10月24日，来自英国伯明翰大学的Michaela Mahlberg教授应邀来到北京外国语大学中国外语与教育研究中心语料库语言学沙龙，为师生们带来了一场题为Water stories: A collaborative corpus approach to tackling the climate crisis的报告，探讨了她提出的"协作语料库语言学"方法，旨在通过叙事的力量，帮助应对当前的气候危机。

Mahlberg教授指出，语言构筑现实，早期的语料库研究侧重于特定词汇，而新兴的生态语言学则关注话语模式和环境话语框架。但是，叙事在塑造现实中的作用仍未被充分重视。她以水资源危机为背景，阐述了"协作语料库语言学"的理念，强调要创造性地运用语言，编织出富有影响力的气候故事，与利益相关方的实际处境相结合，以产生更大的影响力。

讲座紧密结合了语言学和环境保护的视角，为应对气候变化这一全人类共同挑战，提供了一种新颖有趣的路径探索。现场师生对该理念给予了高度关注和热烈讨论，期待能在未来进一步推广这一创新方法，为应对环境危机贡献自己的力量。

Prof Mahlberg Introduces Collaborative Corpus Linguistics

On 24 October 2024, Professor Michaela Mahlberg from the University of Birmingham, UK, was invited to the Corpus Research Group meeting of Beijing Foreign Studies University. She delivered a report entitled "Water stories: A collaborative corpus approach to tackling the climate crisis", exploring the "collaborative corpus linguistics" method she proposed, aimed at helping to address the current climate crisis through the power of narrative.

Professor Mahlberg pointed out that language constructs reality. Early corpus research focused on specific lexis, while emerging ecolinguistics focuses on discourse patterns and environmental discourse frameworks. However, the role of narrative in shaping reality has not been fully appreciated. Taking the water crisis as a background, she expounded on the concept of "collaborative corpus linguistics", emphasising the creative use of language to weave influential climate stories that connect with the actual situations of stakeholders, in order to generate greater impact.

The lecture closely combined perspectives from linguistics and environmental protection, providing a novel and interesting path to explore in addressing the common challenge of climate change faced by all humanity. The teachers and students present showed great interest and engaged in heated discussions on this concept, looking forward to further promoting this innovative method in the future to contribute to addressing environmental crises.