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
A Giamaica.
2 black spiced rum
1 martini rosso
Splash of angostura
2 black spiced rum
1 martini rosso
Splash of angostura
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A Giamaica.
2 black spiced rum
1 martini rosso
Splash of angostura
2 black spiced rum
1 martini rosso
Splash of angostura
M’learned colleague @jessnorledge.bsky.social ‘s technique for selecting the next book on our online course
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
M’learned colleague @jessnorledge.bsky.social ‘s technique for selecting the next book on our online course
‘Get someone from Linguistics down here!’
Happy World Linguistics Day!
Happy World Linguistics Day!
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‘Get someone from Linguistics down here!’
Happy World Linguistics Day!
Happy World Linguistics Day!
The point here is not that I care whether ‘less than’ or ‘fewer than’, should be used, it’s that this ‘spokesperson’ for my university views students as non-count nouns, as a lumpen object. And that is the problem
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The point here is not that I care whether ‘less than’ or ‘fewer than’, should be used, it’s that this ‘spokesperson’ for my university views students as non-count nouns, as a lumpen object. And that is the problem
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
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!
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)
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
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/
Bloomin AI is even taking over pizzas now
October 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Bloomin AI is even taking over pizzas now
RIP Brian Patten
As a student in Liverpool I carried round a copy of The Mersey Sound until it was so dog-eared I had to buy another one
As a student in Liverpool I carried round a copy of The Mersey Sound until it was so dog-eared I had to buy another one
October 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
RIP Brian Patten
As a student in Liverpool I carried round a copy of The Mersey Sound until it was so dog-eared I had to buy another one
As a student in Liverpool I carried round a copy of The Mersey Sound until it was so dog-eared I had to buy another one
RIP Tony Harrison
He was kind enough to let me use this poem in my Texture book - one of several of his that invariably make readers cry, specifically at exactly two and a half lines from the end
He was kind enough to let me use this poem in my Texture book - one of several of his that invariably make readers cry, specifically at exactly two and a half lines from the end
September 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
RIP Tony Harrison
He was kind enough to let me use this poem in my Texture book - one of several of his that invariably make readers cry, specifically at exactly two and a half lines from the end
He was kind enough to let me use this poem in my Texture book - one of several of his that invariably make readers cry, specifically at exactly two and a half lines from the end
Beautifully timed appearance of this ad campaign here for my first year lecture on grammar next week!
September 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Beautifully timed appearance of this ad campaign here for my first year lecture on grammar next week!
Dem cats dem cats dem Libble Demcats
He really can’t pronounce the name of his own party
#LibbleDemcats
He really can’t pronounce the name of his own party
#LibbleDemcats
September 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Dem cats dem cats dem Libble Demcats
He really can’t pronounce the name of his own party
#LibbleDemcats
He really can’t pronounce the name of his own party
#LibbleDemcats
Bigger, bolder, bodelicious! The new 3rd edition of this textbook just arrived:
www.routledge.com/Studying-the...
www.routledge.com/Studying-the...
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Bigger, bolder, bodelicious! The new 3rd edition of this textbook just arrived:
www.routledge.com/Studying-the...
www.routledge.com/Studying-the...
Summer’s end: tomato chutney it is, then
September 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Summer’s end: tomato chutney it is, then
Ok @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Open Day, I’m ready for ya! (Croissant already eaten in Trent Cafe)
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ok @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Open Day, I’m ready for ya! (Croissant already eaten in Trent Cafe)
This chunky beast just arrived - some excellent stuff in here, as well as my own bit on cognitive stylistics.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
August 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This chunky beast just arrived - some excellent stuff in here, as well as my own bit on cognitive stylistics.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
How are you taking orders now?
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How are you taking orders now?
I will absolutely well keep off
August 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I will absolutely well keep off