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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Very tired today but also very grateful to have our little #CADS community. Thanks to everyone who came and made #CADS2026 what it was! Now, over to you, Vienna... 🍰☕️ #CADS2028 @ursulalutzky.bsky.social @susannekopf.bsky.social @mathewgillings.bsky.social

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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

And what a journey it has been! Tianxin does amazing work on discourses of voluntary childlessness on Chinese social media.

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

On a vanishingly small chance you haven’t heard about it from me during CADS (sorry not sorry), we’re @sofiaruediger.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social doing a conf about persuasive language in Tampere this November and the CFP ends on July 1 and you should all come! events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

What a fantastic conference this has been #CADS2026. Bonus achievement: it's the first conference I've ever managed to attend from start to finish, so my review is now officially valid. 😄 Conference-organizing wizardry, @gavinbrookes.bsky.social!

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

And so #CADS2026 comes to an end. We had 4 plenaries, 99 papers, 18 posters and 150 delegates. Thank you from all of us to everyone who came and made it so special ❤️🩶

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Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Thanks @gavinbrookes.bsky.social for a wonderful #CADS2026; having been to all 8 editions I can authoritatively say that it was simply perfect

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Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Thanks so much for taking a picture @runli.bsky.social, and everyone in the audience for turning up in this heat/all the questions 😊 Give me a shout if you'd like a copy of the slides! #CADS2026

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Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com · 25/06/2026

A Brucie Bonus (Scotty Supplement?) for those travelling home from @corporadiscourse.bsky.social Here's the full live stream of '30 Years of Keyness – in honour of Mike Scott' held at @livunienglish.bsky.social earlier this week ▶️ drive.google.com/file/d/1PivK... Please enjoy & share! #CADS2026

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Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Final plenary at #CADS2026: Brian King takes us on a delightful journey through our history of analysing interaction in online corpora, with a look towards the future (also I learnt a new word: "vicennial")

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Run Li @runli.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A fascinating presentation by @instantlinguist.bsky.social looking at how Chinese food was represented by the UK press in the post-COVID period. #CADS2026

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Run Li @runli.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Another really interesting study on Chinese food by Ilaria Iori explores changes in how Italian and American newspapers represent Chinese food during and after the COVID period. #CADS2026

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Run Li @runli.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Stefania M. Maci concluded the Food Discourses panel with a great presentation on “gastronationalism” in Italy. #CADS2026

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Irene Elmerot @elmerot.northsky.social · 25/06/2026

Soon time for my talk at #CADS2026 on how a gender-neutral pronoun has been translated (hint: nine different strategies!). The slides are available here: osf.io/z5k9j/files/...

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Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com · 25/06/2026

Loved #CADS2026 Find all your fellow CADSers here! Get at me in replies/DMs if you're not in this starter pack and should be go.bsky.app/AT6KX6X

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In our final plenary speech @bwking1971.bsky.social reflected on the challenges and developments of using corpora to explore online discourse over the last 20 years! #CADS2026

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Tianxin Li @tianxin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Happy to present my PhD research at #CADS2026 today. A few years ago, I was sitting in the audience taking notes. Today, I had the chance to stand at the front and share my own research. Feeling grateful for how far this journey has taken me.

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Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Day 2 at #CADS2026 closes with a blast: @elenasemino.bsky.social amazing as ever on pushing boundaries and corpus methods making a difference

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Hui Chen @huichen0826.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A little CADS 2026 moment I presented my poster, got some really thoughtful questions, and came away feeling inspired by so many brilliant presentations and conversations. #CADS2026

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Rakan Alibri @ralibri.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A good day at #CADS2026. Presented my work on Tech CEO discourse on YouTube and received some very helpful questions and feedback. Also great to see my book on display among the conference publications. A nice moment after a long research journey.

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Yufeng Liu (Kiki)劉雨鳳 @kikiliu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yesterday, Day 1 at #CAD26 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social Highlights from three panels: Nation and Nationhood, Health Discourses and Sexual and/or Gender-Based Violence.

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In our next plenary speech, @elenasemino.bsky.social is reflecting on the role of CADS in crossing boundaries and building bridges, across disciplines and with stakeholders #CADS2026

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Yufeng Liu (Kiki)劉雨鳳 @kikiliu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

CaD 2026 is bringing me back to BlueSky 😃 Happy to contribute 🥰

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Run Li @runli.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Another interesting study on readers’ letters. Keisuke Yoshimoto looks at readers’ letters (on “Women’s Feelings” and “Men’s Feelings”) of a Japanese newspaper and finds clear gender differences. #CADS2026

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Nathan Dykes @nfdykes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

How do LLMs perform as metadiscourse annotators? Javad Haditaghi at #cads2026 introduces a framework combining LLMs and expert validation.

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In the fiction track at #CADS2026 - here is @nfdykes.bsky.social presenting our work with @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social on #janeausten and #fanfiction - the transition to the talk by @mixosaurus.bsky.social couldn’t have been better if we’d planned it

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Run Li @runli.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

An engaging study by @sallyhuntsa.bsky.social, @marialeedham.bsky.social, and Sarah Jane Mukherjee on the analysis of emotional vocalisation verbs in Young Adult Fiction corpus. #CADS2026

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Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thanks so much for all the questions/feedback on my talk - #CADS2026 people are the best! Bonus: inspiring talks by @amandapotts.bsky.social @eugeniedugoua.bsky.social and @tianxin.bsky.social in the same session (co-author shoutout: @sofialampro.bsky.social @annaritamagliacane.bsky.social)

Title slide for the talk 'Am I The Asshole for not wanting to teach my child my mother tongue? A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of multilingual parenting discussions on Reddit'. Authors are Ursula Kania, Sofia Lampropoulou, Annarita Maglicane and Paige Johnson

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Rakan Alibri @ralibri.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Day 2 of #CADS2026 kicked off with a fascinating talk by @matteofuoli.bsky.social on linking CADS with experiments to better understand audience effects. A great start to the day.

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Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Brilliant second plenary at #CADS2026: lots of methodological food for thought with @matteofuoli.bsky.social problematising CADS' deterministic assumptions + showing the added value of testing discourse effects empirically

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Italy gets brutally pastamogged in @markmcglashan.com @alexiconartist.bsky.social @veronikakoller.bsky.social @jessaiston.bsky.social talk on misandry 🗿 #CADS2026

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Eugeニア Diegoli @diegolieugenia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

So many great talks and amazing people at #CADS2026, where I presented some preliminary results from my project on the language of shame and guilt in English and Japanese

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

From incels to tradwives: Claudia Posch studies two German-speaking and two English-speaking tradwife influencers. “Alt-lite” is a term I haven’t heard before! #CADS2026

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YouTuber. Alt-right. Alt-lite
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• extremely cognizant of the histories of feminist standpoints
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Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Chaired an excellent panel on migration discourses at #CADS2026 this morning. Really inspiring work by Tony Berber Sardinha, @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social , @xinmeisun.bsky.social , @proftaylor.bsky.social

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today at #CADS2026 we heard from @sallyhuntsa.bsky.social & @marialeedham.bsky.social about the mirrors, windows and sliding doors metaphor to think about young adult fiction. If you missed it, here is a blog post by them wels.open.ac.uk/research/pro...

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Now at #CADS2026 Gerlinde Mautner & @mathewgillings.bsky.social are looking at leadership discourse - by and about leaders

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Nathan Dykes @nfdykes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Shannon Fitzsimmons-Doolan kicks off the Methodological Innovations panel at #cads2026, sharing interdisciplinary work between environmental sciences and applied linguistics

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

At #CADS2026 @andreaswagnr.bsky.social explains the concept of the waterscape and how to study socionatural relations in a corpus of fiction

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andreaswagnr.bsky.social @andreaswagnr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today I had the great pleasure to present at #CADS2026 about #waterscapes in #fiction. This research is part of my PhD @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social of @michamahlberg.bsky.social

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Run Li @runli.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Really interesting presentation by Benedict J.L. Rowlett on the analysis of readers’ letters on gender and sexuality in the South China Morning Post. Good to know some diverse past voices from citizens on LGBT+ topics. #CADS2026

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Nathan Dykes @nfdykes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

How to kill your darlings: Kathryn Spicksely walks us through the difficult decisions in a participatory corpus study on teachers #cads2026

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In this morning's plenary speech, @matteofuoli.bsky.social argued for the synergy of CADS and experimental methods. An excellent way to kick off day 2! #CADS2026

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In her opening plenary speech, @michamahlberg.bsky.social addressed the promises and challenges of transdisciplinary corpus linguistics. An inspiring way to start our conference! #CADS2026

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Ylva Biri @ylvabiri.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to have a look at my #CADS2026 poster on #finfluencers! Great first day of conference, two more to go.

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Tamsin Parnell @tamsinparnell.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Interesting piece that also falls down on messaging as one key aspect of Starmer’s downfall. #CADS2026

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Run Li @runli.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

E. Dimitris Kitis is presenting to introduce an interesting concept of “psychoscapes” for analysing urban spaces. Also showing that cognitive linguistic critical discourse studies and CADS are combined to reveal how Hillbrow and Sandton are differently constructed in news. #CADS2026

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sophie Eyssette showing us shocking examples of intransparent newspaper language around feminicide, obfuscating agency in the most absurd ways - and those do not always come from the tabloids, unfortunately #CADS2026

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Run Li @runli.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Selenia Anastasi and Federica Formato are presenting a CADS study of an Italian Incel forum. Interesting to see how Southern Italy, particularly, is discursively constructed with clear gendered patterns. Also very great to know a bit about the manosphere in Italy. #CADS2026

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Rakan Alibri @ralibri.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Enjoyed the first day of #CADS2026 and it was a pleasure to chair the session on sociopolitical issues in the news. Looking forward to presenting tomorrow!

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Janno Reincke @jannoreincke.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Very happy to present my PhD project to a public audience during the poster session at #CADS2026!

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