Margo Van Poucke
@mlvp7.bsky.social
#linguistics #SFL #appraisal #corpuslinguistics
Critically thinking about how to implement a so-called CLIL-approach to teaching critical thinking to international Master's students (from China) and which specific translanguaging strategies could best support them on their learning journeys (in Australia). Big question.
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Critically thinking about how to implement a so-called CLIL-approach to teaching critical thinking to international Master's students (from China) and which specific translanguaging strategies could best support them on their learning journeys (in Australia). Big question.
How great is the title of this book?
My book chapter: 'Revisiting the Australian literacy wars: Authorial stance in shaping contemporary educational strategies.'
Sneak peek ahead of publication.
www.google.com.au/books/editio...
My book chapter: 'Revisiting the Australian literacy wars: Authorial stance in shaping contemporary educational strategies.'
Sneak peek ahead of publication.
www.google.com.au/books/editio...
Unlearning Languages that Control the Mind
The edited collection Unlearning Languages That Control the Mind (ULCM) is to be read as a continuous multi‐voiced work on what takes place when we forget that unlearning is a part of our existence as...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
How great is the title of this book?
My book chapter: 'Revisiting the Australian literacy wars: Authorial stance in shaping contemporary educational strategies.'
Sneak peek ahead of publication.
www.google.com.au/books/editio...
My book chapter: 'Revisiting the Australian literacy wars: Authorial stance in shaping contemporary educational strategies.'
Sneak peek ahead of publication.
www.google.com.au/books/editio...
Only a few more weeks until SFLIG 2025!
My paper, 'Corpus-based appraisal analysis: Merging machine learning and social semiotics to examine students’ emotional and evaluative responses to feedback,' has been accepted for publication in LANGCT 🎉
See: sflinterestgroup.com/announcement...
My paper, 'Corpus-based appraisal analysis: Merging machine learning and social semiotics to examine students’ emotional and evaluative responses to feedback,' has been accepted for publication in LANGCT 🎉
See: sflinterestgroup.com/announcement...
Announcement and Call for Papers
The 3rd International Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group Conference (SFLIG 2025) Dates: 10-13 November 2025 International Convenors: Dr Vinh To (University of Tasmania, Australia), Dr T…
sflinterestgroup.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Only a few more weeks until SFLIG 2025!
My paper, 'Corpus-based appraisal analysis: Merging machine learning and social semiotics to examine students’ emotional and evaluative responses to feedback,' has been accepted for publication in LANGCT 🎉
See: sflinterestgroup.com/announcement...
My paper, 'Corpus-based appraisal analysis: Merging machine learning and social semiotics to examine students’ emotional and evaluative responses to feedback,' has been accepted for publication in LANGCT 🎉
See: sflinterestgroup.com/announcement...
First presenter at LxGr 2025 today (9:30am BST, 6:30pm AEST for me). In case you'd be interested in the topic, the PPT slides will be made available soon. #CorpusLinguistics #SFL See: sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/
Symposium: Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr)
The Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr) explores the interaction of lexis and grammar via corpus techniques.
sites.edgehill.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
First presenter at LxGr 2025 today (9:30am BST, 6:30pm AEST for me). In case you'd be interested in the topic, the PPT slides will be made available soon. #CorpusLinguistics #SFL See: sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/
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Sociology, politics, gender major and more to be axed at Macquarie University. Please consider sharing and signing this petition.
#HigherEd
www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#HigherEd
www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics.
Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...
www.megaphone.org.au
July 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Sociology, politics, gender major and more to be axed at Macquarie University. Please consider sharing and signing this petition.
#HigherEd
www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#HigherEd
www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
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#OTD 94 years ago, Ruqaiya Hasan (1931–2015) was born 🎉 In her research, she worked on a wide range of topics, including verbal art, semantic variation, sociolinguistics, and systemic functional grammar.
#WomenInLinguitics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
#WomenInLinguitics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
July 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
#OTD 94 years ago, Ruqaiya Hasan (1931–2015) was born 🎉 In her research, she worked on a wide range of topics, including verbal art, semantic variation, sociolinguistics, and systemic functional grammar.
#WomenInLinguitics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
#WomenInLinguitics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
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TASA is deeply dismayed by Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructuring that would decimate sociology. The social sciences matter — they help us navigate a complex world. Our full statement & call to action here: www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
#Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
#Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
www.tasa.org.au
June 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
TASA is deeply dismayed by Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructuring that would decimate sociology. The social sciences matter — they help us navigate a complex world. Our full statement & call to action here: www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
#Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
#Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
Preprint (currently under review).
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
White martyrs, urban monks and contemplative influencers: Discursive authority in web-based spiritual formation
Social media platforms increasingly shape contemporary religious discourse, with YouTube acting as an important site for the dissemination of mysticism. Contemplative influencers (CIs) use the platfor...
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June 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Preprint (currently under review).
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
New OA paper: 'Appraising feedback stance in higher education: A corpus-assisted discourse study of student and academic perceptions, perspectives and preferences'
Check out the interactive graphs 😊
#CorpusLinguistics #SystemicFunctionalLing #education #wiasn
See: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out the interactive graphs 😊
#CorpusLinguistics #SystemicFunctionalLing #education #wiasn
See: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Appraising Feedback Stance in Higher Education: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Student and Academic Perceptions, Perspectives and Preferences - Corpus Pragmatics
Feedback is a complex dialogic, sociomaterial practice that is shaped by digital affordances, institutional norms and various contextual factors. Even though it is widely recognised as crucial to acad...
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June 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
New OA paper: 'Appraising feedback stance in higher education: A corpus-assisted discourse study of student and academic perceptions, perspectives and preferences'
Check out the interactive graphs 😊
#CorpusLinguistics #SystemicFunctionalLing #education #wiasn
See: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out the interactive graphs 😊
#CorpusLinguistics #SystemicFunctionalLing #education #wiasn
See: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The programme for the LxGr2025 Symposium (Edge Hill University, UK) is now available. Registration is free.
#CorpusLinguistics #SFL
sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/
#CorpusLinguistics #SFL
sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/
Symposium: Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr)
The Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr) explores the interaction of lexis and grammar via corpus techniques.
sites.edgehill.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The programme for the LxGr2025 Symposium (Edge Hill University, UK) is now available. Registration is free.
#CorpusLinguistics #SFL
sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/
#CorpusLinguistics #SFL
sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/
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SFLIG 2025 Submission due 30 April
Submit now and don’t miss out, SFL colleagues!
👉 sflinterestgroup.com/announcement-a…
Submit now and don’t miss out, SFL colleagues!
👉 sflinterestgroup.com/announcement-a…
April 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
SFLIG 2025 Submission due 30 April
Submit now and don’t miss out, SFL colleagues!
👉 sflinterestgroup.com/announcement-a…
Submit now and don’t miss out, SFL colleagues!
👉 sflinterestgroup.com/announcement-a…
April 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Calls: 10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar: LxGr2025: Call for Papers
The theme of LxGr2025 is: Conceptions of Lexicogrammar: How can corpus linguistics shed light on its nature?
Deadline for abstract submission: 4 April 2025
The symposium will take place online on Friday 11 and…
The theme of LxGr2025 is: Conceptions of Lexicogrammar: How can corpus linguistics shed light on its nature?
Deadline for abstract submission: 4 April 2025
The symposium will take place online on Friday 11 and…
Calls: 10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar
LxGr2025: Call for Papers
The theme of LxGr2025 is: Conceptions of Lexicogrammar: How can corpus linguistics shed light on its nature?
Deadline for abstract submission: 4 April 2025
The symposium will take place online on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July 2025.
LxGr primarily welcomes papers reporting on corpus-based research on any aspect of the interaction of lexis and grammar -- particularly studies that interrogate the system lexicogrammatically to get lexicogrammatical answers. How
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March 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Calls: 10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar: LxGr2025: Call for Papers
The theme of LxGr2025 is: Conceptions of Lexicogrammar: How can corpus linguistics shed light on its nature?
Deadline for abstract submission: 4 April 2025
The symposium will take place online on Friday 11 and…
The theme of LxGr2025 is: Conceptions of Lexicogrammar: How can corpus linguistics shed light on its nature?
Deadline for abstract submission: 4 April 2025
The symposium will take place online on Friday 11 and…
Really enjoyed reading this new paper on DDL:
#CorpusLinguistics
#CorpusLinguistics
Corpus linguistics for language teaching and learning: A research agenda | Language Teaching | Cambridge Core
Corpus linguistics for language teaching and learning: A research agenda
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March 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Really enjoyed reading this new paper on DDL:
#CorpusLinguistics
#CorpusLinguistics
Highly recommended:
March 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Highly recommended:
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It doesn't do any good to say "let's get disabled people into employment" if at the very same time you're cutting the support that *keeps* disabled people in employment. Here's my letter to the Guardian about Labour's cuts to Access to Work funding:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Disabled people need help to stay in work | Letter
Letters: Sara L Uckelman says the Labour government has slashed her Access to Work grant despite her circumstances not changing
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It doesn't do any good to say "let's get disabled people into employment" if at the very same time you're cutting the support that *keeps* disabled people in employment. Here's my letter to the Guardian about Labour's cuts to Access to Work funding:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Read that number again. Ten. THOUSAND.
I’ve just totted these up. Circa 10000 planned redundancies in UK universities. That’s just the declared figures. What are you doing about it Jacqui Smith and Keir Starmer? Nothing isn’t good enough. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
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January 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Read that number again. Ten. THOUSAND.
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Four UK universities announce plans to cut over 750 jobs www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u... - it'll probably be way more than 750 jobs once these cuts bite. And spread across the sector. Hard to stress how awful this is.
Four UK universities announce plans to cut over 750 jobs - Research Professional News
Cardiff, Durham, Kent and UEA the latest institutions to join wave of sector redundancies
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Four UK universities announce plans to cut over 750 jobs www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u... - it'll probably be way more than 750 jobs once these cuts bite. And spread across the sector. Hard to stress how awful this is.
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Reposted by Margo Van Poucke
For anyone wanting to support colleagues at Cardiff University school of music chng.it/TrTsV9H46C
SAVE CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For anyone wanting to support colleagues at Cardiff University school of music chng.it/TrTsV9H46C
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My latest paper explores influencers' and health professionals' stance towards #Menopause treatment on #SocialMedia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #DigitalHumanities #SFL #Discourse #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalHealth #Influencers #Misinformation #Health
#CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #DigitalHumanities #SFL #Discourse #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalHealth #Influencers #Misinformation #Health
Negotiating the maze of menopause misinformation: A comparative analysis of stance in health influencer versus medical professional discourse
This study investigates how health influencers (HIs) and medical professionals (MPs) use epistemic stance to shape menopause treatment discourse on YouTube, a popular platform for digital health co...
www.tandfonline.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
My latest paper explores influencers' and health professionals' stance towards #Menopause treatment on #SocialMedia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #DigitalHumanities #SFL #Discourse #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalHealth #Influencers #Misinformation #Health
#CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #DigitalHumanities #SFL #Discourse #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalHealth #Influencers #Misinformation #Health
My latest paper explores influencers' and health professionals' stance towards #Menopause treatment on #SocialMedia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #DigitalHumanities #SFL #Discourse #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalHealth #Influencers #Misinformation #Health
#CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #DigitalHumanities #SFL #Discourse #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalHealth #Influencers #Misinformation #Health
Negotiating the maze of menopause misinformation: A comparative analysis of stance in health influencer versus medical professional discourse
This study investigates how health influencers (HIs) and medical professionals (MPs) use epistemic stance to shape menopause treatment discourse on YouTube, a popular platform for digital health co...
www.tandfonline.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
My latest paper explores influencers' and health professionals' stance towards #Menopause treatment on #SocialMedia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #DigitalHumanities #SFL #Discourse #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalHealth #Influencers #Misinformation #Health
#CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #DigitalHumanities #SFL #Discourse #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalHealth #Influencers #Misinformation #Health
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We are delighted to announce SFLIG 2025 and Call for Papers - Due 30 April 2025
Full information can be found at this link sflinterestgroup.com/announcement...
Full information can be found at this link sflinterestgroup.com/announcement...
December 7, 2024 at 6:43 AM
We are delighted to announce SFLIG 2025 and Call for Papers - Due 30 April 2025
Full information can be found at this link sflinterestgroup.com/announcement...
Full information can be found at this link sflinterestgroup.com/announcement...