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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our ICOP-L2 panel on respecifying and exploring engagement (especially in second language use or learning contexts) from an EMCA perspective came together quite well. Now to start shopping it as a special issue.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Did a little #EMCA something for the university's in-house journal. Nothing spectacular but may be of interest to some. nanzan-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2002... Burch, A.R. (2026). Getting to Know You: Self-Introduction Practices and Participation Frameworks in Task-Focused Interaction.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Finally got my copy. It's wild to have a chapter among these folks - equal parts "wow, cool" and "how the hell did I manage this?"

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Need some memory help from the #EMCA folks. I know there is a paper/chapter about the space after a sequence where participants may repeat "yeah" or "hm hmm" multiple times before moving into the next sequence. But I can't find it and nothing pops up in my searches. I'm not imagining it, right?

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#EMCA Had to do a lecture about my field to our whole 1st year cohort this week, and instead of having them do "reaction papers" (2/3 of which end up being AI every time), I had them turn lecture notes showing their responses to questions and quick analyses of request sequences.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This morning's musical whiplash, courtesy of my media player's shuffle: Josh Tillman - "Master's House"... mellow. Killswitch Engage - "A Bid Farewell"... wai'? wasn't expecting that. Poison Idea - "Humanity"... okay, getting where i need to be

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I've got a chapter coming out in a Routledge handbook, but it isn't out yet. Google Scholar already has two citations for it, one dated 2024 and the other 2013(!). Neither mention me or my field anywhere. Anyone know how to get rid of them? Nothing I'm finding online helps.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

#EMCA hive mind Does anyone know of any research on parliamentary interaction (i.e. UK, etc... PM vs opposition MP type discussion)? I could have sworn I'd read some, but can't seem to find it. Two of my students are interested in comparing Japanese PM/MP debates with other contexts.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Got a new toy for under 1000円 (less than $10). Looks a little worn, but plays well. I've been wanting to explore one of these for awhile.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Sometimes a dad joke/オヤジギャグ lands in the right way. A couple students just came to ask if I could go to our TA space to answer some questions about their homework, saying it was an emergency.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

No lie detected here... (and one of the downsides of reviewing abstracts regularly)

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

There must be a good way to research this within an #EMCA/#DiscursivePscychology framework... And not just in the business world, but of course within the academic world as well, maybe building off of Billig's "writing badly".

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Rubio said "we in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West’s managed decline". Yeah. You're clearly being as disrespectful and destructive as possible. And you sure ain't "caretaking" shit... you're pushing everything positive about our alliances off a cliff.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Sad to hear that Deborah Cameron has passed (at a rather young age at that). She was highly influential in the field of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, and was one of the first people I read early on who helped draw attention to criticality in discourse. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Deborah Cameron obituary

Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A cover of Bob Dylan's "She Belongs to Me". I did all vocals and instruments (though cheated on the drums by using finger drums - no option for a real kit in my tiny apartment). youtu.be/RQtanW4dk9c

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She Belongs To Me (Bob Dylan cover)

YouTube video by Rue Burch

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Reaching out to #EMCA folks. I'm trying to work my head around an issue: the accountability of attentiveness. I've yet to find a source specifically about this, but some bits and pieces are starting to come together.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

If you have a few minutes, please watch Carney's speech at Davos. He is speaking the truth about international cooperation or the lack thereof, and is taking a risk in doing so. youtu.be/-9EFPdcSot0?...

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FULL SPEECH: PM Carney’s Most Inspiring Remarks at Davos — Greenland, Trump Tariff Threats | AQ1B

YouTube video by DRM News

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Getting tired of winning yet?

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I pledge allegiance to the world Nothing more and nothing less than my humanity

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

this from DHS. it is anti-Somali bigotry. i'd like to ask them what they're doing about the terrorists they employ.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

good time to remember these words

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Something I've never noticed before but *seems* to be a positive(?) move: Native American reservations are now listed on Google Maps. I'm curious what people (particularly people who actually have a stake in this representation) feel about it.

Google Map image of Washington State with Native American reservations marked.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I introduced my 4th year student who is using MCA to analyze discourse surrounding DEI to Jack Bilmes' occasioned semantics and taxonomy work, and she immediately started applying his way of visualizing the ideas to her thesis. I gotta say, it brings a happy tear to my eye to see it.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

私は日本の会社知らないけど、大学の事務はよく大きいExcelのテーブルから小さいPDFに作成して字がすごく小さくて見づらい。大きいモニターにも拡大しても目がすごい疲れる。皆その小さい字どうやって読むの？年取ったらどうする？本当に見える？

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A nice look back at Labov's "Department Store" study (one of the foundational sociolinguistic studies) by one of his last students. If you're a linguist or have learned about the study in a linguistics class, this is worth a watch. youtu.be/cK6g53lLgnw?...

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Are we WRONG about most FAMOUS LINGUISTICS experiment??

YouTube video by languagejones

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

When research is largely written by AI, only to be read by AI, what "new knowledge" will actually mean anything? And will the effect that has on the publish or perish paradigm be a positive or negative thing?

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This looks like it will be good, and something I'll need to share with my students.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#EMCA One of my 2nd year students mentioned in her homework about how she tried out a breaching experiment (in this case speaking in honorifics with her sister) and the reaction, and started diving deeper into the ideas. I'm such a bad influence sometimes, but I love it.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This is not only a wonderful eulogy of one of the most important pioneers of science and conservation, but also a great explanation of the complexities of knowing and coming to know in science. @hankgreen.bsky.social - you rock! youtu.be/d_FzzLeA6pk?...

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Dr. Jane Goodall

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Been listening to Fugazi's discography the last couple days, 1st time in a decade. Somehow it hits different than before. Amazing how things that either went over my head or didn't connect emotionally in a certain way back then is now. And of course discovering new things throughout. 1/2

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

there was a lynching on a college campus in Mississippi, but as of yet no major news outlet has picked up on the story because they are so far up a celebrity's ass that they can't recognize America's worst type of political violence that has been happening throughout the nation's history.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Another original - "Lambchop's Got Lead Poisoning". Been working on it for a few weeks, but unfortunately, it keeps being timely. Probably the heaviest thing I've ever recorded (full on with death metal growls) youtu.be/uks8EKmnisk

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Lambchop's Got Lead Poisoning

YouTube video by Rue Burch

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

A new original song I'm calling "Silly Cliches About Silly Cliches". It came to me over the last couple of days, not as a reaction to what happened, but as a reaction to the cliches that inevitably get trotted out in the wakes of tragedies. youtu.be/ffjFTmawDxg

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The Fabulous Soup Forks: Silly Cliches About Silly Cliches

YouTube video by Rue Burch

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Something #EMCA folks should appreciate ...

Frame 1 - Character 1: "Hey Bob! How are you doing?"
Frame 2 - Character 2: Not so good."
Frame 3 - Character 1: ...
Frame 4 - Character 1: "Please complete this report by EOD"
Character 2: Frustrated expression.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

This dude's constantly hittin' 'em outta the park. Modern day protest folk at its finest. youtu.be/PL0oB1gbZE4

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The Ballad of Big Balls

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I wasn't aware that Robin Lakoff had passed away. She opened up the field of linguistics to looking at gender, and thus has had a huge impact on everyone who looks at language through a critical lens in any way. ls.berkeley.edu/news/memoria...

ls.berkeley.edu

In Memoriam of Linguistics Professor Emerita Robin Lakoff, a pioneer in gender and language | Letters & Science

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Eye-opening (in a not-so-pleasant "well, shit, what I thought my reasonably well educated self actually 'knew' isn't true" sort of way). youtu.be/regpMUdl_QA

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Who Has the Right to Vote in America? | Civics Made Easy

YouTube video by PBS

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Original instrumental song I've been working on for a few weeks. The drums were played with my Yamaha FGDP-50 finger drums, and I like how they help create a better groove than programmed drums. youtu.be/Q6bUSdN9pZo

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And Then There Were

YouTube video by Rue Burch

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

- it's a national holiday. - i'm still recovering and rest would be a good thing. ... so why do i still feel like i have to justify taking a day off to myself? the mental gymnastics that i feel compelled to go through when it's completely ok to take a national holiday off.

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

What the internet and social media has become:

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Rue @rue-burch.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Using this rainy holiday Monday to catch up on some needed sleep. Just woke up from a dream in which I seemed to be an active participant in a M*A*S*H episode (Trapper and Col. Blake era). Weird.

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