Matteo Fuoli
@matteofuoli.bsky.social
Associate Professor @Uni of Birmingham researching business communication, trust, fake news. He/him. Views my own.
It was such a pleasure to take part in the legendary Language and Power podcast!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
Wonderful to speak with @matteofuoli.bsky.social on the latest episode: Changing Climate; Changing Discourse languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog-post-title-one-jawmt-pcckw-eh84g-ne93z-7efd9-4m5xl-wh4nd-s38gs-cpc35-z3r6k-b2kfk-pjj6a-d2pzy-ksrpb-zhd5b-p4ww7-enf62-9yw6l-6k8sx-nmpwh-rppkr
S5 Episode 5: Changing climate, changing discourse- panel discussion — Language/Power Podcast
In this special episode, recorded at the International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress held in Glasgow this summer, we have an expert panel discussion on 'Changing Climate, Changing Discourse...
languagepowerpodcast.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It was such a pleasure to take part in the legendary Language and Power podcast!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
Reposted by Matteo Fuoli
Funding opportunity: PhD at Sussex
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
SEDarc (ESRC) PhD scholarships for research in the Social Sciences : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Funding opportunity: PhD at Sussex
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
How good are LLMs at identifying and tagging metaphors in text? Turns out, pretty good!
In our new study, we ask 10 different open- and closed-source LLMs to label all metaphorical expressions in a dataset of film reviews using and XML tags.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.24866
In our new study, we ask 10 different open- and closed-source LLMs to label all metaphorical expressions in a dataset of film reviews using
arxiv.org/abs/2509.24866
Metaphor identification using large language models: A comparison of RAG, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning
Metaphor is a pervasive feature of discourse and a powerful lens for examining cognition, emotion, and ideology. Large-scale analysis, however, has been constrained by the need for manual annotation d...
arxiv.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
How good are LLMs at identifying and tagging metaphors in text? Turns out, pretty good!
In our new study, we ask 10 different open- and closed-source LLMs to label all metaphorical expressions in a dataset of film reviews using and XML tags.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.24866
In our new study, we ask 10 different open- and closed-source LLMs to label all metaphorical expressions in a dataset of film reviews using
arxiv.org/abs/2509.24866
The call for papers for the 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social Conference is now out!
wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal...
Submission deadline is 16 November.
Really looking forward to it!
wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal...
Submission deadline is 16 November.
Really looking forward to it!
Call for Papers – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
wp.lancs.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The call for papers for the 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social Conference is now out!
wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal...
Submission deadline is 16 November.
Really looking forward to it!
wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal...
Submission deadline is 16 November.
Really looking forward to it!
More and more companies have pledged to reach "net zero".
But how exactly are these pledges framed in corporate communications, and how credible are they?
These are the questions we explore in our new study, just published in Applied Corpus Linguistics: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But how exactly are these pledges framed in corporate communications, and how credible are they?
These are the questions we explore in our new study, just published in Applied Corpus Linguistics: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Corporate buzzword or genuine commitment? A corpus-assisted analysis of corporate ‘net-zero’ pledges by major global corporations
In recent years, corporations have faced growing pressure to address their environmental impact, leading many to pledge ‘net-zero’ emissions. This stu…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
More and more companies have pledged to reach "net zero".
But how exactly are these pledges framed in corporate communications, and how credible are they?
These are the questions we explore in our new study, just published in Applied Corpus Linguistics: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But how exactly are these pledges framed in corporate communications, and how credible are they?
These are the questions we explore in our new study, just published in Applied Corpus Linguistics: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What an absolute treat and honor to be invited to give a plenary at my favourite conference! 🤩 Thanks so much @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and all the #CADS2026 organizers for this invite. Can't wait!
This week, we'll be announcing our four plenary speakers for the 2026 Corpora & Discourse International Conference. The first speaker we're excited to announce is Dr Matteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social (University of Birmingham). You can read more about Matteo here: tinyurl.com/ycke6bya #CADS2026
July 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What an absolute treat and honor to be invited to give a plenary at my favourite conference! 🤩 Thanks so much @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and all the #CADS2026 organizers for this invite. Can't wait!
What happens when activists creatively reimagine corporate logos to resist branding narratives?
Our new paper explores the powerful multimodal practice of "figurative subversion" and its role in challenging corporate messages.
Read it here: bit.ly/3GrXAse
Our new paper explores the powerful multimodal practice of "figurative subversion" and its role in challenging corporate messages.
Read it here: bit.ly/3GrXAse
July 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
What happens when activists creatively reimagine corporate logos to resist branding narratives?
Our new paper explores the powerful multimodal practice of "figurative subversion" and its role in challenging corporate messages.
Read it here: bit.ly/3GrXAse
Our new paper explores the powerful multimodal practice of "figurative subversion" and its role in challenging corporate messages.
Read it here: bit.ly/3GrXAse
Join us for our #CCRSS25 corpus linguistics summer school! It's going to be super fun! I'll be giving a session on corpus annotation with the UAM tool.
At #CCRSS25, @matteofuoli.bsky.social will show you how to use the UAM Corpus Tool for manual annotation and analysis. Get hands-on practice defining coding schemes, tagging texts, and extracting insights from your corpora!
May 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join us for our #CCRSS25 corpus linguistics summer school! It's going to be super fun! I'll be giving a session on corpus annotation with the UAM tool.
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📢 Come work with us 📢
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at Aston University: Research Assistant
The Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics is the leading hub for forensic linguistics worldwide. Set up as the Centre for Forensic Linguistics in 2008 by Malcolm Coulthard, it was expanded into a r...
jobs.aston.ac.uk
May 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📢 Come work with us 📢
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Reposted by Matteo Fuoli
As we look ahead to the upcoming Corpus Linguistics Summer School (#CCRSS25, 7–11 July), we’ll be spotlighting our fantastic instructors and the sessions they’ll be leading. There’s still time to register—don’t miss out!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...
Corpus Linguistics Summer School 2025
Our Corpus Linguistics summer school is open to undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students, as well as researchers who want to improve their skills to apply corpus methods in their own researc...
www.birmingham.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
As we look ahead to the upcoming Corpus Linguistics Summer School (#CCRSS25, 7–11 July), we’ll be spotlighting our fantastic instructors and the sessions they’ll be leading. There’s still time to register—don’t miss out!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...
Can we infer deceptive intent from fact-checker labels? And what if what fact-checkers consider “false” today turns out to be “true” tomorrow?
We explore these and other methodological questions in our new paper with Bashayer Baissa & @jwgrieve.bsky.social:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
We explore these and other methodological questions in our new paper with Bashayer Baissa & @jwgrieve.bsky.social:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Veracity and register in fake news analysis
This article addresses two fundamental methodological challenges in linguistic fake news research: how to reliably classify news texts as real versus fake and how to control for register variation whe...
www.degruyterbrill.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Can we infer deceptive intent from fact-checker labels? And what if what fact-checkers consider “false” today turns out to be “true” tomorrow?
We explore these and other methodological questions in our new paper with Bashayer Baissa & @jwgrieve.bsky.social:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
We explore these and other methodological questions in our new paper with Bashayer Baissa & @jwgrieve.bsky.social:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to share my latest research on the language of trust at Hong Kong's Poly.
The study’s in press with Cambridge Elements in Forensic Linguistics and we’re releasing a new 400k corpus of Enron trader phone calls.
Watch this space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx7_...
The study’s in press with Cambridge Elements in Forensic Linguistics and we’re releasing a new 400k corpus of Enron trader phone calls.
Watch this space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx7_...
Seminar | Trading trust: verbal manipulation in the Enron Tapes
YouTube video by ENGL PolyU
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April 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to share my latest research on the language of trust at Hong Kong's Poly.
The study’s in press with Cambridge Elements in Forensic Linguistics and we’re releasing a new 400k corpus of Enron trader phone calls.
Watch this space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx7_...
The study’s in press with Cambridge Elements in Forensic Linguistics and we’re releasing a new 400k corpus of Enron trader phone calls.
Watch this space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx7_...
Next Monday I’ll be giving a talk on my latest research on the linguistics of trust and manipulation as part of Hong Kong Poly’s English and Communication seminar series.
The talk will be on Zoom and open to all. If you’re interested, you can sign up via the link below!
The talk will be on Zoom and open to all. If you’re interested, you can sign up via the link below!
March 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Next Monday I’ll be giving a talk on my latest research on the linguistics of trust and manipulation as part of Hong Kong Poly’s English and Communication seminar series.
The talk will be on Zoom and open to all. If you’re interested, you can sign up via the link below!
The talk will be on Zoom and open to all. If you’re interested, you can sign up via the link below!
Our position paper on the sociolinguistic foundations of language modeling is out now in Frontiers in AI!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
We argue that sociolinguistics holds the key to understanding and improving large language models.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
We argue that sociolinguistics holds the key to understanding and improving large language models.
January 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Our position paper on the sociolinguistic foundations of language modeling is out now in Frontiers in AI!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
We argue that sociolinguistics holds the key to understanding and improving large language models.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
We argue that sociolinguistics holds the key to understanding and improving large language models.
Great to be part of this special issue on corpus approaches to business communication! Thanks for all your work @mathewgillings.bsky.social and @susannekopf.bsky.social and congrats to all the authors.
Our IJCL special issue on ‘Corpus Approaches to Business Communication’ is now out! With thanks to my co-editor @susannekopf.bsky.social and the wonderful authors who produced 5 great papers. Take a look, there’s some truly rich findings and innovative methods in there! benjamins.com/catalog/ijcl...
December 12, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Great to be part of this special issue on corpus approaches to business communication! Thanks for all your work @mathewgillings.bsky.social and @susannekopf.bsky.social and congrats to all the authors.
First post on Bluesky! 🥳
Here's the recording of a talk I presented a few months ago, hosted by the fantastic team at @discore.bsky.social.
bit.ly/3B9IBQX
Corpus methods have transformed discourse analysis. Here, I argue it's time to take #CADS a step further by combining it with experiments.
Here's the recording of a talk I presented a few months ago, hosted by the fantastic team at @discore.bsky.social.
bit.ly/3B9IBQX
Corpus methods have transformed discourse analysis. Here, I argue it's time to take #CADS a step further by combining it with experiments.
DISCORE Speaker Series: Dr.Matteo Fuoli - Presentation
Dr.Matteo Fuoli gave a talk titled A new methodological synergy? Combining CADS and experimental methods to investigate discourse effects.
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November 27, 2024 at 12:18 PM
First post on Bluesky! 🥳
Here's the recording of a talk I presented a few months ago, hosted by the fantastic team at @discore.bsky.social.
bit.ly/3B9IBQX
Corpus methods have transformed discourse analysis. Here, I argue it's time to take #CADS a step further by combining it with experiments.
Here's the recording of a talk I presented a few months ago, hosted by the fantastic team at @discore.bsky.social.
bit.ly/3B9IBQX
Corpus methods have transformed discourse analysis. Here, I argue it's time to take #CADS a step further by combining it with experiments.
Reposted by Matteo Fuoli
Hi Bluesky: the department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham is now on Bluesky! Who else from our department is here? @jeannettel.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social @adamcschembri.bsky.social @bodowinter.bsky.social @gregwoodin.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Hi Bluesky: the department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham is now on Bluesky! Who else from our department is here? @jeannettel.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social @adamcschembri.bsky.social @bodowinter.bsky.social @gregwoodin.bsky.social