Sofia Rüdiger
@sofiaruediger.bsky.social
Linguist by day, foodie by night (or the other way around?).
Guest Professor in English Linguistics @FU Berlin, PI of DFG Project on Carnivalesque Consumption Online
http://www.sofia-ruediger.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-8052
Guest Professor in English Linguistics @FU Berlin, PI of DFG Project on Carnivalesque Consumption Online
http://www.sofia-ruediger.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-8052
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Sofia Rüdiger
@sofiaruediger.bsky.social
· Jun 27
Hi 👋 My name is Sofia and I research the language of excessive food videos online! #LanguageAndFood #CarnivalesqueConsumption
How to upset people from Berlin:
1) call the depicted pastry a "Berliner"
2) suggest cutting it open
3) and adding a schokokuss
(Tested in my Language and Food class taught in Berlin 😇)
1) call the depicted pastry a "Berliner"
2) suggest cutting it open
3) and adding a schokokuss
(Tested in my Language and Food class taught in Berlin 😇)
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
How to upset people from Berlin:
1) call the depicted pastry a "Berliner"
2) suggest cutting it open
3) and adding a schokokuss
(Tested in my Language and Food class taught in Berlin 😇)
1) call the depicted pastry a "Berliner"
2) suggest cutting it open
3) and adding a schokokuss
(Tested in my Language and Food class taught in Berlin 😇)
Happening in ~three hours today 📽️👩🍳
#FoodTok goes #BaeFoLa!
#LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics
DM me for Zoom link if you want to join spontaneously!
#FoodTok goes #BaeFoLa!
#LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics
DM me for Zoom link if you want to join spontaneously!
It's the grand season finale of #BaeFoLa Season 9 and your last chance to attend a session this season:
Friday, Jan 30, 12:30-13:30 (CET)
Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug): Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok - A Media Linguistic Approach 📹👩🍳
#LanguageAndFood 🍩🍩🍩
Friday, Jan 30, 12:30-13:30 (CET)
Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug): Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok - A Media Linguistic Approach 📹👩🍳
#LanguageAndFood 🍩🍩🍩
January 30, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Happening in ~three hours today 📽️👩🍳
#FoodTok goes #BaeFoLa!
#LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics
DM me for Zoom link if you want to join spontaneously!
#FoodTok goes #BaeFoLa!
#LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics
DM me for Zoom link if you want to join spontaneously!
Reposted by Sofia Rüdiger
Berlin ist wenn im Winter die Fahrbahn der einzige Weg für Fußgänger ist, sich nicht das Bein zu brechen.
January 29, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Berlin ist wenn im Winter die Fahrbahn der einzige Weg für Fußgänger ist, sich nicht das Bein zu brechen.
When people at work have better food fashion game than you do 🍣
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
When people at work have better food fashion game than you do 🍣
The book of abstracts for "Digital P(a)lates: The Language of Online Food Practices" is ready & available online 🎉 Couldn't be more delighted to meet so many smart language and food scholars presenting on such delightful topics in ~ 2 months! 🍔🍜🥗
tinyurl.com/DigitalPalat...
#LanguageAndFood
tinyurl.com/DigitalPalat...
#LanguageAndFood
January 27, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The book of abstracts for "Digital P(a)lates: The Language of Online Food Practices" is ready & available online 🎉 Couldn't be more delighted to meet so many smart language and food scholars presenting on such delightful topics in ~ 2 months! 🍔🍜🥗
tinyurl.com/DigitalPalat...
#LanguageAndFood
tinyurl.com/DigitalPalat...
#LanguageAndFood
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Our final speaker this semester is Muriel Norde (@nordemuriel.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social) presenting a new approach to the intersection of productivity and creativity within the CxG framework 🤩
🔗 www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/dcl/veran...
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
🔗 www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/dcl/veran...
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
January 27, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Our final speaker this semester is Muriel Norde (@nordemuriel.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social) presenting a new approach to the intersection of productivity and creativity within the CxG framework 🤩
🔗 www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/dcl/veran...
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
🔗 www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/dcl/veran...
#DahlemLecturesInLinguistics
The only legit Rüdiger
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 AM
The only legit Rüdiger
Ok, the first time I think it's an accident. The second time I start to get annoyed.
January 27, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Ok, the first time I think it's an accident. The second time I start to get annoyed.
It's the grand season finale of #BaeFoLa Season 9 and your last chance to attend a session this season:
Friday, Jan 30, 12:30-13:30 (CET)
Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug): Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok - A Media Linguistic Approach 📹👩🍳
#LanguageAndFood 🍩🍩🍩
Friday, Jan 30, 12:30-13:30 (CET)
Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug): Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok - A Media Linguistic Approach 📹👩🍳
#LanguageAndFood 🍩🍩🍩
January 26, 2026 at 10:38 AM
It's the grand season finale of #BaeFoLa Season 9 and your last chance to attend a session this season:
Friday, Jan 30, 12:30-13:30 (CET)
Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug): Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok - A Media Linguistic Approach 📹👩🍳
#LanguageAndFood 🍩🍩🍩
Friday, Jan 30, 12:30-13:30 (CET)
Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug): Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok - A Media Linguistic Approach 📹👩🍳
#LanguageAndFood 🍩🍩🍩
❄️🌨
Happy commuter day to those who celebrate!
Happy commuter day to those who celebrate!
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 AM
❄️🌨
Happy commuter day to those who celebrate!
Happy commuter day to those who celebrate!
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by Sofia Rüdiger
The LingComm Grants are back!
These grants started in 2020, as "hey let's help get lingcomm projects going during lockdown"
They've since run in 2022 and 2024, and thanks to generous folks we've always given out more than expected
But they only work if people apply!!! Please share this!!
These grants started in 2020, as "hey let's help get lingcomm projects going during lockdown"
They've since run in 2022 and 2024, and thanks to generous folks we've always given out more than expected
But they only work if people apply!!! Please share this!!
Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences?
The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project!
Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know!
Details:
lingcomm.org/grants
#linguistics #langsky #lingcomm
The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project!
Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know!
Details:
lingcomm.org/grants
#linguistics #langsky #lingcomm
January 23, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The LingComm Grants are back!
These grants started in 2020, as "hey let's help get lingcomm projects going during lockdown"
They've since run in 2022 and 2024, and thanks to generous folks we've always given out more than expected
But they only work if people apply!!! Please share this!!
These grants started in 2020, as "hey let's help get lingcomm projects going during lockdown"
They've since run in 2022 and 2024, and thanks to generous folks we've always given out more than expected
But they only work if people apply!!! Please share this!!
Reposted by Sofia Rüdiger
Review 🥹👉👈
✍️ Write a book review for Babel!
Review opportunities:
📗 Barbara Dancygier & Lieven Vandelanotte - The Language of Memes
📕 Valerie Friedland - Why We Talk Funny
📧 Get in touch at [email protected]
Review opportunities:
📗 Barbara Dancygier & Lieven Vandelanotte - The Language of Memes
📕 Valerie Friedland - Why We Talk Funny
📧 Get in touch at [email protected]
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Review 🥹👉👈
Leaving on a late train (if/when it gets here)
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Leaving on a late train (if/when it gets here)
Reposted by Sofia Rüdiger
Hate comes in many forms and especially the role that (audio)visuals play in our social media communication has not been addressed systematically.
This is what we will do in a new collab between NL & D. First impressions:
12 February 2026
11.00-15.30, including lunch!
Norman Building
This is what we will do in a new collab between NL & D. First impressions:
12 February 2026
11.00-15.30, including lunch!
Norman Building
January 21, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Hate comes in many forms and especially the role that (audio)visuals play in our social media communication has not been addressed systematically.
This is what we will do in a new collab between NL & D. First impressions:
12 February 2026
11.00-15.30, including lunch!
Norman Building
This is what we will do in a new collab between NL & D. First impressions:
12 February 2026
11.00-15.30, including lunch!
Norman Building
I'm already looking forward to attend this session by @domini.bsky.social and colleagues at ESSE2026!
Calls: Seminar at the 2026 ESSE Conference: Disinformation In and Out: Qualitative Linguistic Analyses of Digital Disinformation Texts
Calls: Seminar at the 2026 ESSE Conference: Disinformation In and Out: Qualitative Linguistic Analyses of Digital Disinformation Texts
Call for Papers:
The 2026 European Society for the Study of English Conference
Seminar 10.- Disinformation in and out: Qualitative Linguistic Analyses of Digital Disinformation Texts
With the challenges and crises of recent years, digital disinformation texts (in popular – though not always precise – usage also referred to as ‘fake news’) have become increasingly popular and seem to have gained ground among various groups of internet users. Defined as “false information [that] is knowingl
dlvr.it
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I'm already looking forward to attend this session by @domini.bsky.social and colleagues at ESSE2026!
Symbolbild: the party is over
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Symbolbild: the party is over
Something exciting is a-brewing 🤩 Stay tuned!
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Something exciting is a-brewing 🤩 Stay tuned!
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
And the #NoCaSynE (Non-Canonical Syntax of English) network strikes again/a final (?) time:
Our article "Defining Non-Canonicity: An Integrated Approach to Modelling Syntactic Variation" now available #OpenAccess in Anglistik at doi.org/10.33675/ANG...
#NonCanonicalSyntax
Our article "Defining Non-Canonicity: An Integrated Approach to Modelling Syntactic Variation" now available #OpenAccess in Anglistik at doi.org/10.33675/ANG...
#NonCanonicalSyntax
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
And the #NoCaSynE (Non-Canonical Syntax of English) network strikes again/a final (?) time:
Our article "Defining Non-Canonicity: An Integrated Approach to Modelling Syntactic Variation" now available #OpenAccess in Anglistik at doi.org/10.33675/ANG...
#NonCanonicalSyntax
Our article "Defining Non-Canonicity: An Integrated Approach to Modelling Syntactic Variation" now available #OpenAccess in Anglistik at doi.org/10.33675/ANG...
#NonCanonicalSyntax
#SundayFunday (ist-morgen-wirklich-schon-wieder-Montag-Edition)
January 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
#SundayFunday (ist-morgen-wirklich-schon-wieder-Montag-Edition)
Reposted by Sofia Rüdiger
Are you a PhD student or ECR in language, gender & sexuality? Join me (an ed. of Bloomsbury Studies in Queer Linguistics book series) and Lexi Webster (an ed. of Gender & Language journal) for a FREE @lgas-baal.bsky.social online seminar on publishing (2pm 18 Feb) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Publishing in Language, Gender and Sexuality
We’re pleased to announce our next online seminar will take place on Wednesday 18th February at 2-3pm. This event will focus on publishing journal articles and books in language, gender and sexuality ...
docs.google.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Are you a PhD student or ECR in language, gender & sexuality? Join me (an ed. of Bloomsbury Studies in Queer Linguistics book series) and Lexi Webster (an ed. of Gender & Language journal) for a FREE @lgas-baal.bsky.social online seminar on publishing (2pm 18 Feb) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Sofia Rüdiger
In the past decade or two, predatory publishers have built a parallel universe of publication opportunities preying on the least privileged & most vulnerable of our colleagues
I got my hands on what passes for peer review at one such journal
ideophone.org/on-plagiaris...
I got my hands on what passes for peer review at one such journal
ideophone.org/on-plagiaris...
On plagiarism, predatory publishers and creating the future we want – The Ideophone
ideophone.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:51 AM
In the past decade or two, predatory publishers have built a parallel universe of publication opportunities preying on the least privileged & most vulnerable of our colleagues
I got my hands on what passes for peer review at one such journal
ideophone.org/on-plagiaris...
I got my hands on what passes for peer review at one such journal
ideophone.org/on-plagiaris...
Uhm, I'd rather not (regardless of urgency)
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Uhm, I'd rather not (regardless of urgency)
Utterly grey vibes today but I'm in my peak Berlin phase and don't care: early morning hipster cycling class, now drinking soy milk matcha latte waiting for the guest speaker for one of my classes tomorrow to arrive 🚴♂️🍵
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Utterly grey vibes today but I'm in my peak Berlin phase and don't care: early morning hipster cycling class, now drinking soy milk matcha latte waiting for the guest speaker for one of my classes tomorrow to arrive 🚴♂️🍵