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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
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Hi 👋 My name is Sofia and I research the language of excessive food videos online! #LanguageAndFood #CarnivalesqueConsumption
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Extra time! Deadline extended to 5 Feb 😊
Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)

Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Involuntary sightseeing due to most of public transport being on strike. Seemed nicer in my imagination 🙈
February 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Registration for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse Conference is now... open! Please follow the link below to register, and do so by 5th April to get the early bird price! wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/reg... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.social
Registration – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
wp.lancs.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The octopus conference is back! 🐙
"Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language", Nov 19-20, 2026, Tampere University, Finland
#LanguageAndPersuasion #Linguistics #OctoConf
February 2, 2026 at 7:47 AM
#SundayFunday with a view
February 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
My precious 🥟
January 31, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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CfP: Digital Foodscapes: Ernährung, Technik und Gesellschaft im Wandel
Panel 43. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
vom 28.09.-02.10.2026 an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
👉Deadline 31.03.2026
Alle Infos gibt's hier:
kongress2026.soziologie.de/fileadmin/us...
kongress2026.soziologie.de
January 31, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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 😇)
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Happening in ~three hours today 📽️👩‍🍳

#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 🍩🍩🍩
January 30, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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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
When people at work have better food fashion game than you do 🍣
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Course prep 😇
January 28, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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
January 27, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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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
January 27, 2026 at 8:56 AM
The only legit Rüdiger
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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
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 🍩🍩🍩
January 26, 2026 at 10:38 AM
❄️🌨
Happy commuter day to those who celebrate!
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 AM
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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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!!
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
January 23, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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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]
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Leaving on a late train (if/when it gets here)
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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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
January 21, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Symbolbild: the party is over
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 AM