Tony McEnery
@tonymcenery.bsky.social
Professor at Hong Kong PolyU and Lancaster University. Advisory Chair Shanghai ISU. Adjunct chair Xi’an JTU. All views are my own.
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One week left to register for the Influence, Manipulation, Seduction 3 conference and pay the early bird fee 🐦
From 15 September, the reg price goes up...
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
From 15 September, the reg price goes up...
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
September 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
One week left to register for the Influence, Manipulation, Seduction 3 conference and pay the early bird fee 🐦
From 15 September, the reg price goes up...
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
From 15 September, the reg price goes up...
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
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We are pleased to finally announce…
📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027
Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027
CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap...
Deadline: 8th January 2027
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#CL2027
📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027
Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027
CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap...
Deadline: 8th January 2027
🔗 All links in bio
🔁 please share widely!
#CL2027
#CL2027 - Call for Papers
Adaptation and Adaptability in Corpus Linguistics
www.cl2027.info
August 19, 2026 at 1:49 PM
We are pleased to finally announce…
📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027
Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027
CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap...
Deadline: 8th January 2027
🔗 All links in bio
🔁 please share widely!
#CL2027
📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027
Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027
CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap...
Deadline: 8th January 2027
🔗 All links in bio
🔁 please share widely!
#CL2027
This will be great! We planned to hold the conference in HK, but with on-going problems in the Middle East the CL organising group thought we should switch venues. Thanks so much to Mark and Stefania for stepping in. It will be a great conference in a great location - Venice!
We are pleased to finally announce…
📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027
Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027
CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap...
Deadline: 8th January 2027
🔗 All links in bio
🔁 please share widely!
#CL2027
📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027
Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027
CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap...
Deadline: 8th January 2027
🔗 All links in bio
🔁 please share widely!
#CL2027
#CL2027 - Call for Papers
Adaptation and Adaptability in Corpus Linguistics
www.cl2027.info
August 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This will be great! We planned to hold the conference in HK, but with on-going problems in the Middle East the CL organising group thought we should switch venues. Thanks so much to Mark and Stefania for stepping in. It will be a great conference in a great location - Venice!
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I had the great pleasure this morning of downloading and accessing the completed Lancaster-Northern Arizona (LANA) corpus of conversational US English. Nearly 10 million words of lovely data!🙂 Big thanks to @samschmueck.bsky.social @hankslizzy.bsky.social @jesse-egbert.bsky.social in particular.
August 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I had the great pleasure this morning of downloading and accessing the completed Lancaster-Northern Arizona (LANA) corpus of conversational US English. Nearly 10 million words of lovely data!🙂 Big thanks to @samschmueck.bsky.social @hankslizzy.bsky.social @jesse-egbert.bsky.social in particular.
I had the great pleasure this morning of downloading and accessing the completed Lancaster-Northern Arizona (LANA) corpus of conversational US English. Nearly 10 million words of lovely data!🙂 Big thanks to @samschmueck.bsky.social @hankslizzy.bsky.social @jesse-egbert.bsky.social in particular.
August 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I had the great pleasure this morning of downloading and accessing the completed Lancaster-Northern Arizona (LANA) corpus of conversational US English. Nearly 10 million words of lovely data!🙂 Big thanks to @samschmueck.bsky.social @hankslizzy.bsky.social @jesse-egbert.bsky.social in particular.
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Join us online for two of these events in September, or join us in person for all three! QR codes below give you more details and allow you to register. See you there!
August 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Join us online for two of these events in September, or join us in person for all three! QR codes below give you more details and allow you to register. See you there!
Join us online for two of these events in September, or join us in person for all three! QR codes below give you more details and allow you to register. See you there!
August 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Join us online for two of these events in September, or join us in person for all three! QR codes below give you more details and allow you to register. See you there!
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The latest hardcopies of @ijcl.bsky.social have arrived. I have some to #giveaway
If you’d like one, let me know - and give the journal account a follow 😀
If you’d like one, let me know - and give the journal account a follow 😀
July 26, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The latest hardcopies of @ijcl.bsky.social have arrived. I have some to #giveaway
If you’d like one, let me know - and give the journal account a follow 😀
If you’d like one, let me know - and give the journal account a follow 😀
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Some big news to share!
From September 1st, I will be joining the University of Birmingham as a 125th Anniversary Fellow and Associate Professor of Languages and Linguistics.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/un...
From September 1st, I will be joining the University of Birmingham as a 125th Anniversary Fellow and Associate Professor of Languages and Linguistics.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/un...
University of Birmingham's new 125th Anniversary academics - University of Birmingham
Introducing nine new 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs - outstanding academics who bring expertise in key areas.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
July 23, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Some big news to share!
From September 1st, I will be joining the University of Birmingham as a 125th Anniversary Fellow and Associate Professor of Languages and Linguistics.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/un...
From September 1st, I will be joining the University of Birmingham as a 125th Anniversary Fellow and Associate Professor of Languages and Linguistics.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/un...
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⏳ Still time to apply - the deadline for applications is this Friday, 24 July
📣 Job opportunity:
We are looking for up to 5 outstanding postdoctoral or doctoral researchers in #DigitalHumanities to join us at the @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social
Please share widely 🙏
⏰ Deadline: 24 July 2026
For more info:
www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/6...
We are looking for up to 5 outstanding postdoctoral or doctoral researchers in #DigitalHumanities to join us at the @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social
Please share widely 🙏
⏰ Deadline: 24 July 2026
For more info:
www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/6...
July 20, 2026 at 11:29 AM
⏳ Still time to apply - the deadline for applications is this Friday, 24 July
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I like a lot of things about this paper, but one of its special features is that it’s from the future: published in December 2026 apparently 🙃
Great stuff from Paul Baker, as usual www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great stuff from Paul Baker, as usual www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 4, 2026 at 7:31 AM
I like a lot of things about this paper, but one of its special features is that it’s from the future: published in December 2026 apparently 🙃
Great stuff from Paul Baker, as usual www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great stuff from Paul Baker, as usual www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Please share this call for book chapters with anyone teaching a research methods class. Sal Consoli and I are editing a volume in the Applied Linguistics Press series. If you are teaching a research methods course and want to submit, feel free to contact me. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for proposals_public
Call for chapters for Syllabi in Applied Linguistics Research Methods Courses Editors: Sal Consoli (University of Edinburgh) and Charlene Polio (Michigan State University) Series editors: Benjamin Kr...
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June 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Please share this call for book chapters with anyone teaching a research methods class. Sal Consoli and I are editing a volume in the Applied Linguistics Press series. If you are teaching a research methods course and want to submit, feel free to contact me. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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On a vanishingly small chance you haven’t heard about it from me during CADS (sorry not sorry), we’re @sofiaruediger.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social doing a conf about persuasive language in Tampere this November and the CFP ends on July 1 and you should all come!
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
June 26, 2026 at 6:56 AM
On a vanishingly small chance you haven’t heard about it from me during CADS (sorry not sorry), we’re @sofiaruediger.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social doing a conf about persuasive language in Tampere this November and the CFP ends on July 1 and you should all come!
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
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A Brucie Bonus (Scotty Supplement?) for those travelling home from @corporadiscourse.bsky.social
Here's the full live stream of '30 Years of Keyness – in honour of Mike Scott' held at @livunienglish.bsky.social earlier this week
▶️ drive.google.com/file/d/1PivK...
Please enjoy & share! #CADS2026
Here's the full live stream of '30 Years of Keyness – in honour of Mike Scott' held at @livunienglish.bsky.social earlier this week
▶️ drive.google.com/file/d/1PivK...
Please enjoy & share! #CADS2026
June 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM
A Brucie Bonus (Scotty Supplement?) for those travelling home from @corporadiscourse.bsky.social
Here's the full live stream of '30 Years of Keyness – in honour of Mike Scott' held at @livunienglish.bsky.social earlier this week
▶️ drive.google.com/file/d/1PivK...
Please enjoy & share! #CADS2026
Here's the full live stream of '30 Years of Keyness – in honour of Mike Scott' held at @livunienglish.bsky.social earlier this week
▶️ drive.google.com/file/d/1PivK...
Please enjoy & share! #CADS2026
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Don’t just share this on here. Stick this on your family WhatsApp group. Send it to your Brexit uncle. Print it out and give it to that neighbour.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
June 19, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Don’t just share this on here. Stick this on your family WhatsApp group. Send it to your Brexit uncle. Print it out and give it to that neighbour.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
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📢 Join us for the launch of the EMI Corpus — a unique new resource for researchers and practitioners interested in English as a Medium of Instruction 🌍🎓
📅 17 June 2026
💻 Online
Register here: tinyurl.com/3bntvhya
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social @danagablas.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social
📅 17 June 2026
💻 Online
Register here: tinyurl.com/3bntvhya
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social @danagablas.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social
June 11, 2026 at 10:05 AM
📢 Join us for the launch of the EMI Corpus — a unique new resource for researchers and practitioners interested in English as a Medium of Instruction 🌍🎓
📅 17 June 2026
💻 Online
Register here: tinyurl.com/3bntvhya
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social @danagablas.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social
📅 17 June 2026
💻 Online
Register here: tinyurl.com/3bntvhya
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social @danagablas.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social
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Social scientists📣UKRI has funding available to support interdisciplinary research into the relationship between gambling & video games to generate actionable insights that can inform treatment, prevention & guide policy & best practice. ⏰ Closes 23 July. ➡️
Video games and gambling-related harms
Apply for funding to improve understanding of the relationship between gambling and video games and produce insights to inform policy and regulation, support interventions, and promote safe and…
www.ukri.org
May 28, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Social scientists📣UKRI has funding available to support interdisciplinary research into the relationship between gambling & video games to generate actionable insights that can inform treatment, prevention & guide policy & best practice. ⏰ Closes 23 July. ➡️
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Thanks to Bernard Cassie for this nice open-access review of 'The Big Beasts of English Grammar...', which I co-authored with @grahburton.bsky.social @candlinmynard.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
Review: Jones and Burton. 2024. The Big Beasts of English Grammar: An Exploration of Form and Function in Conversations. Hong Kong: Candlin and Mynard | Corpora
www.euppublishing.com
May 26, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Thanks to Bernard Cassie for this nice open-access review of 'The Big Beasts of English Grammar...', which I co-authored with @grahburton.bsky.social @candlinmynard.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
This is a great read with a conclusion that rings like a fire alarm “an object lesson for other universities from the UK … Overseas markets may not yield the fruits expected … troubles in the home campuses … can damage perceptions and stakeholder approvals”
open.substack.com/pub/drgeoffr...
open.substack.com/pub/drgeoffr...
THE DESTRUCTION OF LEGACY HIGHER EDUCATION IN BRITAIN – NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY CASE STUDY
Geoffrey Williams and Murray Hunter: Nottingham University is an object lesson for other universities from the UK and elsewhere who may be considering or even undergoing international expansion.
open.substack.com
May 24, 2026 at 3:02 AM
This is a great read with a conclusion that rings like a fire alarm “an object lesson for other universities from the UK … Overseas markets may not yield the fruits expected … troubles in the home campuses … can damage perceptions and stakeholder approvals”
open.substack.com/pub/drgeoffr...
open.substack.com/pub/drgeoffr...
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Free symposium: 30 Years of Keyness
Talks from:
· Mike Scott
· @tonymcenery.bsky.social
· @michamahlberg.bsky.social & @andreaswagnr.bsky.social
· @issyclarke.bsky.social
· @markmcglashan.com
📅 22/06/2026, 10:00 (UTC+0)
🌍 @sotauol.bsky.social
➡️ Register: www.ticketsource.com/school-of-th...
Talks from:
· Mike Scott
· @tonymcenery.bsky.social
· @michamahlberg.bsky.social & @andreaswagnr.bsky.social
· @issyclarke.bsky.social
· @markmcglashan.com
📅 22/06/2026, 10:00 (UTC+0)
🌍 @sotauol.bsky.social
➡️ Register: www.ticketsource.com/school-of-th...
www.ticketsource.com
May 21, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Free symposium: 30 Years of Keyness
Talks from:
· Mike Scott
· @tonymcenery.bsky.social
· @michamahlberg.bsky.social & @andreaswagnr.bsky.social
· @issyclarke.bsky.social
· @markmcglashan.com
📅 22/06/2026, 10:00 (UTC+0)
🌍 @sotauol.bsky.social
➡️ Register: www.ticketsource.com/school-of-th...
Talks from:
· Mike Scott
· @tonymcenery.bsky.social
· @michamahlberg.bsky.social & @andreaswagnr.bsky.social
· @issyclarke.bsky.social
· @markmcglashan.com
📅 22/06/2026, 10:00 (UTC+0)
🌍 @sotauol.bsky.social
➡️ Register: www.ticketsource.com/school-of-th...
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Just out:
Kim, Larsson, Kaatari, Wang, & Sundqvist (2026). Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
Available OA:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Kim, Larsson, Kaatari, Wang, & Sundqvist (2026). Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
Available OA:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
Lexical diversity (LD) has been shown to be a strong predictor of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most current indices combine all word classes into a single measure and thus only capture ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 20, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Just out:
Kim, Larsson, Kaatari, Wang, & Sundqvist (2026). Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
Available OA:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Kim, Larsson, Kaatari, Wang, & Sundqvist (2026). Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
Available OA:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Who broke Nottingham University, Vol 3?
Vice Chancellor Shearer West presided over property expansion & vanity projects that have caused near-bankruptcy
And the landing spot?
Vice Chancellorship of Leeds Uni
It's important to know when to skip out
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Vice Chancellor Shearer West presided over property expansion & vanity projects that have caused near-bankruptcy
And the landing spot?
Vice Chancellorship of Leeds Uni
It's important to know when to skip out
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
University's disastrous new campus could be sold for just £14m
It was previously decided to sell the short-lived campus
www.nottinghampost.com
March 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Who broke Nottingham University, Vol 3?
Vice Chancellor Shearer West presided over property expansion & vanity projects that have caused near-bankruptcy
And the landing spot?
Vice Chancellorship of Leeds Uni
It's important to know when to skip out
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Vice Chancellor Shearer West presided over property expansion & vanity projects that have caused near-bankruptcy
And the landing spot?
Vice Chancellorship of Leeds Uni
It's important to know when to skip out
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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Financial crisis at Nottingham University stems from poor decisions under Vice Chancellor Shearer West
Shearer's moved on & upward, leaving staff facing consequences of her reckless management
There are cuts in Arts & Humanities as well as Sciences
nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/...
Shearer's moved on & upward, leaving staff facing consequences of her reckless management
There are cuts in Arts & Humanities as well as Sciences
nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/...
May 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Financial crisis at Nottingham University stems from poor decisions under Vice Chancellor Shearer West
Shearer's moved on & upward, leaving staff facing consequences of her reckless management
There are cuts in Arts & Humanities as well as Sciences
nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/...
Shearer's moved on & upward, leaving staff facing consequences of her reckless management
There are cuts in Arts & Humanities as well as Sciences
nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/...
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Film is Fabulous! is a charitable trust. Its primary aim is to ensure that vulnerable film collections held privately in the U.K. are preserved when film collectors, and former industry professionals, pass away.
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Film is Fabulous! is a charitable trust. Its primary aim is to ensure that vulnerable film collections held privately in the U.K. are preserved when film collectors, and former industry professionals, pass away.
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May 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Support Our Initiative
Film is Fabulous! is a charitable trust. Its primary aim is to ensure that vulnerable film collections held privately in the U.K. are preserved when film collectors, and former industry professionals, pass away.
filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...
Film is Fabulous! is a charitable trust. Its primary aim is to ensure that vulnerable film collections held privately in the U.K. are preserved when film collectors, and former industry professionals, pass away.
filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...
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It's official: after 22 (!) years at @lancslinguistics.bsky.social, I will start as Professor of Organisational Communication at @sdu.dk's Department of Language and Culture on 1 September this year. 1/2
www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/in...
www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/in...
Department of Culture and Language
Research within the department covers the areas of American Studies, Business Language, Classical Studies, Communication, Comparative Literature, Culture, Danish, English, German, History, Middle East...
www.sdu.dk
May 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
It's official: after 22 (!) years at @lancslinguistics.bsky.social, I will start as Professor of Organisational Communication at @sdu.dk's Department of Language and Culture on 1 September this year. 1/2
www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/in...
www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/in...