Kelly Kendro

kellykendro.bsky.social

03 July 2026 20:15

We’re fortunate to have received really thoughtful comments from the peer reviewers and editor throughout the process that strengthened this manuscript's framing and contribution. (Plus, Reinaldo is a stellar collaborator!) We're very happy to finally share this paper with the world.

Kelly Kendro

kellykendro.bsky.social

03 July 2026 20:15

Together, these methods can help us uncover the extent of terminological imprecision within a (sub)field. Read more here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nMrm9sT3h...

Kelly Kendro

kellykendro.bsky.social

03 July 2026 20:15

TR draws from scoping and bibliometric review and corpus methods to provide guidance for analyzing lexical and semantic overlap between definitions, evaluating collocates, and qualitatively coding a definition’s dimensions. We also provide scripts and a simple GUI for calculations.

Kelly Kendro

kellykendro.bsky.social

03 July 2026 20:15

Use of terms like “bilingual” might be defined differently across labs/researchers/publications. This poses a challenge when we try to understand and contextualize results to build theory. TR helps quantify terminological drift/variation to better understand the scope of a single term.

Kelly Kendro

kellykendro.bsky.social

03 July 2026 20:15

New article out in RMAL with @reycabreraperez.bsky.social! In this paper, we introduce Terminological Review as a research synthesis framework that helps quantify terminological drift/variation to better understand the scope of a single term. 🧵 Share link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nMrm9sT3h...