Wow, looks like Deepl had something to get off his/her/its chest, and just went with it after providing the initial translation …

Anyone interested in my recent book with @eltresearch.bsky.social and @candlinmynard.bsky.social might also be interested in the TRIP workshop series organised by @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social and supported by @eurosla.bsky.social. I'll be talking (on 5th November) about conditional forms!

Call for Papers for EuroSLA 35 Lisbon 24-27 July 2026 www.eurosla.org/call-for-pap...

Pleased to announce that my 2023 book, 'Grammar in ELT and ELT materials' will soon be available in paperback! It should be out in mid January, and the publishers are offering a 30% discount (using code DELPAP30) until the end of February. Details here! www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...

A feature, not a bug

Even predatory journal spam can contribute to one's imposter syndrome …. ("If any"??!! 🤬) "Dear G. Burton, Hope you are well. We are contacting you because your expertise in areas related to linguistics (if any) makes you an ideal candidate to review the manuscript entitled …"

Listen below to hear co-author @grahburton.bsky.social talking about our @candlinmynard.bsky.social book The Big Beasts of English Grammar and grammar issues in general. youtu.be/Zafx24UvFg8?...

Two great opportunities with JESLA/EUROSLA

The PEC24, a new reference #corpus of Italian, is now available via Search-it, a CQPweb-based platform 👇 lt.eurac.edu/cqpweb/ A paper where PEC24 is described (English) 👇 doi.org/10.54103/203... A short introduction (Italian) 👇 open.substack.com/pub/inparole...

Lucky book to have found such a nice home!

For exactly the same reasons, I wonder how viable our current way of doing academic writing is in the medium to long term. (Cartoon found online: I don't know who to credit it to, sorry.)

Happy to share my paper “A Different View of Phraseological Complexity: The Role of Density, Diversity and Distance” published on the Journal of the Europ. Second Language Association in the collection “Multiple views on #phraseology in second language acquisition” euroslajournal.org/articles/10....

Video and slides available!

Book Launch, Q&A, and Giveaway TODAY. Register to join us! www.candlinandmynard.com/englishgramm... @grahburton.bsky.social @eltresearch.bsky.social

Register for the Online Book Launch, Q&A, and Giveaway! The Big Beasts of English Grammar: An Exploration of Form and Function in Conversations. Mon. 24 Feb UK: 10am, Italy: 11am, Japan: 7pm Registration and details: bit.ly/3EFiGCd #englishgrammar @eltresearch.bsky.social @grahburton.bsky.social

Looking forward to our book launch on 24th January!

Thank you to everyone who followed our online Q&A with the authors! @eltresearch.bsky.social @grahburton.bsky.social The Big Beasts of English Grammar: An Exploration of Form and Function in Conversations Download a free excerpt (preview file) from PayHip. www.candlinandmynard.com/englishgramm...

Our publisher @candlinmynard.bsky.social is running a Q & A about the new book I co-authored with @eltresearch.bsky.social. Feel free to get involved and we'll do our best to answer!

Really pleased to see this in print and electronic format!

New book! Available on December 15th 2024. The Big Beasts of English Grammar: An Exploration of Form and Function in Conversations by Christian Jones and Graham Burton Pre-order: www.candlinandmynard.com/englishgramm... @eltresearch.bsky.social #grammarteaching @grahburton.bsky.social

Really pleased to announce my new book with Christian Jones @eltresearch.bsky.social!!! Will be out in 10 days, available in print and ebook form, with (we hope) very accessible prices.

Really pleased to be part of the team!