Helen Ringrow
@helenringrow.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Contemporary Discourse • Swiftie • Own views • She/her
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Haven't been on here much recently but I'm back and our article has come out! Thanks to my great partner-in-crime
@giorgia-riboni.bsky.social✏️👩💻💬
"Unhinged consumerism or aspirational organisation? A critical discourse analysis of restock videos"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#restock
@giorgia-riboni.bsky.social✏️👩💻💬
"Unhinged consumerism or aspirational organisation? A critical discourse analysis of restock videos"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#restock
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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
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happy publication day to me 👯♀️ my paper on COVID metaphor clustering is FINALLY OUT!!
took so long that in the meantime my co-author and best friend has changed career in the meantime, but better late than ever ✨✨
benjamins.com/catalog/milc...
took so long that in the meantime my co-author and best friend has changed career in the meantime, but better late than ever ✨✨
benjamins.com/catalog/milc...
Metaphorical thematic clustering in Italian online newspapers: Chapter 1. How do media talk about the COVID-19 pandemic?
The contribution presents a study on figurative language from the first months of the COVID-19 crisis in Italian online newspapers. Particularly, we contrast topics and metaphorical language used by j...
benjamins.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
happy publication day to me 👯♀️ my paper on COVID metaphor clustering is FINALLY OUT!!
took so long that in the meantime my co-author and best friend has changed career in the meantime, but better late than ever ✨✨
benjamins.com/catalog/milc...
took so long that in the meantime my co-author and best friend has changed career in the meantime, but better late than ever ✨✨
benjamins.com/catalog/milc...
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I challenged my colleagues yesterday to come up with a seven-word definition of Stylistics. This is as close as I could get:
Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.
Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.
September 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I challenged my colleagues yesterday to come up with a seven-word definition of Stylistics. This is as close as I could get:
Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.
Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.
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Honoured to give a keynote at the Data, Gender and Society summer school at @dhssfau.bsky.social this morning. Thanks so much for the invitation, and great audience engagement! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Honoured to give a keynote at the Data, Gender and Society summer school at @dhssfau.bsky.social this morning. Thanks so much for the invitation, and great audience engagement! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
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www.cambridge.org/core/journal... For people interested in the links between AL and AI.
Latest volume | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge Core
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
www.cambridge.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... For people interested in the links between AL and AI.
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Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
University English Funding
universityenglish.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
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📕 | NEW BOOK REVIEWS
Fei Gao and Xin Li review Denise Merkle and Brian James Baer's @routledgebooks.bsky.social 'The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Censorship'
👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25190.gao
👉 Book: bit.ly/46KiTOP
Fei Gao and Xin Li review Denise Merkle and Brian James Baer's @routledgebooks.bsky.social 'The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Censorship'
👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25190.gao
👉 Book: bit.ly/46KiTOP
October 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📕 | NEW BOOK REVIEWS
Fei Gao and Xin Li review Denise Merkle and Brian James Baer's @routledgebooks.bsky.social 'The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Censorship'
👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25190.gao
👉 Book: bit.ly/46KiTOP
Fei Gao and Xin Li review Denise Merkle and Brian James Baer's @routledgebooks.bsky.social 'The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Censorship'
👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25190.gao
👉 Book: bit.ly/46KiTOP
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Grateful that DeGruyter have kindly made our paper open access for three months!🥳🥳
If you’re interested in how Generative AI is transforming publishing in Applied Linguistics, you can freely download and read it here 👇
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
If you’re interested in how Generative AI is transforming publishing in Applied Linguistics, you can freely download and read it here 👇
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Generative AI and the future of writing for publication: insights from applied linguistics journal editors
The emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping academic writing and publishing practices. As knowledge curators, applied linguistics journal editors need to respond to GenAI ...
www.degruyterbrill.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Grateful that DeGruyter have kindly made our paper open access for three months!🥳🥳
If you’re interested in how Generative AI is transforming publishing in Applied Linguistics, you can freely download and read it here 👇
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
If you’re interested in how Generative AI is transforming publishing in Applied Linguistics, you can freely download and read it here 👇
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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My book "Researching Language and Digital Communication" is hereeee.
It may just be the most camp discussion of DMC so far. Including analyses of:
- Dolly Parton memes
- TikTok videos of Jungle and Billie Eilish
- anonymous Grindr profiles
It may just be the most camp discussion of DMC so far. Including analyses of:
- Dolly Parton memes
- TikTok videos of Jungle and Billie Eilish
- anonymous Grindr profiles
February 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My book "Researching Language and Digital Communication" is hereeee.
It may just be the most camp discussion of DMC so far. Including analyses of:
- Dolly Parton memes
- TikTok videos of Jungle and Billie Eilish
- anonymous Grindr profiles
It may just be the most camp discussion of DMC so far. Including analyses of:
- Dolly Parton memes
- TikTok videos of Jungle and Billie Eilish
- anonymous Grindr profiles
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A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at BAAL 2025 this year! Your talks, posters and discussions made the conference a great success.
Looking forward to BAAL 2026!
Looking forward to BAAL 2026!
September 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at BAAL 2025 this year! Your talks, posters and discussions made the conference a great success.
Looking forward to BAAL 2026!
Looking forward to BAAL 2026!
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Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.
Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London.
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
Migration Museum Walking Tour
Discover 2000 years of migration history, following the stories of generations of migrants that have shaped the City of London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.
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So happy to share that I've been promoted to Reader in Languages and Linguistics at @manmetuni.bsky.social. I am so grateful for all the support from colleagues here and afar! 🥳🎊 @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
So happy to share that I've been promoted to Reader in Languages and Linguistics at @manmetuni.bsky.social. I am so grateful for all the support from colleagues here and afar! 🥳🎊 @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social
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Out now! #openaccess paper in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, exploring the issue of alignment between AI and Applied Linguistics, with @niallrcurry.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social
Reposting this as it is now actually open access 🔓✨ (promise!). You can find the it here: doi.org/10.1017/S026... @tonymcenery.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org. See the post below ⬇️ for some more detail!
August 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Out now! #openaccess paper in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, exploring the issue of alignment between AI and Applied Linguistics, with @niallrcurry.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social
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The Call for Papers for Corpora & Discourse 2026 has now launched! Please send us your abstracts and share the call widely!
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026
Call for Papers – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
wp.lancs.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Call for Papers for Corpora & Discourse 2026 has now launched! Please send us your abstracts and share the call widely!
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Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online
🔓 Out now with @crkennedy.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime edited by the brilliant @wrightdw.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔓 Out now with @crkennedy.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime edited by the brilliant @wrightdw.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online
Safeguarding children in schools broadly refers to the actions taken to protect children from abuse, prevent damage to health and development, and pro…
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September 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Corpus linguistics for safeguarding children online
🔓 Out now with @crkennedy.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime edited by the brilliant @wrightdw.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔓 Out now with @crkennedy.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Corpus linguistic approaches to tackling online crime edited by the brilliant @wrightdw.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reposting this as it is now actually open access 🔓✨ (promise!). You can find the it here: doi.org/10.1017/S026... @tonymcenery.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org. See the post below ⬇️ for some more detail!
August 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Reposting this as it is now actually open access 🔓✨ (promise!). You can find the it here: doi.org/10.1017/S026... @tonymcenery.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org. See the post below ⬇️ for some more detail!
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Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
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The chick is like hold my grain… 🐥 🥰
July 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The chick is like hold my grain… 🐥 🥰
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A huge thank you to all who attended, presented, plenaried, chaired, entertained, fed & watered us at a brilliant @PALA2025 & esp to the fantastic team @EnglishAston. Here's to PALA Uppsala 2026!! 🎉💃🕺💃🕺🥳
July 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A huge thank you to all who attended, presented, plenaried, chaired, entertained, fed & watered us at a brilliant @PALA2025 & esp to the fantastic team @EnglishAston. Here's to PALA Uppsala 2026!! 🎉💃🕺💃🕺🥳
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Book highlights at #PALA2025 include:
📖 the new edition of Cognitive Grammar in Stylistics by Marcello Giovanelli & @chloeharrison.bsky.social
📖 Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language, ed. J Culpeper
📖 new books in @michamahlberg.bsky.social Corpus and Discourse series
+ more at 35% off!
📖 the new edition of Cognitive Grammar in Stylistics by Marcello Giovanelli & @chloeharrison.bsky.social
📖 Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language, ed. J Culpeper
📖 new books in @michamahlberg.bsky.social Corpus and Discourse series
+ more at 35% off!
July 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Book highlights at #PALA2025 include:
📖 the new edition of Cognitive Grammar in Stylistics by Marcello Giovanelli & @chloeharrison.bsky.social
📖 Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language, ed. J Culpeper
📖 new books in @michamahlberg.bsky.social Corpus and Discourse series
+ more at 35% off!
📖 the new edition of Cognitive Grammar in Stylistics by Marcello Giovanelli & @chloeharrison.bsky.social
📖 Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language, ed. J Culpeper
📖 new books in @michamahlberg.bsky.social Corpus and Discourse series
+ more at 35% off!
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Last week I enjoyed sharing my research at Poetics and Linguistics Association - PALA #PALA2025 at Aston University where I saw fascinating talks on poetry, ecostylistics, and more.
Thank you for a fantastic opportunity and experience Aston University!
Thank you for a fantastic opportunity and experience Aston University!
July 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Last week I enjoyed sharing my research at Poetics and Linguistics Association - PALA #PALA2025 at Aston University where I saw fascinating talks on poetry, ecostylistics, and more.
Thank you for a fantastic opportunity and experience Aston University!
Thank you for a fantastic opportunity and experience Aston University!
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Back at my desk after #PALA2025 with a full notebook and so many new ideas. Thank you to the Aston team for hosting us, and to everyone for your inspiration and support - can't wait for @pala2026.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Back at my desk after #PALA2025 with a full notebook and so many new ideas. Thank you to the Aston team for hosting us, and to everyone for your inspiration and support - can't wait for @pala2026.bsky.social
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Not really tweeting or blueskying much but an absolute fire plenary by @helenringrow.bsky.social for #pala2025 on digital stylistics methods and futures.
July 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Not really tweeting or blueskying much but an absolute fire plenary by @helenringrow.bsky.social for #pala2025 on digital stylistics methods and futures.
See you soon(ish) for the @palapoeticsling.bsky.social conference!!
July 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
See you soon(ish) for the @palapoeticsling.bsky.social conference!!