Paul Flanagan

A new issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now available (benjamins.com/catalog/jlpo...), featuring contributions as shown below. We invite submissions (including interdisciplinary ones) on a rolling basis- see the JLPop website for further information: benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop

In the second of our two new articles over at JLPop Online First, Harald Spann & Thomas Wagner are "Tapping into the educational potential of pop songs in foreign language teaching through action research": www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

In the first of two new articles on JLPop, in a perception study of video game characters, Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen et al. explore "Good and evil in the voices of fictional characters": www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!
The fantastic Dionysis Goutsos take a diachronic look at (im)politeness in Greek film discourse
DOI: doi.org/10.1075/jlpo...

Dougie says hi Fearghas 😎

Introducing my new project… Your Wrong (yourwrong.co.uk). It’s all about the language rules and judgements that appear in different forms of popular culture. Films, series, podcasts, music, books, even graffiti!

I’d love your help to find examples!

🥂 The launch of @jlpopculture.bsky.social was a great success with a well-attended online session!
🙌 Thanks Valentin Werner, @drpaulflanagan.bsky.social & Mie Hiramoto for organizing it and for inviting Isja Conen to kick off with an opening message.
📗 Curious? 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop

Was great to talk to the students at the English and Media Centre conference today!

Hey 😀 sent a DM!

There's still time to book for this fab AL Eng Lang conference, taking place in Macclesfield just after the half-term break. An inspirational event for your students! @englangblog.bsky.social @robdrummond.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...

Online panel on language in fictional film and television on 19 February

Excited to share the first ever issue of JLPop, which includes a position paper by way of introduction by me and my fellow Editors-in-Chief, Valentin Werner and Mie Hiramoto 🙂

The first issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now live, and available open access at www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop. See below for the contents, which cover pop music, film, video games, and social media discourse

There will be an online launch for the Journal of Language and Pop Culture on Friday (7 Feb) 1200-1300 UK time with an introduction from the editors and brief outlines of each chapter by their authors. All are welcome! LINK: shorturl.at/nrW1W

Hi Laura! 👋🏼

Language development, linguistic input, and linguistic racism Given meaningful linguistic input, either spoken or signed, children become successful language users in their families and communities. However, institutionalized racism pathologizes any language va...

I introduced the term "race evaders" for those in the field of language development (or any field) who rhetorically circumvent race so that racist assumptions embedded in their arguments become more palatable.

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blue-colored flyer "Help us explore how accents are perceived in schools!"

Anika Gerfer (University of Münster) is looking for people with contacts to secondary schools in England for a study on accent perception. Her contact info is on the flyer, feel free to share! #Linguistics

OK, here it is:

the starter pack to get to know the #multimodalists on Bluesky.

Who is missing?

go.bsky.app/QPLSxuX

King Richard III given Yorkshire accent using state-of-the-art technology Richard III was king of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. More than a decade after his remains were found in a Leicester car park, an expert team has managed to recr...

Interesting. Not just for the accent itself, but the people’s comment about it.
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