@politico.eu did a nice, bite-sized write-up of an overview article I wrote on the language of #Brexit. It's behind a paywall (sorry) but you can DM me for the text. www.politico.eu/pro/newslett...

We replaced chapters, updated everything and added web materials - the 2nd ed. of Language in Business, Language at Work will be out by December and is ready for pre-orders and inspection copies now: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...

Language in Business, Language at Work

Packed with contemporary examples from the business world, this engaging and comprehensive book explains how language works in business, how to analyse it and h…

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I've been to many, many Pride events - including today -, in different countries, in small towns and large cities, to first-ever parades and anniversary celebrations. All were full of colour and joy, pride (obvs) and defiance. That some people bring violence to them is horrendous #csdberlin 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Mir tun bei solchen Spielen ja immer die Kommentatoren leid, denen zu dem Mist was einfallen muss #esparg

As associate editor, I come across all sorts of research. Does the world need a study on cognitive mechanisms of word formation in medieval Turkic languages? Maybe not, but I wouldn't want to live in a world where there was no space for such work.

Die Argentinier spielen sehr, sehr unschön: nichts als Fouls, Verzögerungen und Schwalben 😡 #ENGARG

#cadaad2026 was intense and inspiring - huge thanks to @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social and team, I hope you can rest now. Can we have the next one in the North though - Umeå, Tromsø, Reykjavik, Jyväskylä? Come on, Nordics!

We had to wait until the last day for our panel on ways to analyse emotions among supporters and opponents on populist social media - but it was well worth the wait! Great audience (thanks for valuable input!) and great conference in beautiful (but hot) Valladolid. #cadaad2026

Laura Filardo-Llamas@laurafilardollamas.bsky.social · 4w ago

@annilina.bsky.social discussing the need for an interactional perspective and how position and stance could function as theoretical apparatus for doing it. #cadaad2026

There are so many good talks on #affect at #cadaad2026 that I feel (sic) I need to completely revise tomorrow's (9.30am) panel on analysing emotion in political discourse online. The latest was @miglmarl.bsky.social & @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social's study on affective polarisation on X & Reddit

@susannekopf.bsky.social in full flow, talking about four approaches to social media at #cadaad2026

After some comments by journalists that (imho) didn't reveal much that was new or interesting, here we go with a very promising panel on Day 2 of #cadaad2026

A high-profile queer moment at #cadaad2026: @nounfraze.bsky.social (introduced by Alba Roldan Garcia) presenting his/their work for @amnestyuk.bsky.social on how trans people were represented in the British press 2020-25

The third of the Glorious 3 (my students at #cadaad2026): @tianxin.bsky.social on discourses of voluntary childlessness on Chinese social media. My work here is done 😊

Good to see mtaphtonymy in political cartoons being analysed by Giribaldi & Narisano - it is often overlooked or subsumed under either metaphor or metonymy #cadaad2026

Here are @huichen0826.bsky.social and Budi Pranoto talking about their corpus-asdisted discourse studies of #sustainability reporting in different countries and industries - they did @lancslinguistics.bsky.social proud! #cadaad2026

Two interesting papers on emotions, and lack of empathy, in Israeli soldiers' videos and Israeli voices on X, by S.N.M.Jamil and @elifriedman.bsky.social et al., resp. #cadaad2026

Like all the best research, Pilar G. Blitvich's plenary at #cadaad2026, on cancelling and forgiveness online, is relevant beyond her case study. It is relevant to #crisis communication, f.ex.

Hashtag of the week is #cadaad2026, for the critical discourse studies conference in Valladolid, Spain. I am so looking forward to being there 😊 @cadaad2026.bsky.social

Off to Valladolid to co-present the latest @mantrap.bsky.social research (on anti-feminist YouTube videos). I also convene a panel on analysing #emotions in political discourse on social media, with @susannekopf.bsky.social, @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social & A.W. Gustafsson. #cadaad2026

Jessica Aiston@jessaiston.bsky.social · last mo.

Getting ready for #CADAAD2026 in Valladolid this week, where I have two presentations - one as part of @mantrap.bsky.social with @veronikakoller.bsky.social and @alexiconartist.bsky.social (there in spirit) on Wednesday at 6, and another on Friday at 1:30. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Over the past few days, I had two really good interactions with students. The first was an email from a Year 12 student in Australia, who had read my paper on pink for a school project and asked if I would answer a few questions on the topic - a great opportunity to reflect on that earlier work! 1/2

My work really takes me to the most interesting places: today, I gave a lecture and workshop on critical metaphor analysis and corporate discourse in Karamay, in the far northwest of China. Plans for tonight: a trip to the Gobi desert

And what a journey it has been! Tianxin does amazing work on discourses of voluntary childlessness on Chinese social media.

Tianxin Li@tianxin.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy to present my PhD research at #CADS2026 today. A few years ago, I was sitting in the audience taking notes. Today, I had the chance to stand at the front and share my own research. Feeling grateful for how far this journey has taken me.

A little CADS 2026 moment I presented my poster, got some really thoughtful questions, and came away feeling inspired by so many brilliant presentations and conversations. #CADS2026

Chapters by @stenhansson.bsky.social @susannekopf.bsky.social @miglmarl.bsky.social @ursulalutzky.bsky.social S. Bennett, @francozappettini.bsky.social @michelezappavigna.bsky.social N. Wenzl, M. Demata @catherinebouko.bsky.social D. Garcia, A. Musolff, G. Lalic-Krstin, N. Silaski, G. Mautner & me

Sten Hansson@stenhansson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Discourses of #Brexit books.google.co.uk/books?id=Hce...

And here are some tiny old reflections on this project in the context of metaphor research makingsciencepublic.com/2019/11/08/m...

Metaphors and society (and Brexit)

I have been interested in metaphors and society for a long time. My thinking has been influenced mainly by people who wrote about metaphor (and society) at the end of the 1970s and early 1980s; for…

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10 years since the #Brexit referendum - no one who lived through it will ever forget it, for better or worse. To mark the occasion, I have made a short summary article on the language of Brexit available on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/veroni...

Language in Brexit Discourses_Koller 2026 | Veronika Koller

Today is the tenth anniversary of the #Brexit referendum, and no one who has lived through it and the days immediately afterwards will ever forget it. (Arguably, people in the UK are still living thro...

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Hashtag to follow this week is #CADS2026, for the Corpora and Discourse conference in Lancaster. @mantrap.bsky.social have a paper, on mainstreaming 'misandry', but sadly I still cannot be in two places at once 🤷🏼‍♀️ Have a great time, everyone!

New publication after an easy & efficient process (really): Zhang, W., Koller, V., & Wang, H. (2026). Trust repair in China’s milk tea industry: Crisis types, response strategies, and linguistic realizations. International Journal of Business Communication. htps://doi.org/10.1177/23294884261453064

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Here is corpus-based discourse analysis by @veronikakoller.bsky.social If you‘re interested in corporate communication，do check it out！ #LancsSS26

We recorded another @wordsandactions.bsky.social episode today, featuring three interviews with language activists. Who are they and what is language #activism, you ask? New episode will be out soon! @linguadigitalis.bsky.social