Adam Mickiewicz University, PoznaĹ, Poland, 10-12/07/2024.
Lustig, A., McGlashan, M., & Brookes, G. (2024) âKeywords of Multiplicity: A corpus assisted discourse analysis of online multiplicity communitiesâ. Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2024 (CADS2024), Universität Innsbruck, Austria, 17-19/07/2024.
Love, R., Clarke, I., & McGlashan, M. (2023) âEvaluating collocation in spoken dialogic corporaâ. Corpus Linguistics 2023, Lancaster University, UK, 3-6/07/2023.
McGlashan, M. (2023) âThe language of children's online disclosures of abuseâ. Corpus Linguistics 2023, Lancaster University, UK, 3-6/07/2023.
McGlashan, M., Krendel, A., & Koller, V. (2021) âLinguistic constructions of men and women in the Reddit manosphereâ. Corpus Linguistics 2021, University of Limerick, Ireland, 13-17/07/2021
McGlashan, M. & Larner, S. (2021) âThe language of childrenâs online disclosures of domestic, emotional, sexual, and physical abuseâ. British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)/Cambridge University Press (CUP) Corpora in Applied Linguistics: broadening the agenda, Aston University, UK, 15-16/04/2021.
Krendel, A., Aiston, J., McGlashan, M., & Koller, V. (2021) âBreaks, boundaries and balance: Maintaining wellbeing when looking at online sexismâ. British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Special Interest Group on Language and New Media, Birmingham City University, UK, 14/05/2021.
McGlashan, M. (2020)Â 'COVID-19 Memorials'. Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2020 (CAD2020), Sussex, UK, 17-19/06/2020.
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McGlashan, M. & Krendel, A. (2020)Â 'Revisiting key-key-words: proposing a method for identifying unique keywords in a collection of corpora'. Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2020 (CAD2020), Sussex, UK, 17-19/06/2020.
McGlashan, M. & Paterson, L. (2020)Â 'Same-sex marriage, gay marriage, or equal marriage? Exclusion or inclusion by premodification in a corpus of 21st century UK press reports'. Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2020 (CAD2020), Sussex, UK, 17-19/06/2020.
Clarke, I. & McGlashan, M. (2019) âOnline discourses of toxic masculinityâ. Corpora, Discourse and Society: BAAL Corpus Linguistics Special Interest Group Annual Workshop, Lancaster, UK, 13/11/2019.
McGlashan, M. & Patterson, L. (2019) âMarriage is aâŚ: The grammatical patterning and connotations of marriage in 21st century UK press reportageâ. Corpus Linguistics 2019 (CL2019), Cardiff University, UK, 22-26/07/2019.
Koller, V., McGlashan, M., Heritage, F., Krendal, A., & Aiston, J. (2019) âMANTRaP: Misogyny online ANd The Red Pill'. British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Special Interest Group on Language, Gender and Sexuality, Birmingham City University, UK, 30/05/2019.
Coffey-Glover, L., MacKenzie, J., McGlashan, M., & Payne, S. (2018) âDiscourses of gender in childrenâs toys: a multimodal analysis of gender construction in âcreate the worldâ Lego cardsâ. Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) 2018, University of Birmingham, UK, 25-28/07/2018.
McGlashan, M. (2018) âA corpus-assisted analysis of ideological affiliation on Twitter: in-groups and out-groups in the followership of an online protest movementâ. Inequality Discourses in the Media, University of Birmingham, UK, 15/06/2018.
McGlashan, M. (2018) âWhat your followers say about you: a dialectical-relational approach to (collective) identity in the followership of an online protest movementâ. Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2018 (CAD2018), Lancaster University, UK, 22-24/06/2018.
McGlashan, M. (2017) âNegotiating discourse of sexuality and same-sex marriage in childrenâs literatureâ. BAAL/CUP Discourses of Marriage, University of Liverpool, UK, 14/09/2017.
McGlashan, M. & Baker, P. (2017) âDiscourse practice and news online: comparing discursive constructions of Romanian immigrants in articles published by the Daily Express with readersâ commentsâ. Corpus Linguistics 2017, University of Birmingham, UK, 25/07/17.
Lawson, R. & McGlashan, M. (2017) ââYou need to become prime dickâ: A corpus-based analysis of self-help discourses and gender constructions in online seduction communities'. 116th American Anthropological Association (AAA) Meeting, Washington, D.C., 30/11/17.
McGlashan, M. & Lawson, R. (2017) âDiscourses of neoliberal masculinity: a corpus-based discourse study of an online âPick Up Artistâ communityâ. BAAL SIG on Language, Gender and Sexuality: Language, Discrimination and Conflict, University of Nottingham, UK, 27/04/17.
McGlashan, M. & Hardaker, C. (2015) âTwitter rape threats and the discourse of online misogyny (DOOM): using corpus-assisted community analysis (COCOA) to detect abusive online communities. In, Formato, F. & Hardie, A. Corpus Linguistics 2015. Lancaster University: UCREL.
Hardaker, C. & McGlashan, M. (2015) âTwitter rape threats and the discourse of online misogyny (DOOM): from discourses to networksâ. In, Formato, F. & Hardie, A. Corpus Linguistics 2015. Lancaster University: UCREL.
McGlashan, M. & Sunderland, J. (2015) âHeteronormativity in EFL Textbooks and in Childrenâs Fiction: Harry Potter and Same-Sex Parent Family Picturebooksâ. Queering ESOL Seminar 5 â LGBTQI Representations: media, literature, pedagogic materials, Kingâs College, London, 21/05/15.
McGlashan, M. & Sunderland, J. (2012) âGender representation in picturebooks featuring same-sex parent familiesâ. 7th International Gender and Language Conference (IGALA7).