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Derek Bousfield
@derekbousfield.bsky.social
Father, Husband, Cat Slave, Linguist. Academic. Researcher. Author. Raconteur.

Reader in Pragmatics and Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Delighted that the physical copies of our open access monograph have arrived. Read it here free, and forever: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Ever wondered how two people, hearing the same person say the same words in the same context with the same intonation can come to two wildly different interpretations as to what was meant?

Understand why here with our new, open access book:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Pragmatics in Contested Interpretation
This open access book shows how reality paradigms play a significant role in shaping audience views of political figures and their intentions.
link.springer.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Ever wondered how two people, hearing the same person say the same words in the same context with the same intonation can come to two wildly different interpretations as to what was meant?

Understand why here with our new, open access book:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Pragmatics in Contested Interpretation
This open access book shows how reality paradigms play a significant role in shaping audience views of political figures and their intentions.
link.springer.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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It's not what you say, it's how you say it.

Loving this brilliant new episode of #WordOfMouth with Dr Derek Bousfield @derekbousfield.bsky.social and @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social 👇

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Word of Mouth - It's not what you say, it's how you say it - BBC Sounds
Michael Rosen on clichés, pragmatics and how language is used to connect us beyond words.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Had a great time today chatting with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social about Language, Pragmatics and Cliches. Looking forward to the episode “It’s not what we say, it’s how we say it!” on R4’s Word of Mouth later this month.
@manmetuni.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Last chance to book your A-level English students in for our Lang/Lit conference on 1st April here in Nottingham. This is the venue

englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...
March 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Fully funded PhD positions linked to Figurative Communication are now open at the Univeristy of Oslo🎉 Also calls for corpus linguistics and language variation projects. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
December 7, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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University College Dublin School of Education is recruiting a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership!

Visit www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
Search for job ref: 017922

📅 closing date 18th December
December 4, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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Day 8 - 16 days of activism. Brilliant presentation from @derekbousfield.bsky.social and @helenmort.bsky.social today on the language of gaslighting - which inspired me to go and look for some examples in my own poetry, and I found one! open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...
Day 8 - 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
By Kim Moore
open.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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My community college sociolinguistics students are making their first participant surveys - help us out by adding your thoughts on "wonky!"
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Survey of the word "Wonky"
I am working on a project for one of my classes and have chose the word "wonky" to collect some data on. Basically I am trying to get an idea of where about in the world the word is used, how its used...
docs.google.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:14 PM
November 27, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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📢 If you’re looking for a job in #linguistics: CNRS is hiring every year

For 2025, posting of offers (tenured positions) & applications online from early December to early January

It’s still time to contact a research unit to prepare your application!

carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/external-...
External competitions for researchers (M/F) - CNRS Careers
Consult job offers, access your candidate space and find out about the competition process.
carrieres.cnrs.fr
November 21, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Delighted that my book with Sam Bourgeois entitled “Pragmatics in Contested Interpretation: Varied Audiences, Varied Implicatures, Varied Inferences” has been accepted for publication- expect it out in the second quarter of 2025!
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I was delighted to give an interview yesterday to a group of exceptionally well prepared and well informed Journalism students @ManMetUni on my research on gaslighting, and 16 days of activism against Domestic Violence.
November 22, 2024 at 7:01 AM
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Endowed Professorship of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford, closing date 13 January 2025:

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

#jobs #sociolinguistics #linguistics #professor
Job Details
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November 18, 2024 at 12:24 PM