Derek Bousfield

Pragmatics in Contested Interpretation This open access book shows how reality paradigms play a significant role in shaping audience views of political figures and their intentions.

Ever wondered how two people, hearing the same person say the same words in the same context with the same intonation can come to two wildly different interpretations as to what was meant?

Understand why here with our new, open access book:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Pragmatics in Contested Interpretation This open access book shows how reality paradigms play a significant role in shaping audience views of political figures and their intentions.

Ever wondered how two people, hearing the same person say the same words in the same context with the same intonation can come to two wildly different interpretations as to what was meant?

Understand why here with our new, open access book:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Word of Mouth - It's not what you say, it's how you say it - BBC Sounds Michael Rosen on clichés, pragmatics and how language is used to connect us beyond words.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it.

Loving this brilliant new episode of #WordOfMouth with Dr Derek Bousfield @derekbousfield.bsky.social and @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social 👇

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Had a great time today chatting with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social about Language, Pragmatics and Cliches. Looking forward to the episode “It’s not what we say, it’s how we say it!” on R4’s Word of Mouth later this month.
@manmetuni.bsky.social @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social

Last chance to book your A-level English students in for our Lang/Lit conference on 1st April here in Nottingham. This is the venue

englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...

Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069) | University of Oslo Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025

Fully funded PhD positions linked to Figurative Communication are now open at the Univeristy of Oslo🎉 Also calls for corpus linguistics and language variation projects. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

University College Dublin School of Education is recruiting a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership!

Visit www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
Search for job ref: 017922

📅 closing date 18th December

“If”? “might”?

Of course it will.

Remember, where viruses are concerned - “that which does not kill you mutates, adapts, and tries again”

Day 8 - 16 days of activism against gender-based violence By Kim Moore

Day 8 - 16 days of activism. Brilliant presentation from @derekbousfield.bsky.social and @helenmort.bsky.social today on the language of gaslighting - which inspired me to go and look for some examples in my own poetry, and I found one! open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

Survey of the word "Wonky" I am working on a project for one of my classes and have chose the word "wonky" to collect some data on. Basically I am trying to get an idea of where about in the world the word is used, how its used...

My community college sociolinguistics students are making their first participant surveys - help us out by adding your thoughts on "wonky!"
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

linguistlist.org/issues/35/33...

📢 If you’re looking for a job in #linguistics: CNRS is hiring every year

For 2025, posting of offers (tenured positions) & applications online from early December to early January

It’s still time to contact a research unit to prepare your application!

carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/external-...

Delighted that my book with Sam Bourgeois entitled “Pragmatics in Contested Interpretation: Varied Audiences, Varied Implicatures, Varied Inferences” has been accepted for publication- expect it out in the second quarter of 2025!

I was delighted to give an interview yesterday to a group of exceptionally well prepared and well informed Journalism students @ManMetUni on my research on gaslighting, and 16 days of activism against Domestic Violence.

Endowed Professorship of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford, closing date 13 January 2025:

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

#jobs #sociolinguistics #linguistics #professor

Best of luck. Has your PhD supervisory team offered you a mock viva? What do your university’s regs say about the areas of any thesis that any examining team need to satisfy themselves about re passing? You can largely predict the questions from these and hence prepare. Talk to your supervisors.

How does one DM on this?
Alternatively find me and my email at MMU.

Happy to do so. Have seen thousands of CVs over the last decade.