IN PROGRESS
PhD in English Linguistics
Emerson University
Research focus: corpus-based multidimensional analysis of English drama subtitles.
THE STUDIO & ITS FOUNDER
Arslan Tahir
Dailwind Studio brings together Arslan Tahir’s work in English linguistics, teaching and software development.
Arslan Tahir
MEET THE FOUNDER
Research, teaching and software.
PhD Scholar in English Linguistics at Emerson University, and founder of Dailwind Studio™.
Arslan’s work connects corpus linguistics, computational text analysis and English language teaching. Through the LinguaX Software Series, he develops applications for corpus construction, linguistic research and language learning.
His doctoral research examines English drama subtitles through corpus-based multidimensional analysis. His wider interests include register variation, artificial intelligence in second-language acquisition and corpus-based health communication.
ResearcherEnglish educatorFounder & developer
arslan@dailwind.com EDUCATION
Education
2022
MPhil in English Linguistics
Riphah International University, Islamabad
Thesis: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Promoting ESL Learners’ Autonomy: A Predictive Study of Virtual Assistant Usability.
2020
BS (Honors) in English Language
National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
Undergraduate research in morphosyntax and stylistics.
RESEARCH
Research
Research spanning corpus methods, screen language, language learning and health communication.
Corpus & computational linguisticsMultidimensional analysisRegister variationSubtitle corporaAI in language learningHealth communicationMetadiscourseMultimodal semiotics
Publications & scholarly writing
ResearchGate profile2026BOOK CHAPTER
Syntactic and lexical patterns in medical case reports: A comparative corpus study
Tahir, A., & Mehmood, Y.
In M. Afzaal & A. Tahir (Eds.), Language, corpora, and health communication: Bridging corpus linguistics, medicine, and digital humanities, Chapter 4. Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-032-26599-9.
2025JOURNAL ARTICLE
Scripting the screen: Multidimensional variation in Urdu-to-English subtitles—A case study of Aas Paas
Tahir, A., & Tahir, A.
Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 8(4), 927.
2024BOOK REVIEW
A sourcebook in classical Confucian philosophy
Tahir, A. · Review of the book by R. T. Ames.
Corpus-based Studies across Humanities, 2(1), 215–220.
2023JOURNAL ARTICLE
AI-driven advancements in ESL learner autonomy: Investigating student attitudes towards virtual assistant usability
Tahir, A.
Linguistic Forum, 5(2), 50–56.
TEACHING & EXPERIENCE
Teaching and experience
Teaching English, supporting student research and connecting linguistic methods with practical technology.
JULY 2022 – PRESENT
Visiting Lecturer
Emerson University · Department of English
Introduction to Morphology, Psycholinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Functional English and Research in Action. Mentoring undergraduate corpus-based and computational research.
SEPTEMBER 2025 – FEBRUARY 2026
Visiting Lecturer
Air University · Department of English
Functional English and foundational linguistics for undergraduate students.
NOVEMBER 2023 – APRIL 2024
Visiting Lecturer
University of Central Punjab
English language and academic writing.
DECEMBER 2016 – NOVEMBER 2021
English Teacher · Part-time
The Fatima School of Education and Science Academy
Secondary English language curriculum design and teaching.
FEBRUARY 2014 – DECEMBER 2018
Computer Lab Coordinator & Teacher
National Institute of Higher Education
Computer lab coordination and computing fundamentals.
PROFESSIONAL & DEVELOPMENT WORK
Selected software projects
The LinguaX Software Series brings corpus construction and computational text analysis into practical research workflows.
Founder · Dailwind Studio™
An independent software studio developing research tools and mobile applications, including the LinguaX Software Series.
Technical Coordinator · LexData
A professional role alongside teaching, research and software development.
Selected development projects
LinguaX Software Series · 2022–presentLinguaX Arc: Corpus Toolkit
The flagship Android corpus analysis application in the LinguaX Software Series.
Explore LinguaX ArcCommentScope
A comment scraping project for YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, with metadata extraction.
MetaScope
A metadiscourse analyzer based on Hyland’s interactional model for academic and journalistic texts.
SentimentScope
A Flair-based sentiment analyzer for English corpora, with character-level analysis support.
MDA Scope v2
A tool implementing Biber’s six-dimension framework, with support for custom dimensions.
News Suit 2026
A multi-source news scraper with relevance filtering for thematic corpus building.
Additional utilities include Stanford POS Tagger GUI, Universal Corpus Combiner, Article Keyword Filter and PDF English Extractor. Public download availability varies by project.
METHODS & CONTINUED LEARNING
Methods and professional development
Research tools & methods
AntConc, #LancsBox, MAT, Stanford POS Tagger, CLAWS and Tesseract OCR. Quantitative text analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics, Kruskal–Wallis testing and Dunn’s post-hoc comparisons.
Professional development
- TESOL Certificate, Parts 1 and 2 — Arizona State University (in progress)
- Python for Data Science, AI and Development — IBM / Coursera
- Leadership Course — Aspire Institute
- Tricky American English Pronunciation — University of California, Irvine
- English for Career Development — University of Pennsylvania
Languages
Urdu · Native
English · Full professional proficiency, academic and written