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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 15d

I had a wonderful time as part of this amazing team from the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Universidad de Extremadura during the European Researchers’ Nights in Badajoz ✨

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · Sep 4

So happy I had the chance to deliver our presentation "Ethically Curating Legacy Digital Audio and Textual Data for Open Science", coauthored with Prof. Karen P. Corrigan and @linguistonbike.bsky.social at @fomaplaymeeting.bsky.social. I can't wait to be back in Granada soon! 💖

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · Sep 4

So excited to present my research alongside @linguistonbike.bsky.social and Nancy Avila Ledesma at @fomaplaymeeting.bsky.social

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · Jul 10

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AEDEI @aedei.bsky.social · Jul 4

AEDEI opens two calls that will support quality research in the field of Irish Studies in Spain: the Eibhear Walshe Research Grants. One call funds one pre-doctoral project, and another one supports a postdoctoral/ senior research project. Deadline for applications is open until 15th September.

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Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 18

My favourite line from #ICAME46 so far: "linguists can also be fanatic about something". It's a curse and a blessing! 😁

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Jun 17

Back after the coffee break (bring your walking shoes! getting a few steps in today 🏃‍♀️): David Sotoca Fernández & Carolina Amador-Moreno presenting on "Letter-writing and speech act analysis: Tracing (im)politeness patterns in historical Irish
English" #SpeechActsWorkshop #ICAME46

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · Jun 17

So excited to be a part of this! 😄

Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Jun 17

And we're off: Per Corpora ad Astra #ICAME46 @ Vilnius

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Communitas / Immunitas @comunitasimunitas.bsky.social · Jun 7

Last week, project member Dr. Iria Seijas Pérez attended the 23rd AEDEI conference at the Universidad de Huelva, where she talked about sapphic terminology in Irish YA fiction with wonderful colleague David Sotoca Fernández from Universidad de Extremadura 📚📝📒

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · Jun 1

So grateful to work alongside this amazing group of people 💖

Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · Jun 1

Jesus Candelario Menacho, Cassandra S. Tully de Lope, Sara Diaz Sierra, David Sotoca Fernández (@sotocafernandez.bsky.social) and Noelia Carmona Rivero (@noeliacr.bsky.social) represented The Center of Irish Studies in Caceres at the wonderful AEDEI 2025 conference in Huelva. Great job, guys! 💖🍀

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Noelia @noeliacr.bsky.social · May 31

Today marks the end of yet another wonderful and enriching AEDEI conference surrounded by dear friends and colleagues. Always a pleasure to come back to our academic family.

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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · May 30

Jesús Candelario Menacho and David Sotoca Fernández delivered their paper “Tracing (Im)politeness through cross-cultural historical corpora” at the AEDEI 2025 conference this morning in Huelva 💖👏

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · May 28

Delighted to have presented my talk “From Dyke to Lesbian: The Uses of Sapphic Terminology in Irish Young Adult Fiction” with the wonderful Dr. Iria Seijas-Pérez at the AEDEI 2025 Conference in Huelva 💖🍀

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · May 17

Presenting the results from my latest article “If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” at the #CILC25 Conference in Salamanca this morning. Thank you to everyone involved for such an enriching experience!

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · May 16

So excited to be a part of this! 💖

Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · May 16

Our members @linguistonbike.bsky.social @sotocafernandez.bsky.social and Nancy E. Avila Ledesma have presented their research concerning political discourse in historical correspondence in Irish English today at the CILC25 conference at the USAL 🍀

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Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies @hcas.bsky.social · Apr 15

Warm congratulations to #HCASalumni Merja Stenroos (University of Stavanger) on receiving the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant! Prof. Stenroos was able to do preliminary research for the project & prepare the ERC application while working as Core Fellow at HCAS in 2022–2023

www.uis.no/en/prestigio...

Prestigious grant for research in medieval English

Professor Merja Stenroos has been awarded the most prestigious grant from the EU, the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. It is the first time a UiS research project has been awarded a gra...

www.uis.no

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · Apr 21

I'm doing a webinar with @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social on May 7th about How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book. If you're an academic looking to break into trade publishing, this is for you! Sign up here! courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/trad...

Webinar: How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book

Learn what scholarly writers need to know when trying to publish for broader readerships and markets. Webinar hosted by Laura Portwood-Stacer with guest Kate McKean, literary agent and author of Write...

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · Apr 15

So excited to announce that my latest article “If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” has just been published online on the Journal of Historical Pragmatics:

www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

“If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” | John Benjamins

Abstract This article provides an initial approach to historical (im)politeness strategies in the context of letter writing. It uses a sub-corpus of coriecor which contains letters written by Irish im...

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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · Mar 20

The festivities of St. Patrick’s also had a special appearance in @cextremadura.bsky.social 🍀🥳 In the snippet you can see the students of IES Ágora having a grand time dancing the céilidh! 💃🏻🕺🏻 Go raibh maith agat 💫💖

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Carolina Amador-Moreno @linguistonbike.bsky.social · Mar 17

We had a great St. Patrick's Day celebration today! Thank you to all the participants. ¡Gracias y hasta el año que viene! 💚

Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · Mar 17

Starting our Jornadas de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa for St. Patrick’s day with a wonderful plenary session by Prof. Ana M. Terrazas Calero, from the Univerity of Bergen, titled “A Literary Journey through Dublin” 🍀 📚

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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · Mar 17

In our first workshop, our member David Sotoca-Fernández has delivered a talk titled “¿Cómo suena el inglés de Irlanda?” to students from the IES Javier García Téllez in Cáceres.

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David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · Mar 17

So excited to be a part of this 💖🍀

Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · Mar 17

Starting our Jornadas de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa for St. Patrick’s day with a wonderful plenary session by Prof. Ana M. Terrazas Calero, from the Univerity of Bergen, titled “A Literary Journey through Dublin” 🍀 📚

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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · Feb 26

We are delighted to announce that the Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres will be organizing the first Jornada de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa de la UEx for St. Patrick’s Day! You can learn more about the event here: ciscaceres.weebly.com/st-patricks-...

St. Patrick's Day 2025

The Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres (UEx) will be hosting our I Jornada de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa de la UEx at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Extremadura,...

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Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social · Nov 25

Winner, Macquarie Dictionary (Australia) Word of the year 2024

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Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · Nov 25

Optimist: glass half full
Pessimist: glass half empty
Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?

Screen shot of CoCA output showing "glass half full" (n = 123) is twice as frequent as "glass half empty" (n = 54)

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