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Maite Taboada @mtaboada.bsky.social Distinguished Professor of Linguistics @SFU. Discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, NLP, sentiment analysis, social media language, language of misinformation. she/her
OrenH @langpoljer.bsky.social Language, society, politics: A personal view from Jerusalem
GSS 2027 @gendercongress.bsky.social Looking for researchers, speakers & experts in Gender & Sexuality Studies
🎓 Join GSS 2027 – 12th Global Congress
📍 Barcelona, Spain | 📅 May 13–14, 2027
📩 DM us for speaking & collaboration opportunities
Website: https://genderstudycongress.com/
@nadillajamil.bsky.social @nadillajamil.bsky.social 
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
@bhochschild.bsky.social @bhochschild.bsky.social 
BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG @corpus-sig.bsky.social Set up in 2003, the BAAL Corpus Lingusitics Special Interest Group provides linguists a space to discuss the use of corpora and corpus methodologies in applied linguistics research.
https://baal-clsig.weebly.com/
(Account managed by @linguistlawyer.com)
Hui Chen @huichen0826.bsky.social PhD candidate in linguistics at Lancaster University
discourse analysis｜corpus linguistics｜business and environmental communication ｜ESG and Sustainability
Committee for Autonomous Social Action - CASA, HGT @casahgt.bsky.social To promote the unity of all workers and their families and to conduct social and political actions designed to strengthen the working class movement. (https://casahgt.org/)
Evelin Nikolova @evelinnikolova.bsky.social Critical discourse analyst | Researching language, gender and sexuality, digital communication, sexual harassment and sex work
•Teaching fellow at the University of Salford
• Summer program coordinator at Lancaster University
🌈❤️
Petre Breazu @petrebreazu.bsky.social Asst. Research Professor @ University of Cambridge | Online Hate Speech, LLMs, CDA & Multimodal Analysis | Former Marie Curie Fellow.
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
CADAAD 2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social The latest CADAAD conference has taken place in Valladolid (Spain).
Dates: July 8th-10th 2026.
Location: Universidad de Valladolid.
🔗 official site: https://www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detail/cadaad-2026.html
🔗 other links: https://linktr.ee/CADAAD2026
Tamsin Parnell @tamsinparnell.bsky.social PDRA at Exeter. Honorary Associate Prof. in Linguistics and Health Communication at Nottingham. I work on language and society, including politics, media, and mental health.
Kazuki Sekine @kazukisekine.bsky.social Associate Professor at @waseda_univ. Researching co-speech gesture, speech, multimodal communication, and human interaction.
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kazuki-Sekine?ev=hdr_xprf
Lab HP: https://sekine.w.waseda.jp/
Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social Bluesky account for the Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026, hosted by Lancaster University.
Jean Wagemans @jeanwagemans.bsky.social Philosopher specializing in rhetoric and argumentation theory - Originator of the Periodic Table of Arguments - Professor of Cognition, Communication, and Argumentation at the University of Amsterdam
Leandra Thiele @leandrathiele.bsky.social Researcher in the field of multimodal linguistics, discourse and semiotics at the University of Bremen. Analysing different kinds of multimodal media. Current and past foci: digital games, film, news and educational videos.
Pilar Blitvich @pgcb.bsky.social Chancellor’s Professor & Professor of Linguistics UNC Charlotte
Co-Editor in Chief Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict and Routledge Focus on Im/Politeness series
Co-founder & co-convenor ADDA (Approaches to Digital Discourse Analysis) Conferences
Dr Alexandra Krendel @alexiconartist.bsky.social Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton | CDA/CDS, corpus linguistics online discourse, (anti)feminism, hate speech
MANTRaP: Misogyny ANd The Red Pill @mantrap.bsky.social A group of researchers at various UK universities investigating the language of the manosphere
👤 @jessaiston.bsky.social
👤 @veronikakoller.bsky.social
👤 @alexiconartist.bsky.social
👤 @markmcglashan.com
🌐 https://www.markmcglashan.com/projects/mantrap
CADAAD Network @cadaad.bsky.social Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines
An open community of researchers who critically engaged with discourse and society
Visual Communication journal @viscomjournal.bsky.social Visual Communication journal is dedicated to exploring the dynamic and interdisciplinary field of visual culture, offering cutting-edge scholarship https://journals.sagepub.com/home/VCJ |🌿
Ptrr 🍉 @ptrrt.bsky.social Researcher investigating how landscapes, geophysical environments, and infrastructures shape border violence.
John Benjamins Publishing Company @johnbenjamins.bsky.social An independent, family-owned academic publishing house, mainly in linguistics, translation studies and literary studies. Amsterdam based. https://www.benjamins.com/
Steve Oswald @steve-os.bsky.social Tit. Prof. In English linguistics @unifr.bsky.social
Linguist, pragmatician, argumentation theorist
www.steveoswald.ch
Ksenija Bogetic @ksenijabogetic.bsky.social 
Giorgia Riboni @giorgia-riboni.bsky.social Antifascist, antifascist, antifascist in no particular order.
Critical discourse analyst at the University of Turin. She/her
#CDA #SM-CDS #metaphor studies #corpus linguistics+
#identity construction #authenticity #parenthood #gender #medicalization
Wetenschapsfractie | Science Faction @sciencefaction.nl Fighting for the academic community in the University Council @rug.nl
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rug-sf/
Manifesto: wetenschapsfractie.nl
E-mail: wf.ur@rug.nl
Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 #CL2025
30th June - 3rd July 2025 • Birmingham, UK
Aston University • Birmingham City University • University of Birmingham
https://www.cl2025.co.uk/
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). 
Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social PhD in Sociology •• Researching: immigration, media, emotions, voice, racism, food justice •• critical discourse analysis •• linguistics •• 🏳️🌈
Barbara De Cock @barbaradecock.bsky.social Professor in Spanish linguistics at UCLouvain
I'm interested in pragmatics and discourse analysis on politics, healthcare, and everyday life.
Circle U. chair for democracy
Avid reader who likes to go hiking
(Views expressed on this profile are my own.)
Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social Assoc/prof in linguistics in Tampere • interested in digital language and new communicative environments, persuasion • owner of a malamute •
Editor-in-Chief for Pragmatics & Society
Dr Celia Antoniou @celiagr.bsky.social Lectures in #TESOL & #LanguageEducation @StrathEdu & Senior Fellow @UCL | Member @BAAL LLTSIG @TELSIG @IATEFLReSIG #AppliedLinguistics #CALL #Plurilingualism #Emotions #Identity
LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/d2dcr8n4
Dr Tomasz John @tomaszjohn.bsky.social #TESOL #multilngualism #SocialJustice #internationalisation @StrathEdu Director of Global Engagement @BAALSJSIG + @lc_baalsig Comms @RefugEAP 🏴🏳️🌈🇵🇱|| views=mine
Benoît Rihoux @benoitrihoux.bsky.social Full Prof, political science, UCLouvain | Chair of MethodsNET @methodsnet.bsky.social, global hub for #researchmethods #innovation & accessible #training | Into #QCA, comparison, #mixedmethods, multidata & cool collaborative projects | #methods pluralist
Anaïs Augé @anaisauge.bsky.social FNRS researcher UCLouvain
Metaphor & Argumentation
Discourse & Politics
Climate & Social Justice
Feminism
https://www.routledge.com/Metaphor-and-Argumentation-in-Climate-Crisis-Discourse/Auge/p/book/9781032379791
Lucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social She/her. Researching language, gender & sexuality, especially LGBTQ+ youth identity and intersectionality.
Professor of Sociolinguistics at University of Nottingham, UK.
https://queerlinglang.wordpress.com/
ORCID: 0000-0002-8947-9577
Views my own
ozlemozbakis @ozlemozbakis.bsky.social METU-professional communication in online and offline contexts, leadership, organizational ethnography, multimodality in workplace interaction.
Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social Language / Politics / Dystopian narratives
Professor of Language & Communication, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Michael Kranert @kranertmichael.bsky.social Associate Prof in Sociolinguistics at UoS. Language, politics, discourse and institution. Here more citizen and father.
Mattia Zingaretti @mattiazingaretti.bsky.social Impact Evaluation Analyst @cambridge.org | PhD @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social | #bilingualism • #psycholinguistics • #languageeducation | https://www.languagesciences.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-mattia-zingaretti-fhea
Centre for Language and Social Justice Research at York St John @lsjysj.bsky.social Official Bsky account of the Centre for Language and Social Justice Research @yorkstjohn.bsky.social. Follow for news, updates and events! https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/research/centre-for-language-and-social-justice-research/
Franco Zappettini @francozappettini.bsky.social Associate Professor of English
Faculty of Political Sciences Communication and Sociology
La Sapienza University, Rome Italy
Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social University of Liverpool. Storytelling and identity; story-critical (and story-abstinent); migration; language, power and social inequalities.
CADAAD Journal @cadaad-journal.bsky.social The official journal of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD) network. https://linktr.ee/cadaad_journal
Uppsala University Media & Communications Programme @uumediacomms.bsky.social Internationally leading research in critical discourse studies, existential media & critical comms/media & journalism analysis. Sweden’s largest HE programme in Media & Comms. At UU School/Dept of Informatics & Media. Chair @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social
Erika Darics @linguadigitalis.bsky.social Learn ∘ Unlearn ∘ Relearn
I am an advocate of transformative education. I think about language, leadership, human and systemic change - a lot. I work with lovely people @ Words&Actions, in the CLADES project @the University of Groningen and with the #IDGs.
Rachelle Vessey 🇨🇦 @rachellevessey.bsky.social linguistics, corpus/discourse analysis, canadiana, media studies, language, politics, academia, education, language ideologies, language and gender, military discourse, French, English (& other things)
https://carleton.ca/slals/cu-people/vessey-rachelle/
Barbara Postema @barpos.bsky.social Lecturer at the University of Groningen. Research on comics and graphic narrative, narrative theory, wordless comics. she/her
Isabel Alonso @isabelalonsobel.bsky.social Linguist and Critical Discourse Analyst at UAM. Views my own.
Corpora journal @corpora.bsky.social 
Nadia Makouar @nmakouar.bsky.social MCF - Ass prof in legal linguistics - université Paul Valéry, Montpellier 3
James K. Tauber @jtauber.com Using computers to better understand languages, texts, and music.
Web, Python (PSF Fellow), AI/ML, DH, Corpus Linguistics, Narratology, Philology, Ancient Greek, Music Theory, Tolkien, Retro Computing, Space, FRSA
PhD candidate @dhssfau.bsky.social
UCREL NLP Research Centre @ucrelnlp.bsky.social Research centre for the study of corpus linguistics and corpus-based natural language processing at Lancaster University
T: +44 1524 510357
E: ucrel@lancaster.ac.uk
W: https://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/
Y: https://www.youtube.com/@ucrelcrs8222
I-LanD Research Centre @i-land.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research centre for advanced study in linguistics, social studies and humanities w/ a specific focus on the concepts of diversity and identity
🔗 https://i-land-researchcentre.eu/- K Karin Tusting @karinpt.bsky.social
Multilingualism, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Africa @mccrafrica-essex.bsky.social Multilingualism, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution in Africa (MCCRA). ESRC-funded project at @Uni_of_Essex and @odi_global. Team in Cameroon, DRC, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Uganda, UK. https://sites.google.com/view/mccrafrica/
Pauliina Peltonen @pauliinapeltonen.com Academy Research Fellow | Lecturer (on leave) | Dept of English, University of Turku @utu.fi | applied linguistics, second language learning, L2 speech, fluency, interaction, multimodality, mixed methods | #FlowLangGroup
➡️ https://pauliinapeltonen.com
Jacopo Castaldi @jacopocastaldi.bsky.social Academic interested in Critical Discourse Studies, Multimodality and most things Linguistics
Beth Malory @bethmalory.bsky.social Lecturer in English Linguistics at UCL. Researcher of reproductive health communication @uclenglishusage.bsky.social.
Defne Abur @defneabur.bsky.social assistant professor @rug.nl
🕵🏻♀️ speech motor control | aging and communication disorders | Parkinson’s
https://aburlab.web.rug.nl/
Suzanne Aalberse @esjep.bsky.social linguist, language contact perspective heritage languages. politeness. syncretisms. I use #tvtv for messages that I find relevant for the course taalvariatie & taalverandering (language variation and change) and #dynamiek voor the course dynamiek NL
Jennifer Cowell @jencowell.bsky.social Lecturer @ IESEG School of Management - EFL, intercultural communication, history | specialism and interest in co-created experiential learning, JEDI, wellbeing, and quality assurance | SFHEA | from Scotland, living in France
Cadernos de Linguística @cadlin.bsky.social A #DiamondOA journal sponsored by the Brazilian Linguistics Association (Abralin), promoting responsible research practices, collaboration, diversity, inclusion, and openness in academia.
🌐 cadernos.abralin.org
🌐 linktr.ee/cadlin- A Anthony Rafferty @arafferty.bsky.social Professor and Director of the Work and Equalities Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester University.
Dario Del Fante @fabrichunter.bsky.social #PhD in Linguistics. Junior Assistant Professor at the University of Ferrara (Italy). Interested in what is weird and out of context. Founder of TiQ Festival.
Annette Leßmöllmann @annetteless.bsky.social professor in science communication & linguistics @wmk-karlsruhe.de @kit.edu | unit head @rhetai.bsky.social | Deutschlandradio = German public 📻 broadcasting council | co-editor @wisskomm.de | all things 🦉🐦⛵| Threema-ID MERC54UW | Team #FDGO |
Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social nerd. cognitive/evolutionary linguist. Assistant Prof at Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
(he/him)
www.michaelpleyer.com
@symbolicstorage@scholar.social
@symbolicstorage
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
Marco Venuti @marcovenuti.bsky.social 
Yasemin Erdogan @yaseminerdogan.bsky.social PhD @METU_ODTU / @DISCORE research group coordinator / sociolinguistics & critical discourse studies / language ideologies • multilingualism • social media • gender • migration / posts in English and Turkish
Journal of Language and Discrimination @jlangdiscrim.bsky.social The Journal of Language and Discrimination is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal addressing the relationship between language and discrimination.
https://utppublishing.com/toc/jld/current#sec_d4858e75
@hogank.bsky.social @hogank.bsky.social 
Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Queensland, researching leadership, followership, populist parties, voter attitudes and political behaviour.
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GwUV0YAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
DiscourseNet @discoursenet.bsky.social DiscourseNet offers an open, multilingual, inclusive and non-hierarchical space for anyone active in the field of Discourse Studies.
https://discourseanalysis.net/
Henrika Florén @henrikafloren.bsky.social PhD from @UCL_IOE, with a research focus in multimodality and assessment in HE; Educational developer at the Karolinska Institutet. All opinions are my own. Website: https://multimodalstudy.wordpress.com/
Myrte Gosen @myrtegosen.bsky.social Assistant Professor University of Groningen @rug.nl - Conversation Analysis - Education
Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social Professor in the academy working with communities within and beyond it in the fight for a more equitable world
Check out and subscribe to my blog:
https://substack.com/@educationallinguist?r=5hc96n&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile&shareImageVariant=light
Tu Vu @tuvllms.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech.
Šárka Kadavá @sarkadava.bsky.social 💬 /ʃaːrka/ or 🦈-a
👩🏽🔬 doctoral researcher at @zasberlin.bsky.social
🔎 physical effort in multimodal communication
🏕️ mountain-seeker
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
https://michaelamahlberg.com/
Yfke Ongena @yfkeo.bsky.social Survey methodologist, questionnaire design & survey interview interaction. University of Groningen.
Prof. Dr. Asli Ozyurek @asliozyurek.bsky.social Director,Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics; Multimodal Language Dept.Turkish expat studied in the US; lives @Netherlands,works for the German Max Planck Society - https://www.mpi.nl/people/ozyurek-asli - I am more active on Linkedin:)
Selman Ecevit @selmanecevit.bsky.social political communication, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics with an added interest in multimodality.
Research assistant @ MEF University - ELT Department
MA '24 in Foreign Language Ed. @ Boğaziçi University
BA '21 in ELT @ Marmara University
İstanbul.
Naomi Caselli @naomicaselli.bsky.social #signlanguage #asl #deafed #AI #education language acquisition, #cogsci 
Maciej Grzenkowicz @macgrzen.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Multimodal Argumentation @ University of Groningen
TikTok | fact-checking | multimodality | semiotic approach to argumentation | multimodal propositions
Dusan Stamenkovic @doolilah.bsky.social Professor at Södertörns högskola, multimodalist, psycholinguist, video game scholar
Jana Pflaeging @janapflaeging.bsky.social researcher @UniversityofSalzburg | english & applied linguistics | #discourse #multimodality #sociolinguistics | editor @VisualCommunication | @burghalle alumna | <3 sketchbooks
www.janapflaeging.com 
Sylvia Jaki @sjaki.bsky.social Researcher at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. Interested in audiovisual translation, science communication and toxic communication on social media. 
Kate Barber @katebarber.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Law @UniRDG_Law. Research interests: forensic linguistics, sexual violence/offences, online extremism and hate speech
Désirée Reder @desireereder.bsky.social DoctoralResearcher @zfk_mr
& @GIGA_Institute; Studying repression, political discourse, strategic legitimization.Views are myown
Lisette de Jonge-Hoekstra @lisette-djh.bsky.social Assistant prof Developmental Psychology @ University of Groningen @unigroningen.bsky.social @rug-gmw.bsky.social || cognitive development | multimodal communication & gestures | complex dynamic systems | affordances
lisettedejongehoekstra.com
Stavros Assimakopoulos @stavrosling.bsky.social Associate Professor of Linguistics @L'Università ta' Malta, Special Issues co-editor of the Journal of Pragmatics and co-editor of the CADAAD Journal.
Audrey Canalès @audreycanales.bsky.social Associate professor of translation studies and audiovisual translation at Université de Sherbrooke, Researcher-CRIHN, Scientific Comittee-Érudit
Crazy dog mum + Bird fan (She/Her)
Anastasia Pattemore @anastasiapattemore.bsky.social Assistant Professor of English Didactics University of Barcelona
Second Language Acquisition, subtitling, audiovisual input
https://anastasiapattemore.weebly.com