Nothing in language is permanent except the conviction that standards are somehow always falling.
Even worse - I'm a critical discourse analyst!!! No pretending to be objective or neutral here 😂
Just looked on The Other Place to see the tweet about my upcoming talk this afternoon and saw a reply from someone concerned that sociolinguistics isn't grounded in 'sound scientific linguistic theory.' Okay then 😅
October is definitely the busiest month I've had in a long time, so Dragon Age: The Veilguard had better be good 😅
Reminder that this is happening this Wednesday at 4pm (UK time) on Zoom. In this talk, I not only share my PhD findings but reflect on the role of the academic in preventative/deradicalising efforts and share some work my MANTRaP colleagues and I have been doing.
If you are around Lancaster this autumn, join us for the last three lectures celebrating the 50th anniversary of Linguistics & English Language at Lancaster University! Details here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/...
If you are over 18 and use TikTok, please take my survey on language use on TikTok! Link here: pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...#linguistics#tiktok#anthropology
Yes, I've only read the first 2 chapters so far but I'm looking forward to the later chapters on health, relationships, and employment. I'll keep an eye out for your mention 😀
How people can be anti-abortion and pro-death penalty is much easier to explain if you realize it’s not about the value of human life. It’s about whether the state can control the lives of undesirables (women, minorities, the poor) from the womb to the grave).
Ordered some new books from an independent shop (The Bookish Type) and they came with a handwritten thank you note and bookmark - you don't get that from Jeff Bezos 👍 Looking forward to reading them.
