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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 2d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Lucia Busso @lucia-busso.bsky.social · 2d

happy publication day to me 👯‍♀️ my paper on COVID metaphor clustering is FINALLY OUT!!
took so long that in the meantime my co-author and best friend has changed career in the meantime, but better late than ever ✨✨
benjamins.com/catalog/milc...

Metaphorical thematic clustering in Italian online newspapers: Chapter 1. How do media talk about the COVID-19 pandemic?

The contribution presents a study on figurative language from the first months of the COVID-19 crisis in Italian online newspapers. Particularly, we contrast topics and metaphorical language used by j...

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Stephen Pihlaja @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social · 16d

I challenged my colleagues yesterday to come up with a seven-word definition of Stylistics. This is as close as I could get:

Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 15d

Honoured to give a keynote at the Data, Gender and Society summer school at @dhssfau.bsky.social this morning. Thanks so much for the invitation, and great audience engagement! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

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Glenn Hadikin @glennhadikin.bsky.social · 5d

www.cambridge.org/core/journal... For people interested in the links between AL and AI.

Latest volume | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge Core

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics

www.cambridge.org

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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 8d

Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

University English Funding

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Journal of Language and Politics @jlanpol.bsky.social · 3d

📕 | NEW BOOK REVIEWS

Fei Gao and Xin Li review Denise Merkle and Brian James Baer's @routledgebooks.bsky.social 'The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Censorship'

👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25190.gao
👉 Book: bit.ly/46KiTOP

Book cover: The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Censorship

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Dr Lauren Alex O'Hagan @drlaurenalexohagan.bsky.social · 3d

Participants needed for my new study on parasocial attachments and the material afterlives of music keepsakes. See further details below ⬇️

#rorygallagher #blues #fender #strat #bonhams #auction #fandom

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · 2d

Grateful that DeGruyter have kindly made our paper open access for three months!🥳🥳

If you’re interested in how Generative AI is transforming publishing in Applied Linguistics, you can freely download and read it here 👇

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Generative AI and the future of writing for publication: insights from applied linguistics journal editors

The emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping academic writing and publishing practices. As knowledge curators, applied linguistics journal editors need to respond to GenAI ...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · Feb 18

My book "Researching Language and Digital Communication" is hereeee.

It may just be the most camp discussion of DMC so far. Including analyses of:

- Dolly Parton memes
- TikTok videos of Jungle and Billie Eilish
- anonymous Grindr profiles

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BAAL Conference 2025 @baal2025.bsky.social · Sep 6

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at BAAL 2025 this year! Your talks, posters and discussions made the conference a great success.
Looking forward to BAAL 2026!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 7

Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.

Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · Aug 21

Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London.

🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...

Migration Museum Walking Tour

Discover 2000 years of migration history, following the stories of generations of migrants that have shaped the City of London.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Helen Ringrow @helenringrow.bsky.social · Sep 2

Niall I haven't been on here in weeks so I'm so behind - so well deserved, congrats!!!

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · Jul 24

So happy to share that I've been promoted to Reader in Languages and Linguistics at @manmetuni.bsky.social. I am so grateful for all the support from colleagues here and afar! 🥳🎊 @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Aug 20

Out now! #openaccess paper in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, exploring the issue of alignment between AI and Applied Linguistics, with @niallrcurry.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social

Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reposting this as it is now actually open access 🔓✨ (promise!). You can find the it here: doi.org/10.1017/S026... @tonymcenery.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org. See the post below ⬇️ for some more detail!

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Call for Papers for Corpora & Discourse 2026 has now launched! Please send us your abstracts and share the call widely!

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

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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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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reposting this as it is now actually open access 🔓✨ (promise!). You can find the it here: doi.org/10.1017/S026... @tonymcenery.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org. See the post below ⬇️ for some more detail!

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 20

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
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ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds

A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

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Animals R Us…. @trumph8ters.bsky.social · Jul 18

The chick is like hold my grain… 🐥 🥰

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PALA @palapoeticsling.bsky.social · Jul 13

A huge thank you to all who attended, presented, plenaried, chaired, entertained, fed & watered us at a brilliant @PALA2025 & esp to the fantastic team @EnglishAston. Here's to PALA Uppsala 2026!! 🎉💃🕺💃🕺🥳

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Helen Ringrow @helenringrow.bsky.social · Jul 14

Nice to see you again!!!

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Bloomsbury Linguistics @bloomsburyling.bsky.social · Jul 10

Book highlights at #PALA2025 include:

📖 the new edition of Cognitive Grammar in Stylistics by Marcello Giovanelli & @chloeharrison.bsky.social
📖 Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language, ed. J Culpeper
📖 new books in @michamahlberg.bsky.social Corpus and Discourse series

+ more at 35% off!

Display of Bloomsbury Linguistics books and flyers on a blue tablecloth

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Mel Wardle @melwardlepoet.bsky.social · Jul 14

Last week I enjoyed sharing my research at Poetics and Linguistics Association - PALA #PALA2025 at Aston University where I saw fascinating talks on poetry, ecostylistics, and more.

Thank you for a fantastic opportunity and experience Aston University!

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Pete Harvey @peterharveydigital.bsky.social · Jul 14

Back at my desk after #PALA2025 with a full notebook and so many new ideas. Thank you to the Aston team for hosting us, and to everyone for your inspiration and support - can't wait for ‪@pala2026.bsky.social‬

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