Raksa
@rakswij.bsky.social
Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
❤Corpus linguistics ❤Stylistics ❤Discourse Analysis ❤Desserts
❤Corpus linguistics ❤Stylistics ❤Discourse Analysis ❤Desserts
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The 19th century was the age of the first information revolution. In this talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee FBA unpacks how historical insights into misinformation, media trust, and the speed of communication can help us understand and navigate today’s digital information age. https://bit.ly/449nhXf
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The 19th century was the age of the first information revolution. In this talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee FBA unpacks how historical insights into misinformation, media trust, and the speed of communication can help us understand and navigate today’s digital information age. https://bit.ly/449nhXf
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Very proud of this paper which is based on work by three brilliant MA students here at Sussex. They were an exceptional team to lead and they all learnt so much about how to do research by doing research
NEW Framing water for future action: Corporate communications by Smith, Bowerman, Elliot
& @proftaylor.bsky.social jcads.cardiffuniversitypress.org/articles/10.... Offers new insights for research in ecolinguistics + methodological reflection essential to corpus & discourse studies at large
& @proftaylor.bsky.social jcads.cardiffuniversitypress.org/articles/10.... Offers new insights for research in ecolinguistics + methodological reflection essential to corpus & discourse studies at large
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Very proud of this paper which is based on work by three brilliant MA students here at Sussex. They were an exceptional team to lead and they all learnt so much about how to do research by doing research
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How Digital Humanists Can Contributeto AI Development, and Vice-Versa
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www.kadh.org/talk-how-dig...
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
How Digital Humanists Can Contributeto AI Development, and Vice-Versa
www.kadh.org/talk-how-dig...
www.kadh.org/talk-how-dig...
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📚"The affective meanings of bowing in a web corpus of Japanese", out now OA in the Journal of Pragmatics! Access it here doi.org/10.1016/j.pr..., and more details below 👇
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
📚"The affective meanings of bowing in a web corpus of Japanese", out now OA in the Journal of Pragmatics! Access it here doi.org/10.1016/j.pr..., and more details below 👇
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Exploring the Impact of 2025 @climformatics.bsky.social in the Global South - by @rblourenco.bsky.social
#CI2025 #ClimateInformatics #DataScience
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
#CI2025 #ClimateInformatics #DataScience
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Climate Informatics 2025: Exploring Climate Science and Data Science in the Global South « Earth & Environmental Science# « Cambridge Core Blog
As many readers will know, COP30, the UN climate conference, got underway in Belém, Brazil this month. In this blog post, we’re pleased to report on another conference that was successfully held in Br...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Exploring the Impact of 2025 @climformatics.bsky.social in the Global South - by @rblourenco.bsky.social
#CI2025 #ClimateInformatics #DataScience
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
#CI2025 #ClimateInformatics #DataScience
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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Come to our free webinar on this⬇️-9th Dec, 16.45-5.30 ⬇️
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Come to our free webinar on this⬇️-9th Dec, 16.45-5.30 ⬇️
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Menswear is thinking pink this season - but for some, it's a question of politics.
Fab to see our own Prof Veronika Koller quoted in this new article in Vogue Business! 🛍️
Fab to see our own Prof Veronika Koller quoted in this new article in Vogue Business! 🛍️
Pink Is Having a Political Moment in Menswear. Will It Sell?
After a blush-colored sweater from J.Crew caused an uproar online, why does pink menswear still have the power to shock?
www.vogue.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Menswear is thinking pink this season - but for some, it's a question of politics.
Fab to see our own Prof Veronika Koller quoted in this new article in Vogue Business! 🛍️
Fab to see our own Prof Veronika Koller quoted in this new article in Vogue Business! 🛍️
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A new Words & Actions podcast episode landed this morning: "Language of #emotions"
Wherever you get your podcast and see below for extra material
wordsandactionspodcast.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/e...
Wherever you get your podcast and see below for extra material
wordsandactionspodcast.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/e...
Episode 31: Language of emotions
OMG!! A new Words & Actions episode has landed and we couldn’t be more excited! In this start to a six-part series, “The language of…”, we look at the language of emotion: in the workplace, in …
wordsandactionspodcast.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A new Words & Actions podcast episode landed this morning: "Language of #emotions"
Wherever you get your podcast and see below for extra material
wordsandactionspodcast.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/e...
Wherever you get your podcast and see below for extra material
wordsandactionspodcast.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/e...
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I am excited to announce "Language and Ecology in the Anthropoce: A Symposium on Ecolinguistics" on February 5-6, 2026. The event (3 keynotes & 20 presentations) is free and online. Register using the QR code below to receive updates on the schedule and links for attending.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I am excited to announce "Language and Ecology in the Anthropoce: A Symposium on Ecolinguistics" on February 5-6, 2026. The event (3 keynotes & 20 presentations) is free and online. Register using the QR code below to receive updates on the schedule and links for attending.
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Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through his Sherlock Holmes stories
by Emma Linford
theconversation.com/arthur-conan...
Conan Doyle at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature
by Emma Linford
theconversation.com/arthur-conan...
Conan Doyle at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through his Sherlock Holmes stories
by Emma Linford
theconversation.com/arthur-conan...
Conan Doyle at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature
by Emma Linford
theconversation.com/arthur-conan...
Conan Doyle at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature
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Corpus linguists:
Come join us at the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in Malta in July!
Submission deadline: Jan 9
CfP: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
Come join us at the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in Malta in July!
Submission deadline: Jan 9
CfP: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
Call for papers - L-Università ta' Malta
Call for papers
www.um.edu.mt
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Corpus linguists:
Come join us at the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in Malta in July!
Submission deadline: Jan 9
CfP: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
Come join us at the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in Malta in July!
Submission deadline: Jan 9
CfP: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
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New openaccess paper in Digital Health with Anna Cermakova et al.: "In my experience …": The use of the word "experience" in peer online forums for mental health.
The study is part of the NIHR-funded project 'Improving Peer Online Forums', led by Fiona Lobban: www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-m...
The study is part of the NIHR-funded project 'Improving Peer Online Forums', led by Fiona Lobban: www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-m...
‘In my experience …’: The use of the word experience in peer online forums for mental health - Anna Lindroos Cermakova, Elena Semino, Karin Tusting, Neil Caton, Matthew Coole, Zoe Glossop, Steven Jone...
Objective Peer support online forums potentially offer accessible and inexpensive access to information and support through shared lived experience, including i...
journals.sagepub.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New openaccess paper in Digital Health with Anna Cermakova et al.: "In my experience …": The use of the word "experience" in peer online forums for mental health.
The study is part of the NIHR-funded project 'Improving Peer Online Forums', led by Fiona Lobban: www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-m...
The study is part of the NIHR-funded project 'Improving Peer Online Forums', led by Fiona Lobban: www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-m...
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Happy to share my new publication, co-authored with Prof @rushtondr.bsky.social 🤗👏🏻
It is open access, feel free to share it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is open access, feel free to share it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Teaching high school chemistry through education for sustainability: a collaborative case study from Chile
Integrating education for sustainability into chemistry teaching is regarded as essential for preparing young people to respond to complex environmental and social challenges, including in post-col...
www.tandfonline.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Happy to share my new publication, co-authored with Prof @rushtondr.bsky.social 🤗👏🏻
It is open access, feel free to share it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is open access, feel free to share it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The next @scrcm.bsky.social webinar features @rushtondr.bsky.social - What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times? Monday 24 Nov, 4-5.30pm.
Sign up for this free event at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Sign up for this free event at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Select tickets – What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times? – MS teams
What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times? – MS teams, Mon 24 Nov 2025 - Abstract:
Education is widely understood as a fundamental part of a just-response to...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The next @scrcm.bsky.social webinar features @rushtondr.bsky.social - What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times? Monday 24 Nov, 4-5.30pm.
Sign up for this free event at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Sign up for this free event at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
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Check out the most recent volume of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics on AI in Applied Linguistics, co-edited by program alum, Dr. Andrea Révész (EdD '07), and with articles co-authored by Dr. ZhaoHong Han and program alum, Dr. Evelina Galaczi (EdD '03). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Check out the most recent volume of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics on AI in Applied Linguistics, co-edited by program alum, Dr. Andrea Révész (EdD '07), and with articles co-authored by Dr. ZhaoHong Han and program alum, Dr. Evelina Galaczi (EdD '03). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🔍 Introducing our new, more powerful search!
→ ourworldindata.org/search
With such a rich publication—nearly 14,000 charts and 100s of articles on 120+ topics—it can be hard to find what matters to you.
Now, finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
→ ourworldindata.org/search
With such a rich publication—nearly 14,000 charts and 100s of articles on 120+ topics—it can be hard to find what matters to you.
Now, finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🔍 Introducing our new, more powerful search!
→ ourworldindata.org/search
With such a rich publication—nearly 14,000 charts and 100s of articles on 120+ topics—it can be hard to find what matters to you.
Now, finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
→ ourworldindata.org/search
With such a rich publication—nearly 14,000 charts and 100s of articles on 120+ topics—it can be hard to find what matters to you.
Now, finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
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www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/tea... I was curious how 'T' or 'tea' came to mean gossip.
Let's Talk 'Tea'
Spill it, sip it: just make it hot.
www.merriam-webster.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/tea... I was curious how 'T' or 'tea' came to mean gossip.
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👉 Looking forward to engage in discussions about rescuing the 1.5°C in the upcoming #COP30.
Despite the -collective- political failure to address the issue, the 1.5°C window is still open, but we need to double down on action ✊ aka Highest Possible Ambition!
Enjoy it and feel free to reach out!
Despite the -collective- political failure to address the issue, the 1.5°C window is still open, but we need to double down on action ✊ aka Highest Possible Ambition!
Enjoy it and feel free to reach out!
After years of political failure, the world can still rescue 1.5°C – if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition”, starting now.
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
Rescuing 1.5°C: new evidence on the highest possible ambition to…
This study shows that, even after years of insufficient action, the world can still return to well below 1.5°C of warming this century if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition” in climate ac...
climateanalytics.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
👉 Looking forward to engage in discussions about rescuing the 1.5°C in the upcoming #COP30.
Despite the -collective- political failure to address the issue, the 1.5°C window is still open, but we need to double down on action ✊ aka Highest Possible Ambition!
Enjoy it and feel free to reach out!
Despite the -collective- political failure to address the issue, the 1.5°C window is still open, but we need to double down on action ✊ aka Highest Possible Ambition!
Enjoy it and feel free to reach out!
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Did you miss @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social's lively talk last Friday? If so, don't worry, you can watch it at leisure here now. 🦔
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. Hugh Warwick, Ecologist and author
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Did you miss @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social's lively talk last Friday? If so, don't worry, you can watch it at leisure here now. 🦔
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
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How can urban nature support fair and effective climate action?
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How can urban nature support fair and effective climate action?
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
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🌍 Decentring the growing field of ecolinguistics from its Western orientation, "Ecolinguistics, Social Justice and Sustainability" explores the relationship between language and the environment in the Global South. @bloomsburyling.bsky.social
Read now 👉 bit.ly/3L5NDmn
#OpenAccess #Linguistics
Read now 👉 bit.ly/3L5NDmn
#OpenAccess #Linguistics
October 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🌍 Decentring the growing field of ecolinguistics from its Western orientation, "Ecolinguistics, Social Justice and Sustainability" explores the relationship between language and the environment in the Global South. @bloomsburyling.bsky.social
Read now 👉 bit.ly/3L5NDmn
#OpenAccess #Linguistics
Read now 👉 bit.ly/3L5NDmn
#OpenAccess #Linguistics
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Our new review on the “circular seabird economy”
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Seabirds are top predators and nutrient cyclers in marine island ecosystems, but are threatened by risk of extinction. This Review explores the circular seabird economy around islands and discusses ho...
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our new review on the “circular seabird economy”
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
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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 🎶
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OUT NOW: @leighharrington.bsky.social , @drkevingerigk.bsky.social & Maria Fano Gonzalez offer a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of representations of fuel poverty and the (new) fuel poor in UK newspapers
Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Plunged into fuel poverty | John Benjamins
Abstract
Fuel poverty, a household’s inability to achieve thermal comfort in line with a healthy standard of living at a
reasonable cost, became an increasingly prevalent and visible socio-economic is...
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OUT NOW: @leighharrington.bsky.social , @drkevingerigk.bsky.social & Maria Fano Gonzalez offer a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of representations of fuel poverty and the (new) fuel poor in UK newspapers
Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
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The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up!
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up!
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social