Some very wispy clouds above campus today. The view from my office window.

Popular Youtube channel OnlyScrans rates places to eat in Lancaster Popular foodie YouTube channel OnlyScrans stopped off in Lancaster to review some of the many eateries we have to offer.

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Come and work with me! ICYMI: I'm advertising a fully funded PhD studentship at Aston in cognitive stylistics, starting in October 2026

Details are also now up on the university website --www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/re-reading...

Any questions, please get in touch

In a change from pictures of the Lake District, here’s a few photos of some classic Norfolk scenery taken over Easter.

Lancaster subjects are among best in the world with Linguistics ranked second - Lancaster University Linguistics 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.

Linguistics at Lancaster has been ranked 2nd in the QS world rankings! What a privilege it is to work in such an esteemed environment and what a joy and honour it is to work among all the wonderful people that make it such a great place. www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast...

One of the many beautiful blossom trees to be found around @lancasteruni.bsky.social campus at this time of year.

Universität Basel: Post-doc position in English linguistics, 60% As of August 1, 2026, the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel (English division, Prof. Miriam Locher) is seeking to fill a 60% post-doc position in English linguistics. ...

Post-doc position at Basle :-)
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Similar. Dropped out of A-levels after two months. Dossed around for a couple of years before getting a place at my local uni (UEA). Always exceedingly grateful for the system that allowed non-traditional entry and to the admissions tutor who interviewed me and gave me a chance.

Barrow Fell with views of the Coledale Horseshoe at the weekend.

A selection of fascinating projects in CDA from my MA students.

A few views from a great scramble up Riggindale Ridge on a glorious day today.

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Delighted that our article analysing the forms and functions of Trump’s shrug gestures has been nominated for the ICA Visual Communication Studies Division’s “Outstanding Journal Article of the Year” award. The article is published in Visual Communication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Just a couple more days before the submission deadline for this event.

LINGUIST List 37.345 Confs: The Language of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from Critical Discourse Analysis (United Kingdom) The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

CfP: The Language of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from Critical Discourse Analysis. Symposium organized at University of Warwick, UK. Submission deadline: 27th Feb. linguistlist.org/issues/37/345/

LINGUIST List 37.345 Confs: The Language of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from Critical Discourse Analysis (United Kingdom) The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

CfP: The Language of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from Critical Discourse Analysis. Symposium organized at University of Warwick, UK. Submission deadline: 27th Feb. linguistlist.org/issues/37/345/

Beautiful light over Ullswater on NYE. From Gowbarrow Fell.

Delighted to have contributed an article on Donald Trump’s pointing gestures to the latest issue of the amazing Babel Magazine.

Come and join us in Valladolid in July for the CADAAD conference

Deadline is Monday 15th Dec.

It’s a great series and all set in and around Lancaster. We frequently see them filming. You’ll have to come to Lancaster and take a tour of the various locations.

🗣️📢LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 🗣️📢

The final deadline for abstracts for CADAAD 2026 (Universidad de Valladolid) is DECEMBER 15th, 2025.

There are still twelve days left for you to send your poster and presentation proposals.

And remember: you'll be sad if you miss CADAAD 😉

Beautiful views from the top of Silver How on a crystal clear day today.

I did a lecture yesterday on time conceptualisation in different languages pointing to different axes and orientations of the mental timeline. A student very sensibly asked whether “reversed” mental timelines exist in any sign languages around the world. Does anybody know of any papers on this?

⌛One week left to submit panel proposals!

🗓️ And then two more to submit abstracts for papers and posters!!

Do not miss the deadline... It's closing soon!

#CADAAD2026
🔗 www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai...

Views of Loughrigg Tarn on a low level walk.

Light Up Lancaster - spectacular.

Using generative AI to investigate the multimodal representation of refugees and migrants - Christopher Hart, 2025 This article uses AI-generated images to consider patterns in the way refugees and migrants are visually represented on the internet. AI text-to-image generatio...

New paper: delighted that this paper should be published while I happen to be at the multimodality conference in Groningen: doi.org/10.1177/0957...

12ICOM Groningen 12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen

Very excited to be arriving in Groningen for the International Conference on Multimodality. Such an amazing looking program. sites.google.com/rug.nl/12icom

What scientists found when they analyzed 187 of Donald Trump's shrugs A study in Visual Communication suggests Donald Trump's shrug is a strategic tool to build rapport. Rather than expressing ignorance, the gesture often signals that a statement is an obvious truth he ...

Our study of Trump’s shrugging gestures features in the PsyPost with a nice summary from Eric Dolan: www.psypost.org/what-scienti...