Daria Dayter
@coocho.bsky.social
Assoc/prof in linguistics in Tampere • interested in digital language, gender, persuasion • owner of a malamute •
Editor-in-Chief for Pragmatics & Society
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Daria Dayter
@coocho.bsky.social
· Dec 14
It’s a slow Sunday, so I thought I’d do a thread of my 2025 publications. Get in touch if you any a pdf!
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The octopus conference is back! 🐙
"Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language", Nov 19-20, 2026, Tampere University, Finland
#LanguageAndPersuasion #Linguistics #OctoConf
"Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language", Nov 19-20, 2026, Tampere University, Finland
#LanguageAndPersuasion #Linguistics #OctoConf
February 2, 2026 at 7:47 AM
The octopus conference is back! 🐙
"Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language", Nov 19-20, 2026, Tampere University, Finland
#LanguageAndPersuasion #Linguistics #OctoConf
"Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language", Nov 19-20, 2026, Tampere University, Finland
#LanguageAndPersuasion #Linguistics #OctoConf
The next octopus conference is coming to town 🐙
“Influence, Manipulation, Seduction” 3d edition at Tampere Uni, co-organised with @sofiaruediger.bsky.social and @domini.bsky.social - this time it is face to face!
Send us your persuasive abstracts by July 1
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events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
“Influence, Manipulation, Seduction” 3d edition at Tampere Uni, co-organised with @sofiaruediger.bsky.social and @domini.bsky.social - this time it is face to face!
Send us your persuasive abstracts by July 1
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events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
Influence, Manipulation, Seduction 3 | Tampere Universities
events.tuni.fi
February 2, 2026 at 6:34 AM
The next octopus conference is coming to town 🐙
“Influence, Manipulation, Seduction” 3d edition at Tampere Uni, co-organised with @sofiaruediger.bsky.social and @domini.bsky.social - this time it is face to face!
Send us your persuasive abstracts by July 1
🐦🐦
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
“Influence, Manipulation, Seduction” 3d edition at Tampere Uni, co-organised with @sofiaruediger.bsky.social and @domini.bsky.social - this time it is face to face!
Send us your persuasive abstracts by July 1
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events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
A lovely morning walk in the fresh snow on the lake. No one but us and an army of snowmen
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 AM
A lovely morning walk in the fresh snow on the lake. No one but us and an army of snowmen
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I couldn’t believe my eyes. If that’s what a biochemistry professor is doing, what hope is there for students
Just… all of it. Using ChatGPT to work on grants, analyse student responses (not even on-device or enterprise solutions - just ChatGPT🤯). And relying on it to store 2 years of work (“work”)
Just… all of it. Using ChatGPT to work on grants, analyse student responses (not even on-device or enterprise solutions - just ChatGPT🤯). And relying on it to store 2 years of work (“work”)
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 AM
I couldn’t believe my eyes. If that’s what a biochemistry professor is doing, what hope is there for students
Just… all of it. Using ChatGPT to work on grants, analyse student responses (not even on-device or enterprise solutions - just ChatGPT🤯). And relying on it to store 2 years of work (“work”)
Just… all of it. Using ChatGPT to work on grants, analyse student responses (not even on-device or enterprise solutions - just ChatGPT🤯). And relying on it to store 2 years of work (“work”)
Sure, we all know about verbing the nouns, but how often do you get to verb an adjective?
" due to sudden a family matter that unables me to attend"
" due to sudden a family matter that unables me to attend"
January 22, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Sure, we all know about verbing the nouns, but how often do you get to verb an adjective?
" due to sudden a family matter that unables me to attend"
" due to sudden a family matter that unables me to attend"
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The LanCris conference is approaching! The abstracts of the plenaries can now be found on our website.
We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki in March!
We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki in March!
Programme – Languaging Crises
blogs.helsinki.fi
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The LanCris conference is approaching! The abstracts of the plenaries can now be found on our website.
We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki in March!
We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki in March!
And if you don’t know, you will find out verrrry soon!
Something exciting is a-brewing 🤩 Stay tuned!
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 5:26 AM
And if you don’t know, you will find out verrrry soon!
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Something exciting is a-brewing 🤩 Stay tuned!
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Something exciting is a-brewing 🤩 Stay tuned!
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
(if you know, you know 🐙🥰)
ping @coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social
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📚 Enjoy free access to thousands of Edinburgh University Press ebooks!
Until March 2026, your library can enjoy free access to our collection through Paradigm’s University Press Library.
@paradigmpubserv.bsky.social
Find out more:
Until March 2026, your library can enjoy free access to our collection through Paradigm’s University Press Library.
@paradigmpubserv.bsky.social
Find out more:
Edinburgh University Press - EUP Archive
edin.ac
January 19, 2026 at 11:29 AM
📚 Enjoy free access to thousands of Edinburgh University Press ebooks!
Until March 2026, your library can enjoy free access to our collection through Paradigm’s University Press Library.
@paradigmpubserv.bsky.social
Find out more:
Until March 2026, your library can enjoy free access to our collection through Paradigm’s University Press Library.
@paradigmpubserv.bsky.social
Find out more:
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☀️ Summer School 📚
“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"
Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself
Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)
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www.ru.nl/en/education...
“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"
Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself
Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)
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www.ru.nl/en/education...
Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming | Radboud University
This course is designed to foster critical AI literacies in participants to empower them to develop ways of resisting or reclaiming AI in their own practices and social context.
www.ru.nl
January 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
☀️ Summer School 📚
“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"
Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself
Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)
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www.ru.nl/en/education...
“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"
Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself
Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)
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www.ru.nl/en/education...
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We're hiring! Come join Nelya & I on the Autism in Affinity Spaces project - we're looking for a postdoc with expertise in working with multimodal datasets. Autistic researchers are highly encouraged to apply.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC919/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC919/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London
Apply now for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:37 AM
We're hiring! Come join Nelya & I on the Autism in Affinity Spaces project - we're looking for a postdoc with expertise in working with multimodal datasets. Autistic researchers are highly encouraged to apply.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC919/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC919/p...
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Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)
Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
October 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)
Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
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This paper is batshit insane. It also (of course) has A TON of bullshit references that do not exist. Hey @springernature.com retract this AI slop and fire the editor that let it pass. There is evidently no review or quality assurance process in place at this journal.
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This paper is batshit insane. It also (of course) has A TON of bullshit references that do not exist. Hey @springernature.com retract this AI slop and fire the editor that let it pass. There is evidently no review or quality assurance process in place at this journal.
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Es ist jetzt sehr kurzfristig, aber am kommenden Freitag, dem 16.01., gebe ich von 9:15 bis 10:45 Uhr eine kurze Online-Fortbildung mit dem Titel „Die Anwendung von R für die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften: Warum und wie?”. Die Fortbildung wird von der Universität Leipzig organisiert und […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Es ist jetzt sehr kurzfristig, aber am kommenden Freitag, dem 16.01., gebe ich von 9:15 bis 10:45 Uhr eine kurze Online-Fortbildung mit dem Titel „Die Anwendung von R für die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften: Warum und wie?”. Die Fortbildung wird von der Universität Leipzig organisiert und […]
I can feel academia gearing up for the new year: it’s Tuesday morning, and I’ve already received two invitations to contribute to SIs or volumes this week 🎓
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I can feel academia gearing up for the new year: it’s Tuesday morning, and I’ve already received two invitations to contribute to SIs or volumes this week 🎓
What I think is interesting about this article is that “visa” moved to the concrete domain and is used to explain things. Only a few years ago, it was the concept of visa that needed to be explained to the general public. Thanks, immigration discourse?..
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www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university degree no longer ‘passport to social mobility’, says King’s vice-chancellor
Prof Shitij Kapur says there are too many graduates and degree is now just a ‘visa’ to enter professional world
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 AM
What I think is interesting about this article is that “visa” moved to the concrete domain and is used to explain things. Only a few years ago, it was the concept of visa that needed to be explained to the general public. Thanks, immigration discourse?..
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www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Isn’t it weird how financing research had moved from the whim of wealthy benefactors to ‘let’s just pay people to do a job because it’s more efficient’, and now we’re tumbling right back into it with the whole grant system
October 2, 2023 at 7:02 AM
Isn’t it weird how financing research had moved from the whim of wealthy benefactors to ‘let’s just pay people to do a job because it’s more efficient’, and now we’re tumbling right back into it with the whole grant system
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What are the papers in discourse analysis that you come back to again and again? Or maybe your go-to for teaching good practice to students?
I’ve had this chat with a colleague today and we have vastly different lists! Great to know there’s so much good work out there
I’ve had this chat with a colleague today and we have vastly different lists! Great to know there’s so much good work out there
June 19, 2024 at 8:07 AM
What are the papers in discourse analysis that you come back to again and again? Or maybe your go-to for teaching good practice to students?
I’ve had this chat with a colleague today and we have vastly different lists! Great to know there’s so much good work out there
I’ve had this chat with a colleague today and we have vastly different lists! Great to know there’s so much good work out there
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Outgoing talk by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social at Bielefeld University.
13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom
Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction
Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...
13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom
Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction
Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Outgoing talk by @katrohrbacher.bsky.social at Bielefeld University.
13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom
Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction
Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...
13 January 2026, 10:00–12:00
Hybrid, Lecture Hall X-E1-201 and Zoom
Measuring Narrative Space: A Computational Study of German and English Prose Fiction
Details and Zoom access:
www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/2026/01/09/o...
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The grand finale of the network was a CUP edited volume on "Non-Canonical English Syntax: Concepts, Methods, and Approaches". Very hot off the press 🔥 & available in open access in its entirety at:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...
#linguistics #NonCanonicalSyntax #NoCaSynE
www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...
#linguistics #NonCanonicalSyntax #NoCaSynE
January 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The grand finale of the network was a CUP edited volume on "Non-Canonical English Syntax: Concepts, Methods, and Approaches". Very hot off the press 🔥 & available in open access in its entirety at:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...
#linguistics #NonCanonicalSyntax #NoCaSynE
www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...
#linguistics #NonCanonicalSyntax #NoCaSynE
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The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup:
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup:
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
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POSIWID: the purpose of a system is what it does. Intentions are irrelevant. At scale, AI creates dependence, intensifies surveillance, deskills workers and students, extracts value, and concentrates power. It consumes vast electricity and water. It exploits laborers in data processing. Net negative
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
POSIWID: the purpose of a system is what it does. Intentions are irrelevant. At scale, AI creates dependence, intensifies surveillance, deskills workers and students, extracts value, and concentrates power. It consumes vast electricity and water. It exploits laborers in data processing. Net negative
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Skilled workers may ride this wave. We can automate our boring tasks, build useful tools, maintain our position. But the primary effect of AI deployment is transferring wealth upward while presenting that transfer as inevitable progress. This is a bargain that will not create anything good for us.
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Skilled workers may ride this wave. We can automate our boring tasks, build useful tools, maintain our position. But the primary effect of AI deployment is transferring wealth upward while presenting that transfer as inevitable progress. This is a bargain that will not create anything good for us.