In the light of @uni-hamburg.de ‘s renewed excellence status. Our LiDS department has a special invitation for you! ⬇️ Apply to participate in our international summer school in Hamburg! We look forward to welcoming you. www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung...

"To junior scholars, this volume opens paths into research by presenting the value and importance of a long-term, coherent research agenda." Thanks to @jupurkarthofer.bsky.social & @languageinsociety.bsky.social for new review of "Life in a New Language" (@academic.oup.com) doi.org/10.1017/S004...

For most second language speakers, their foreign accent is a source of anxiety. Some turn to accent modification training. In the latest Language-on-the-Move post, Andrea Pešková provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of accent coaching. languageonthemove.com/how-i-worked...

Some media outlets cheered a recent decree by the transition government in Syria regarding Kurdish language without telling the larger context of colonial oppression. Here is a powerful and historically-aware account of what is going on in #Rojava / #Syrian

So sad to hear about the passing of Deb Cameron! One of the brightest, most incisive and most fun voices in sociolinguistics. She will be sadly missed! If you want to honor her by re-reading some of her work, this old post is still worth a read: www.languageonthemove.com/language-lie...

Thanks to @languageonthemove.bsky.social for making these spaces a reality!

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the term “language shift”? What are the circumstances that lead to the extinction of a language, and how can we participate in its protection and survival? The @uni-hamburg.de invites you to the LiDS Lunch Lecture with Dr. Hannah Sarvasy

Took @marakyrou.bsky.social for a coffee and reading in my neighborhood.

Today I attended the one lecture on opportunities and obstacles in the career entry for refugee professionals in Germany at @uni-hamburg.de There is still so much to be done and the structural hurdles that the country establishes benefits nor the labor force nor the people who are willing to work.

#OTD 98 years ago, William Labov (1927-2024) was born 🥳 He was a pioneering sociolinguist studying language variation, dialectology, but also AAVE. In 1966, Labov published his landmark study "The Social Stratification of English in New York City". #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

Yesterday at @uni-hamburg.de , we had the opportunity to see the result of a two-month analysis of literacy exams in Germany, resulting in the Language Skills and Self-Assessment - LiDS Lunch Lecture.

Apply to be a research assistant in Language Diversity! Only in Hamburg! @nicolemarinaro.bsky.social @martinderince.bsky.social @marakyrou.bsky.social @languageonthemove.bsky.social www.stellenwerk.de/hamburg/shkw...

Introducing this week’s reading 🤗

Today, watching the lecture Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation with Prof. Dr. Ingrid Piller. It’s inspiring to see where this work had led to not only the creation of responsible research communities but has also generated impact on the lives of participant and language perception.

Today marks a milestone in my professional career after 8 years of migration history behind me and constant life learnings. I presented my MAs thesis and opened the path to future research for my PhD at @uni-hamburg.de . Ready excited about what will come 🎩 @languageonthemove.bsky.social

The time will come www.languageonthemove.com/how-to-manag...

@nicolemarinaro.bsky.social 🍎

Life lately. Exciting new job ⚓️ and onboarding , wrapping up my MAs thesis, traveling, following my favorite musician, all in 4 days.

So sweet to discover that "Linguistic diversity and social justice" is part of someone's holiday memories 🤩

To ending eras and welcoming new beginnings ❤️💪

Beautiful Stockholm 🇸🇪

Autumn afternoons

That moment when your theoretical framework gets a bit extended and for a second you forget what your topic is under so much abstraction 🫠

🤓 Meine Uni

I just found a comment from my professor about one of my articles coming from a predatory website. It’s not like I had used that same article to form one of my core concepts in my theoretical framework 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

Great news coming from South America! It’s still kind of sad that we have to commemorate people who stand for democracy and we still cannot take it for granted. We have a long way before us 💪

I also purchased a subscription to @babelzine.bsky.social this week to change a bit of format. Let me know if you have an issue or article you recomend :)

Today, it was time to reflect on intercultural care; sometimes, we are so engaged with the idea of mediating with the culture of the patient, while the caregiver seems overshadowed. It is not a matter of which is more important, but one to understand why some (caring) actions are taken for curing.

If you are in Sydney on Dec 8, join us for a 1-day research symposium to explore new technologies in intercultural communication: how do migrants and international students use AI to manage life in a new country? how do language learners use social media? www.languageonthemove.com/event-new-te...

Lovely gifts for friends supporting my entry in the upcoming PhD student life.

Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big global player unless we speak more languages

In case someone is feeling generous and wants to make a linguistics student happy. Here’s how:

At your service, for your memories.

As a non-programmer, this gave me hope to think about the possibility of approaching this field from my curious perspective on language development and how I might have a stronger base than I thought.

Just learned about the Polish cemetery in Tehran: ~2,000 graves of WWII refugees. Families divided not only by displacement, but even in death — women who married Iranian men were buried separately due to religion.

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate. This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.

Yuval-Davis was right about that weary feeling towards "belonging" when we stop taking it for granted. Especially as an immigrant in today's political weather.

Wishing to go back to those days in May.

We need more of this 💪

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

What can we, as language scientists, be doing right now to combat the hateful (and incorrect) language ideology that the US government is pushing? Especially as a sociolinguist, I feel a duty/calling to spread the word and combat linguistic prejudice, but I'm not sure practically how to do so 🗣💬

🎉Das #Wintersemester 2025/26 an der #FUBerlin hat offiziell begonnen! Für tausende Erstis ist es der Start in einen neuen Lebensabschnitt. Bei der zentralen Einführungsveranstaltung im HFB waren heute alle Plätze gefüllt. Wer jetzt einen Schreck bekommen hat: Die Vorlesungszeit beginnt am 13.10. 🤭

Beautiful Hamburg. My home. With a population of 1.862.565 people, 390.000 are immigrants, with the biggest groups being Türkiye and Ukraine.

So I found myself lost in this audiobook just in the moment I am starting the writing process of my thesis and conceiving the idea of… writing? Depicting the life of a woman diving into success in the editorial world through some unconventional methods. It’s a good break from academic reading 💛

Since today is the #EuropeanDayOfLanguages, let's not forget that you are not required to keep your languages separate, pure, intact or in any way feel inadequate about your way of using your own language/s. And don't let anyone take away your co-ownership of the languages you have.

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My breakfast took a turn today as I listened to @karenstollznow.bsky.social ’s interview on the New Books in Language podcast about the evolution of one of my favorite words — apparently more academic than one might think. 👠 LINK: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/n...

And started the day with Márquez and fall sunrises.

First check: in the middle of a theoretical framework on identity and belonging while I’m getting concert tickets for Doja Cat.