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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

If you're free on May 21st and/or May 22nd and are in the Manchester area, please join us for our Annual Symposium, taking place over two days! The event is free and lunch and coffee is provided! Register here and come reflect on 'linguistics in action' with us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mcrl-lingu...

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

And now, for our second book launch with Piotr Jagodziński discussing his work on Autism in Interaction @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social #GoGlobal

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Thank you for having me @niallrcurry.bsky.social I had a great day at @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social book launches are underway. First up is @derekbousfield.bsky.social discussing his work with Samuel Bourgeois on pragmatics in contested interpretation! #GoGlobal @manmetuni.bsky.social

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Great to have an opportunity to hear from @michamahlberg.bsky.social as part of the @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social Seminar Series and GoGlobal Week at @manmetuni.bsky.social! Now discussing the relationship between reality and fiction and the role of fiction in our lives.

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Text and Language Lab @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

In the Manchester area and free this afternoon? Join Prof. @michamahlberg.bsky.social for a lecture organised by @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social . Find all the details and free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-sen... #digitalhumanities #language #stories #lecture #ManchesterCity

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A second event next week for your calendars! We are having book launches for MCRL colleagues, Piotr Jagodziński & and @derekbousfield.bsky.social. If you’re in Manchester on March 3rd, join us! You can register/find out more about the location & time here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-manche...

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The Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics Book Launch

At this event, we will be launching two books by colleagues in linguistics by Piotr Jagodziński, and by Samuel Bourgeois & Derek Bousfield

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

If you’re in Manchester March 2nd, please join us in welcoming @michamahlberg.bsky.social, who will be talking about: Making Sense of the World through Language and Stories. You can register/find out more about the talk time & location here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-sen...

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Making Sense of the World through Language and Stories

Join us for a seminar with Michaela Mahlberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany & University of Birmingham, UK)

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

If you're interested in AI and Linguistics, there's still time to register for @niallrcurry.bsky.social's MCRL seminar tomorrow (online and F2F) at 3pm where he will be talking about his @ukri.org metascience Fellowship on GenAI in the disciplines! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/genai-in-t...

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GenAI in the Disciplines

Join us for a hybrid seminar with Dr Nial Curry about Generative AI in the Social Sciences

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

As @derekbousfield.bsky.social moves on to be the new Doctoral College Faculty Head, we are delighted to have @niallrcurry.bsky.social joining @khawlabadwan.bsky.social as our research group co-lead.

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Our closing panel @robdrummond.bsky.social Dawn Archer, @khawlabadwan.bsky.social discussed The Future of Linguistics Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

And rounding out our final session @derekbousfield.bsky.social Pragmatics in contested interpretation: varied audiences, implicatures, inferences "Interpretation is a fickle beast"

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Rachel Hatchard Linguistic (usage-based) analyses of language in aphasia ...challenging a rule-based generative approach Linguistic theory informs our understanding of language disorders Studying language disorders can challenge our Linguistic theory

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Piotr Jagodzinski kicking off our final session - Autistic unmasking and (im)politeness on and off the TV screen A pragmatic model of autistic (un)masking and facework - analysis on the TV series Herkules

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

. @pjagodz kicking off our final session - Autistic unmasking and (im)politeness on and off the TV screen A pragmatic model of autistic (un)masking and facework - analysis on the TV series Herkules

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

We now have a session with a selection of our MA students, PhD students, and visiting scholars. Slightly shorter talks but we'll give some spotlights here

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Please take your time, language in ruins, a ship that has experienced a catastrophic shipwreck @khawlabadwan.bsky.social

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

continuing the variation theme, John Bellamy is documenting 'pit talk' across the UK - language as cultural heritage

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Age of speakers in Wigan & Bolton correlates with their attitude towards Greater Manchester (as opposed to Lancashire), which correspondingly affects their accent, specifically the vowel in words like MOUTH, SOUND, ROUND, HOUSE @caitlin91.bsky.social

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

. @niallrcurry.bsky.social on Generative AI in research...it's not a question of whether but how, the horse has bolted. Now we can reflect on what we've learned so far and how to go forward

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

. @k8ebrown.bsky.social asking how we define mainstream Who would you answer with if asked for a mainstream music artist? (not a rhetorical question)

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

We are go... ...huge thanks to @niallrcurry.bsky.social (1) and @k8ebrown.bsky.social (2) for setting this all up and @khawlabadwan.bsky.social for keeping us all both in line practically and looking at the big picture of looking after language @caitlin91.bsky.social on skeeting duty today.

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Today is the day! We're excited to share what our members have been up to this year.

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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

🚨Following the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report, we share thoughts on how a languages curriculum enriched with #linguistics can address challenges for languages study in schools theconversation.com/linguistics-... #edusky #langsky @languageonthemove.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social

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Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils

A languages curriculum enriched with linguistics is appealing to students and teachers.

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Enjoying @khawlabadwan.bsky.social's talk on unthinking language and decentering traditional views of 'mastery' in language learning contexts @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Having a great time at the annual NATESOL conference and honoured to have given the opening plenary. I talked about corpus linguistics and language learners with a focus on developments in AI and critical AI and corpus literacies! @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Come join us in Manchester @manmetuni.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social for a day of linguistics research on May 28th! The event is free, lunch is provided, and there are still a few days left to register!

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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A day full of #Linguistics in #Action. Please join us and explore the exciting breadth and possibilities that linguistics research enables

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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

MCRL Symposium 2025: want to know what @manmetuni.bsky.social's #linguistics researchers have been up to over the last year? Register to come and join us on 28th May at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linguistic...

Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics Inaugural Symposium: Linguistics in Action
Free Face-to-Face Event
Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics May 28th 2025 @ ManMet Business School G.26
Event outline running from 9am to event closing at 5pm.

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