Ruairidh McKay | Ruairidh MacAoidh @rumckay.bsky.social Expat translator/lecturer | classical guitarist | optimist |GD/EN/DE/ES
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." – E. F. Schumacher- B The BAWESS Project @bawess.bsky.social Welcome to the official Bluesky account of the BAWESS project at the University of Bath! Here you can find all the latest updates about this ground-breaking corpus linguistics project to promote disciplinary literacy at secondary school level.
Languages Central @languagescentral.bsky.social We teach languages & English (EFL)
languagescentral.com
Nicole Love @nicolelove.bsky.social PhD candidate researching Gray, Murakami, invisible cities and secondary selves at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
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nicolelove.co.uk
Aet Kuusik @aeduq.bsky.social Research Fellow in Sociolinguistics @ University of Tartu. Estonian language, gender & sexuality. Queer, trans & feminist linguistics.
Baroque music, also Afrobeats. Books, art, cycling, vegan food. The scent of lavender & bog. Dancing = happiness
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Marcus Lawrence @mlavvrie.bsky.social AHRC PhD student at the University of Nottingham, researching Newman, Pater, Wilde, and James and apologetic writing / Peer Review Editor, Language, Texts and Society Journal.
Rebecca Connor-Evans @rlconnorevans.bsky.social PhD candidate & Teaching Associate at Sheffield Hallam University. Cognitive stylistician. Children's Lit & YA Fiction for mental & emotional health. Fandom discourses.
Hikma Translation @hikmatranslation.bsky.social HIKMA: Revista de Traducción es una revista científica de acceso abierto
Visita también nuestro perfil en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hikma-translation/
Innovations in Linguistics Education @innovations-ling.bsky.social Innovations in Linguistics Education is a diamond open access journal dedicated to teaching and learning in linguistics. We're accepting submissions from January 2026.
Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social AHRC-funded project which explores what feminist literary translation means in practice in the twenty-first century
https://feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/
Federica Formato (she/her) @genderedform.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, University of Brighton. Researching gendered and inclusive language, media narratives of femicide, masculinities and fatherhood. Now focusing on examining Meloni's far-right anti-gendered politics. Born in the South of 🇮🇹.
Dr Fransina Stradling @fstradling.bsky.social PhD in Cognitive Stylistics (empathy with fictional characters)
The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
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.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social PhD in linguistics. Researching Impoliteness in children's fiction, and metaphors in virtual health discourses (esp. on dementia). 🩷💜💙 they/she
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/
James K. Tauber @jtauber.com Using computers to better understand languages, texts, and music.
Tolkien, Web, Python, AI/ML, DH, Corpus Linguistics, Narratology, Philology, Ancient Greek, Music Theory, Retro Computing, Physics
PhD candidate @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social
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
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/about/people/elena-semino
Emma McClaughlin @emmamcclaughlin.bsky.social She/her | Research Fellow in Corpus Linguistics at Nottingham University | Health comms | Applied linguistics | Vegan for the animals 🌱 | All views are my own
Paweł Szudarski @pawelszudarski.bsky.social Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham
Expertise: vocabulary, corpus linguistics, TESOL, replication research, distance learning, international education
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/people/pawel.szudarski
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
Patricia Palomino-Manjón (she/her) @patriciapalomino.bsky.social Ph.D., Assistant Professor in English Language at Centro Universitario de la Defensa (Zaragoza). Interested in (critical) discourse analysis, (anti)feminism and (sexual) violence in social media.
Views my own.
https://patriciapalominomanjon.wordpress.com
Applied English (MA English) online @uonappliedenglish.bsky.social MA English from the University of Nottingham - flexible online higher education that works for you. 
DanC @danc.bsky.social Ex-English teacher, writer & editor, anti-fascist, linguist, LUFC-enjoyer & 6Music dad.
EngLangBlog: https://tinyurl.com/5n8kmxwy
Lexis podcast: https://tinyurl.com/mr4atnkh
Pronouns: He/him
Proper nouns: Eldritch, Marx, Bielsa
Robbie Love @robbielove.org Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, Department of Communication and Culture
Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, School of Law and Social Sciences
Aston University
https://robbielove.org/
Pete Kirwan @drpetekirwan.bsky.social Performance, theatre reviewing, early modern drama, film watching, editing, cat wrangling, immigrating. General Editor at Shakespeare Bulletin; professing at Mary Baldwin Uni. He/him
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social Medievalist, linguist, manuscript botherer ❧ Co-Editor of History Today ☞ LOST VOICES (Penguin/Stanford, forthcoming, one day) ❧ Posting in a personal capacity ❡
Colette Davies @colettedavies.bsky.social Knowledge Exchange and Impact for Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham. Passionate about communicating research and activating knowledge within and beyond universities.
PhD: Minerva Press and Female Authorship.
Bookworm. Badminton Player. Alto.
Rosemary Johnsen @johnsenrm.bsky.social Academic Affairs admin || Lit prof: crime fiction, 20/21c Irish lit, public scholarship || NW Minnesota || http://www.rosemaryj.com || #GoGreen #SpartansWill
Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social Tutor in English Lit at Univ, Oxford. Medievalist. Poet. She/her. Co-founder @guildmedmak.bsky.social.
Church as Sacred Space (2018). Encountering Margery Kempe (2021). Primers 7: Grendel’s Mother Bites Back (2024).
Next books on Du Maurier, & Beowulf.
A Way with Words @waywordradio.org Public radio's lively language show! On-air in US, free podcast worldwide. https://waywordradio.org words@waywordradio.org. Toll-free US/Canada 24/7 1-877-929-9673 or https://wa.me/16198004443 #linguistics #etymology #podcast #books #language
Helen Buckler @helenbuckler.bsky.social Linguist at University of Nottingham, researching infant and child language acquisition. Views my own.
UoN English @uonenglish.bsky.social The School of English at the University of Nottingham, part of the Faculty of Arts.
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/English/
Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Taylor&Francis journal. We publish critical research that advances our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social structures and social change.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcds20
Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social A podcast about English Language and Linguistics aimed at students in the UK.
https://open.spotify.com/show/0EPs83hWYk0XX8cKkJplbT?si=FPrMfDI1RBG_VeWKB43Epg
English: Journal of the English Association @englishjournaloup.bsky.social English is dedicated to new developments in English Studies. It publishes work that speaks to the discipline as a whole, including reflections on pedagogy and on the place of English Literature in the world beyond academia https://academic.oup.com/english
Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
Sharon Glaas @slglaas.bsky.social PhD | Linguist | political and media discourse | language of persuasion and evaluation | mis- & disinformation | narratives & framing | #corpuslinguistics #forensiclinguistics | Uni of Birmingham, UK
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.
Polina Gavin @polinagavin.bsky.social Teaching Fellow | Research Associate | Senior Residence Adviser at Aston University 🎓PhD in Literary Linguistics
UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org The UK’s largest public funder of research. Our mission is to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth.
#FundedByYou
Also autoposting to @news.ukri.org, @funding.ukri.org, @blogs.ukri.org and @events.ukri.org. Topic specific feeds coming soon!
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Journal of Language and Politics @jlanpol.bsky.social Interdisciplinary journal exploring the interplay between language and politics: https://benjamins.com/catalog/jlp
Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social The Linguistic Society of America supports the scientific study of language and shares interesting linguistic stories. Join the LSA today!
Malgorzata Chalupnik @mchalu.bsky.social Linguist (discourse analysis/professional communication/language, gender and sexuality)
Pete Harvey @peterharveydigital.bsky.social Literary linguist, exploring narrative, climate fiction and English teaching.
Digital producer, specialising in adult education and public engagement.
Worried human, trying to navigate the Climate Emergency.
Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Language (@ University of Liverpool). Corpus/culinary/queer linguist. Runner, feminist, food enthusiast, coffee lover. Views are my own. she/her
Amy Bouwer @amybouwer.bsky.social 🇿🇦 PhD in contemporary literature • utopianism, critical theory, sff, decolonisation, queer revolution • she/her 🏳️🌈🍉
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social All about the books
Broadview Press @broadviewpress.bsky.social An independent academic publisher in the humanities and social sciences since 1985.
broadviewpress.com
University of Nottingham @uniofnottingham.bsky.social The official account for the University of Nottingham. #WeAreUoN
LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social Where Nottingham Meets.
Shouting arts and culture in the home of Robin Hood since 2003.
Chartered Institute of Linguists @ciol-linguists.bsky.social For languages and linguists. The Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) serving linguists and language professionals in the UK and worldwide since 1910.
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
Electronic Literature Organization @eliterature.bsky.social international community of artists and scholars working on the exploration and preservation of digital literature.
Katherine E. Russo @katherineeruss1.bsky.social Full Professor in English Linguistics, Critical Discourse studies, passionate supporter of difference, positive contamination, Freedom of movement and climate change. Director of the Interuniversity Research Centre Dis4change-researchcentre.eu
Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social Linguistic diversity in social life
By Ingrid Piller, author of "Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice" "Intercultural Communication" and "Life in a New Language"
https://www.languageonthemove.org/
Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social & @fritinancy.bsky.social
Becky Guest @beckyguest.bsky.social Executive Publisher for Humanities journals at Routledge, Taylor & Francis
Melissa Yoong @melissayoong.bsky.social Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, University of Nottingham Malaysia. President-elect, International Gender and Language Association. Researching language, gender & sexuality with a focus on work, family, social movements & resistance. All views mine
Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social Welcome to the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York #UoY.
8th in UK University Guide
A world top 35 Department
Athena Swan Silver Award
Altmetric @altmetric.com We measure the attention that research outputs receive from policy documents, mainstream news outlets, Wikipedia, social media and online reference managers. We detect sentiment of Bluesky/X posts.
Come for the attention to research. Stay for the memes.
Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social Feminist Media Studies is a transdisciplinary, transnational journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship + commentary & book reviews. Posts by @krystenstein.bsky.social
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg, founded in 1971, is the oldest producer and distributor of free ebooks.
For more information, visit our website at:
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TeamEnglish1 @teamenglish1.bsky.social 
Charlotte Taylor @proftaylor.bsky.social Professor of Discourse & Persuasion
Rhetorics of nostalgia | migration discourses & memory | metaphor | WATER metaphors | mythopoesis | corpus linguistics | (critical) discourse analysis
Posting in a personal capacity
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-207
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
MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu
The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/
Strandsofpearl @strandsofpearl.bsky.social linguist. social science researcher. sf/f nerd. intersectional feminist. experience designer. skeets on education, language endangerment, disability, native plants, religious left. she/her
Bettina Beinhoff @linguistika.bsky.social Linguist of many interests, esp. sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, phonetics & phonology and intercultural communication in natural languages and constructed languages.
Heddwen Newton - English & Dutch @heddwen.bsky.social I write the monthly newsletter English and the Dutch, about all the ways English and Dutch interact: https://englishandthedutch.substack.com/
English teacher at Bielefeld University (EAL & ELA)
Dutch English
World Englishes
AI English
Lexicography
Jess Norledge @jessnorledge.bsky.social Stylistician @ Uni. Nottingham.
Literary Linguistics. Language & Feminism. Contemporary Lit. Dystopia.
Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social Executive Director of the MLA. Book reader. Bike rider. Please renew your membership! www.mla.org/Membership/About-Membership
Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social News and announcements from the Modern Language Association. If you have a question for MLA staff members, please visit http://mla.org/About-Us/Contact
UMassLinguistics @umasslinguistics.bsky.social The University Of Massachusetts Boston Applied Linguistics Department. Account managed by @koutropoulos.bsky.social
Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics! By @gretchenmcculloch.com and @superlinguo.bsky.social
"Fascinating" -NYT
"Joyously nerdy" -Buzzfeed
lingthusiasm.com
Not sure where to start? Try our silly personality quiz: bit.ly/lingthusiasmquiz
Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Linguistics at Berkeley. Language, identity & prosody, esp. in politics & human-computer interaction. Trivia person and marathoner. LA & the Bay. No one is illegal on stolen land. Views are my own.
https://nicolerholliday.wordpress.com
BACLS @bacls.bsky.social The official account of the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies. www.bacls.org
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app