Daughter woke me up this morning saying, “Daddy, play ‘Walking on, walking on,” by which she means this specific performance of Annie Lennox doing “Walking on Broken Glass” on Jools Holland. I guess I’m doing something right.

Many of us were taught experiments are for testing hypotheses. In Ch 1 of Experimentology, our free, open methods textbook, my coauthors and I argue differently: experiments are for estimating the magnitude of causal effects. This reframing has important consequences. 🧵 experimentology.io

No beauties, but tasty! Even the veggie version is pretty good 😊

After a visit to the lovely Spielweg Romantik Hotel here is Hirsch dim sum on the way. A s****load of work, but hopefully with it thx Viktoria Fuchs 😂

Bitte guckt doch mal hier, was da bald Open Access kommt 🐲😍 #Syntagma www.utb.de/doi/book/10....

Look what's just been published! Our new Element! We're so proud to host Graeme and Elizabeth in our series. Come and get it while it's free (for about two weeks from now)!!! DOI: doi.org/10.1017/9781... www.cambridge.org/core/element...

New Cambridge Element, Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change, by Graeme Trousdale and Elizabeth Closs Traugott, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4vFtV3H

These days, Aperol is cheaper than gas. Drink, don’t drive.

Kann man sich nicht ausdenken: "Wir sind hier in DO zum Halten gekommen. Leider ist unser Triebwagenführer verschwunden. Er wird jetzt händeringend gesucht. Die Leitstelle ist informiert. Wenn er wieder da ist, setzen wir die Fahrt fort... "

Just a wild thought, totally unrelated to some future events. The German Research Council decided not to fund any scientific activities that in any way involve collaboration with Russia as aggressor. Debatable, but anyhow. The US attacks on Iran can also be seen as acts of aggression. Same rules?

Student at my department in need of some data! Check out her questionnaire. It's fun and all participants get a free labradoodle puppy :-) forms.gle/m6mmoHQhocBy...

Darn!!!! Let’s just hope many people will return their tickets 🤩

There are no words for how much I hate baking, but this is applegeddom 🤩😂 Kim Droste Lara Höttecke Meike Pentrel

Die 23. STaPs ist warmgelaufen - die Snacks und Namensschilder stehen bereit, und bei einem schönen Abend in der Osnabrücker Lagerhalle haben wir schon viele neue Menschen mit spannenden Projekten kennengelernt. Da steigt die Vorfreude auf den morgigen Tagungsbeginn umso mehr!

Publishing a book is one thing. Seeing it resonate is another. Our 2025 book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (CUP), co-authored with Cameron Morin, has just been reviewed by Pedro Ivorra-Ordines. Here’s how the review concludes 👇😊 (Full review: doi.org/10.1017/S002...)

this may sound kind of silly, but: just tried rumpsteak from the airfryer and it was excellent!!! Perfectly medium rare, super simple and even looked kind of nice. The only thing you might miss are some these roasting/caramel flavors... but then... 98/100.K2 loved it, if that says something.

@larahoettecke.bsky.social und ich freuen uns auf 25 Vorträge, eine Postersession, spannende Keynotes von Nathalie Bauer und @alexbergs.bsky.social und praxisorientierte Workshops von @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy und Annika Schiefner! 🤓 📅 Anmeldung bis zum 15.2.!

Das Programm für die 23. STaPs ist online und ihr könnt euch sicher sein: es lohnt sich! staps.stuts.eu/programm-und...

Pretty in pink 😁

The countryside around Osnabrück put some makeup on tonight 😍

40:0 for the shoulder of lamb but it seems like I won the game 🤔

At least there is chicken soup for the soul.., and the throat.

Now‘s the season to be … sick like dog. The Bergs family is down and out…

What in fresh hell? ERC plus? ERC grants are already 74% oversubscribed (the share of proposals evaluated as excellent but not receiving funding because there is not enough of it), just put more money in the pot instead of creating a new instrument to waste time erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

One of the most important works of literature in my life. This play opened my eyes to what was possible in drama, in comedy, in philosophy, in performance, in conversation with the past. My first play was an almost direct homage and I’ve been chasing it ever since. RIP to a true genius.

My first ever paper has just been published in English Language and Linguistics @universitypress.cambridge.org! 🥳🥹 If you’re interested in Construction Morphology, I’d be thrilled if you gave it a read! I’d love your feedback! doi.org/10.1017/S136...

Out now! Kudos to Kim Droste! Constructing a hierarchical network of prefixal up from a Construction Morphology perspective | English Language & Linguistics | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨 Great news 🚨 The #CfP for the 11th DGKL/GCLA conference in Bielefeld has been published! Deadline for both theme sessions proposals and abstracts for presentations/posters is Jan. 15th 2026 See the conference website for more information tinyurl.com/dgkl2026 #langsky #BLinguistik #linguistics

Just finished reviewing @grambelli.bsky.social's book (available soon): a clear and engaging synthesis of the major strands of work on compositionality, analogy, and usage, while pushing #ConstructionGrammar toward a more explicit engagement with processing and computation. Highly recommended!

Denkt dran: Morgen ist die Deadline für die 23. Sprachwissenschaftliche Tagung für Promotionsstudierende in Osnabrück! Noch nichts eingereicht? Hier geht's zum CfP: staps.stuts.eu/call-for-pap...

Die 2. Keynote hält der an der Universität Osnabrück heimische Alexander Bergs @alexbergs.bsky.social mit einem Vortrag zu sprachlicher Kreativität aus konstruktionsgrammatischer Perspektive unter dem Titel „That’s so Mike Myers. Not. A few (random) thoughts on language and creativity“.

Just realizes that RAI is showing the ATP matches and that I can watch the ATP finals on the big big screen in my appartment. Happy as a Frenchman that invented self-removing trousers!!! Forza, Jannik!

is soooo frustrated to be in beautiful Torino at the time of the ATP finals but without the resources to buy tickets ($500+).

Die Abgabefrist für Abstracts für die 23. STaPs kommt immer näher! Diese und nächste Woche präsentieren wir die geplanten Keynotes und Workshops für eine Extra-Portion Motivation beim Abstract-Schreiben. 💪

Rinderbäckchen coming your way 🤩

Grocery shopping for our Minerva workshop on „constructing bridges“ next week. I am not sure that was part of my contract when I became full professor 🤨

If I hear ball striker one more time, I will just switch from net*** to ***hub. What’s the difference?

The clapping intro at six kings sounds like whipping rather than clapping, or is that just me?

Ich glaube ich richte eine auto-reply ein mit nur einem Wort: Nein. . . . Hallöchen Frau Meyer….nein. Kann ich…nein. Ist es möglich….nein. . . . Es würde das Leben so viel einfacher machen 😇

New paper by @remivantrijp.bsky.social in #Constructions! doi.org/10.24338/con...

Thrilled to announce the publication of my paper "A Modern Synthesis: The Fillmorean Construction and its Hidden Lineage" in Constructions! The article digs into the prehistory of #ConstructionGrammar and is based on the first chapter of my upcoming book constructions.journals.hhu.de/article/view...

„Dass aufgrund der für Kinder erforderlichen Zeit weniger Zeit für die Einkommenserzielung zur Verfügung steht, wirkt sich bereits dadurch aus, dass das in der nicht zur Verfügung stehenden Zeit nicht erzielte Einkommen nicht besteuert wird.“ (Finanzgericht Hannover).

This one made my day. Seriously. Off to the special room now. www.youtube.com/shorts/I3YTc...

Your daily university meeting. Just that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rot...

Save the date and spread the word: Die 23. STaPs wird am 13.-14. März 2026 an der Universität Osnabrück stattfinden! Haltet die Augen offen für Updates auf der Website (staps.stuts.eu/23-staps-osn...). 🎉 #staps23

Yup, I should have seen that one coming. Bonnie banks of Loch Lomond now....

If I hear Flower of Scotland one more time, I will go downstairs and shove that bagpipe where it belongs. Let's see how piping is going, then. Beyond that Santiago and ISLE8 are absolutely fantastic, as always!

And... here's another brilliant Element! Congrats to Elisabeth! Come and get it while it's hot (and free). (Waves Hands Enthusiastically) www.cambridge.org/core/element...

#SLE2025 is winning at this year's conference bingo so far (Design by @leftyveggie.bsky.social)