Marcello Giovanelli @mmgiovanelli.bsky.social Professor of Stylistics at Aston University, UK. I research and teach cognitive stylistics, empirical literary studies, poetry, applied English. 34
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Esra Efeoğlu @esranureo.bsky.social Former Postdoc @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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corpus-assisted discourse studies
youth language, metaphor, crisis discourses
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social Experienced primary teacher, school leader and author.
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Voice 21 @voice21oracy.bsky.social The UK's national oracy education charity.
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Paula P Sobrino @paulapsobrino.bsky.social Cognitive linguist @unirioja. Interested in #metaphor #multimodality #methods // @accion_icon // www.paulapsobrino.com
Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com Senior Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics
University of Liverpool
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Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at School of Education, University of Glasgow. Educational linguistics. TESOL, EAL, CLIL. Interested in metaphor and multilingualism.
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Corpora journal @corpora.bsky.social 
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social Corpus Linguist, Discourse Analyst, Victorianist, Climate Science & Climate Discourse, Host of the Life & Language podcast, President of the Dickens Society
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
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Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social Metaphor hunter, linguist, social scientist, blogger
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also sorted into categories at https://wakelet.com/@bnerlich
https://bnerlich-lang.github.io/
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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Certified Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.
Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social Education consultant, writer of fiction & children's poetry; passionately committed to English as a subject, to education, and to the idea that learning is founded on dialogue. Poems on Dirigible Balloon & Northern Gravy.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm.bsky.social Channel 4 News, Unreported World, Ways to Change the World, The Fourcast, Class of 2023 on Strictly
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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social Professor, author of books on Polari, Section 28 and corpus linguistics. Rejoiner 🇪🇺
Charlotte Taylor @proftaylor.bsky.social Professor of Discourse & Persuasion
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com Palliative care doctor 👩🏻⚕ Author 📚 Winner: 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 🫀 Founder: Hospice Ukraine 🇺🇦 Rep: Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander 📝
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2026-2029.
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Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social Political sketch-writer for the Guardian. Author. Latest book out now 'Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10'.
Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social Political Editor, Presenter and Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year. Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday 
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
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Isobelle Clarke @issyclarke.bsky.social Lecturer in Security and Protection Science in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University | FRSA
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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social Reader in Linguistics at Lancaster University｜UKRI Future Leader Fellow｜Fulbright @ NAU｜Associate Editor of IJCL｜Co-Editor of Corpus & Discourse, Elements in CDS｜FRSA
Jesse Egbert @jesse-egbert.bsky.social Text linguistics, register variation, corpus linguistics, language and law
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Ana M. Piquer Píriz @anapiquerpiriz-uex.bsky.social Applied cognitive linguist at Universidad de Extremadura (Spain). I love learning and teaching.
Tess Fitzpatrick @tessf10.bsky.social Professor of Applied Linguistics, Swansea University | Prifysgol Abertawe. Lexical processing, language acquisition, applying lexical research methods to novel contexts.
Tove Larsson @tovelarsson.bsky.social Corpus linguist, CL methodologist, and rock climber. Strong believer in the importance of healthy work-life balance. Associate Professor at Northern Arizona University.
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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social Associate Professor of Translation and Human-Centred AI @LeidenHumanities (NL). Loves metaphor, stylistics and (machine) translation. PI of NWO-Vidi project "Metaphors in Machine Translation: Reactions, Responses, Repercussions" (2025-2030). 
John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social BBC lifer since 1966, international affairs editor since 1982. Presenter of ‘Unspun World’ on BBC Two, BBC World & World Service. Two daughters, one son, six grandchildren, a loving wife, lots of books, and an Irish terrier. Defender of the Oxford comma.
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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social 
Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social Professor in #Linguistics #Usyd #CorpusLinguistics #MediaLinguistics #SocioLinguistics #DiscourseAnalysis #Stance #Affect #Emotion #DigitalHumanities
Founding director sydneycorpuslab.com
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Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social Linguist at Uni of Oslo | my research focuses on metaphor, multimodality, and environmental communication
Matteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social Professor of Discourse Analysis @Uni of Birmingham researching trust, business communication, AI. He/him. Views my own.
Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social Associate professor of linguistics at University of Bologna, editor-in-chief JCaDs @jcads.bsky.social, research in #corpuslinguistics, #discourse, #journalism, #nostalgia. Website: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/anna.marchi/en
Education at the University of Leeds @educationatleeds.bsky.social Teaching and research excellence in Education at the University of Leeds. Ranked 1st in the UK for childhood and youth studies by The Complete University Guide, 2025
Reading Concordances in the 21st Century (RC21) @rc21project.bsky.social Towards an innovative, systematic approach to concordance analysis.
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Mathew Gillings @mathewgillings.bsky.social Assistant Professor at WU Vienna. Research interests: corpus-assisted methods, business discourse, deception and (im)politeness.🗣️💻
Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social Welcome to RaAM!
The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor is the biggest international community of metaphor researchers.
Our next event will be the 18th RaAM Conference, hosted in Pamplona (Spain) in 2027 🇪🇸
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Jeannette Littlemore @jeannettel.bsky.social Linguistics Professor at the University of Birmingham interested in metaphor, metonymy and how they are used to create understanding and share emotions.
Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social Professor at Hong Kong PolyU and Lancaster University. Advisory Chair Shanghai ISU. Adjunct chair Xi’an JTU. All views are my own.
Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social Professor in Linguistics & English Language, Lancaster University; ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science.
Metaphor, narrative | corpora | cancer, pain, Covid, vaccines
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