Christian Ilbury
@christianilbury.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics & Director of EDI for PPLS at University of Edinburgh.
he/him
LVC, digital (queer+youth+popular) cultures, 'MLE', & accent bias/linguistic discrimination - Edinburgh/London.
https://cilbury.wordpress.com/
he/him
LVC, digital (queer+youth+popular) cultures, 'MLE', & accent bias/linguistic discrimination - Edinburgh/London.
https://cilbury.wordpress.com/
Pinned
My book "Researching Language and Digital Communication" is hereeee.
It may just be the most camp discussion of DMC so far. Including analyses of:
- Dolly Parton memes
- TikTok videos of Jungle and Billie Eilish
- anonymous Grindr profiles
It may just be the most camp discussion of DMC so far. Including analyses of:
- Dolly Parton memes
- TikTok videos of Jungle and Billie Eilish
- anonymous Grindr profiles
On my way to London for the
@engmediacentre.bsky.social
conference tomorrow. Looking forward to lecturing a room of 800~ young people about 'youth language' 😂
[Or, more specifically, why linking language change to social media isn't as straightforward as most think!]
tinyurl.com/3kf8w58r
@engmediacentre.bsky.social
conference tomorrow. Looking forward to lecturing a room of 800~ young people about 'youth language' 😂
[Or, more specifically, why linking language change to social media isn't as straightforward as most think!]
tinyurl.com/3kf8w58r
emagazine Conference for A Level Language, 2025, London (27.11.2025, Autumn 2025)
In-person emagazine Language Conference for advanced level students. <strong>Fully booked. We will not be re-opening bookings for the Conference.</strong><strong></strong>
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On my way to London for the
@engmediacentre.bsky.social
conference tomorrow. Looking forward to lecturing a room of 800~ young people about 'youth language' 😂
[Or, more specifically, why linking language change to social media isn't as straightforward as most think!]
tinyurl.com/3kf8w58r
@engmediacentre.bsky.social
conference tomorrow. Looking forward to lecturing a room of 800~ young people about 'youth language' 😂
[Or, more specifically, why linking language change to social media isn't as straightforward as most think!]
tinyurl.com/3kf8w58r
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Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers
An exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the British Academy’s events programme.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
The protesters are "campaigning against Scottish schools offering migrant parents lessons to improve their English"
Where to start with this...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Where to start with this...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Mothers trying to learn English face demonstration outside school
The protest follows a campaign by YouTube influencers against schools offering migrant parents lessons to improve their language skills
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The protesters are "campaigning against Scottish schools offering migrant parents lessons to improve their English"
Where to start with this...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Where to start with this...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
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www.technomoralfutures.uk/news-databas...
Happy Monday! Here's me thinking about speech tech, voices, and death thanks to the lovely @technomoralfutures.bsky.social
content notes: discussion of death, grief, online abuse
Happy Monday! Here's me thinking about speech tech, voices, and death thanks to the lovely @technomoralfutures.bsky.social
content notes: discussion of death, grief, online abuse
Text-to-speech voices as human remains — Centre for Technomoral Futures
Speech technology researchers worldwide are working on improving the smoothness and fidelity of text-to-speech towards the goal of accessible communication for all. However, TTS models are also being ...
www.technomoralfutures.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
www.technomoralfutures.uk/news-databas...
Happy Monday! Here's me thinking about speech tech, voices, and death thanks to the lovely @technomoralfutures.bsky.social
content notes: discussion of death, grief, online abuse
Happy Monday! Here's me thinking about speech tech, voices, and death thanks to the lovely @technomoralfutures.bsky.social
content notes: discussion of death, grief, online abuse
This is the point I was trying to make a few weeks back about academics continuing to use that platform, although in somewhat more euphemistic terms...
Quite frankly, I think non-fascists who are still using Twitter and somehow still believe it’ll help them achieve non-fascist aims are 100% delusional. It’s pathetic.
It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is the point I was trying to make a few weeks back about academics continuing to use that platform, although in somewhat more euphemistic terms...
I realllllly wish people wouldn't use 'code-switching' interchangeably with 'style-shifting'. It's really hard to mark an essay that conflates the two when they cite a source that literally does the same thing 😭
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I realllllly wish people wouldn't use 'code-switching' interchangeably with 'style-shifting'. It's really hard to mark an essay that conflates the two when they cite a source that literally does the same thing 😭
This is outrageous.
Academics/universities consistently take the high horse and ask 'what are we going to do about students using AI?!' when there's literally universities teaching courses with AI generated slides... Like come on.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Academics/universities consistently take the high horse and ask 'what are we going to do about students using AI?!' when there's literally universities teaching courses with AI generated slides... Like come on.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is outrageous.
Academics/universities consistently take the high horse and ask 'what are we going to do about students using AI?!' when there's literally universities teaching courses with AI generated slides... Like come on.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Academics/universities consistently take the high horse and ask 'what are we going to do about students using AI?!' when there's literally universities teaching courses with AI generated slides... Like come on.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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📣 Trinity College Dublin is hiring 2 #tenuretrack Assistant Professors in Sociology.
👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a...
👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a...
@tcdsociology.bsky.social
@isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social
👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a...
👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a...
@tcdsociology.bsky.social
@isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📣 Trinity College Dublin is hiring 2 #tenuretrack Assistant Professors in Sociology.
👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a...
👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a...
@tcdsociology.bsky.social
@isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social
👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a...
👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a...
@tcdsociology.bsky.social
@isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social
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We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility | Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme | Usher Institute
Precision Medicine Project - Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility
usher.ed.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
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Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on 🤖🏳️⚧️Gender and the Machine🧟♀️🧑💻, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research!
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on 🤖🏳️⚧️Gender and the Machine🧟♀️🧑💻, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research!
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
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🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Defining language and managing its use: Language technology as language management
Language technologies such as voice user interfaces, large language models and machine translation tools are embedded in an ever-growing range of digi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Jobs: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics: Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Georgia
Jobs: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics: Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Georgia
Description:
The Department of Linguistics and the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Georgia invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence. This position is a joint hire, with the Department of Linguistics serving as the home department for promotion and tenure. We seek a candidate with a productive research agenda at the intersection of Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence and the ability to be an ex
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November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Jobs: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics: Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Georgia
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@christianilbury.bsky.social is another recent addition to the Starter Pack, and joined @brynnquick.bsky.social for an interview earlier this year to discuss his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide. A great discussion!
www.languageonthemove.com/researching-...
www.languageonthemove.com/researching-...
Researching Language and Digital Communication
Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Christian Ilbury about his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide, published by Routledge. The book is an introduction to research on l…
www.languageonthemove.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@christianilbury.bsky.social is another recent addition to the Starter Pack, and joined @brynnquick.bsky.social for an interview earlier this year to discuss his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide. A great discussion!
www.languageonthemove.com/researching-...
www.languageonthemove.com/researching-...
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Here's our response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review. We're v hopeful it holds out the possibility of real change in secondary English - more oracy, media, drama, proper language study + better GCSEs! englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
EMC response to Curriculum and Assessment Review Report
EMC's response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review, exploring its implications for English and Media teaching in secondary schools
englishandmedia.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Here's our response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review. We're v hopeful it holds out the possibility of real change in secondary English - more oracy, media, drama, proper language study + better GCSEs! englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
I'm leading a training session on class and classism for some tutors this week. Alongside my personal narrative (state-educated, first in family, mum with physical disability, dad = bus mechanic, w/c family from Hounslow), I'm drawing on the Sutton Trust report 'Elitist Britain 2025'.
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I'm leading a training session on class and classism for some tutors this week. Alongside my personal narrative (state-educated, first in family, mum with physical disability, dad = bus mechanic, w/c family from Hounslow), I'm drawing on the Sutton Trust report 'Elitist Britain 2025'.
Since January 2022, we (me, 93% Club & SS) have been working a project that tackles accent bias in Higher Education, focusing on the 'elite' institution where we're based. Today, we're launching the project website which brings together all our work:
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Since January 2022, we (me, 93% Club & SS) have been working a project that tackles accent bias in Higher Education, focusing on the 'elite' institution where we're based. Today, we're launching the project website which brings together all our work:
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
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New publication on @ipragmatics.bsky.social, out now and available open access:
My work on the digital language ideologies of generative AI, in particular the "AI is here to stay" construction and its connections to presentism, techno-optimism, and tech bro culture
My work on the digital language ideologies of generative AI, in particular the "AI is here to stay" construction and its connections to presentism, techno-optimism, and tech bro culture
Presentism as a digital language ideology in generative AI discourse
This paper gives a critical discourse-analytical account of presentism as a digital language ideology. It outlines how this ahistorical understanding of sociotechnical change centering the here-and-no...
benjamins.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New publication on @ipragmatics.bsky.social, out now and available open access:
My work on the digital language ideologies of generative AI, in particular the "AI is here to stay" construction and its connections to presentism, techno-optimism, and tech bro culture
My work on the digital language ideologies of generative AI, in particular the "AI is here to stay" construction and its connections to presentism, techno-optimism, and tech bro culture
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3 year AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards at the University of Liverpool. Home and International students can apply; any arts and humanities discipline is eligible.
Candidates are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form by the 12th December 2025.
Details: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Candidates are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form by the 12th December 2025.
Details: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Doctoral Landscape Awards | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
3 year AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards at the University of Liverpool. Home and International students can apply; any arts and humanities discipline is eligible.
Candidates are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form by the 12th December 2025.
Details: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Candidates are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form by the 12th December 2025.
Details: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Strong agree.
In our latest blog piece, Gareth Mulvey argues that it is British elites who most stubbornly refuse to integrate.
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Strong agree.
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Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
www.change.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Participants in this study clearly have never interacted with a gay man!!!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Nice to meet you.(!) Gendered norms in punctuation usage
People face a myriad of daily decisions about how to communicate, especially in today's digital world. We consider the decision to use exclamation poi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Participants in this study clearly have never interacted with a gay man!!!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🤩
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🤩
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Everyday is more depressing than the last in UK HE.
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Everyday is more depressing than the last in UK HE.
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How will language shape the future of AI, education & society? At the GESDA Global Summit last month, Prof Jennifer Culbertson explored why understanding language structure & evolution is vital in the age of AI. Read more and watch her talk: edin.ac/3X8WDJY
#Linguistics #AI
#Linguistics #AI
PPLS Linguistics Professor talks of the importance of understanding language structure and evolution in the age of AI | School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences | School of Philosophy, Psy...
Last month Personal Chair of Experimental Linguistics Prof Jennifer Culbertson spoke at the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) Summit on Science of Language and Communication and how new...
edin.ac
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
How will language shape the future of AI, education & society? At the GESDA Global Summit last month, Prof Jennifer Culbertson explored why understanding language structure & evolution is vital in the age of AI. Read more and watch her talk: edin.ac/3X8WDJY
#Linguistics #AI
#Linguistics #AI