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Jeannette Littlemore

@jeannettel.bsky.social

Linguistics Professor at the University of Birmingham interested in metaphor, metonymy and how they are used to create understanding and share emotions.

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Congratulations Eloise! Now for a well earned lie down!

21.12.2024 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to Bodo!

05.12.2024 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Don't miss out! Join us at RaAM 17!
Dr. @bodowinter.bsky.social, plenary speaker, will explore metaphor, sensory content, and birdsong. He will also lead a workshop on R for linguists!
πŸ“† Submit your paper by December 15th!

05.12.2024 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“½οΈ Now with subtitles! Prof. @jeannettel.bsky.social invites you to join us at RaAM 17!
πŸ—“οΈ New abstract deadline: December 15th
Don’t miss the opportunity to share your research!

30.11.2024 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“£ Don’t miss out! Join us at RaAM 17!
One of our keynote speakers, Dr. @agdorst.bsky.social, explores AI in metaphor identification, translation, and analysis. Be part of the conversation and submit your paper!
πŸ—“οΈ Deadline: December 1st.

28.11.2024 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“£ Join us! The Chair of RaAM, Prof. @jeannettel.bsky.social, invites you to submit your paper to RaAM 17!
Don’t miss the chance to share your research at RaAM 17!
Deadline: December 1st πŸ—“οΈ

27.11.2024 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RaAM Newsletter no. 35 – RaAM – Researching and Applying Metaphor

Mistranslations can be funny, but they can also lead to serious misunderstandings and miscommunication. The team will investigate which metaphors are problematic, when, why and for whom.
πŸ’‘ Want more details? Visit raam.org.uk/newsletters/....

19.11.2024 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the organiser of RaAM 17! πŸ”Έ
Hamad Al-Azary (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Lawrence Technological University. His main area of research is the semantic processing of metaphors and concepts.

21.11.2024 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the Plenary Speakers of πŸ”Έ RaAM 17 πŸ”Έ
Vicky Lai is an associate professor in Psychology Department and Cognitive Science program at the University of Arizona. The overarching theme of her research is the processing of meaning and language in context.

21.11.2024 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the Plenary Speakers of πŸ”Έ RaAM 17 πŸ”Έ
Lettie Dorst is an associate professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. Her research focuses on metaphor variation, metaphor translation, literary machine translation, and machine translation literacy.
@agdorst.bsky.social

22.11.2024 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the Plenary Speakers of πŸ”Έ RaAM 17 πŸ”Έ
Bodo Winter is a Professor of Linguistics and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. His research uses data science-driven linguistics to study multimodal communication, including iconicity, gesture and metaphor.
@bodowinter.bsky.social

22.11.2024 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

El plazo para enviar expresoones de interΓ©s para organizar un seminario o conferencia @raammetaphor.bsky.social estΓ‘ abierto! Una gran oportunidad para contribuir a la divulgaciΓ³n de la investigaciΓ³n en metΓ‘fora - y de conocer a otros investigadores πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”

25.11.2024 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, I have created a starter pack for people interested in #metaphor. I bet I left a lot of people out. Please let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/DvxejFX

17.11.2024 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 6
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Save the Dates! πŸ“†
πŸ”ΈAbstract submission: December 1st, 2024
πŸ”ΈNotification of acceptance: January 2025
Submit your abstract and join us at πŸ”ΈRaAM 2025πŸ”Έ!
#metaphor #RaAM2025 #RaAM17

20.11.2024 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RaAM 17 will take place at Lawrence Technological University (USA)! πŸ“
Swipe to explore our conference location!
πŸ“· www.instagram.com/lawrencetech...

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25.11.2024 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And it’s open access too!

22.11.2024 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is exciting! @lcuob.bsky.social

22.11.2024 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic news! Congratulations @bodowinter.bsky.social and @mperlman.bsky.social and team!

21.11.2024 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really pleased to see Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM)'s new account of Bluesky. Spread the news!

17.11.2024 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good to see you!

15.11.2024 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just migrated here from x. Curious to see what it’s like

14.11.2024 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

@jeannettel is following 20 prominent accounts