Excited 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...

Today, due to the recent spread of (false) narratives about trans perpetrators of mass shootings, I decided to look up search stats for the term “trans shooter.” The term was hardly used at all before May 2022, when the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde happened.

Thought provoking article by @katebarber.bsky.social about legal cynicism in Men's Rights discourses. Well worth a read if you are researching/interested in the neutralisation of past and future harm.

Legal cynicism in Men’s Rights discourses: Using corpus linguistics to investigate how distrust in the legal system excuses and perpetuates sexual violence against women

The term legal cynicism refers to a type of legal disengagement which is associated with a lack of internal commitment to follow legal rules and a fai…

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🚨New article published! 🟦 @katebarber.bsky.social explores hyperlinks in blog posts by extremist right-wing men. 🔷Drawing on positioning strategies, the legitimising function of anchor text is studied. 🔷Non-transparent anchor text perpetuates rape culture. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

An excellent article (use link). Its time to abandon nonverbal behaviour as a deception cue. 50 years of research show no support for it. Polygraph, voice stress analysis, microexpressions, eye tracking - its all pseudoscience. #Deception crestresearch.ac.uk/download/490...

"[MGTOW] been described as misogynistic, but Ofcom’s interviewees insisted it was not because it was about choosing to live without women, not hating them." Fun fact: there is rather a lot of woman hating source: I literally wrote a book about this group

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Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say

Out now: my monograph on the language of mass shooter manifestos.

Save the School of Music protest. It's a very bittersweet feeling watching these incredible musicians play. This is the talent we will be losing if Cardiff University go ahead with their shortsighted plans.

New and unusual publication! Crime Fiction and Missing Persons Appeals to the Public by @drabigailboucher.bsky.social myself! @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social @empowell.bsky.social #academicsky #forensiclinguistics link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Crime Fiction and Missing Persons Appeals to the Public

This book combines genre fiction studies, forensic linguistics, and media studies to examine the efficacy of police missing persons appeals to the public.

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We are pleased to announce the 19th edition of the International Summer School in Forensic Linguistic Analysis (ISSFLA) at Aston University 24-27 June 2025. Founded in 2000 by Professor Malcolm Coulthard, the International Summer School in #ForensicLinguistic Analysis 2025 addresses subjects 1/

Have you tried our (free and secure!) free text/qualitative analysis toolkit yet? We'd be interested to see what you think. Check it out at freetxt.app

Free talk alert: Come learn about my latest research @aifl.bsky.social at 4pm on 20 Feb! (You can also watch remotely via the link below) This talk brings together my thoughts on legal genres, legal English, and the scope of "forensic linguistics" as a field. Plus I'll have some cool graphs!

What are we doing here? Linguistics and the Legal Domain

Please note that this is a hybrid event, taking place at Aston University and on Teams.

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Exciting news! At Swansea University we’re hosting the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium -‘Narrating harm, narrating hope’ - 15th-17th June 2025. More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/narrative-...

Narrative Criminology Symposium 2025: Narrating Harm, Narrating Hope.

Hosted by the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy, Swansea University.

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Just listened to this ep today - Kate Steel's research examines body cam data from police officers attending domestic violence call-outs in the UK. Fascinating emerging findings and great to hear Kate is working on translating these into practical training to improve police communication

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 2y ago

New on the Language-on-the-Move podcast at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: How do police first responders manage their interactions with victims of domestic violence? www.languageonthemove.com/police-first...