Colloque "Expressivity, Bodies and Language in the 21st century"organisé par Sandrine Sorlin (PR IUF, EMMA) et Julie Neveux (MCF HDR CELISO) Quand ? 20 et 21 novembre 2025 Où ? salle des Colloques n°1 sur le site de Saint Charles 1. Plus d'informations : expressivity.sciencesconf.org

Tomorrow I'll be discussing the pragmatics of failed repair in mockumentary sitcoms at SAES 2025 in Toulouse. Looking forward to showing how we need a shift from an operational to a multimodal pragmatic construal of 'failed' repair.

🔍 Zoom sur l’atelier SSADA au congrès SAES 2025 : Transitions stylistiques et discursives 🧠🗣️ L’atelier de la SSADA explore les mutations du langage, des récits et des genres, entre littérature, numérique et discours politiques. 📅 Du 5 au 7 juin 2025 à Toulouse ! #SAES2025

RIP George Wendt. Forever Norm on Cheers! A show full of brilliant miscommunications I had a hoot analyzing in “Cheerfully Misunderstanding Deixis on Screen: Coach is his (Nick)name and Misunderstanding Deixis is his Game” doi.org/10.4000/tvse... Loved the interactions between Coach and Normie ❤️

Introducing my new project… Your Wrong (yourwrong.co.uk). It’s all about the language rules and judgements that appear in different forms of popular culture. Films, series, podcasts, music, books, even graffiti! I’d love your help to find examples!

🔉 Coming out soon(ish): Cringe Humor on Screen and in Digital Media: Pragmatic Perspectives, coedited by @ccschn.bsky.social, Lynn Blin and I. Can't wait! link.springer.com/book/9783031...

" Il nous manque plus de 70 enseignants-chercheurs " déplore Anne Fraïsse, présidente de l'Université Paul Valéry Montpellier.

⚡️ APPEL À TÉMOIGNAGES Le CLASCHES a été informé de faits pouvant s'apparenter à du harcèlement sexuel, harcèlement moral et des agressions sexuelles qui auraient été commis par un professeur des universités en sociologie de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Nous avons besoin de réunir des témoignages

🎉 Yet another mind-blowing "EMMAncipons les savoirs" day: Trump’s rhetoric of bad faith, the underlying capitalism of #cottagecore, (eco)feminism & race and how to be an ally, & how to liven translation workshops up. Slides: emmamontpellier.hypotheses.org/diffusion-de... See you next year!

⏰ Let's EMMAncipate knowledge tomorrow @ St Charles research center, Montpellier, France (pun intended).

📣 Next Friday! EMMA scholars will tackle the Trump/Harris debate, nature on social media (#cottagecore), Canadian petroscapes, contemporary African-American lit & translating contemporary theater. Plus, there will be a round table on female filmmakers & feminism in media. Be there or be square!

Missed EMMA's March 18 seminar with @larshinrichs.bsky.social on the characteristics and conditions of emergence of multiethnolects? Good news! His book arrives in 2025 (check the CUP catalog in the next few months). And in the meantime, watch his talk online! www.canal-u.tv/chaines/emma...

Nous appelons à signer le manifeste du mouvement #StandUpForScience en France. Ce texte pose les bases de la suite du mouvement, il a déjà été signé par plus de 5500 personnes. Partagez-le et signez-le massivement : standupforscience.fr/tribune/

@emma-recherche.bsky.social & I are pleased to announce that @larshinrichs.bsky.social will present his latest research on "Cultural Contact and New Dialect Emergence in Large Cities: From Ethnolects to Multiethnolects" next Tuesday at 6pm (CET). Join us: univ-montp3-fr.zoom.us/j/97293747730

Victoire contre l'A69 et hommage à la résistance ! ✊ L'autoroute A69 vient d'être jugée illégale par le tribunal administratif de Toulouse en raison de son impact environnemental ! 🖋️Notre communiqué : lessoulevementsdelaterre.org/victoire-con... 1/9 🧵⤵️

There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W

Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February