Paul Flanagan
@drpaulflanagan.bsky.social
Lecturer & linguist. Loves films, TV, indie music, animals and LFC. Husband, whippet-dad and cat-servant. Editor-in-chief: Journal of Language and Pop Culture (https://shorturl.at/cB9QR). Co-creator: www.learnoldenglish.com
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The first issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now live, and available open access at www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop. See below for the contents, which cover pop music, film, video games, and social media discourse
Excited to share the first ever issue of JLPop, which includes a position paper by way of introduction by me and my fellow Editors-in-Chief, Valentin Werner and Mie Hiramoto 🙂
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A new issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now available (benjamins.com/catalog/jlpo...), featuring contributions as shown below. We invite submissions (including interdisciplinary ones) on a rolling basis- see the JLPop website for further information: benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop
July 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A new issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now available (benjamins.com/catalog/jlpo...), featuring contributions as shown below. We invite submissions (including interdisciplinary ones) on a rolling basis- see the JLPop website for further information: benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop
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In the second of our two new articles over at JLPop Online First, Harald Spann & Thomas Wagner are "Tapping into the educational potential of pop songs in foreign language teaching through action research": www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Tapping into the educational potential of pop songs in foreign language teaching through action
research | John Benjamins
Abstract
This paper reports a two-year action research project about the potential literary and linguistic value of pop
songs in English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching. Considering pop songs as ...
www.jbe-platform.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In the second of our two new articles over at JLPop Online First, Harald Spann & Thomas Wagner are "Tapping into the educational potential of pop songs in foreign language teaching through action research": www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
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In the first of two new articles on JLPop, in a perception study of video game characters, Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen et al. explore "Good and evil in the voices of fictional characters": www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Good and evil in the voices of fictional characters | John Benjamins
Abstract
This article examines whether audiences ascribe moral qualities to fictional characters based on the sound of
their voices. We first review psychological and sociocultural mechanisms whereby ...
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May 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In the first of two new articles on JLPop, in a perception study of video game characters, Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen et al. explore "Good and evil in the voices of fictional characters": www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
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NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!
The fantastic Dionysis Goutsos take a diachronic look at (im)politeness in Greek film discourse
DOI: doi.org/10.1075/jlpo...
The fantastic Dionysis Goutsos take a diachronic look at (im)politeness in Greek film discourse
DOI: doi.org/10.1075/jlpo...
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!
The fantastic Dionysis Goutsos take a diachronic look at (im)politeness in Greek film discourse
DOI: doi.org/10.1075/jlpo...
The fantastic Dionysis Goutsos take a diachronic look at (im)politeness in Greek film discourse
DOI: doi.org/10.1075/jlpo...
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Introducing my new project… Your Wrong (yourwrong.co.uk). It’s all about the language rules and judgements that appear in different forms of popular culture. Films, series, podcasts, music, books, even graffiti!
I’d love your help to find examples!
I’d love your help to find examples!
Your Wrong
yourwrong.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Introducing my new project… Your Wrong (yourwrong.co.uk). It’s all about the language rules and judgements that appear in different forms of popular culture. Films, series, podcasts, music, books, even graffiti!
I’d love your help to find examples!
I’d love your help to find examples!
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🥂 The launch of @jlpopculture.bsky.social was a great success with a well-attended online session!
🙌 Thanks Valentin Werner, @drpaulflanagan.bsky.social & Mie Hiramoto for organizing it and for inviting Isja Conen to kick off with an opening message.
📗 Curious? 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop
🙌 Thanks Valentin Werner, @drpaulflanagan.bsky.social & Mie Hiramoto for organizing it and for inviting Isja Conen to kick off with an opening message.
📗 Curious? 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop
March 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🥂 The launch of @jlpopculture.bsky.social was a great success with a well-attended online session!
🙌 Thanks Valentin Werner, @drpaulflanagan.bsky.social & Mie Hiramoto for organizing it and for inviting Isja Conen to kick off with an opening message.
📗 Curious? 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop
🙌 Thanks Valentin Werner, @drpaulflanagan.bsky.social & Mie Hiramoto for organizing it and for inviting Isja Conen to kick off with an opening message.
📗 Curious? 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop
Was great to talk to the students at the English and Media Centre conference today!
Paul Flanagan is talking about language style in pop music and taking us from the Manics through Blink 182 to Elton John in the space of 5 merry minutes.
a man with his arms crossed is smiling and saying noice !
ALT: a man with his arms crossed is smiling and saying noice !
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February 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Was great to talk to the students at the English and Media Centre conference today!
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There's still time to book for this fab AL Eng Lang conference, taking place in Macclesfield just after the half-term break. An inspirational event for your students! @englangblog.bsky.social @robdrummond.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...
February 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There's still time to book for this fab AL Eng Lang conference, taking place in Macclesfield just after the half-term break. An inspirational event for your students! @englangblog.bsky.social @robdrummond.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...
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Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February
February 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February
Excited to share the first ever issue of JLPop, which includes a position paper by way of introduction by me and my fellow Editors-in-Chief, Valentin Werner and Mie Hiramoto 🙂
The first issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now live, and available open access at www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop. See below for the contents, which cover pop music, film, video games, and social media discourse
February 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Excited to share the first ever issue of JLPop, which includes a position paper by way of introduction by me and my fellow Editors-in-Chief, Valentin Werner and Mie Hiramoto 🙂
Reposted by Paul Flanagan
The first issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now live, and available open access at www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop. See below for the contents, which cover pop music, film, video games, and social media discourse
February 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The first issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now live, and available open access at www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop. See below for the contents, which cover pop music, film, video games, and social media discourse
Reposted by Paul Flanagan
There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W
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February 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W
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I introduced the term "race evaders" for those in the field of language development (or any field) who rhetorically circumvent race so that racist assumptions embedded in their arguments become more palatable.
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Language development, linguistic input, and linguistic racism
Given meaningful linguistic input, either spoken or signed, children become successful language users in their families and communities. However, institutionalized racism pathologizes any language va...
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November 20, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I introduced the term "race evaders" for those in the field of language development (or any field) who rhetorically circumvent race so that racist assumptions embedded in their arguments become more palatable.
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Anika Gerfer (University of Münster) is looking for people with contacts to secondary schools in England for a study on accent perception. Her contact info is on the flyer, feel free to share! #Linguistics
November 20, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Anika Gerfer (University of Münster) is looking for people with contacts to secondary schools in England for a study on accent perception. Her contact info is on the flyer, feel free to share! #Linguistics
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OK, here it is:
the starter pack to get to know the #multimodalists on Bluesky.
Who is missing?
go.bsky.app/QPLSxuX
the starter pack to get to know the #multimodalists on Bluesky.
Who is missing?
go.bsky.app/QPLSxuX
November 19, 2024 at 6:35 AM
OK, here it is:
the starter pack to get to know the #multimodalists on Bluesky.
Who is missing?
go.bsky.app/QPLSxuX
the starter pack to get to know the #multimodalists on Bluesky.
Who is missing?
go.bsky.app/QPLSxuX
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Interesting. Not just for the accent itself, but the people’s comment about it.
news.sky.com/story/amp/ki...
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King Richard III given Yorkshire accent using state-of-the-art technology
Richard III was king of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. More than a decade after his remains were found in a Leicester car park, an expert team has managed to recr...
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November 18, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Interesting. Not just for the accent itself, but the people’s comment about it.
news.sky.com/story/amp/ki...
news.sky.com/story/amp/ki...