Raksa
@rakswij.bsky.social
Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
❤Corpus linguistics ❤Stylistics ❤Discourse Analysis ❤Desserts
❤Corpus linguistics ❤Stylistics ❤Discourse Analysis ❤Desserts
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Corpus linguists:
Come join us at the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in Malta in July!
Submission deadline: Jan 9
CfP: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
Come join us at the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in Malta in July!
Submission deadline: Jan 9
CfP: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
Call for papers - L-Università ta' Malta
Call for papers
www.um.edu.mt
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Corpus linguists:
Come join us at the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in Malta in July!
Submission deadline: Jan 9
CfP: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
Come join us at the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in Malta in July!
Submission deadline: Jan 9
CfP: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...
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New openaccess paper in Digital Health with Anna Cermakova et al.: "In my experience …": The use of the word "experience" in peer online forums for mental health.
The study is part of the NIHR-funded project 'Improving Peer Online Forums', led by Fiona Lobban: www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-m...
The study is part of the NIHR-funded project 'Improving Peer Online Forums', led by Fiona Lobban: www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-m...
‘In my experience …’: The use of the word experience in peer online forums for mental health - Anna Lindroos Cermakova, Elena Semino, Karin Tusting, Neil Caton, Matthew Coole, Zoe Glossop, Steven Jone...
Objective Peer support online forums potentially offer accessible and inexpensive access to information and support through shared lived experience, including i...
journals.sagepub.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New openaccess paper in Digital Health with Anna Cermakova et al.: "In my experience …": The use of the word "experience" in peer online forums for mental health.
The study is part of the NIHR-funded project 'Improving Peer Online Forums', led by Fiona Lobban: www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-m...
The study is part of the NIHR-funded project 'Improving Peer Online Forums', led by Fiona Lobban: www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-m...
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Happy to share my new publication, co-authored with Prof @rushtondr.bsky.social 🤗👏🏻
It is open access, feel free to share it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is open access, feel free to share it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Teaching high school chemistry through education for sustainability: a collaborative case study from Chile
Integrating education for sustainability into chemistry teaching is regarded as essential for preparing young people to respond to complex environmental and social challenges, including in post-col...
www.tandfonline.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Happy to share my new publication, co-authored with Prof @rushtondr.bsky.social 🤗👏🏻
It is open access, feel free to share it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is open access, feel free to share it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The next @scrcm.bsky.social webinar features @rushtondr.bsky.social - What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times? Monday 24 Nov, 4-5.30pm.
Sign up for this free event at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Sign up for this free event at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Select tickets – What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times? – MS teams
What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times? – MS teams, Mon 24 Nov 2025 - Abstract:
Education is widely understood as a fundamental part of a just-response to...
www.tickettailor.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The next @scrcm.bsky.social webinar features @rushtondr.bsky.social - What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times? Monday 24 Nov, 4-5.30pm.
Sign up for this free event at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Sign up for this free event at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
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Check out the most recent volume of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics on AI in Applied Linguistics, co-edited by program alum, Dr. Andrea Révész (EdD '07), and with articles co-authored by Dr. ZhaoHong Han and program alum, Dr. Evelina Galaczi (EdD '03). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Check out the most recent volume of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics on AI in Applied Linguistics, co-edited by program alum, Dr. Andrea Révész (EdD '07), and with articles co-authored by Dr. ZhaoHong Han and program alum, Dr. Evelina Galaczi (EdD '03). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🔍 Introducing our new, more powerful search!
→ ourworldindata.org/search
With such a rich publication—nearly 14,000 charts and 100s of articles on 120+ topics—it can be hard to find what matters to you.
Now, finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
→ ourworldindata.org/search
With such a rich publication—nearly 14,000 charts and 100s of articles on 120+ topics—it can be hard to find what matters to you.
Now, finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🔍 Introducing our new, more powerful search!
→ ourworldindata.org/search
With such a rich publication—nearly 14,000 charts and 100s of articles on 120+ topics—it can be hard to find what matters to you.
Now, finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
→ ourworldindata.org/search
With such a rich publication—nearly 14,000 charts and 100s of articles on 120+ topics—it can be hard to find what matters to you.
Now, finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
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www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/tea... I was curious how 'T' or 'tea' came to mean gossip.
Let's Talk 'Tea'
Spill it, sip it: just make it hot.
www.merriam-webster.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/tea... I was curious how 'T' or 'tea' came to mean gossip.
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👉 Looking forward to engage in discussions about rescuing the 1.5°C in the upcoming #COP30.
Despite the -collective- political failure to address the issue, the 1.5°C window is still open, but we need to double down on action ✊ aka Highest Possible Ambition!
Enjoy it and feel free to reach out!
Despite the -collective- political failure to address the issue, the 1.5°C window is still open, but we need to double down on action ✊ aka Highest Possible Ambition!
Enjoy it and feel free to reach out!
After years of political failure, the world can still rescue 1.5°C – if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition”, starting now.
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
Rescuing 1.5°C: new evidence on the highest possible ambition to…
This study shows that, even after years of insufficient action, the world can still return to well below 1.5°C of warming this century if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition” in climate ac...
climateanalytics.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
👉 Looking forward to engage in discussions about rescuing the 1.5°C in the upcoming #COP30.
Despite the -collective- political failure to address the issue, the 1.5°C window is still open, but we need to double down on action ✊ aka Highest Possible Ambition!
Enjoy it and feel free to reach out!
Despite the -collective- political failure to address the issue, the 1.5°C window is still open, but we need to double down on action ✊ aka Highest Possible Ambition!
Enjoy it and feel free to reach out!
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Did you miss @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social's lively talk last Friday? If so, don't worry, you can watch it at leisure here now. 🦔
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. Hugh Warwick, Ecologist and author
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Did you miss @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social's lively talk last Friday? If so, don't worry, you can watch it at leisure here now. 🦔
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
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How can urban nature support fair and effective climate action?
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How can urban nature support fair and effective climate action?
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
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🌍 Decentring the growing field of ecolinguistics from its Western orientation, "Ecolinguistics, Social Justice and Sustainability" explores the relationship between language and the environment in the Global South. @bloomsburyling.bsky.social
Read now 👉 bit.ly/3L5NDmn
#OpenAccess #Linguistics
Read now 👉 bit.ly/3L5NDmn
#OpenAccess #Linguistics
October 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🌍 Decentring the growing field of ecolinguistics from its Western orientation, "Ecolinguistics, Social Justice and Sustainability" explores the relationship between language and the environment in the Global South. @bloomsburyling.bsky.social
Read now 👉 bit.ly/3L5NDmn
#OpenAccess #Linguistics
Read now 👉 bit.ly/3L5NDmn
#OpenAccess #Linguistics
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Our new review on the “circular seabird economy”
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Seabirds are top predators and nutrient cyclers in marine island ecosystems, but are threatened by risk of extinction. This Review explores the circular seabird economy around islands and discusses ho...
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our new review on the “circular seabird economy”
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
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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 🎶
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OUT NOW: @leighharrington.bsky.social , @drkevingerigk.bsky.social & Maria Fano Gonzalez offer a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of representations of fuel poverty and the (new) fuel poor in UK newspapers
Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Plunged into fuel poverty | John Benjamins
Abstract
Fuel poverty, a household’s inability to achieve thermal comfort in line with a healthy standard of living at a
reasonable cost, became an increasingly prevalent and visible socio-economic is...
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OUT NOW: @leighharrington.bsky.social , @drkevingerigk.bsky.social & Maria Fano Gonzalez offer a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of representations of fuel poverty and the (new) fuel poor in UK newspapers
Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
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The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up!
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up!
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
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We loved this talk from David Tilman this week, if you missed it never fear, you can watch it here!
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Earth’s Biodiversity: Its Origins, Impacts and Potential Fate
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We loved this talk from David Tilman this week, if you missed it never fear, you can watch it here!
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
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Cities sit at the heart of both the challenges and solutions to climate change.
In our new 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA considers how urban climate action can chart a path forward, and the questions of ethics, justice and equity it raises for our collective futures https://bit.ly/3L7toVi
In our new 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA considers how urban climate action can chart a path forward, and the questions of ethics, justice and equity it raises for our collective futures https://bit.ly/3L7toVi
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cities sit at the heart of both the challenges and solutions to climate change.
In our new 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA considers how urban climate action can chart a path forward, and the questions of ethics, justice and equity it raises for our collective futures https://bit.ly/3L7toVi
In our new 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA considers how urban climate action can chart a path forward, and the questions of ethics, justice and equity it raises for our collective futures https://bit.ly/3L7toVi
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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026
Call for Papers – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
wp.lancs.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026
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🌡️The world remains off course to limit warming to 1.5°C. The new #StateOfClimateAction 2025 offers a guide for countries to follow through on their new NDCs, the Global Stocktake and announcements made ahead of COP30.
Read the report now: bit.ly/4o6hPwm
Read the report now: bit.ly/4o6hPwm
October 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌡️The world remains off course to limit warming to 1.5°C. The new #StateOfClimateAction 2025 offers a guide for countries to follow through on their new NDCs, the Global Stocktake and announcements made ahead of COP30.
Read the report now: bit.ly/4o6hPwm
Read the report now: bit.ly/4o6hPwm
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The new 2025 online edition of @letrasumu.bsky.social Corpus linguistics & applied linguistics research series is happening during November. Our first speakers will be Dr. Lisa Cheung & Dr Peter Crosthwaite Nov 3, 11:00 (Madrid) 17:00 (Hong Kong).
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The new 2025 online edition of @letrasumu.bsky.social Corpus linguistics & applied linguistics research series is happening during November. Our first speakers will be Dr. Lisa Cheung & Dr Peter Crosthwaite Nov 3, 11:00 (Madrid) 17:00 (Hong Kong).
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We are looking for new committee members! If you would like to join the BAAL Corpus SIG as Meetings Secretary or as an Ordinary Member, please get in touch! You can learn more about the SIG at our website:
BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG
BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG
baal-clsig.weebly.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We are looking for new committee members! If you would like to join the BAAL Corpus SIG as Meetings Secretary or as an Ordinary Member, please get in touch! You can learn more about the SIG at our website:
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Our own Nick Freeman has contributed a chapter, ‘The Ghost Story 1870-1900’, to The Victorian Ghost Story: An Edinburgh Companion (Edinburgh UP). There’s spooky fun for all the family with Dickens, Kipling, Stoker, and various other practitioners of the ghostly tale ...
The Victorian Ghost Story
The Victorian Ghost Story
edinburghuniversitypress.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our own Nick Freeman has contributed a chapter, ‘The Ghost Story 1870-1900’, to The Victorian Ghost Story: An Edinburgh Companion (Edinburgh UP). There’s spooky fun for all the family with Dickens, Kipling, Stoker, and various other practitioners of the ghostly tale ...
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The Rights of Nature movement isn’t just legal theory it reimagines economics, governance & finance to serve life, not extract from it. Can our current economic mindset, wedded to GDP growth, adapt to a model that values ecosystem health as much as profit? Read our blog here
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Rethinking the Economy through recognising the Rights of Nature
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The Rights of Nature movement isn’t just legal theory it reimagines economics, governance & finance to serve life, not extract from it. Can our current economic mindset, wedded to GDP growth, adapt to a model that values ecosystem health as much as profit? Read our blog here
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
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🗞️ New from CDH's @mmvty.bsky.social & @wouterhaverals.bsky.social: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans ‼️ Read their preprint out now: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831, and read the thread below for more insights.
@princeton.edu
@princeton.edu
📣 New preprint! We know humans are biased against AI-creativity. But what about LLMs, now often judging creativity in various contexts? Do they replicate, transform, or amplify this bias? We tested it. Turns out: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans. arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831 🧵
arxiv.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🗞️ New from CDH's @mmvty.bsky.social & @wouterhaverals.bsky.social: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans ‼️ Read their preprint out now: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831, and read the thread below for more insights.
@princeton.edu
@princeton.edu
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Why humanities are essential and not simply a ‘nice-to-have’:
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Arts & Ideas
Society & Culture Podcast · Every two weeks · Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fri...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Why humanities are essential and not simply a ‘nice-to-have’:
podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/a...