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Dr Alexandra Krendel
@alexiconartist.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton | CDA/CDS, corpus linguistics online discourse, (anti)feminism, hate speech
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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 2d
HI. It's me.

WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.

Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
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LIP Research Group @liprg.bsky.social · 7d
LIP Programme – Term 1, 2025/26
We’re excited to share the programme for this term. 🥰

📌 Abstracts and links to the talks will be shared one week ahead of the event.

We welcome all researchers, students, and interested colleagues to join our sessions and engage with our community.
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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 8d
We're hosting Lavender Languages from 2-4 September 2026. Save the date! Plenaries and a formal announcement to be follow shortly...
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CADAAD 2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social · 11d
Hi! Happy Monday!

A little update on the CfP: It is now open to (a limited number of) posters!

The guidelines are:
- State in the form that it is a poster.
- Abstract: 300 words (references included)
- Individual or co-presented
- Language: English or Spanish
- Deadline: 21/11/2025
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Kat Gupta @mixosaurus.bsky.social · 15d
Delighted to announce (ugh, can't believe I'm saying that) that Alon Lischinsky and my bibliography of Trans Media Studies is out with Oxford Bibliographies! It's basically the equivalent of a compilation tape - key works, deep cuts and things we like

www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
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Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social · 15d
Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...
Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
This book has been fun and also somewhat liberating to write. To explain this we have to tell the story of how the book came about.
cambridgeblog.org
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Jess Aiston @jessaiston.bsky.social · 16d
**CALL FOR PAPERS**

Upcoming workshop at QMUL in January, looking at autism, focused interests, and communication across diverse contexts. How can we centre autistic interests as a strength rather than a symptom?

Contributions outside academia welcome.

Please share widely!
Workshop: Focused Interests, Identity, & Autistic Communication Across Contexts. 8-9th January, Queen Mary University of London. Speakers: - Dr Liam Cross & Dr Gray Atherton, leading a co-design session to create a board game highlighting strengths of neurodiversity - Pete Wharmby, neurodiversity advocate - Professor Rebecca Wood, Glasgow This workshop will explore how autistic people engage with focused interests in diverse communication settings. Bringing together discourse, narrative, interactional approaches, sessions will examine how intense interests shape storytelling, knowledge exchange, and social connections. We consider how focused interests are differently valued in society and ask what it would mean to centre interests as a strength rather than symtom. We invite proposals for individual papers and contributions to a roundtable discussion. Contributions from autistic individuals and allies, practitioners, clinicians, and education professionals are especially welcomed. Submit your proposal to j.aiston@qmul.ac.uk by Friday 14th November
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CADAAD Network @cadaad.bsky.social · 18d
The CfA for the @cadaad2026.bsky.social conference at @uva-es.bsky.social is now open!

The conference theme is "Beyond Physical and Symbolic Spaces: Methods and Challenges in Critical Discourse Studies."

Dates: 8-10 July

For more details on the conference: www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai...
CADAAD 2026
Welcome to CADAAD 2026 We are delighted to announce that the 2026 edition of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference will be hosted by the University of Va...
www.cadaad2026.com
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 18d
Featuring @jessaiston.bsky.social from the @mantrap.bsky.social team
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 18d
New Word of Mouth podcast with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social and @jessaiston.bsky.social on language and the ‘manosphere’ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #linguistics
Word of Mouth - The Language of the Manosphere - BBC Sounds
Michael Rosen hears how words are used as weapons against women
www.bbc.co.uk
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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · 22d
12 more days to apply!
Let us know if you have questions!
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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · Sep 6
For info on how to become the BAAL SIG new secretary see here ⤵️

#BAAL2025
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Lucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · 22d
📢Join us on the IGALA Executive Committee! 📢

Nominations are open NOW for President-Elect, Secretary, Comms Officer or Treasurer. Apply before the end of Sep to help inform the shape and direction of the International Gender and Language Association.

Just let me know if you have any questions!
IGALA logo heads a white document with the text: The time has come to elect a new Executive Committee for IGALA! This is an exciting moment for the association, as we continue to grow (with membership numbers higher than ever) and look ahead to developing more international networks. The work of our community is vital in these times of renewed global oppression and marginalisation against queer and trans people, and as misogynistic discourse continues to thrive. We are currently soliciting nominations for the following 2-year-term Executive Committee positions: (1) President-Elect: This officeholder assumes the duties of the President in the event the President cannot serve, and shall succeed to the office of President at the expiration of the term as President-elect. The President shall be the presiding officer of the Association, and shall succeed to the office of Past President at the expiration of the term as President. Normally a President's term will run for two years, i.e. from one biennial IGALA Conference to the next. (2) Secretary: This officeholder shall maintain records of meetings and decisions, call and run elections, and post minutes of public meetings and results of elections to the Membership at large. The Secretary shall also maintain the membership list, in consultation with the Journal editors. (3) Communications Officer: This officer manages the mailing lists, the website, our social media properties, advises the Board about communications strategy, and ensures consistency of voice in IGALA communications. (4) Treasurer: The Treasurer has charge of the financial records of the Society. They shall submit a financial/budget report once a year, at the IGALA Executive e-meeting, and shall submit a report on the Association's activities and finances to the membership at the open Association business meeting held at each official IGALA conference. Nominate yourself before September 30th via: tinyurl.com/igalaself
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Laura Filardo-Llamas @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social · 24d
We are organizing #CADAAD2026 in Valladolid.
The #CFP will be launched soon.
We'll be using the handle @cadaad2026.bsky.social for updates and information.
Follow us there & help us spread the word!
#CADAADNetwork #CADAAD #CriticalDiscourseStudies
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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 24d
Join us for the new season of online talks, this year co-organised by OSSO and the Digital Discourse & Interaction research network @lulind.bsky.social
The first talk is already tomorrow! @nounfraze.bsky.social
September 17 | 10-11 CEST Frazer Heritage (Manchester Metropolitan University) Caveman Theories, Modern Misogyny: Evolutionary Psychology in Incel Fora October 29 | 12-13 CET Veronika Laippala (University of Turku) tba November 5 | 15-16 CET Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich (UNC Charlotte) Forgiveness? in Post-Digital Societies: A Technosocial and Metapragmatic Perspective December 17 | 10-11 CET Ylva Biri (University of Helsinki) Expertise and Engagement in YouTube informational videos: Case studies on the finance advice genre Join the Zoom room: https://tinyurl.com/talkddi
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Dr Alexandra Krendel @alexiconartist.bsky.social · 24d
Huge congratulations Issy!
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Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · Sep 10
After our very succesful Corpus Linguistics 2025 conference hosted by @robbielove.org at Aston, CL is going on tour! Our next conference will be Easter 2027 in Hong Kong at HK Poly U. In summer 2029 we return to Europe when @michamahlberg.bsky.social will host CL at Erlangen!
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CADAAD Network @cadaad.bsky.social · Sep 9
📣CADAAD book call!📣 We've taken a little break and we're refreshed (ish).

If you've had a book published over the summer, please send the details over to [email protected] and we'll include it our next circular in a week or so.
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Sep 4
📢 Season 2 of Writing Wrongs kicks off tomorrow! 📢

The first episode is a two-parter exploring the classic case of #DerekBentley.

We're joined by Prof. Malcolm Coulthard whose analysis contributed to Derek's posthumous acquittal.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · Aug 29
In a new paper, Prof. Nuria Lorenzo-Dus & Dr Craig Evans presents the first comprehensive account of online grooming discourse.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

TLDR 👇

#DRAGON #onlinegrooming #onlineharms #onlinesafety #childprotection #childsafeguarding
A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of children’s and groomers’ talk in online grooming interactions
Harmful communication may not always be recognisable as such, especially when it is manipulative and deceptive and appears to be indistinguishable fro…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · Sep 2
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026
Call for Papers – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
wp.lancs.ac.uk
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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · Sep 3
We are looking for a new secretary!

our huge thanks go to @nounfraze.bsky.social who has been a wonderful secretary for many years!

Info here⤵️
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Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com · Sep 2
Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online

🔓 Out now with @crkennedy.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime edited by the brilliant @wrightdw.bsky.social

@livunienglish.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online
Safeguarding children in schools broadly refers to the actions taken to protect children from abuse, prevent damage to health and development, and pro…
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · Sep 1
Pretty exciting delivery today - hard copies of my first book!

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Book front cover: Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics - A Practical Guide Book back cover: Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics - A Practical Guide
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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · Aug 22
Over 3000 signatures! ✨👊

Please keep signing and sharing our petition to stop mass redundancies at @lancasteruni.bsky.social

1 in 4 staff will lose their jobs in a year or less if plans go ahead.

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This campaign needs you now
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
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Andrew Garrett @andrewgarrett.bsky.social · Aug 6
My Berkeley colleagues & I are saddened by the death of our colleague Robin Lakoff. Her 1972 book Language & Women's Place created the modern field of language & gender. She also wrote articulately, passionately & impactfully about Latin linguistics (Abstract Syntax & Latin Complementation, 1968) 1/
Robin Lakoff
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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · Aug 2
Excellent report by colleagues at @runnymedetrust.bsky.social on how racism underpins political and media language representations of immigration in the UK and how these, in turn, normalise hostile policies.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Language on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’
Pattern of ‘hostile language’ in media and debates likely to describe people of colour with less sympathy, report says
www.theguardian.com
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