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

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

Closing day tomorrow but please repost if you think there is anyone interested in this TA post with us at UoN This is to teach within the broad area of applied linguistics jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Please also check out Language, Gender and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe edited by @ksenijabogetic.bsky.social Lots important topics and great contributions link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Out now! @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and I on feminist protest and political change in Poland link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Preparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026

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Hello Bluesky! We’re LTS, an interdisciplinary journal based at the University of Nottingham and spotlighting cutting-edge postgraduate and early-career research. Get to know us in the short 🧵 below 👇🏻

Out now and open access! ‘Hard to swallow? A critical animal studies perspective on the discursive recontextualisation of the reality of dairy farming’ with @gavinbrookes.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1750... @uonenglish.bsky.social

Delighted that @livunipol.bsky.social are advertising #ESRC Funded Studentships in Politics and/or IR in any area of expertise available in the Department. Contact my colleague @birtegippert.bsky.social for app info. Details of this excellent opportunity here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKU079/e...

Looking forward to talking to BCU's Applied Sociolinguistics students today! I'll be sharing insights from my safeguarding work with Renato Software Ltd. (Senso.cloud) to demonstrate how corpus linguistics can be applied to benefit industries outside of academia

Hey, happy #NationalLinguisticsDay to all my #language & #linguistics nerds! I hope you're all settling down to a nice bowl of alphabet soup to celebrate. #Langsky #Linguistics

I made a linguistics and language podcast starter pack for you, if you're looking for your new favourite linguistics podcast: go.bsky.app/5pirXas

Teaching A-level Lang/Lit? This is for you…

Congratulations to Dr Spencer Jordan on the publication of his new book, 'Metamodernism and the Postdigital in the Contemporary Novel' in the Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures series! ➡️ www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metamoder...

Thanks to all who've taken part in interviews - we're now recruiting for the next study phase, which involves sharing images & captions to a private social media account for 4 months. Eligibility: identify as autistic, aged 16-26, currently live in the UK, some experience with using social media

I've been contributing a biweekly section about my work on safeguarding and corpus linguistics to Anchored Schools' newsletter, #Radar. Read 'Spotlight on Linguistics with Senso.cloud' (and other important safeguarding news) by subscribing here: anchoredschools.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

New paper co-authored with @elenasemino.bsky.social in Language and Health: A linguistic analysis of female and male opening posts on an online forum dedicated to pain Open Access and available online: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

New edited collection, out now (one for library purchases though) > www.routledge.com/The-Politics...

Did one! Not listed and should be? Let me know 🙂 go.bsky.app/AT6KX6X

There didn't seem to be one yet, so I created one. Please share! Reply or DM me if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/QJPicoq

Out today with @jaimackenzie.bsky.social & Sarah Atkins! We considered the ethical challenges of doing participant-centred research in linguistics, thinking beyond the formal ethics review process by drawing on our own - quite different - experiences in the field. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

My CUP element is finally out! 🙌 You can download it for free for a couple of weeks. Will soon post some reflections available in the book!

Hot off the press! @jaimackenzie.bsky.social and I's article exploring representations of the charity Mermaids in the British press. We find that, between 2015 & 2022, the image of the charity as a useful source of support is supplanted by the image of a dangerous and controversial organisation.