Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández
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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández
@sotocafernandez.bsky.social
PhD at the University of Extremadura, Spain. Interested in (Im)politeness studies, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Corpus Linguistics and Queer Studies.

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So I just turned Dr. Sotoca last Friday! ✨ Thank you to all my colleagues at @cirishcaceres.bsky.social and to my PhD Supervisor @linguistonbike.bsky.social for being the best companions throughout this process. Go raibh maith agat! 🍀
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Couldn’t have done it without my amazing supervisor!! 💖💖💖
Really proud of David Sotoca Fernández @cirishcaceres.bsky.social
who did a great PhD defence last Friday and passed with flying colours! 🎓🎊🎉Congratulations 👏💯👏@sotocafernandez.bsky.social @uexdivulga.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I had a wonderful time as part of this amazing team from the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Universidad de Extremadura during the European Researchers’ Nights in Badajoz ✨
September 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
So happy I had the chance to deliver our presentation "Ethically Curating Legacy Digital Audio and Textual Data for Open Science", coauthored with Prof. Karen P. Corrigan and @linguistonbike.bsky.social at @fomaplaymeeting.bsky.social. I can't wait to be back in Granada soon! 💖
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
So excited to present my research alongside @linguistonbike.bsky.social and Nancy Avila Ledesma at @fomaplaymeeting.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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AEDEI opens two calls that will support quality research in the field of Irish Studies in Spain: the Eibhear Walshe Research Grants. One call funds one pre-doctoral project, and another one supports a postdoctoral/ senior research project. Deadline for applications is open until 15th September.
July 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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My favourite line from #ICAME46 so far: "linguists can also be fanatic about something". It's a curse and a blessing! 😁
June 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Back after the coffee break (bring your walking shoes! getting a few steps in today 🏃‍♀️): David Sotoca Fernández & Carolina Amador-Moreno presenting on "Letter-writing and speech act analysis: Tracing (im)politeness patterns in historical Irish
English" #SpeechActsWorkshop #ICAME46
June 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
So excited to be a part of this! 😄
And we're off: Per Corpora ad Astra #ICAME46 @ Vilnius
June 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Last week, project member Dr. Iria Seijas Pérez attended the 23rd AEDEI conference at the Universidad de Huelva, where she talked about sapphic terminology in Irish YA fiction with wonderful colleague David Sotoca Fernández from Universidad de Extremadura 📚📝📒
June 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
So grateful to work alongside this amazing group of people 💖
Jesus Candelario Menacho, Cassandra S. Tully de Lope, Sara Diaz Sierra, David Sotoca Fernández (@sotocafernandez.bsky.social) and Noelia Carmona Rivero (@noeliacr.bsky.social) represented The Center of Irish Studies in Caceres at the wonderful AEDEI 2025 conference in Huelva. Great job, guys! 💖🍀
June 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Today marks the end of yet another wonderful and enriching AEDEI conference surrounded by dear friends and colleagues. Always a pleasure to come back to our academic family.
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Jesús Candelario Menacho and David Sotoca Fernández delivered their paper “Tracing (Im)politeness through cross-cultural historical corpora” at the AEDEI 2025 conference this morning in Huelva 💖👏
May 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Delighted to have presented my talk “From Dyke to Lesbian: The Uses of Sapphic Terminology in Irish Young Adult Fiction” with the wonderful Dr. Iria Seijas-Pérez at the AEDEI 2025 Conference in Huelva 💖🍀
May 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Presenting the results from my latest article “If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” at the #CILC25 Conference in Salamanca this morning. Thank you to everyone involved for such an enriching experience!
May 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
So excited to be a part of this! 💖
Our members @linguistonbike.bsky.social @sotocafernandez.bsky.social and Nancy E. Avila Ledesma have presented their research concerning political discourse in historical correspondence in Irish English today at the CILC25 conference at the USAL 🍀
May 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Warm congratulations to #HCASalumni Merja Stenroos (University of Stavanger) on receiving the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant! Prof. Stenroos was able to do preliminary research for the project & prepare the ERC application while working as Core Fellow at HCAS in 2022–2023

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Prestigious grant for research in medieval English
Professor Merja Stenroos has been awarded the most prestigious grant from the EU, the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. It is the first time a UiS research project has been awarded a gra...
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April 15, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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I'm doing a webinar with @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social on May 7th about How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book. If you're an academic looking to break into trade publishing, this is for you! Sign up here! courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/trad...
Webinar: How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book
Learn what scholarly writers need to know when trying to publish for broader readerships and markets. Webinar hosted by Laura Portwood-Stacer with guest Kate McKean, literary agent and author of Write...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
So excited to announce that my latest article “If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” has just been published online on the Journal of Historical Pragmatics:

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“If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” | John Benjamins
Abstract This article provides an initial approach to historical (im)politeness strategies in the context of letter writing. It uses a sub-corpus of coriecor which contains letters written by Irish im...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The festivities of St. Patrick’s also had a special appearance in @cextremadura.bsky.social 🍀🥳 In the snippet you can see the students of IES Ágora having a grand time dancing the céilidh! 💃🏻🕺🏻 Go raibh maith agat 💫💖
March 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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We had a great St. Patrick's Day celebration today! Thank you to all the participants. ¡Gracias y hasta el año que viene! 💚
Starting our Jornadas de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa for St. Patrick’s day with a wonderful plenary session by Prof. Ana M. Terrazas Calero, from the Univerity of Bergen, titled “A Literary Journey through Dublin” 🍀 📚
March 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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In our first workshop, our member David Sotoca-Fernández has delivered a talk titled “¿Cómo suena el inglés de Irlanda?” to students from the IES Javier García Téllez in Cáceres.
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
So excited to be a part of this 💖🍀
Starting our Jornadas de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa for St. Patrick’s day with a wonderful plenary session by Prof. Ana M. Terrazas Calero, from the Univerity of Bergen, titled “A Literary Journey through Dublin” 🍀 📚
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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We are delighted to announce that the Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres will be organizing the first Jornada de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa de la UEx for St. Patrick’s Day! You can learn more about the event here: ciscaceres.weebly.com/st-patricks-...
St. Patrick's Day 2025
The Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres (UEx) will be hosting our I Jornada de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa de la UEx at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Extremadura,...
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February 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Winner, Macquarie Dictionary (Australia) Word of the year 2024
November 25, 2024 at 11:11 PM