Lucia Fraiese
luciafrai.bsky.social
Lucia Fraiese
@luciafrai.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at the University of Western Australia. Ethnography, style, social meaning, youth. Fulbright Alumna. Dog mum.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina, living in unceded Nyungar boodja, Perth, Western Australia. She/her/ella.
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🚀 New Article!

@luciafrai.bsky.social @celesterl.bsky.social @matthuntgardner.bsky.social, Glenys D Collard and James Walker examine social practices and (ING) variation in Aboriginal English. What are the meanings associated with different realisations of (ING)?

Find out 🔗 buff.ly/uaG8VoH
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thrilled to share that my first PhD thesis paper is now published!
Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors for their support and collaboration @celesterl.bsky.social @matthuntgardner.bsky.social Glenys Collard and James Walker
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Yesterday, my brilliant friend and colleague @byzantium-bound.bsky.social passed her viva voce!
On top of being a top-notch researcher, Madeleine is also an exceptional colleague. Her support, encouragement, insight, and generosity have shaped my experience in ways I’ll always be grateful for <3
July 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Excited to have been invited to speak at Lancaster University! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

‘She is not white, she is Latina’: Positionality as an asset in cross-cultural ethnographic research with First Nations youth in Australia. (details below)
June 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Hot off the press by the best office mate (and conference travel buddy!) I could have asked for @byzantium-bound.bsky.social
Featured in the special edition of Australian Journal of Linguistics, From "people's poetry" to "dustbin language": Slang in Australian English, read more about the progress of 'tucker' in Australian English by Clews (2025) here: doi.org/10.1080/0726...

#AJL #AusEng
January 31, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hard to get any writing done around these puppy eyes...
December 12, 2024 at 5:54 AM
A few weeks ago, I joined RTRFM to talk about teen language. People often complain that teenagers 'are destroying language' but often ignore how important language is for youth to carve out their identities, especially in school, where they compete with peers for power, popularity and resources.
November 27, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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My latest article in @theconversation.com is out!

I argue that the success of generative #AI depends partly on the human need to cooperate in conversation, and on our instinctive need for interaction.

theconversation.com/the-unspoken...

@auslingsoc.bsky.social
The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human
When we interact with a chatbot, deeply ingrained habits make us behave as if it’s a person.
theconversation.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:16 AM