Jessica Aiston @jessaiston.bsky.social Linguistics postdoc at Queen Mary University of London, working on 'Autism in Affinity Spaces'.
My research covers critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, digital communication, autism & specific interests, misogyny/antifeminism
Geordie. she/her
Franco Zappettini @francozappettini.bsky.social Associate Professor of English
Faculty of Political Sciences Communication and Sociology
La Sapienza University, Rome Italy
Stephen Pihlaja @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social Language Linguistics Religion Education Aston University Birmingham Community Organising Running Immigration Veganism bit.ly/m/SPihlaja
Caroline Tagg @carotagg.bsky.social Applied linguist working at the Open University on mobile messaging conversations in context.
Petre Breazu @petrebreazu.bsky.social Asst. Research Professor @ University of Cambridge | Online Hate Speech, LLMs, CDA & Multimodal Analysis | Former Marie Curie Fellow.
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
@jungyoonkoh.bsky.social @jungyoonkoh.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow in Artificial Intelligence
Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning @ Harvard
Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org Senior Lecturer (UNE) lawandlanguage.org
Incoming CoEiC Aus J Human Rights (UNSW)
External CESSMIR (UGent) @languageonthemove.bsky.social member.
Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed/prac, access to justice
ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social University of Liverpool. Storytelling and identity; story-critical; migration; language, power and social inequalities.
mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social Chair Professor of Media & Communications @uumediacomms.bsky.social Critical discourse research on normalisation of racism, discrimination, inequality & illiberal politics of exclusion. Editor in Chief @jlanpol.bsky.social www.languageandpolitics.com
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
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
Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social Associate Professor @UniTartu interested in #government #communication #blameavoidance #disasters #disinformation #discoursestudies
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=AmIeTJYAAAAJ
E. Hidalgo Tenorio @ehidalgotenorio.bsky.social Professor of English Linguistics, University of Granada
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/
@maxdemata.bsky.social @maxdemata.bsky.social
Polarised and Digital Discourses @discursoseyp.bsky.social A research team in Madrid. We analyze #polarization strategies in Discourse. MINECO Research Project PID2020-119102RB-I00. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org The latest research in Language and Linguistics from @universitypress.cambridge.org
cambridge.org/linguistics
Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social Assistant Prof @rug.nl
https://www.rug.nl/staff/d.serafis/?lang=en
Editor @cadaad-journal.bsky.social
CDS | Argumentation | Multimodality
Researching #racism #hatespeech
#populism #authoritarianism #crises
Aoife K. Ahern @aka-madrid.bsky.social Language teacher educator based in Madrid, Spain. L2s, multilingualism, literacies, pragmatics. Facultad de Educación - Centro de Formación de Profesorado, Universidad Complutense. Socia de Pedalibre & cycle wherever I can.
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
Johnny Unger @johnnyunger.bsky.social he/him, linguist, critical discourse analyst, tea anarchist extraordinaire, dadcore, vegan, foodie, ❄️, dad, intersectional feminist, D&D nerd (not necessarily in that order)
Latest publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2023.101825
Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social Peer-reviewed journal addressing the relationship between contemporary discourse, mediated forms of communication & context.
#Linguistics #Discourse #MediatedDiscourse
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/discourse-context-and-media
Angela Zottola @angelazottola.bsky.social Tenure Track Researcher in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Torino.
Mom. Activist. Capoeirista.
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.)
Sergio Maruenda-Bataller @sergimaruenda.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.
CADAAD Network @cadaad.bsky.social Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines
An open community of researchers who critically engaged with discourse and society
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.
Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social Linguist by day, foodie by night (or the other way around?).
Guest Professor in English Linguistics @FU Berlin, PI of DFG Project on Carnivalesque Consumption Online
http://www.sofia-ruediger.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-8052
Thomas C. Messerli (University of Basel / FHNW) @pragmatic.bsky.social Linguist (pragmatics, corp ling, CMC, Discourse analysis, Film/TV, Humour, AVT) @ Department of Languages and Literatures, University of Basel | leader prof. language exam development BSSP @ FHNW Fremdsprachendidaktik
thomasmesserli.org
Mila Del Saz-Rubio @milasaz74.bsky.social Full Professor in the Dep. of Applied Linguistics @UPV #pragmatics #multimodaldiscourseanalysis #(im)politeness #gender and aggression#academicdiscourse. Follow your dreams.
Laura Filardo-Llamas @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics @Uva.es Interested in Cognitive Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2644-975X
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
Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social Linguist, PhD (language proficiency, semantic knowledge), university lecturer, Tampere University, Finland
Researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/maija-tervola
Chair of the Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) @linguistics.fi
Amateur translator LT>FI
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
Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social Professor, author of books on Polari, Section 28 and corpus linguistics. Rejoiner 🇪🇺
Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social Ex-prof, but still in with a shout on language, interaction etcetera
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
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
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
🌈❤️
The Journal of Language and Pop Culture (JLPop) @jlpopculture.bsky.social Brand new journal on linguistic approaches to the language of pop culture. First issue 2025.
Editors-in-Chief: Valentin Werner, Mie Hiramoto, and Dr Paul Flanagan.
Webpage: https://www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop.
Frazer Heritage @nounfraze.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Linguistics @ Man Met Uni, UK. I teach & research: corpora, gender, sexuality, videogames & online misogyny. Own views only. Usually in the gym 🏳️🌈 he/they
Hale Isik-Guler @hale-isik-guler.bsky.social Associate Professor of Linguistics @METU; Research Lead @DISCORE, Discourse and Corpus Research Group (discore.metu.edu.tr)
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
Antonio García Gómez @antoniogarciagomez.bsky.social Catedrático de Filología Inglesa. Universidad de Alcalá
Carmina Gregori-Signes @carminags.bsky.social Associate Professor in English Linguistics. IULMA. Universitat de València. Director of research group CORPLING2018-425
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/
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social Professor of Literary Linguistics
At: University of Nottingham
In: Sheffield
Of: the Boro
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
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.
Sketch Engine @sketchengine.eu Sketch Engine is a linguistic search engine and corpus query system with text analysis tools and corpora in 100+ languages. Concordance, n-grams, term extraction, co-occurrences (Word Sketch) are only some of its features.
Liz Marsden @lizlinguist.bsky.social Linguist, photography enthusiast, digital discourse analyst. Likes games, sewing, cooking and walking in beautiful places. PhD. AME for Journal of Politeness Research.
Derek Bousfield @derekbousfield.bsky.social Father, Husband, Cat Slave, Linguist. Academic. Researcher. Author. Raconteur.
Reader in Pragmatics and Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Cambridge Language Sciences @camlangsci.bsky.social Multidisciplinary network of language scientists at the University of Cambridge
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
Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University. Mother, singer, Quaker 🌈
Stroud/Lancaster (UK)
Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social Professor in #Linguistics #Usyd #CorpusLinguistics #MediaLinguistics #SocioLinguistics #DiscourseAnalysis #Stance #Affect #Emotion #DigitalHumanities
Founding director sydneycorpuslab.com
monikabednarek.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-5424
Isabel Alonso @isabelalonsobel.bsky.social Linguist and Critical Discourse Analyst at UAM. Views my own.
Jonathan Culpeper @jculpeper.bsky.social Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University
Lucien Brown @lucienbrown.bsky.social Associate Professor, Monash University. Pragmatics, multimodality, Korean language. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇰🇷🇮🇪
Ibi Baxter-Webb @ibibw.bsky.social Linguist with opinions; mudlark & beachcomber, co-creator of games & language podcast 'Say It Like You Play It' https://shows.acast.com/games-and-language
Rosina Marquez Reiter @mar-8.bsky.social
Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social Publishes leading research on language and society. Follow us for info on new articles, theme issues, dialogues and more. EIC: Lauren Hall-Lew, Jaspal Naveel Singh, and Andrew Wong
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679841
87th Steve @luidia.bsky.social Dr. Steve Hageman Bryozoa Paleontology
@jamunroe.bsky.social @jamunroe.bsky.social
Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️🌈 @drkarenlcox.bsky.social Award-winning historian. Author of four books.Op-eds in NYT, WaPo, CNN, Time, & Smithsonian Magazine. Warren Center Fellow, Harvard University, 2026-2027. https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com
Beatriz Gallardo-Paúls🇪🇺 @beatrizgallardop.eurosky.social Catedrática de Lingüística, Universitat de València. Antes, afasiología y lingüística clínica. Ahora, discurso público (político y mediático).
https://pauls.blogs.uv.es/
George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
Carolin Schneider @carolinschneider.bsky.social Postdoc in Linguistics @UDE, pragmatics, multimodality, multilingualism, digital health communication, dementia discourses
http://tinyurl.com/2u4wurt9
Javier Yániz @javieryaniz.bsky.social ☀️ Lingüística multimodal y poesía
Esther Linares @estherlinaresb.bsky.social Ph.D 👩🏽🎓 Fearless, lively, and restless. I understand letters as a form of expression and languages as a means of transportation to other worlds.
Leigh Harrington @leighharrington.bsky.social Academic Skills Tutor at Nottingham Trent University. Applied linguist. Honorary Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Manchester. Honorary Member, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics.
Inés Olza @inesolza.bsky.social Senior Researcher in Language & Cognition | University of Navarra
Director, Multimodal Pragmatics Lab: bit.ly/MuPraLab
Also, proud member of @redhenlab.bsky.social and @accionicon.bsky.social
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