Peter Stockwell
@stockwell.bsky.social
Professor of Literary Linguistics
At: University of Nottingham
In: Sheffield
Of: the Boro
At: University of Nottingham
In: Sheffield
Of: the Boro
Ronaldo sent off, gurning petulantly. The game’s gone
Border wars: a football match in 1599 between men of Bewcastle, England, and Armstrongs of Whithaugh, Scotland, was followed by ‘drynkyng hard’. Final score was two dead, 30 taken prisoner ‘and many sore hurt, especially John Whytfeild, whose bowells came out, but are sowed up againe’.
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ronaldo sent off, gurning petulantly. The game’s gone
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
On my way to this later on today. Ready to fire up the StylisticsMobile for a dip into sociolinguistics - and away!
⭐We can’t wait for the inspiring @snelljulia.bsky.social's inaugural lecture “Language Diversity and Social (In)justice” taking place today.
An event to both learn from and undoubtedly to acknowledge Julia’s thought-leadership 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/university-o...
An event to both learn from and undoubtedly to acknowledge Julia’s thought-leadership 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/university-o...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
On my way to this later on today. Ready to fire up the StylisticsMobile for a dip into sociolinguistics - and away!
I know very little about chaos magick but it’s always good to have new readers, and people can use my books however they like
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I know very little about chaos magick but it’s always good to have new readers, and people can use my books however they like
Spooky moon, waiting for the bonfire
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Spooky moon, waiting for the bonfire
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
Sad to be missing out? Why not join us in December for ‘New Approaches to Teaching A level Lang/Lit’? Bookings now open!
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/2f9b...
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/2f9b...
EMC CPD Face-to-Face: New Approaches to Teaching A Level Lang/Lit (15.12.2025 Autumn 2025)
New approaches to teaching A Level English Language & Literature with guest presenters Peter Stockwell & Jessica Norledge.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Sad to be missing out? Why not join us in December for ‘New Approaches to Teaching A level Lang/Lit’? Bookings now open!
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/2f9b...
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/2f9b...
A Bonfire Demon (2 gin, 1 crème de cassis, half Kings Ginger, half a lime juice) - and of course a November barbecue!
November 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A Bonfire Demon (2 gin, 1 crème de cassis, half Kings Ginger, half a lime juice) - and of course a November barbecue!
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
📣 Appel à contributions - Varia
[Call for paper - Regular Issue]
Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle
[Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics]
Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots.
📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026
📧 cognitextes@revues.org
🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes
[Call for paper - Regular Issue]
Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle
[Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics]
Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots.
📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026
📧 cognitextes@revues.org
🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes
CogniTextes - Revue de l’Association française de linguistique cogn...
CogniTextes. Revue de l’Association française de linguistique cognitive. Revue électronique. La revue s’est donnée pour mission de forger des liens durables entre les chercheurs travaillant, de prè...
journals.openedition.org
October 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
📣 Appel à contributions - Varia
[Call for paper - Regular Issue]
Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle
[Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics]
Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots.
📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026
📧 cognitextes@revues.org
🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes
[Call for paper - Regular Issue]
Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle
[Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics]
Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots.
📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026
📧 cognitextes@revues.org
🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes
Go light the lantern at your door
and honour those who've gone before.
The worlds that part us now are twain
for Hallow's Eve is here again.
youtu.be/EPXFAcAH7Cs?...
and honour those who've gone before.
The worlds that part us now are twain
for Hallow's Eve is here again.
youtu.be/EPXFAcAH7Cs?...
Hallows' Eve
YouTube video by Show of Hands - Topic
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Go light the lantern at your door
and honour those who've gone before.
The worlds that part us now are twain
for Hallow's Eve is here again.
youtu.be/EPXFAcAH7Cs?...
and honour those who've gone before.
The worlds that part us now are twain
for Hallow's Eve is here again.
youtu.be/EPXFAcAH7Cs?...
Setting off now! If you’re anywhere near Canterbury, make a pilgrimage to this:-
📣 Tonight! The Babel Lecture 2025!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Setting off now! If you’re anywhere near Canterbury, make a pilgrimage to this:-
This week’s Literary Linguistics seminar on metaphor features this seasonal absolute paranoid cracker by Hugh Sykes Davies (1936)
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This week’s Literary Linguistics seminar on metaphor features this seasonal absolute paranoid cracker by Hugh Sykes Davies (1936)
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
Stylistics 3.0 has arrived! 🎉
Delighted to be a small cog in the wheel of Section D. More details here: www.routledge.com/Stylistics-A-Resource-Book-for-Students/Simpson/p/book/9781032217536
⚠️ Warning: May contain updated exercises feat. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj 🎶
Delighted to be a small cog in the wheel of Section D. More details here: www.routledge.com/Stylistics-A-Resource-Book-for-Students/Simpson/p/book/9781032217536
⚠️ Warning: May contain updated exercises feat. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj 🎶
Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students
Written in a clear and accessible style, Stylistics, Third Edition is a comprehensive resource which covers all the major theories, concepts and methods required for the investigation of language in l...
www.routledge.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Stylistics 3.0 has arrived! 🎉
Delighted to be a small cog in the wheel of Section D. More details here: www.routledge.com/Stylistics-A-Resource-Book-for-Students/Simpson/p/book/9781032217536
⚠️ Warning: May contain updated exercises feat. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj 🎶
Delighted to be a small cog in the wheel of Section D. More details here: www.routledge.com/Stylistics-A-Resource-Book-for-Students/Simpson/p/book/9781032217536
⚠️ Warning: May contain updated exercises feat. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj 🎶
Change all the clocks, update the telephone, the laptop, the old laptop, tablet, kindle, my watch, the other watch, the hiking watch, fridge, coffee machine, oven, radio, CD player, the actual clock, the other clock, the car, three alarm clocks.
Took about an hour
Took about an hour
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Change all the clocks, update the telephone, the laptop, the old laptop, tablet, kindle, my watch, the other watch, the hiking watch, fridge, coffee machine, oven, radio, CD player, the actual clock, the other clock, the car, three alarm clocks.
Took about an hour
Took about an hour
Slab of Yorkshire parkin done for next weekend. If only you could smell this
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Slab of Yorkshire parkin done for next weekend. If only you could smell this
Storage / abandoned moonbase
October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Storage / abandoned moonbase
My linguistic life: chatting today about familects and your words for the ‘remote control’ on BBC Radio Nottingham with Laurie Dyche. Good fun!
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My linguistic life: chatting today about familects and your words for the ‘remote control’ on BBC Radio Nottingham with Laurie Dyche. Good fun!
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
But who speaks for the dead?
I've got another newsletter out, and I think this is quite a thought-provoking one simple.ghost.io/but-who-spea...
I've got another newsletter out, and I think this is quite a thought-provoking one simple.ghost.io/but-who-spea...
But who speaks for the dead?
Break out the ouija boards and activate the ghost of Doris Stokes. We're reaching back beyond the grave to solve today's transport and environmental crises.
simple.ghost.io
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
But who speaks for the dead?
I've got another newsletter out, and I think this is quite a thought-provoking one simple.ghost.io/but-who-spea...
I've got another newsletter out, and I think this is quite a thought-provoking one simple.ghost.io/but-who-spea...
School meeting receives the annual 30-page Health & Safety report. Page 18 details any ‘incidents and accidents’, and I note there were also no hints and allegations, but no one gets the ‘pop’ cultural reference.
I am old, and you can call me Al
I am old, and you can call me Al
October 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
School meeting receives the annual 30-page Health & Safety report. Page 18 details any ‘incidents and accidents’, and I note there were also no hints and allegations, but no one gets the ‘pop’ cultural reference.
I am old, and you can call me Al
I am old, and you can call me Al
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
Please join me on 12th November at my @universityofleeds.bsky.social professorial inaugural lecture on ‘Language Diversity and Social (In)justice’. More info here, including a link at the bottom to book a ticket (which is free but we need to track numbers): ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/even...
Professor Julia Snell's Inaugural Lecture: 'Language diversity and social (in)justice'
Drawing on research conducted over 20 years, Prof. Julia Snell interrogates the assumption that modifying children's speech will lead to educational success and social mobility.
ahc.leeds.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Please join me on 12th November at my @universityofleeds.bsky.social professorial inaugural lecture on ‘Language Diversity and Social (In)justice’. More info here, including a link at the bottom to book a ticket (which is free but we need to track numbers): ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/even...
Easy for you to say
/sk/
/s/ /ʃ/
/s/ /ŋs/
/sk/
/s/ /ʃ/
/s/ /ŋs/
October 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Easy for you to say
/sk/
/s/ /ʃ/
/s/ /ŋs/
/sk/
/s/ /ʃ/
/s/ /ŋs/
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
We're hosting this event at @unikent.bsky.social at the end of the month! So excited to hear all the goss about transcribing the House of Lords bickering! It's free and there is wine, so I'm in #linguistics #language
📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 4 weeks to go...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're hosting this event at @unikent.bsky.social at the end of the month! So excited to hear all the goss about transcribing the House of Lords bickering! It's free and there is wine, so I'm in #linguistics #language
Reposted by Peter Stockwell
Global Britian doesn't need people with an English degree!
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Global Britian doesn't need people with an English degree!