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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández

@sotocafernandez.bsky.social
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PhD at the University of Extremadura, Spain. Interested in (Im)politeness studies, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Corpus Linguistics and Queer Studies. scholar.google.com/citations?user=c…

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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📢 Estamos desconcertados ante la falta de información sobre #RamónyCajal2026 Aunque existe una previsión de apertura, todavía no sabemos cuándo se publicará la convocatoria completa ni cómo será el nuevo proceso de evaluación @ageinves.bsky.social @cienciagob.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social 🧵👇🏻
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
So happy to be a part of this wonderful event once again. Happy St. Patrick’s, everyone! 🍀
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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We are delighted to organize the second edition of our “Jornadas de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa de la UEx”. You can find more information about the event here ciscaceres.weebly.com/st-patricks-.... Come join us for a great time! 🍀
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hey there! I’m organizing this wonderful course as an introduction to LGBTQ+ Literature in English in Cáceres alongside @academiria.bsky.social and @noeliacr.bsky.social. If you’re in Extremadura this semester, come join us!! eventos.unex.es/147202/detai...
The image shows a pink poster containing information regarding the first “Introduction to LGBTQ+ Literature in English” that is going to take place in Cáceres at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Extremadura) from February 24th to May 26th.
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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Happy holidays from the Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres! 🎄☘️💚
The members of the center of Irish studies in Caceres celebrating Christmas.
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Carolina Amador-Moreno @linguistonbike.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Thank YOU for joining us, David! 💯 A very productive session altoghether! 🎉Thanks to the audience for great questions! 🤩
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
So excited to have my article "If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman" included in the John Benjamins Showcase in Kudos! link.growkudos.com/1e3oz0g82rk
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“If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman”
A free platform for explaining your research in plain language, and managing how you communicate around it – so you can understand how best to increase its impact.
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
So happy I had the chance to talk about my experience writing a PhD by compilation of articles together with my supervisor @linguistonbike.bsky.social for the Instituto de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas at the Universidad de Extremadura. Thank you guys for having us! 🍀✨
David Sotoca-Fernández and Carolina P. amador-Moreno presenting their talk “Como hacer una tesis por compendio de publicaciones y tesis con mención internacional en humanidades”.
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
So I just turned Dr. Sotoca last Friday! ✨ Thank you to all my colleagues at @cirishcaceres.bsky.social and to my PhD Supervisor @linguistonbike.bsky.social for being the best companions throughout this process. Go raibh maith agat! 🍀
Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández and the members of the Center of Irish Studies in Caceres at his PhD defense ceremony. Dr. Sotoca and the members of his PhD Committee (from left to right: Brian Clancy, Nuria Calvo and Bernardo Santano).
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Couldn’t have done it without my amazing supervisor!! 💖💖💖
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I had a wonderful time as part of this amazing team from the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Universidad de Extremadura during the European Researchers’ Nights in Badajoz ✨
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
So happy I had the chance to deliver our presentation "Ethically Curating Legacy Digital Audio and Textual Data for Open Science", coauthored with Prof. Karen P. Corrigan and @linguistonbike.bsky.social at @fomaplaymeeting.bsky.social. I can't wait to be back in Granada soon! 💖
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
So excited to present my research alongside @linguistonbike.bsky.social and Nancy Avila Ledesma at @fomaplaymeeting.bsky.social
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AEDEI @aedei.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
AEDEI opens two calls that will support quality research in the field of Irish Studies in Spain: the Eibhear Walshe Research Grants. One call funds one pre-doctoral project, and another one supports a postdoctoral/ senior research project. Deadline for applications is open until 15th September.
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Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
My favourite line from #ICAME46 so far: "linguists can also be fanatic about something". It's a curse and a blessing! 😁
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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Back after the coffee break (bring your walking shoes! getting a few steps in today 🏃‍♀️): David Sotoca Fernández & Carolina Amador-Moreno presenting on "Letter-writing and speech act analysis: Tracing (im)politeness patterns in historical Irish English" #SpeechActsWorkshop #ICAME46
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
So excited to be a part of this! 😄
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Communitas / Immunitas @comunitasimunitas.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Last week, project member Dr. Iria Seijas Pérez attended the 23rd AEDEI conference at the Universidad de Huelva, where she talked about sapphic terminology in Irish YA fiction with wonderful colleague David Sotoca Fernández from Universidad de Extremadura 📚📝📒
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
So grateful to work alongside this amazing group of people 💖
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Noelia @noeliacr.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Today marks the end of yet another wonderful and enriching AEDEI conference surrounded by dear friends and colleagues. Always a pleasure to come back to our academic family.
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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Jesús Candelario Menacho and David Sotoca Fernández delivered their paper “Tracing (Im)politeness through cross-cultural historical corpora” at the AEDEI 2025 conference this morning in Huelva 💖👏
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Delighted to have presented my talk “From Dyke to Lesbian: The Uses of Sapphic Terminology in Irish Young Adult Fiction” with the wonderful Dr. Iria Seijas-Pérez at the AEDEI 2025 Conference in Huelva 💖🍀
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Presenting the results from my latest article “If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” at the #CILC25 Conference in Salamanca this morning. Thank you to everyone involved for such an enriching experience!
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
So excited to be a part of this! 💖
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Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies @hcas.bsky.social · 15/04/2024
Warm congratulations to #HCASalumni Merja Stenroos (University of Stavanger) on receiving the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant! Prof. Stenroos was able to do preliminary research for the project & prepare the ERC application while working as Core Fellow at HCAS in 2022–2023 www.uis.no/en/prestigio...
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Prestigious grant for research in medieval English
Professor Merja Stenroos has been awarded the most prestigious grant from the EU, the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. It is the first time a UiS research project has been awarded a gra...
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I'm doing a webinar with @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social on May 7th about How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book. If you're an academic looking to break into trade publishing, this is for you! Sign up here! courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/trad...
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Webinar: How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book
Learn what scholarly writers need to know when trying to publish for broader readerships and markets. Webinar hosted by Laura Portwood-Stacer with guest Kate McKean, literary agent and author of Write...
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
So excited to announce that my latest article “If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” has just been published online on the Journal of Historical Pragmatics: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
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“If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” | John Benjamins
Abstract This article provides an initial approach to historical (im)politeness strategies in the context of letter writing. It uses a sub-corpus of coriecor which contains letters written by Irish im...
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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The festivities of St. Patrick’s also had a special appearance in @cextremadura.bsky.social 🍀🥳 In the snippet you can see the students of IES Ágora having a grand time dancing the céilidh! 💃🏻🕺🏻 Go raibh maith agat 💫💖
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Carolina Amador-Moreno @linguistonbike.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We had a great St. Patrick's Day celebration today! Thank you to all the participants. ¡Gracias y hasta el año que viene! 💚
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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
In our first workshop, our member David Sotoca-Fernández has delivered a talk titled “¿Cómo suena el inglés de Irlanda?” to students from the IES Javier García Téllez in Cáceres.
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
So excited to be a part of this 💖🍀
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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We are delighted to announce that the Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres will be organizing the first Jornada de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa de la UEx for St. Patrick’s Day! You can learn more about the event here: ciscaceres.weebly.com/st-patricks-...
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St. Patrick's Day 2025
The Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres (UEx) will be hosting our I Jornada de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa de la UEx at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Extremadura,...
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Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Winner, Macquarie Dictionary (Australia) Word of the year 2024
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Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Optimist: glass half full Pessimist: glass half empty Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?
Screen shot of CoCA output showing "glass half full" (n = 123) is twice as frequent as "glass half empty" (n = 54)
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Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I forget who said at least Cambridge’s word wasn’t “demure,” but Dictionary dot com went there.
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"Demure" is Dictionary.com's 2024 word of the year
The term sparked a frenzy, with everyone from celebrities to brands seeking to hop on the buzzword bandwagon.
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Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres @cirishcaceres.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
So here we are! 🦋🍀
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Charlotte Taylor @proftaylor.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
📢 Co-edited book with @nounfraze.bsky.social: Analysing Representation: A Corpus & Discourse textbook With contributions from amazing scholars across the corpus and discourse continuum www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández @sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
So excited about this platform, really nice vibe so far and lots of really cool linguists to connect with! 😄
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Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
"I'm glad people can appreciate that studying this [the word 'fuck'] is a way to learn more about humanity, and not just an excuse to be vulgar." @jessesword.com talks to @fritinancy.bsky.social at @stronglang.bsky.social about The F-Word, 4th edition 🐦🐦 stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/11/05/j...
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Jesse Sheidlower answers our questions about “The F-Word”
Lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower has been researching and writing about fuck for a fucking long time: nearly three decades. He’s also been an invaluable resource for the Strong Language blog since ou…
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