Want to buy *Cringe humor on screen and in digital media*? Good news: you can get it with 20% off with the code: PALAUT! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Exciting conference at Nanterre today, with talks on historical fiction, reshaping of history, dialect coaches, dubbing & many other fascinating topics. I am thrilled to be presenting my research on failed repair in mockumentary sitcoms tomorrow! pls8.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/2...

I am very pleased to announce the publication of Iché, V., Schneebeli C. & Blin L. (Eds.). (2026). *Cringe humor on screen and in digital media: Pragmatic perspectives.* Palgrave Macmillan. It is available in electronic and print formats and can be ordered online: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Cringe Humor on Screen and in Digital Media

This book includes quantitative and qualitative analyses of large corpus of mediated interactions, from cringe humor on screen to online cringe humor.

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À vendredi pour une journée à nouveau riche en échanges :-) See you Friday for another day full of great discussions :-)

Laboratoire EMMA@emma-recherche.bsky.social · 5mo ago

SAVE THE DATE : 4ème édition d’EMMAncipons les Savoirs aura lieu le vendredi 17 avril 2026 ! où : Salle des Colloques 1/ site de Saint-Charles 1/9h à 17h. Les membres du laboratoire EMMA se réjouissent de partager les résultats de leurs recherches à nouveau cette année. tinyurl.com/EMMAprogramme

Colloque "Expressivity, Bodies and Language in the 21st century"organisé par Sandrine Sorlin (PR IUF, EMMA) et Julie Neveux (MCF HDR CELISO) Quand ? 20 et 21 novembre 2025 Où ? salle des Colloques n°1 sur le site de Saint Charles 1. Plus d'informations : expressivity.sciencesconf.org

Tomorrow I'll be discussing the pragmatics of failed repair in mockumentary sitcoms at SAES 2025 in Toulouse. Looking forward to showing how we need a shift from an operational to a multimodal pragmatic construal of 'failed' repair.

🔍 Zoom sur l’atelier SSADA au congrès SAES 2025 : Transitions stylistiques et discursives 🧠🗣️ L’atelier de la SSADA explore les mutations du langage, des récits et des genres, entre littérature, numérique et discours politiques. 📅 Du 5 au 7 juin 2025 à Toulouse ! #SAES2025

RIP George Wendt. Forever Norm on Cheers! A show full of brilliant miscommunications I had a hoot analyzing in “Cheerfully Misunderstanding Deixis on Screen: Coach is his (Nick)name and Misunderstanding Deixis is his Game” doi.org/10.4000/tvse... Loved the interactions between Coach and Normie ❤️

Cheerfully Misunderstanding Deixis on the Screen: Coach is his (Nic...

1. A Brief Introduction to Cheers “Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. And they’re always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see our troubles are all the same. You wanna ...

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Introducing my new project… Your Wrong (yourwrong.co.uk). It’s all about the language rules and judgements that appear in different forms of popular culture. Films, series, podcasts, music, books, even graffiti! I’d love your help to find examples!

🔉 Coming out soon(ish): Cringe Humor on Screen and in Digital Media: Pragmatic Perspectives, coedited by @ccschn.bsky.social, Lynn Blin and I. Can't wait! link.springer.com/book/9783031...

Cringe Humor on Screen and in Digital Media

This book includes quantitative and qualitative analyses of large corpus of mediated interactions, from cringe humor on screen to online cringe humor.

link.springer.com

" Il nous manque plus de 70 enseignants-chercheurs " déplore Anne Fraïsse, présidente de l'Université Paul Valéry Montpellier.

Libération@liberation.fr · last yr.

«Il n’y a plus rien à gratter» : à Montpellier, une fac sous austérité budgétaire A l’université Paul-Valéry, étudiants comme enseignants dénoncent le manque chronique de moyens et l’inégalité des dotations de l’Etat. Reportage :

⚡️ APPEL À TÉMOIGNAGES Le CLASCHES a été informé de faits pouvant s'apparenter à du harcèlement sexuel, harcèlement moral et des agressions sexuelles qui auraient été commis par un professeur des universités en sociologie de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Nous avons besoin de réunir des témoignages

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🎉 Yet another mind-blowing "EMMAncipons les savoirs" day: Trump’s rhetoric of bad faith, the underlying capitalism of #cottagecore, (eco)feminism & race and how to be an ally, & how to liven translation workshops up. Slides: emmamontpellier.hypotheses.org/diffusion-de... See you next year!

⏰ Let's EMMAncipate knowledge tomorrow @ St Charles research center, Montpellier, France (pun intended).

Virginie Iché@virginieiche.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Next Friday! EMMA scholars will tackle the Trump/Harris debate, nature on social media (#cottagecore), Canadian petroscapes, contemporary African-American lit & translating contemporary theater. Plus, there will be a round table on female filmmakers & feminism in media. Be there or be square!

📣 Next Friday! EMMA scholars will tackle the Trump/Harris debate, nature on social media (#cottagecore), Canadian petroscapes, contemporary African-American lit & translating contemporary theater. Plus, there will be a round table on female filmmakers & feminism in media. Be there or be square!

Laboratoire EMMA@emma-recherche.bsky.social · last yr.

Journée d'étude EMMAncipons les savoirs organisée par Anne Crémieux et Virginie Iché : Quand ? le vendredi 11 avril 2025 Où ? site Saint-Charles 2 en salle Caryatides / Kouros.

Missed EMMA's March 18 seminar with @larshinrichs.bsky.social on the characteristics and conditions of emergence of multiethnolects? Good news! His book arrives in 2025 (check the CUP catalog in the next few months). And in the meantime, watch his talk online! www.canal-u.tv/chaines/emma...

“Cultural Contact and New Dialect Emergence in Large Cities: From Ethnolects to Multiethnolects”, Lars Hinrichs, University of Texas at Austin | Canal U

In at least two different locations, London and Toronto, diasporic Jamaican Creole has developed through four successive sociolinguistic stages. Drawing on findings from my research on Toronto Jamaica...

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Nous appelons à signer le manifeste du mouvement #StandUpForScience en France. Ce texte pose les bases de la suite du mouvement, il a déjà été signé par plus de 5500 personnes. Partagez-le et signez-le massivement : standupforscience.fr/tribune/

@emma-recherche.bsky.social & I are pleased to announce that @larshinrichs.bsky.social will present his latest research on "Cultural Contact and New Dialect Emergence in Large Cities: From Ethnolects to Multiethnolects" next Tuesday at 6pm (CET). Join us: univ-montp3-fr.zoom.us/j/97293747730

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Thousands more university jobs at risk, union warns - BBC News

The University and College Union says 5,000 jobs are already being cut and the sector is "on its knees".

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Victoire contre l'A69 et hommage à la résistance ! ✊ L'autoroute A69 vient d'être jugée illégale par le tribunal administratif de Toulouse en raison de son impact environnemental ! 🖋️Notre communiqué : lessoulevementsdelaterre.org/victoire-con... 1/9 🧵⤵️

There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W

Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February