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Dr Ursula Kania
@instantlinguist.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in English Language (@ University of Liverpool). Corpus/culinary/queer linguist. Runner, feminist, food enthusiast, coffee lover. Views are my own. she/her
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"

The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
cinemashoebox.bsky.social Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 9h
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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scoretta.bsky.social
Happy to share the first version of my textbook "Quantitative Data Analysis for Linguists in R".

stefanocoretta.github.io/qdal/

Comments and suggestions welcome! (on the GitHub repo: github.com/stefanocoret...)

The textbook takes you from 0 to basic stat modelling with Bayesian regression.
Quantitative Data Analysis for Linguists in R
stefanocoretta.github.io
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
instantlinguist.bsky.social
PhD funding - deadline approaching!

I'd be keen to supervise projects on bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS).

@livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College - EOI due by 1st Dec.

www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Project Areas 2026 | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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cadaad2026.bsky.social
🗣️📢 CADAAD 2026 2nd CfP 🗣️📢

We are extending the deadline for abstracts and panel proposals!

New deadline for abstracts: December 15th, 2025

New deadline for panel proposals: December 1st, 2025

Check our website for details 🙂

See you in Valladolid!
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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sofiaruediger.bsky.social
November is nearly over so it's time for our next #BæFoLa session! 🍩 This Friday, Nov 28 (12:30-13:30 CET), Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza will talk on Zoom about "VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming". All welcome! #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics #VeggieWords 🥕🥬🥦
BaeFoLa-Flyer with a donut text: In recent years, the rise of vegetarianism and veganism has not only transformed consumer habits but also reshaped the language of food. As plant-based products enter mainstream markets, they encounter both legal challenges around labeling and the need for brands to signal innovation and authenticity. This talk explores how linguistic creativity influences product naming by drawing on a manually compiled corpus with product names from international plant-based brands. Instances from the corpus illustrate how spelling innovations, playful blends and positively connotated words, amongst others, create new ways of conveying the product’s ‘plant-based’ nature while appealing to consumer imagination and adapting to both regulatory frameworks and marketing needs. Beyond individual cases, these patterns reveal how branding contributes to a broader shift in English vocabulary, giving rise to persuasive and inventive naming. In conclusion, linguistic devices act as innovative tools for conveying specific product attributes, while fostering lexical creativity and novelty in Modern English and enhancing brand positioning, appeal, and memorability.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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smittermeier.bsky.social
Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Gegen die unkritische Anwendung und Implementierung sog. Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der deutschen Wissenschaft und im Hochschulalltag
openletter.earth
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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sotauol.bsky.social
Introducing four new Liverpool scholarships for 2026 🎓🎉✨

📚 Liverpool Excellence Scholarship
🎓 Liverpool Advancement Scholarship
💫 Liverpool Attainment Scholarship for India
🌏 Liverpool Achievement Scholarship for India
@livunihss.bsky.social

Find out more 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
Master's students | Study | University of Liverpool
We offer a range of scholarships and bursaries to support talented master's students from every background. Some scholarships have a competitive application process and others are awarded automaticall...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
instantlinguist.bsky.social
Fun with auto-generated captions: (Sue) Savage-Rumbaugh = 'sandwich vendor', and (Herbert) Terrace = 'terrorist' 🤣🤔
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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corporadiscourse.bsky.social
Call for Papers 💥DEADLINE EXTENSION!💥 Our Call for Papers will now close on 19th December 2025! We look forward to receiving your proposals and seeing you all next June! Submit your abstract here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal...
Call for Papers – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
wp.lancs.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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tamsinparnell.bsky.social
I started a Substack to write about some of my research thoughts in a more accessible way. Here's my first post, on the topic of timeliness in critical discourse studies research that addresses ongoing political situations:

drtamsinparnell.substack.com/p/the-need-t...
The need to address "timeliness" in CDS research on politics-in-progress
Some thoughts on how I intend to implement a more reflexive CDA approach in my work.
drtamsinparnell.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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corporadiscourse.bsky.social
A reminder that the deadline for abstracts is coming up, on 16 November!
corporadiscourse.bsky.social Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · Sep 2
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026
Call for Papers – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
wp.lancs.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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theresaheyd.bsky.social
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
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
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pollymcmichael.bsky.social
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
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lisacolton.bsky.social
c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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instantlinguist.bsky.social
My wonderful wife has written a wonderful book - definitely not only for children, but for everyone who enjoys a heartwarming story and beautiful pictures 😍📖 #BookSky
blue-d.bsky.social Mrs T writes @blue-d.bsky.social · 26d
My first picture book is out today! Meet the merry gnomes of the Rhine Valley!
amzn.to/3JdjDV0
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
instantlinguist.bsky.social
My wonderful wife has written a wonderful book - definitely not only for children, but for everyone who enjoys a heartwarming story and beautiful pictures 😍📖 #BookSky
blue-d.bsky.social Mrs T writes @blue-d.bsky.social · 26d
My first picture book is out today! Meet the merry gnomes of the Rhine Valley!
amzn.to/3JdjDV0
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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sofiaruediger.bsky.social
#BæFoLa is back 🍩🍩🍩 We're about to hit off Season 9 of the Bayreuth-Berlin Food and Language Talks this Friday (Oct 31), 12:30-13:30 CET, with Jonatan Leer's presentation on "Food Porn: Food Aesthetics in a Digital Age". 👅🥞📱
Join us via Zoom if you're interested, DM for link.
#CulinaryLinguistics
flyer for Jonatan Leer's talk
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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stefmaci.bsky.social
Large Language Models (LLMs) can mirror expert judgment but often rely on word patterns rather than reasoning. A new study introduces epistemia, the illusion of knowledge that occurs when surface plausibility replaces verification. PNAS: ow.ly/sobq50Xcv9f www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
instantlinguist.bsky.social
Thanks to @hundtmariann.bsky.social I know that today is World Bread Day, so here's a pic of my latest effort: pumpkin sourdough (with pumpkin puree inside), and seeded bread rolls. #worldbreadday #foodsky
Photo of a pumpkin sourdough loaf, cut open to reveal the crumb/crust photo of a pumpkin sourdough loaf, alongside seeded bread rolls
October 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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jacopocastaldi.bsky.social
The ‘Discourse, Power and Society’ Research Group, co-organised by Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent, warmly invites you to join our Seminar Series. We start on 22nd October with Dan Thorpe from CCCU (see abstract contact details to join below)
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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queerlinguistik.bsky.social
Today is #ComingOutDay—and we have two queer linguistic literature tips to go with it! First off, Tyler Kibbey’s (2021) essay “Linguistics Out of the Closet” (#OpenAccess in @cadlin.bsky.social) calls for a “queering” of the discipline of linguistics altogether.
doi.org/10.25189/267... ...
Linguistics Out of the Closet | Cadernos de Linguística
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October 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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livunipress.bsky.social
We're celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with a fresh reading list, including free to read articles, new LUP books, and more. Browse it all online: bit.ly/LUP-BHM 📖
Black History Month 2025: Reading List
To mark Black History Month, we’ve put together a list of books and journal articles which provide new and critical insights into the area. Each article has been made Free to Read throughout Octobe…
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October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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keithwdickinson.bsky.social
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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livunienglish.bsky.social
📖 Professor Deryn Rees-Jones (@notjustdancing.bsky.social) is giving the Matt Simpson Memorial lecture and reading at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool on October 30th, 6-8pm @serenbooks.bsky.social

Find out more here:
Https://www.creativetourist.com/event/deryn-rees-jones/
October 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM