- 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.
Dr. Laura Shapiro @lashaps.bsky.social Developmental Psychologist at Aston University researching how children learn to read, and the long term benefits of reading. Music lover (wannabe trombonist). https://t.co/CVxBncGGLR
Journal of Languages, Texts and Society @ltsjournal.bsky.social The Journal of Languages, Texts and Society is a PGR-led academic journal with a focus on how communication, languages, & texts are shaped by and shape society.
Read our latest issue: tinyurl.com/ltsissue7
Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social ✦ writer | reviewer | book blogger | cheerleader of books, poetry and art | all genres RT’d | resident Tolkien fangirl | linktr.ee/rjcrunden ✦
University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk Welcome to our official account 👋 Follow for the latest news, research and updates about life at Oxford.
Emma Humphries (she/her) @emhumps.bsky.social Researcher working on prescriptivism in popular culture. Interested in language attitudes and language policy. And Cruising with Jane McDonald.
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. 
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/
National Association for the Teaching of English @natecommunity.bsky.social Empowering English teachers to inspire young people. A not-for-profit charitable organisation, established in 1963.
www.nate.org.uk
Sarah Turner @drsarahlt.bsky.social Assistant Prof. of Cognitive Linguistics at Coventry University, interested in how we understand and talk about death, grief and bereavement.
Michelle Sheehan @mishee54.bsky.social Lover of the linguistic
Applied English (MA English) online @uonappliedenglish.bsky.social MA English from the University of Nottingham - flexible online higher education that works for you. 
Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social Promoting Cognitive Science as a discipline and fostering scientific interchange among researchers in various areas.
🌐 https://cognitivesciencesociety.org
Claudia Roberta Combei @combei.bsky.social ~👩🏻💻Researcher in Linguistics @ University of Rome "Tor Vergata"🗣️~💚Passionate about Turtles🐢~🇮🇹Italo-Romanian🇷🇴~
Work website: https://directory.uniroma2.it/index.php/chart/dettagliDocente/23409
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
Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com Senior Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics
University of Liverpool
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
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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
De Gruyter Brill Linguistics @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social Academic books, journals and news from the Linguistics department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, including its imprint Mouton. Posts by our editors.
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
Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge, FBA FMedSci FRS. Adolescent brain development. Views my own. Book: http://amazon.co.uk/dp/1784161349- B BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics) @baal-linguistics.bsky.social British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) is a professional association and charity (264800), based in the UK, which provides a forum for people interested in language and applied linguistics. Account managed @melevans.bsky.social
M Green @narrprof.bsky.social Communication researcher and social psychologist studying how stories change minds (narrative persuasion).
Personal account.
Denise Wong @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow @ucddublin.bsky.social | Reviews and Roundtables Co-Editor @c21literature.bsky.social | Author of 'Shame in Contemporary You-Narration: Time, Gender and Race' (2025) @edinburghup.bsky.social
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings @c21literature.bsky.social C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings is the official journal of @bacls.bsky.social. The journal is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication, and circulation of 21st-century writings. Published by @openlibhums.org
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
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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). 
Sam Wass @profsamwass.bsky.social 👶👨⚕️Child Psychologist/Neuroscientist🧠, attention and stress, 👨👩👧👦Dad of 2, 💻 @ERC_Research Fellow. 
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
The Children's Society @childrenssociety.bsky.social We fight for a better future for all children. We're working to end child poverty, halt the grooming and exploitation of children, and stop crisis in its tracks. Learn more: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk
EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social English Language & Linguistics for A-Level students and teachers.
One of the Lexis podcast team https://tinyurl.com/yckh3vy5
EngLangBlog: https://englishlangsfx.blogspot.com/
English & Media Centre: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/
He/him
@onlinereader24.bsky.social @onlinereader24.bsky.social Former Prof of English and New Media. Now mainly tbf reading, playing pickleball and eating out
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
Miguel Pérez Milans @mpmilans.bsky.social Professor of Language, Discourse and Communication and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics @University College London | Critical ethnographer
Louisa Semlyen @lousem.bsky.social Senior Publisher of English Language, Linguistics, Literature & Translation studies books @Routledge. Brighton based.
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- M María Fanlo Piniés @mariafanpin.bsky.social
Dr Zsófia Demjén @zsofiademjen.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics (she).
Language & illness: vaccination, psychosis, cancer, depression | humor, metaphor, (im)politeness, pronouns, negation, narrative, corpus linguistics
Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute @lahri.bsky.social Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute (LAHRI): initiating and incubating cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research across and beyond the arts and humanities @universityofleeds.bsky.social Website: https://lahri.leeds.ac.uk/
Waterstones Kids @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Sharing the very best books for Children aged 0-12 📚💫
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social All about the books
DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social Department Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @fau.de. Website: https://www.dhss.phil.fau.de/. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhss_fau/ Newsletter: https://www.dhss.phil.fau.de/dhss-newsletter/
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
Save Me From My Shelf Podcast @smfmspodcast.bsky.social A literature comedy podcast by two friends and academics. We take classic texts off their pedestal by making fun of them. Hosted by
@DrAbigailBoucher and @dcjenkin-smith
No DMs
savemefrommyshelf.com
savemefrommyshelf@gmail.com
Early Career Qualitative Health Reasercher Network @echqrn.bsky.social We are a UK-based, inclusive and accessible network of early career qualitative health researchers, aiming to help each other navigate academia. Find/join us here: https://sites.google.com/view/ecqhrn
Method Qualitative @methodqual.bsky.social We're dedicated to enhancing qualitative research methodologies in public health. Our solutions harness advanced AI to unlock deeper insights, streamline analysis, and inform impactful health decisions.
Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre @quahrc.bsky.social The QUAHRC at King's College London promotes the rigorous and innovative application of qualitative health research. Follow us for research, events and discussion.
https://www.quahrc.co.uk/
Qualitative Health Research Group @QHRGroup @qhrgroup.bsky.social Community of researchers supported by NIHR to raise awareness of value & impact of qualitative methods in health & care research, promote innovation & support careers.
Oxford Qualitative Courses @oxqual.bsky.social Oxford Qualitative Courses: Short Courses in Qualitative Research Methods.
Expert teaching from specialists in qualitative research methods.
Centre for Qualitative Research @cqr-bath.bsky.social Sharing information about the Centre for Qualitative Research and affiliate activities, alongside all things qualitative research methods! Posts do not represent the University.
https://www.bath.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-for-qualitative-research/
Marc Alexander @mga.is Professor of English Linguistics (University of Glasgow), Director of the Historical Thesaurus of English, made the Hansard Corpus 1803–, likes cake. He/him.
Language Ledger @languageledger.bsky.social Language Ledger provides accessible updates on the latest in linguistics, bridging academia and the public. Perfect for linguists, students, and anyone curious about how language shapes our world.
http://languageledger.substack.com
Julia Neugarten @julianeugarten.bsky.social Researcher of fandom studies, fanfiction, computational literary studies and literary reception. Currently a PhD candidate at Radboud University. Views are my own.
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social Senior research fellow at the University of Warwick. Researching language, gender and digital media. She/her, vegan, trans ally 🏳️⚧️
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social University of Liverpool. I tend to write about discourse, argumentation & racism. Editor of Critical Discourse Studies. I still 🌊 goodbye at the end of zoom calls.
Website >>
https://johnerichardson.wixsite.com/home
ORCID: 0000-0003-1251-8184
Ilse A. Ras @iaras22.bsky.social Raised in a quiet village, educated at British universities, moving through European academia
https://linktr.ee/Ilsearas
PALA 2026 Uppsala @pala2026.bsky.social Official account of the 2026 Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference, 19-22 August (Summer School 17-18 August), Uppsala University, Sweden.
Amélie Doche @ladoche.bsky.social PhD'ing: Discourses of Value in Contemporary Book Culture at Birmingham City University | Beaujolaise at heart 🍇
Associazione Italiana di Anglistica @aianglistica.bsky.social The Italian Association for the Study of English (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica [AIA]) was founded with the primary goal of promoting and fostering English studies in Italy. 
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/
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
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
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
Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social Professor, author of books on Polari, Section 28 and corpus linguistics. Rejoiner 🇪🇺
Dr Abigail Boucher @drabigailboucher.bsky.social Senior lecturer in English at Aston University. Scholar of nineteenth-century literature and genre fiction. One half of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social
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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/
Derek Bousfield @derekbousfield.bsky.social Father, Husband, Cat Slave, Linguist. Academic. Researcher. Author. Raconteur.
Reader in Pragmatics and Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Sara Bartl @sbartl.bsky.social PhD student @ University of Birmingham
researching metaphor and cognitive semantics through computational models of language
Jo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social General Secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) https://bsky.app/profile/ucu.org.uk | she/her | unrepentant dyslexic
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.
Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social Linguist
Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
gesture/grammar/✨emoji/#lingcomm
Podcast: @lingthusiasm
Masto: superlinguo@scicomm.xyz
Blog: superlinguo.com
She/her(/they)
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
Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️ @emjanerothwell.bsky.social PhD candidate/historian/writer•♥️ history+art history, literary childhoods, intellectual pasts, books, prints, myths, maps, fairy tales, old sites, the cozy+kind• Canadian🍁 #ElbowsUp• #GoSensGo #BlueJays50• (my other account is hacked)•♥️ kindness🍃•
Language in Society @languageinsociety.bsky.social Language in Society is an international journal of #sociolinguistics concerned with #language and #discourse as aspects of social life.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-in-society
@lediakazazi.bsky.social @lediakazazi.bsky.social Associate Professor of Cognitive Linguistics and Discourse Analysis | Metaphor | Political Discourse | CDA
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
Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social 
Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social Associate Professor in English Linguistics - University of Lille. Interested in English, the semantics-pragmatics interface, Construction Grammar, Relevance Theory - VP (outreach) of AFLiCo
https://pro.univ-lille.fr/benoit-leclercq
Sandrine Sorlin @sandrinesorlin.bsky.social Professor of English stylistics and pragmatics. President of the Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur (SAES). IUF Senior member. https://cv.hal.science/sandrine-sorlin
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 🇪🇸
https://www.raam.org.uk/
Emma Putland @emma-putland.bsky.social Applied Linguist at Lancaster University | Senior Research Associate on the Public Discourses of Dementia project.
Especially interested in health and environmental discourses, multimodality, critical discourse studies, corpus linguistics, metaphor, etc.
BAAL Health & Science SIG @baal-health-sig.bsky.social A British Association for Applied Linguistics special interest group (SIG), Health and Science Communication (HSC) provide a specialist forum for the development of research at the intersection of applied linguistics and health/science communication. 
Cambridge Language Sciences @camlangsci.bsky.social Multidisciplinary network of language scientists at the University of Cambridge
Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org The latest research in Language and Linguistics from @universitypress.cambridge.org
cambridge.org/linguistics
Dr Chris Noone @chris-noone.bsky.social Psychologist interested in community, health, & wellbeing (esp. among gay & bi men) and social justice for all.
Lecturer at University of Galway.
Board member for the National LGBT Federation. Views my own.
He/Him.
Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies @litandtrauma.bsky.social The Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that takes literature as the primary site for investigations into trauma.
Buy or subscribe at https://nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/journal/journal-of-literature-and-trauma-studies/
Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
🌵 Elise Stickles 🍁 @elisestickles.bsky.social assistant professor of English Language
at the University of British Columbia. cognitive linguistics, metaphor theory, corpus linguistics, gesture studies. she/her, singular they is as old as Chaucer.
http://elisestickles.com
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Research in English @researchinenglish.com News explaining the latest in research
https://researchinenglish.com
George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
Pop Culture & Theology (& Religion, too) @popandtheology.bsky.social The Bloomsbury Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture series: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/theology-religion-and-pop-culture/
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
PPFD Project @ppfdproject.bsky.social An AHRC-funded project investigating Post-Postmodernist Fictions of the Digital. Based at Sheffield Hallam University and University of Giessen. https://ppfdproject.com
CADAAD Network @cadaad.bsky.social Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines
An open community of researchers who critically engaged with discourse and society