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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How can the analysis of concordances be supported by algorithms? 📽️ Have a look at this new series of videos where we introduce the FlexiConc functionality in CLiC. 💻 CLiC is a free web app designed to support the computer-assisted study of narrative fiction. youtu.be/W9FYF81SYPQ?...

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FlexiConc in CLiC: Tutorial 1

YouTube video by Text and Language Lab

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

Oooh!

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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New book on Narratives and Migration available to preorder! Edited by the great Anna De Fina&Sabina Perrino. Very happy to have contributed a chapter with Millie Montiel McCann& @samtbennett.bsky.social. Pleased to see @drsimongoodman.bsky.social's endorsement too! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/narrative...

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Call for papers (sharing on behalf of a colleague): Language and Culture in Small Hospitality Spaces: Perspectives on Talk, Place, and Social Life (ed. by Todd J. Allen, Andrew J. Barke, Momoyo Shimazu, and Xiangdong Liu) #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics

Call for Chapters
About the project:
We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume on the social and cultural significance of
small hospitality spaces, including independently operated or community-oriented bars, pubs,
cafés, coIee shops, tea houses, izakayas, neighbourhood restaurants, and related venues (see,
for example, Allen, 2025; Allen & Liu, 2024, 2025; Liu & Allen, 2022).
Such establishments are often understood as “third places”: everyday settings located
between home and work that support sociability, informal public life, and local connection
(Oldenburg, 1989). They can also be viewed as part of a community’s social infrastructure,
providing spaces in which people encounter others, sustain social ties, and participate in local
life (Klinenberg, 2018; Farrer, 2022, 2024). Although commercial in form, small hospitality
spaces frequently exceed a purely transactional function. They provide settings for ordinary
conversation, recognition, temporary respite, cultural exchange, and the development of
familiarity over time.
These venues provide a valuable setting for examining how hospitality is accomplished
in practice (Allen & Liu, 2025b). Through interaction among owners, staI, regulars, and
newcomers, talk, embodied conduct, routines, material arrangements, and shared
expectations shape hospitable experience. This highlights the aIective and relational
dimensions of commercial hospitality (Lugosi, 2008; Allen & Liu, 2025a), while showing how
such spaces support identity negotiation, cultural exchange, boundary management,
belonging, and community.
This volume brings together work from sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology,
pragmatics, discourse analysis, ethnography, cultural studies, hospitality studies, tourism
studies, intercultural communication, and urban studies. It is especially interested in research
that connects close analysis of interaction with broader questions of place, mobility,
representation, identity, neighbourhood life, and cultur…

3. Cultural Representation, Mediatisation, and Spatial Aesthetics
Examines how hospitality spaces are represented and designed through media, online
platforms, visual culture, signage, interiors, atmosphere, authenticity, and
neighbourhood identity.
4. Translocal Encounters and Comparative Perspectives
Considers intercultural interaction, migration, multilingualism, cultural adaptation, and
comparisons between hospitality spaces across cultural and geographical contexts.
We welcome empirically grounded chapters and theoretically informed contributions that
address the volume’s central question:
What do small hospitality spaces reveal about the relationship between language, culture,
place, and social life?
Contributions may explore these venues as sites of hospitality, participation, identity,
community formation, intercultural encounter, cultural representation, mobility, and spatial or
neighbourhood belonging, including how they are mediated, represented, and discussed
through digital platforms and social media. Authors are welcome to submit more than one
proposal, including proposals that engage with diIerent sections of the volume.
Submission details
Please submit:
• A chapter (unstructured) abstract of 500 words (maximum), excluding references
• A provisional chapter title
• A short biography of up to 100 words for each author
• Up to five keywords
Abstracts should indicate the chapter’s central argument, theoretical or methodological
approach, empirical material where relevant, and its fit with one of the four sections above.
Please submit proposals via: https://forms.gle/cMCqf9AaAGZPQ53K9
Provisional Timeline:
Date Stage
31 October 2026 Deadline for chapter proposals
15 November 2026 Notification of decisions
31 January 2027 Full chapter submission
February–March 2027 Double-blind peer review and editorial feedback
30 April 2027 Revised chapters due
31 May 2027 Final chapters due
31 July 2027 Completed manuscript submitted to the publisher
All accepted chapte…

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Kat Gupta @mixosaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Delighted to be working with TransActual on this! We know that responding to this consultation was painful for many trans people and our supporters. We'd like to use these responses to find out more about our community's thoughts and experiences. Please read the info and contact me if you have qus

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.

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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The latest episode of @wordsandactions.bsky.social is out and it's all about language #activism. wordsandactionspodcast.wordpress.com/2026/09/07/e... We revisit Covid metaphors, watch misleading headlines get rewritten, and hear what it’s like to live between academia and activism.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lavender Languages and Linguistics 33: We are beyond excited to announce that we will host #LavLang33 from September 8-10, 2027, in beautiful Hamburg (Germany). Stay tuned for keynote speakers and call for papers! @lavlang.bsky.social

view from "Philosophenturm", a high-rise campus building at Hamburg University. In front of the building, greenery and other campus buildings. In the background, the TV tower, downtown Hamburg. At the horizon, the Hamburg docks.
On the right side, you can see part of the "Philosophenturm" building, a 1950s/60s high-rise with yellow and grey bricks.

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Isabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026

What makes something a threat? In today’s episode, our hosts Dr Nicci MacLeod and Professor Tim Grant are joined by Dr Isabel Picornell who tells us about a case in which this was the central question. O Scotland, Scotland #TwitterThreatTrial Listen to the podcast 👇💩 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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Writing Wrongs

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

theverge.com

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

💔 Do you ever feel lonely – and have you ever thought of #loneliness as political? I’m super excited about this new publication with @mlewandowsky.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, in which we examine the relationship between loneliness and voting. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This Friday is my birthday! And my publisher just gave me some *audiobook codes* for The Dragon Has Some Complaints, so I'm celebrating with a giveaway. All you have to do to enter is 1) follow me on here 2) reskeet this post 3) reply naming one of your favorite monsters!

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Auuuulet 🍂👻 @aulet.es · 26/08/2026

"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."

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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

with alt-text (please alt-text your pics!)

sandwich board saying "IF 5-4 IS STAR WARS DAY CAN 9-25 BE DOLLY PARTON DAY?"

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Kat Gupta @mixosaurus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Returning to this article by @lauraclancy.bsky.social and @hannahyelin.bsky.social on public academia, the neoliberal university and digital hate journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Universities love academic visibility but rarely positioned to support the labour & risk of being in the public eye

journals.sagepub.com

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We're launching a ‘Food for Nature and Society’ doctoral programme to fund 30 PhDs! Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the Leverhulme Doctoral Programme will deliver 30 fully funded PhD scholarships over 7 years. 📰 tinyurl.com/4v5yn28h @leverhulme.ac.uk | @lec-reefs.bsky.social 📸 Hazel Healy

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Corpus Linguistics 2027 @cl2027.info · 19/08/2026

We are pleased to finally announce… 📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027 Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027 CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap... Deadline: 8th January 2027 🔗 All links in bio 🔁 please share widely! #CL2027

cl2027.info

#CL2027 - Call for Papers

Adaptation and Adaptability in Corpus Linguistics

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Just stop instrumentalizing the queer community to justify your Anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...

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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

'Sign your card to Andy Burnham' to urge the govt to create safe routes to asylum claims and reject the divisive rhetoric around migration&asylum seeking

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Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

10 out of 10, no notes. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

⏳ Still time to apply - the deadline for applications is this Friday, 24 July

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 17/07/2026

Finally we have made the long-requested episode that you can share with your overly credulous friend who thinks the button dogs on instagram are actually cracking jokes rather than being highly edited (plus lots of whale facts!!)

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...

goodlawproject.org

‘Discriminatory’ and ‘unworkable’ trans guidance to come into force | Good Law Project

The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August – we’re pushing back

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Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Excellent (if slightly dystopian/terrifying) thread on Realbotix/classroom 'education' robots.

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CADAAD Journal @cadaad-journal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Loved #cadaad2026? Publish your next paper in the CADAAD Journal: Open Access, no processing fees. Now accepting submissions: ugp.rug.nl/cadaad/about...

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| CADAAD Journal

CADAAD Journal – Open access journal published by University of Groningen Press.

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Final #BæFoLa talk of Season 10 coming up this Friday, July 17, 12:30-13:30 CEST 🍩🤩🍩 Join us to hear Revathi Suresh's talk on "Chattichoru as Spectacle: Constructing Malayali Identity and Food Narratives in Online Spaces". #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics

Abstract:
The talk presents the semantic shift associated with the word chattichoru in Malayalam by exploring how Malayalam social media food content functions as a discursive project. In Kerala homes, chattichoru used to refer to a simple leftover meal directly eaten from a chatti or pan, usually by the women of a house. In contrast, the new chattichoru meal is a viral spectacle of abundance. The study examined ten YouTube Shorts on the chattichoru meal; the audio tracks were annotated, translated and transcribed using the tool ELAN and further glossing and lexical analysis was done using FLEx, a linguistics database software. Further analysis involved adapting the critical discourse approach (Fairclough 1995) by treating YouTube Shorts as multimodal texts, in line with Benson (2015). The findings show that along with the discourse structure of the short-form video, textual aspects such as repeated or exaggerated use of modifiers and sensorial language function as authenticity markers, thereby playing a crucial role in conventionalising the new meaning of chattichoru. The analysis attempts to place Malayalam food trends, such as the chattichoru videos, as a crucial meaning making and identity forming online practice in the contemporary gastro-political context in India.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 09/07/2026

We've launched our new Reddit community! 🏳️‍⚧️ Join us for UK trans advocacy, news, legal updates, complaint support, campaigns, and community discussion. Whether you're trans or an ally, we'd love to have you. www.reddit.com/r/tacc/

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Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective

TACC is an intersectional organisation started in 2024, dedicated to advocating for trans rights, addressing transphobia, and unofficial EHRC watchdog. This a space to share advocacy work, complaints...

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CADAAD 2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

we knew as CADAAD fans, you'd enjoy the CADAAD fans (ba dum tss) #CADAAD2026

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Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

It was a two loaves kind of morning (thought I'd try one in a loaf tin this time, for more convenient slices - seems to have worked fine, using another loaf tin as a lid) #foodsky #breadsky

Two sourdough loaves on a cooling rack - the one on the left was baked in a Dutch oven, the one on the right in a loaf tin

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

📣 Job opportunity: We are looking for up to 5 outstanding postdoctoral or doctoral researchers in #DigitalHumanities to join us at the @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social Please share widely 🙏 ⏰ Deadline: 24 July 2026 For more info: www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/6...

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is such an important point.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 30/06/2026

Absolutely terrible decision on upholding trans sports bans. If you want to hear more on why these sports bans should end. Check out this podcast episode where we talk about why sports bans are wrong and and how it does the opposite of "protecting women's sport". whatthetrans.com/ep155/

whatthetrans.com

PODCAST – Frankenstein’s Evidence: The Modern Phrenology – What The Trans!?

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Costas Gabrielatos @cgabrielatos.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

11th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2026). 2-3 July 2026. Online. Registration (free) closes on 30 June: sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr. Invited speakers: Stefan Th. Gries, Martin Hilpert, Serge Sharoff. Contact: lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk #corpuslinguistics #lexicogrammar #lexis #grammar

sites.edgehill.ac.uk

Symposium: Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr)

The Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr) explores the interaction of lexis and grammar via corpus techniques.

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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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Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I had such a great time at #CADS2026 😊 Shoutout to the whole conference team, especially @gavinbrookes.bsky.social! Can't wait for Vienna 2028 🙂

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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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ICAME48 @icame48.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We are happy to announce that the call for papers for #ICAME48 is now out! 📢📢📢The call for pre-conference workshops is already open, while the call for abstracts will open in October. More info on our website: www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

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Call for Papers | ICAME48 | University of Helsinki

The conference theme is The Times They Are A-Changin'. We invite all submissions on corpus-based approaches to English, and especially abstracts addressing the theme of the conference, such as submiss...

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

and #CADS2028 is going to 🥁 Vienna July 5-7

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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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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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Sascha Wolfer @sascha-wolfer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

#linguistics #jobs 14(!) Ph.D. positions are available in the international research and training network "MultiLAwa – Multilingual Language Awareness in the European Digital Society". More information on the open #PhD positions here: www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-pos...

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Open PhD positions – MultiLAwa

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Tamsin Parnell @tamsinparnell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

10 years since the EU referendum. Here is a list of works I’ve written on Brexit. 1. Constructing Brexit Britain A CADS book-length study on how the pro-Brexit press, Conservative government and citizens constructed national identity in times of Brexit. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/construct...

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Constructing Brexit Britain

Combining corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, and a discourse analysis of narratives, this book considers one aspect of the Brexit process: the lan…

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The media respond to ratings not to science, but at a time when people don't trust authorities because the media and politicians always lie, and drown in misinformation and conspiracy theory, it's essential scientific knowledge is presented correctly. Lives are at stake.

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