Reposted by Yuze ShaTony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This will be great! We planned to hold the conference in HK, but with on-going problems in the Middle East the CL organising group thought we should switch venues. Thanks so much to Mark and Stefania for stepping in. It will be a great conference in a great location - Venice! 02610
Reposted by Yuze ShaNiall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Excited to be in Malta for #IVACS2026 and honoured to have given a plenary this morning sharing reflections on the acts of Comparing and Contrasting in corpus linguistics! Huge thanks to Odette Vassallo and the team for the invitation and to Anne O'Keeffe for the very kind introduction! 0112
Reposted by Yuze ShaProf Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026⏳ Still time to apply - the deadline for applications is this Friday, 24 July 01717
Reposted by Yuze ShaMatteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Our new CUP Element on trust, discourse, and the Enron scandal is out and free to download! Download the book: www.cambridge.org/core/element... Watch the video abstract: vimeo.com/1125812463 Download the Enron Trader Tapes, annotated data and R code: osf.io/ngdhxcambridge.orgTrust, Discourse, and Corporate CorruptionCambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Trust, Discourse, and Corporate Corruption 0116
Reposted by Yuze ShaElena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New paper with @alicedeignan.bsky.social & @duygucandarli.bsky.social: 'Children’s ability to interpret metaphorical polysemy in educational materials'. We show the difficulties that 10-12yo children can have with unfamiliar metaphorical uses of words in school. www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...jbe-platform.comChildren’s ability to interpret metaphorical polysemy in educational materialsAbstract Metaphor is used as a tool for communicating specialist knowledge to non-specialists in popular discourse and in educational contexts. Research has explored its use in higher education, but l... 0106
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Linguistics at Lancaster University has been ranked 2nd in the world in the latest QS rankings! www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.sociallancaster.ac.ukLancaster subjects are among best in the world with Linguistics ranked second - Lancaster UniversityLinguistics at Lancaster University has been ranked second in the world with ten other subjects in the world top 100, according to new rankings released today. 0112
Reposted by Yuze ShaNiall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Great morning at #AAAL2026, where we are discussing all things AI and Applied Linguistics! Honoured to be a part of this invited colloquium, organised by Andrea Révész & Shungo Suzuki, speaking about our paper (with @gavinbrookes.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social) here: doi.org/10.1017/S026... 0174
Reposted by Yuze ShaZsófia Demjén @zsofiademjen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Join the UCL Health Communication Network on March 17th for a talk by Dr Beth Malory: ‘British news media representations of the 2022 and 2024 mpox outbreaks: a corpus-assisted study’ More info and the link here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/health-comms...blogs.ucl.ac.ukMarch | 2026 | UCL UCL Health Communication NetworkUCL Homepage 062
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026So exciting to see the latest title in the Corpus and Discourse series out now! I really enjoyed reading Viola's book, and I'm sure you all will too! @michamahlberg.bsky.social 162
Reposted by Yuze ShaLanguaging Crises @languaging-crises.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Prof. McEnery (@tonymcenery.bsky.social) will discuss Brexit, taking a long-term view on British discourses about Europe. Prof. Koskela discusses Rhetorical Arena Theory that provides a lens for analyzing how crisis situations are actively constructed through discourse. 154
Yuze Sha @shayuze.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Thrilled to share that our research, “Gendered representations in swearing”, co-authored with my colleague Robin Vallery and my PhD supervisor @tonymcenery.bsky.social, has officially been published in Discourse Studies! 🤬🥳 Check it out: 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1461... 092
Reposted by Yuze ShaDiscourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 20/02/2026📢New article out! 🟦 @shayuze.bsky.social & @gavinbrookes.bsky.social study user's stance and multimodal irony. 🟦They analyse comments on X to the UK's NHS Covid-19 policy posts. 🟦They prove the mediating role of affordances & offer a replicable method. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 082
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Out now: 'Multimodal irony in public responses to digitally mediated NHS COVID-19 messages' - article with @shayuze.bsky.social in Discourse, Context & Media. You can read it #openaccess through the link below. @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social 032
Yuze Sha @shayuze.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I am genuinely so happy to announce that my latest article, co-authored with my PhD supervisor, @gavinbrookes.bsky.social, has now been published in Discourse, Context & Media 🎉🎉 The project was such a joy to work on! Check it out: 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comMultimodal irony in public responses to digitally mediated NHS COVID-19 messagingThis study investigates how multimodal irony is discursively constructed in the expression of stance and evaluation in comments responding to the UK N… 1143
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Out now: 'Historical Medical Discourse: Corpus Linguistic Perspectives', edited with @niallrcurry.bsky.social @emma-putland.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. Features 11 chapters using corpora to explore medical discourse over four centuries! www.routledge.com/Historical-M...routledge.comHistorical Medical Discourse: Corpus Linguistic PerspectivesThis collection showcases original research highlighting innovations in the application of corpus linguistic methods to the study of English historical medical discourse. The volume builds on recent w... 2197
Yuze Sha @shayuze.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Many thanks to Professor Ursula Lutzky for inviting me to speak on multimodal social media corpus research @wuvienna.bsky.social yesterday. I felt genuinely excited to be there and really enjoyed the discussion and the great questions☺️ 080
Reposted by Yuze ShaPaul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I’m at the Cabinet Office to talk about Polari today. 0242
Reposted by Yuze ShaLucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Join us at @uonenglish.bsky.social on 9th December for a talk by @elenasemino.bsky.social on Metaphors and Narratives in Health Communication! Register here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...nottingham.ac.uk Metaphors and narratives in health communication - The University of Nottingham 074
Reposted by Yuze ShaVaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social · 12/11/2025A great talk by @paulari.bsky.social at @lancasteruni.bsky.social SHISU training event. @corpussocialsci.bsky.social 082
Reposted by Yuze ShaVaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Now @tonymcenery.bsky.social discussing #CorpusLinguistics and #epistemology. Questions about paradigms, reality and science as a process. A two-day workshop at Shisu in Shanghai starting today! @corpussocialsci.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Yuze ShaLeverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 05/11/2025“Forensic linguistics is an attempt to improve the delivery of justice through the analysis of language” In this episode of The We Society @timgrant123.bsky.social @aifl.bsky.social discusses how language analysis can help solve crimes & lead to justice for all: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/grant 195
Reposted by Yuze ShaLIP Research Group @liprg.bsky.social · 02/11/2025New Date Announced: We’re delighted to announce that Teun A. van Dijk (Centre of Discourse Studies, Barcelona) will now be joining us on Tuesday 11th November, 1–2pm (UK time) for his talk: Title: Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right Location: MS Teams Online link: lnkd.in/eAXSgT6r 1129
Reposted by Yuze ShaTony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · 31/10/2025New issue of Annual Review of Applied Linguistics out now - its theme is Artificial Intelligence in Applied Linguistics. Well worth a look, plenty of open access content (full disclosure - I have a paper in it 😀): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgLatest volume | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge CoreAnnual Review of Applied Linguistics 0112
Reposted by Yuze ShaPaul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · 22/10/2025www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass-pgr/new...lancaster.ac.ukLancaster arts, humanities and social science colleagues in top 2% of scientists in the world - Lancaster UniversityLancaster University’s Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences is home to some of most influential researchers in the world. The latest Stanford/Elsevier list of the top 2% of scientists in th... 1172
Reposted by Yuze ShaPaul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · 15/10/2025My new Open Access article in Discourse and Society with Rickey Lu: Holistic, nurturing and sustainable: Discursive shift in corporate social responsibility reporting. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 0206
Reposted by Yuze ShaOv Cristian NOROCEL @norocel.bsky.social · 14/10/2025📣 2 yrs postdoc w/in project Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture - investigates a selection of anti-gender networks & feminist LGBTQI+ networks in 5 European regions. Experience w/h ethnography/ digital network analysis & deep knowledge of language & sociopolitical contexts in Southern Europe.lu.varbi.comPostdoctoral researcher in Gender StudiesThe Department of Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary unit within a larger division together with Sociology and Social Anthropology, situated at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. W 01710
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I'm honoured to have been appointed to the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) new assessor college. Looking forward to continuing to contribute to the council's important work in this new role! @ukri.org @lancslinguistics.bsky.social 0222
Reposted by Yuze ShaMatteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social · 01/10/2025It was such a pleasure to take part in the legendary Language and Power podcast! We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow. Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us! 0124
Reposted by Yuze ShaNiall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Some exciting news ⤵️ to share: I have been awarded a UKRI Metascience AI Fellowship! This will enable me to spend the next few years working with research councils & policymakers to develop disciplinary guidelines & policy on responsible AI use in Social Science research. @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social 5253
Reposted by Yuze ShaElena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...cambridgeblog.orgApplying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and HealthcareThis book has been fun and also somewhat liberating to write. To explain this we have to tell the story of how the book came about. 25823
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit... 13416
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Honoured to give a keynote at the Data, Gender and Society summer school at @dhssfau.bsky.social this morning. Thanks so much for the invitation, and great audience engagement! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social 0366
Reposted by Yuze ShaProf Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Beginning Day#3 with a keynote by the amazing @gavinbrookes.bsky.social #DHSS2025 @dhssfau.bsky.social 0142
Reposted by Yuze ShaProf Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025“The true value of #corpuslinguistics is the combination of quantitative scale & qualitative depth” @gavinbrookes.bsky.social gave us so much to think about this morning #DHSS2025 0289
Reposted by Yuze ShaDHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 22/09/2025We had two fantastic sessions this morning! – Prof. Michaela Mahlberg gave us a great introduction to digital humanities @michamahlberg.bsky.social – Prof. Anna Foka delivered an inspiring first keynote on AI & heritage Fantastic vibes all around! ✨ #DHSS2025 #DigitalHumanities 0166
Reposted by Yuze ShaIsobelle Clarke @issyclarke.bsky.social · 16/09/2025I am so pleased to announce that I have been awarded a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an... to undertake the project 'A Multi-Dimensional Understanding of the Digital Far Right'.ukri.orgUKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders FellowshipsResearch into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships. 156010
Reposted by Yuze ShaMark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com · 02/09/2025Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online 🔓 Out now with @crkennedy.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime edited by the brilliant @wrightdw.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comCorpus linguistics for safeguarding children onlineSafeguarding children in schools broadly refers to the actions taken to protect children from abuse, prevent damage to health and development, and pro… 22716
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I was honoured today to give a keynote speech on working with sociodemographic metadata for online language corpora, at the 12th CMC Conference at the University of Bayreuth 🇩🇪 Grateful to the audience for their engagement and great questions! @unibayreuth.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social 2253
Reposted by Yuze ShaBarbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 18/08/2025🎙️ Elena Semino, Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University joins host Dr. Joe Bianco to discuss the subtle and surprising ways that language 🗣️ and humor 😂 shape health experiences 💙. 1126
Reposted by Yuze ShaCorpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Diaries at the ready... the next Corpora & Discourse International Conference will take place from 23-25 June 2026, at Lancaster University. We are also very excited to launch our website, with plenary speaker info, key dates, and much more besides: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/. Please share widely!wp.lancs.ac.ukCorpora & Discourse International Conference 2026 – 23-25 June 2026 13425
Reposted by Yuze ShaFrazer Heritage @nounfraze.bsky.social · 31/07/2025📣🎉 Genuinely so happy to share my new article in The Journal of Pragmatics 🎉 My paper is titled "Social identity and implicature: Exploring the pragmatics of transgender coming out narratives in videogames" and can be accessed here (Open Access!) 👇👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comSocial identity and implicature: Exploring the pragmatics of transgender coming out narratives in videogamesDespite being one of the most popular forms of media, videogames are an under-researched text type within linguistics. This paper examines the languag… 2289
Reposted by Yuze ShaGavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 30/07/2025New chapter out now on feminist protest and political change with @mchalu.bsky.social, in this important collection on language and gender in Eastern Europe, edited by @ksenijabogetic.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social 0144
Reposted by Yuze ShaMalgorzata Chalupnik @mchalu.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Out now! @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and I on feminist protest and political change in Poland link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...link.springer.comFrom Streets to Sejm: Discourses of Feminist Protest and Political Change in PolandThe events surrounding Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet (All-Poland Women’s Strike), the most massive gathering since the fall of communism, are said to have inaugurated a new form of feminism in... 1112
Reposted by Yuze ShaDHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 28/07/2025📣 Keynote Speaker Announcement #DHSS25 We’re pleased to announce our third keynote speaker: @gavinbrookes.bsky.social 🎤 Title: Corpus linguistics for gender and language research: Key concepts and critical reflections 🗓️ 22–26 September 2025 🔗 www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/summer-school #dhss25 0143
Reposted by Yuze ShaNiall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · 24/07/2025So happy to share that I've been promoted to Reader in Languages and Linguistics at @manmetuni.bsky.social. I am so grateful for all the support from colleagues here and afar! 🥳🎊 @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social 8534
Reposted by Yuze ShaProf Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2025What a joy! Thank you for the invitation @gavinbrookes.bsky.social Join us in Lancaster! #CADS2026 @fau.de #MovingKnowledge 2289
Reposted by Yuze ShaCorpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 24/07/2025We are excited to announce that our final speaker is... Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social from Lancaster University! You can read more about Elena and her work here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/... #CAD2026 0296
Reposted by Yuze ShaCorpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 23/07/2025The next plenary speaker we are excited to announce is... Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)! You can read more about Michaela and her research here: www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/person/prof-... #CADS2026i 0298
Reposted by Yuze ShaMatteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social · 22/07/2025What an absolute treat and honor to be invited to give a plenary at my favourite conference! 🤩 Thanks so much @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and all the #CADS2026 organizers for this invite. Can't wait! 1304
Reposted by Yuze ShaMANTRaP: Misogyny ANd The Red Pill @mantrap.bsky.social · 17/07/2025The Women and Equalities Select Committee @commonswec.parliament.uk has accepted our team's evidence as part of it's public enquiry into 'Misogyny: the manosphere and online content' Read our submission below committees.parliament.uk/work/9089/mi...committees.parliament.ukMisogyny: the manosphere and online content - Written evidence - Committees - UK ParliamentWritten evidence submission publications for Misogyny: the manosphere and online content. 199