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Join us from 22 April (12:00 UK time) for a new series on collocations 📊—how words co-occur and how we can measure these patterns statistically 🧠 + gentle intro to R for beginners 💻

🔗 Register: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka

The discovery of a new planet Science is always grounded in data. Theories evolve, but data remain. In this EXPeditions video, Professor Didier Queloz, Nobel Laureate in Physics, highlights that science is driven by an ongoing eff...

'Science is driven by an ongoing effort to make sense of the universe based on what we observe.'

Nobel Laureate in Physics, Professor Didier Queloz, @ethz.ch @lclu.bsky.social @cambridgephysics.bsky.social on data, facts and what makes a good scientist.

Watch now @expeditions.bsky.social.

OUT NOW: Guest Editor David Wright introduces the Special Issue on Corpus perspectives on #LegalDiscourse

Wright draws out the themes explored across the papers in the issue, as indicative of the cutting edge of forensic linguistics – showing what corpus studies can do!

doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...

Doctor Who Treat This Easter

Film is Fabulous! has worked closely with the BBC Archives and iPlayer teams to ensure the two missing episodes of ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’, which were found in a private film collection, are available for fans in the U.K. to enjoy this Easter.

What a treat to have watched The Daleks’ Masterplan episode one for the first time - it was originally broadcast on my first birthday! Thanks to all at @filmisfabulous.bsky.social and to the anonymous collector who saved this gem and episode 3. On to episodes 2 and 3 ….

Cover slide for colloquium on AI in Applied Linguistics. Promises and Challenges.

Andrea Révész & Shungo Suzuki opening the colloquium.

This colloquium brings together experts from various applied linguistics fields to share their perspectives on AI: ▪ Corpus linguistics ▪ Global Englishes ▪ Intercultural communication ▪ Language teaching ▪ Second language acquisition Contributions based on the latest issue of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL).

This colloquium: Main themes ▪ Implicit bias in GenAI: A need for critical engagement ▪ David Wei Dai, Zhu Hua, & Guanling Chen ▪ Okim Kang & Kevin Hirschi ▪ Seongyong Lee, Jaeho Jeon, Jim MicKinley, & Heath Rose ▪ AI in L2 learning and teaching ▪ Jerry Huang, Atsushi Mizumoto ▪ Shaohua Fang, ZhaoHong Han ▪ Taking stock: Opportunities and challenge of AI and GenAI in applied linguistics ▪ Niall Curry, Tony McEnery, Gavin Brookes

Great 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...

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Senior Research Associate in Machine Learning for Speech Processing Senior Research Associate in Machine Learning for Speech ProcessingDepartment: Phonetics Laboratory / Linguistics and English LanguageLocation: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UKSalary: £39,906 (pro-rata if part...

I’m hiring an 18-month postdoc to work on physics-informed machine learning for acoustic-articulatory speech inversion at
@phoneticslab.bsky.social

🗓️ Deadline: Friday 10 April.

🔗 More info & applications: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

📣 Please share with anyone who might be a good fit!

Corpus-Based Diachronic Discourse Analysis This article provides a comprehensive overview of corpus linguistic approaches to tracking language change over time. Specifically, this article explo…

Our chapter on corpus-based diachronic discourse analysis in the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics is now out.🎉
Co-authored with @tonymcenery.bsky.social. If you are interested, feel free to check it out.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Prof. Hakosalo talks about the role of historians as crisis communicators.

And finally, Dr. Del Fante's plenary focuses on the role of language in understanding crises: is there a common underlying factor in the way language is used to make sense of, understand, and respond to a crisis?

It is the week of the LanCris Conference! We are very excited to hear about new research related to language and crises. #lancris2026

In addition to over 40 paper presentations, we will have four keynote speeches that look at languaging crises from four different perspectives:

Prof. 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.

Still time to apply! 🎓✨
Fully funded PhD Opportunity @corpussocialsci.bsky.social

jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL407/f...

So long, and thanks for all the Researchfish - LSE Impact Rob Johnson reflects on the demise of a platform that united the UK research community in one thing: complaining about it.

💥New | @rschrobuk.bsky.social reflects on the demise of a platform that united the UK research community in one thing: complaining about it.

#ResearchFish #AcademicSky #ResearchFunding

40,000-Year-Old Signs Found in Europe Could Be Humanity’s First Language - GreekReporter.com Research shows Ice Age humans used structured signs 40,000 years ago as a communication system, revealing deep prehistoric roots of writing.

greekreporter.com/2026/02/24/e...
40,000-Year-Old Signs Found in Europe Could Be Humanity’s First Language
#history #langsky

Thrilled 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...

Is there really a 'quiet revival' of religion among Gen Z? A fierce debate is taking place about whether there really has been a revival in Christianity.

A nice little article that really sums up well issues with survey data in the modern age. They also call the British Social Attitudes Survey produced by @natcen.bsky.social a gold standard - they are right to do so, imho. A superb resource. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Registration for this year's Corpora and Discourse conference, at Lancaster University, is now live!

Universität Basel: Professor in English linguistics (open-rank) A position as Professor in English linguistics with a focus on English as a lingua franca in the digital age is to be filled at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Basel...

English linguists
#world Englishes
Open rank professorial position at the university of Basel, Switzerland
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Let us know ….. 😀

Dates in 2026 for the CPD courses 'English Grammar for Teachers' and 'Teaching English Grammar in Context'. You can book here:

tinyurl.com/2xj43u9z
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Out now! Special issue of @registerstudies.bsky.social, edited with @shelleystaples.bsky.social on Register and Professional Discourse. Papers address register in a range of contexts, inc. architecture, business, higher education, journalism, legal practice & virtual workspaces. Read more below!

'Do you love me?': The Viking messages unearthed on Sweden's rune stones Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating stories of love, loss and epic battles.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

A good illustration of the wide-reaching impact of university campus closures on students, staff, and communities www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beyond Polishing: The Compounding Dynamic of GenAI in Academic Writing Generative AI can reshape stance and voice in multilingual student writing, with effects that appear to be shifting over time. Using a random sample of English L2 master’s-level assignments at a UK un...

New OA paper: Beyond Polishing. Argues GenAI isn’t just editing writing... it’s reshaping drafts before polishing, with consequences for voice and stance. I welcome your thoughts! doi.org/10.1515/dsll...

It was lovely to catch up with other Lancaster linguists in Hong Kong on Saturday. Great company and the food was good too!

🎓✨ Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK & International applicants) ✨🌍

A PhD studentship is available @corpussocialsci.bsky.social starting Oct 2026. We’re seeking outstanding candidates in #corpuslinguistics, #languagetesting, or #appliedlinguistics 📊💻

🔗 More info: cass.lancs.ac.uk/fully-funded...

Very happy to see our chapter out in the Oxford Handbook of Expressivity (Eds. Daniel Gutzmann & Katharina Turgay)! @niallrcurry.bsky.social, Emily Sharp, @gavinbrookes.bsky.social, @tonymcenery.bsky.social, and I discuss corpus approaches to analyzing expressivity.

Ever wanted to find out whether Bielefeld really exist? 🕵‍♀️ this is your chance! Two days left to submit an abstract for #DGKL2026 👇

conferences.uni-bielefeld.de/frontend/ind...

🐦🐦 #BLinguistik #Langsky

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Interesting article on taking a corpus-based approach to narrative analysis: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....