Stephen Lucek

Hi, I’m a PhD level expert and I know many PhD level experts. They’re mostly great at what they do, but also great at admitting what they don’t know, and finding the right resources to fill in those gaps. One problem with these systems is they are not designed to own up to their limitations.

Seriously, fuck off.
I say that with all due gravity.

Radioactive wasps in South Carolina

NOT NOW, RADIOACTIVE WASPS
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In the most unparliamentary language, fuck that shit!

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Is the semi-colon on its last legs? New research indicates that students have issues with the semi-colon and usage in writing down nearly 50% in 20 years

Is the semi-colon on its last legs? Insights from Elaine Vaughan @unioflimerick.bsky.social via @drivetime.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Teenage Slang Stephen Lucek, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at UCD, talks about the latest teenage slang terms, where they come from, and what they might reveal about the direction of human language. Listen he...

I had a great time chatting with @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social this morning about teenage slang.

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First term of the Summer Institute @lsa2025uo.bsky.social has come to an end 🎓. We look forward to the second term now! Great to be co-teaching #HistoricalSociolinguistics with Mark Lauersdorf, on behalf of #NARNiHS. It's been really good fun!

Well deserved, Ian. I’m delighted to hear your good news.

This is a screenshot of the title and abstract for the article, which can be read by clicking on the link of the post.

Check out my latest article, which explores how vocal accent, a seemingly auditory construct, reinforces the problematic idea that race is simply something we see.

It is open access, so there is no excuse not to read it:

doi.org/10.1111/ijal...

A late Happy Pi Day to all my DD/MM colleagues. #22/7 #PiDay

New Pod!🎙️

Remember the Jenni Hermoso/Luis Rubiales "kiss"?

🎧 Palomitas explores feminist struggles in Spanish docs:
📽️ No estás sola (fighting the "Wolf Pack")
⚽ #SeAcabó (women’s football revolution)
Special guest Dr. Abigail Loxham @abigail
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#WomensFootball #MeToo #SeAcabó

I think I defined ‘bawdy’ for three different friend groups this weekend. What a world!

This is the shiny new account for BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics), checking in before our next annual conference - organised by the fantastic local team at Glasgow @baal2025.bsky.social in September 2025

Please give us and them a follow!

Hi everyone, I'm currently researching how second-generation migrant young adults - those born in Ireland to at least one migrant parent - experience identity and belonging.

I'm especially interested in what 'home' means to them and how they negotiate Irish and local identity.

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Funding available for EU-level fees PhD candidate @ucdslcl.bsky.social. Limited to one per subject in our School. For further information, please consult the landing page www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsand.... For information on subject areas within Linguistics, see our staff pages: www.ucd.ie/slcl/discipl...

Screen grab of The Times article: Social media 'reshaping language' with words fading from use

More on Algospeak by @etymologynerd.bsky.social
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Great stuff for language change and language diversity.

Won’t someone think of the picas???

PhD vacancy for a great topic in sociolinguistics
1+3 years, 100%, in Maastricht with @daanhovens.bsky.social

English and Dutch required, additional languages highly appreciated. In the unlikely situation that a candidate is not proficient in Limburgish, that will be taken care of quickly 🙂

Hoo boy! That’s going on the syllabus.

Was not built for this heat. My ancestors' DNA honed this body over millennia to be insulated enough to stand on Atlantic cliffs in winter gales with six children under each arm, to have legs stout enough to trudge through bogs, and to have ample folds and crevices to hide potatoes from the English

This is a screenshot of the front cover of the book. The top half contains the title, "Workable Accents: How International Teaching Assistants Vocally Fashion and Contest Academic Labor," and my full name, Vijay A. Ramjattan. The bottom half contains a multi-coloured speech bubble with multiracial hands reaching out to it from four corners.

My book is now officially available to order!

Workable Accents critically explores how international teaching assistants in Canadian universities vocally fashion and contest various aspects of their academic labour.

Please ask your university or local library to order a copy:

shorturl.at/MfGLQ

Rob leaves.

Lecturer in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (Teaching and Scholarship) - Grade 7 (0.8 FTE) at University of Liverpool Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (Teaching and Scholarship) - Grade 7 (0.8 FTE). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore mor...

Come work with us at Liverpool!

@liverpooluni.bsky.social
@sotauol.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social

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Our permanent German lectureship now has an extended deadline of 21st July. Apply here: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

ESTUDIOS IRLANDESES - Irish Studies Around the World If you wish to add your book to this list please contact me _________________________________________________________________________ The Irish Bildungsroman Edited by Gregory Castle, Sarah L. Townse...

Call for reviewers!!
#IrishStudies #AcademicSky
Looking for reviewers for Irish Studies books from around the world for ESTUDIOS IRLANDESES - Irish Studies Around the World

Some of the books I'm hoping to get reviewed below - email me if you are interested!
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Indiana Jones and the Personal Development Plan

Sounds like there’s a second edition in the works!

🥳We're thrilled to announce @nocchi_susanna appointment as Vice-Chair (Ireland) for @AULC_Languages
(aulc.org)

As Vice-Chair, Susanna will boost communication among Irish AULC members and Irish language communities' representation within AULC.

Comhghairdeas! 👏

My latest article is out! I explore how language, vulnerability, and resilience intersect. This is another output from my project on language and participation, generously funded by @researchireland.ie and FHSS @dublincityuni.bsky.social #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....