🚀 New Article! @luciafrai.bsky.social @celesterl.bsky.social @matthuntgardner.bsky.social, Glenys D Collard and James Walker examine social practices and (ING) variation in Aboriginal English. What are the meanings associated with different realisations of (ING)? Find out 🔗 buff.ly/uaG8VoH

Thrilled to share that my first PhD thesis paper is now published! Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors for their support and collaboration @celesterl.bsky.social @matthuntgardner.bsky.social Glenys Collard and James Walker

Yesterday, my brilliant friend and colleague @byzantium-bound.bsky.social passed her viva voce! On top of being a top-notch researcher, Madeleine is also an exceptional colleague. Her support, encouragement, insight, and generosity have shaped my experience in ways I’ll always be grateful for <3

Excited to have been invited to speak at Lancaster University! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social ‘She is not white, she is Latina’: Positionality as an asset in cross-cultural ethnographic research with First Nations youth in Australia. (details below)

Hot off the press by the best office mate (and conference travel buddy!) I could have asked for @byzantium-bound.bsky.social

Hard to get any writing done around these puppy eyes...

A few weeks ago, I joined RTRFM to talk about teen language. People often complain that teenagers 'are destroying language' but often ignore how important language is for youth to carve out their identities, especially in school, where they compete with peers for power, popularity and resources.

My latest article in @theconversation.com is out! I argue that the success of generative #AI depends partly on the human need to cooperate in conversation, and on our instinctive need for interaction. theconversation.com/the-unspoken... @auslingsoc.bsky.social