Peter Stockwell
@stockwell.bsky.social
Professor of Literary Linguistics
At: University of Nottingham
In: Sheffield
Of: the Boro
At: University of Nottingham
In: Sheffield
Of: the Boro
‘Get someone from Linguistics down here!’
Happy World Linguistics Day!
Happy World Linguistics Day!
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‘Get someone from Linguistics down here!’
Happy World Linguistics Day!
Happy World Linguistics Day!
The point here is not that I care whether ‘less than’ or ‘fewer than’, should be used, it’s that this ‘spokesperson’ for my university views students as non-count nouns, as a lumpen object. And that is the problem
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The point here is not that I care whether ‘less than’ or ‘fewer than’, should be used, it’s that this ‘spokesperson’ for my university views students as non-count nouns, as a lumpen object. And that is the problem
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
Join us for our next LIP talk!
Speaker: Małgorzata Chałupnik (University of Nottingham)
Title: Discourses of Feminist Protest and Political Change in the Face of Anti-liberalism
Date & Time: Tuesday 25th November, 1-2pm (UK time)
Location: MS Teams
Online link: lnkd.in/exGfA-8r
Speaker: Małgorzata Chałupnik (University of Nottingham)
Title: Discourses of Feminist Protest and Political Change in the Face of Anti-liberalism
Date & Time: Tuesday 25th November, 1-2pm (UK time)
Location: MS Teams
Online link: lnkd.in/exGfA-8r
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Join us for our next LIP talk!
Speaker: Małgorzata Chałupnik (University of Nottingham)
Title: Discourses of Feminist Protest and Political Change in the Face of Anti-liberalism
Date & Time: Tuesday 25th November, 1-2pm (UK time)
Location: MS Teams
Online link: lnkd.in/exGfA-8r
Speaker: Małgorzata Chałupnik (University of Nottingham)
Title: Discourses of Feminist Protest and Political Change in the Face of Anti-liberalism
Date & Time: Tuesday 25th November, 1-2pm (UK time)
Location: MS Teams
Online link: lnkd.in/exGfA-8r
More AI slop propaganda and advertising from @wonkhe.bsky.social - have they been captured?
No surprise to see the Ponzi scheme that is AdvanceHE involved too
wonkhe.com/blogs/ai-is-...
No surprise to see the Ponzi scheme that is AdvanceHE involved too
wonkhe.com/blogs/ai-is-...
AI is unlocking insights from PTES to drive enhancement of the PGT experience faster than ever before
A new partnership between Advance HE, evasys and Student Voice AI is giving rapid access to a goldmine of insight about the PGT experience. Helena Lim explains
wonkhe.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
More AI slop propaganda and advertising from @wonkhe.bsky.social - have they been captured?
No surprise to see the Ponzi scheme that is AdvanceHE involved too
wonkhe.com/blogs/ai-is-...
No surprise to see the Ponzi scheme that is AdvanceHE involved too
wonkhe.com/blogs/ai-is-...
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
Look forward to giving an online talk @liprg.bsky.social
next Tuesday (25 Nov) at 1pm (UK time) This will be on discourses of feminist protest and political change More info: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lip/
Poster: T. Pieńczak / Pogoda
next Tuesday (25 Nov) at 1pm (UK time) This will be on discourses of feminist protest and political change More info: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lip/
Poster: T. Pieńczak / Pogoda
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Look forward to giving an online talk @liprg.bsky.social
next Tuesday (25 Nov) at 1pm (UK time) This will be on discourses of feminist protest and political change More info: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lip/
Poster: T. Pieńczak / Pogoda
next Tuesday (25 Nov) at 1pm (UK time) This will be on discourses of feminist protest and political change More info: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lip/
Poster: T. Pieńczak / Pogoda
Ronaldo sent off, gurning petulantly. The game’s gone
Border wars: a football match in 1599 between men of Bewcastle, England, and Armstrongs of Whithaugh, Scotland, was followed by ‘drynkyng hard’. Final score was two dead, 30 taken prisoner ‘and many sore hurt, especially John Whytfeild, whose bowells came out, but are sowed up againe’.
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ronaldo sent off, gurning petulantly. The game’s gone
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
On my way to this later on today. Ready to fire up the StylisticsMobile for a dip into sociolinguistics - and away!
⭐We can’t wait for the inspiring @snelljulia.bsky.social's inaugural lecture “Language Diversity and Social (In)justice” taking place today.
An event to both learn from and undoubtedly to acknowledge Julia’s thought-leadership 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/university-o...
An event to both learn from and undoubtedly to acknowledge Julia’s thought-leadership 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/university-o...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
On my way to this later on today. Ready to fire up the StylisticsMobile for a dip into sociolinguistics - and away!
I know very little about chaos magick but it’s always good to have new readers, and people can use my books however they like
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I know very little about chaos magick but it’s always good to have new readers, and people can use my books however they like
Spooky moon, waiting for the bonfire
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Spooky moon, waiting for the bonfire
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Sad to be missing out? Why not join us in December for ‘New Approaches to Teaching A level Lang/Lit’? Bookings now open!
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/2f9b...
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/2f9b...
EMC CPD Face-to-Face: New Approaches to Teaching A Level Lang/Lit (15.12.2025 Autumn 2025)
New approaches to teaching A Level English Language & Literature with guest presenters Peter Stockwell & Jessica Norledge.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Sad to be missing out? Why not join us in December for ‘New Approaches to Teaching A level Lang/Lit’? Bookings now open!
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/2f9b...
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/2f9b...
A Bonfire Demon (2 gin, 1 crème de cassis, half Kings Ginger, half a lime juice) - and of course a November barbecue!
November 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A Bonfire Demon (2 gin, 1 crème de cassis, half Kings Ginger, half a lime juice) - and of course a November barbecue!
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
📣 Appel à contributions - Varia
[Call for paper - Regular Issue]
Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle
[Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics]
Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots.
📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026
📧 [email protected]
🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes
[Call for paper - Regular Issue]
Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle
[Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics]
Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots.
📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026
📧 [email protected]
🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes
CogniTextes - Revue de l’Association française de linguistique cogn...
CogniTextes. Revue de l’Association française de linguistique cognitive. Revue électronique. La revue s’est donnée pour mission de forger des liens durables entre les chercheurs travaillant, de prè...
journals.openedition.org
October 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
📣 Appel à contributions - Varia
[Call for paper - Regular Issue]
Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle
[Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics]
Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots.
📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026
📧 [email protected]
🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes
[Call for paper - Regular Issue]
Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle
[Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics]
Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots.
📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026
📧 [email protected]
🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes
Go light the lantern at your door
and honour those who've gone before.
The worlds that part us now are twain
for Hallow's Eve is here again.
youtu.be/EPXFAcAH7Cs?...
and honour those who've gone before.
The worlds that part us now are twain
for Hallow's Eve is here again.
youtu.be/EPXFAcAH7Cs?...
Hallows' Eve
YouTube video by Show of Hands - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Go light the lantern at your door
and honour those who've gone before.
The worlds that part us now are twain
for Hallow's Eve is here again.
youtu.be/EPXFAcAH7Cs?...
and honour those who've gone before.
The worlds that part us now are twain
for Hallow's Eve is here again.
youtu.be/EPXFAcAH7Cs?...
Setting off now! If you’re anywhere near Canterbury, make a pilgrimage to this:-
📣 Tonight! The Babel Lecture 2025!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Setting off now! If you’re anywhere near Canterbury, make a pilgrimage to this:-
This week’s Literary Linguistics seminar on metaphor features this seasonal absolute paranoid cracker by Hugh Sykes Davies (1936)
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This week’s Literary Linguistics seminar on metaphor features this seasonal absolute paranoid cracker by Hugh Sykes Davies (1936)
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Stylistics 3.0 has arrived! 🎉
Delighted to be a small cog in the wheel of Section D. More details here: www.routledge.com/Stylistics-A-Resource-Book-for-Students/Simpson/p/book/9781032217536
⚠️ Warning: May contain updated exercises feat. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj 🎶
Delighted to be a small cog in the wheel of Section D. More details here: www.routledge.com/Stylistics-A-Resource-Book-for-Students/Simpson/p/book/9781032217536
⚠️ Warning: May contain updated exercises feat. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj 🎶
Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students
Written in a clear and accessible style, Stylistics, Third Edition is a comprehensive resource which covers all the major theories, concepts and methods required for the investigation of language in l...
www.routledge.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Stylistics 3.0 has arrived! 🎉
Delighted to be a small cog in the wheel of Section D. More details here: www.routledge.com/Stylistics-A-Resource-Book-for-Students/Simpson/p/book/9781032217536
⚠️ Warning: May contain updated exercises feat. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj 🎶
Delighted to be a small cog in the wheel of Section D. More details here: www.routledge.com/Stylistics-A-Resource-Book-for-Students/Simpson/p/book/9781032217536
⚠️ Warning: May contain updated exercises feat. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj 🎶
Change all the clocks, update the telephone, the laptop, the old laptop, tablet, kindle, my watch, the other watch, the hiking watch, fridge, coffee machine, oven, radio, CD player, the actual clock, the other clock, the car, three alarm clocks.
Took about an hour
Took about an hour
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Change all the clocks, update the telephone, the laptop, the old laptop, tablet, kindle, my watch, the other watch, the hiking watch, fridge, coffee machine, oven, radio, CD player, the actual clock, the other clock, the car, three alarm clocks.
Took about an hour
Took about an hour
Slab of Yorkshire parkin done for next weekend. If only you could smell this
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Slab of Yorkshire parkin done for next weekend. If only you could smell this
Storage / abandoned moonbase
October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Storage / abandoned moonbase
My linguistic life: chatting today about familects and your words for the ‘remote control’ on BBC Radio Nottingham with Laurie Dyche. Good fun!
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My linguistic life: chatting today about familects and your words for the ‘remote control’ on BBC Radio Nottingham with Laurie Dyche. Good fun!
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
But who speaks for the dead?
I've got another newsletter out, and I think this is quite a thought-provoking one simple.ghost.io/but-who-spea...
I've got another newsletter out, and I think this is quite a thought-provoking one simple.ghost.io/but-who-spea...
But who speaks for the dead?
Break out the ouija boards and activate the ghost of Doris Stokes. We're reaching back beyond the grave to solve today's transport and environmental crises.
simple.ghost.io
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
But who speaks for the dead?
I've got another newsletter out, and I think this is quite a thought-provoking one simple.ghost.io/but-who-spea...
I've got another newsletter out, and I think this is quite a thought-provoking one simple.ghost.io/but-who-spea...