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Barbara De Cock
@barbaradecock.bsky.social
Professor in Spanish linguistics at UCLouvain
I'm interested in pragmatics and discourse analysis on politics, healthcare, and everyday life.
Circle U. chair for democracy
Avid reader who likes to go hiking
Autumn #hike
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Five shades of grey on the afternoon #hike near 3 province frontiers and 1 linguistic frontier in Belgium
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sunday #hike along the linguistic frontier on a sunny morning, before the rain sets in.
November 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Holiday #hike in #Ostbelgien with the moors (les Fagnes) and lots of mushrooms!
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This evening's sunset at Baie de Somme. #holiday #hike
August 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Seizing the (rare dry) moment with a
Holiday #hike near my hometown #Geraardsbergen at #DeGavers
July 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Seizing the (rare dry) moment with a
Holiday #hike near my hometown #Geraardsbergen at #DeGavers
July 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Saturday #hike in home region #VlaamseArdennen, organised by vzw Landschap.
Perfect time of the year for bluebells and wild garlic 😍
May 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The 6th PLINDay just kicked off, on #genre based approaches to academic and specialized languages.
PLIN is the UCLouvain pôle de recherche en #linguistique but, as current chair Kristel Van Goethem rightly pointed out, it also stands for PLeasant and INspiring 😀👍

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April 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Saturday spring #hike
April 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This morning at the colloquium on #taboo in #translation, organised by Andrea Pizarro Pedraza at the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation Marie Haps Saint-Louis UCLouvain.
@jjavilacabrera.bsky.social delivers the opening plenary, which changes the way you watch #subtitled series ;-)
February 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM

¡Enhorabuena Dr. Raül!
Happy to have been cosupervisor with @enirdans.bsky.social of the PhD defended today by @raulnuevo.bsky.social on "Circulation and collective meaning : the construction of hashtag#populism in arenas of public discussion in France and Spain".
What a way to start the year!
January 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#winterwalk
If only you could also feel and hear the wind blowing. It's very much like one of the opening scenes of Mary Poppins.
January 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
And the day after... #winterwalk
December 28, 2024 at 10:44 AM
The kind of image that helps you understand how many (folk) tales arose in winter.
#winterwalk
December 27, 2024 at 3:43 PM