Hey book community friends, new reading challenge just dropped! ☺️ The recs span from academic (mine is "Doing Digital Migration Studies", - amazing but not quite a bedside table read 😁) all the way to fantasy novels (@brynnquick.bsky.social rec'd The Winternight Trilogy 😍😍). Something for everyone!

Policies increasingly acknowledge multilingual realities but neglect to imagine the language work that is involved and how to build it into workflows in healthcare and elsewhere, as this new article by @brynnquick.bsky.social etal shows Behind paywall until Jan & OA afterwards

I'm published!!!!!!! This is my very first academic paper that I've published! Ever! I'm so thankful to my co-authors @languageonthemove.bsky.social Ingrid Piller and @loylising.bsky.social Loy Lising <3 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New on Language-on-the-Move: fascinating longitudinal linguistic landscape study by @sarapatra.bsky.social and team, chronicling the shifts from Texan English to Qatari Arabic in a Middle Eastern university www.languageonthemove.com/from-howdy-t...

In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @agib.bsky.social chats with Cindy Valdez about how to best support the education of multilingual children www.languageonthemove.com/your-languag...

Playing the game where I wear this shirt around my 84%-English-only-speaking small Australian town today.

I've started a Starter Pack for the Language on the Move research community 🥳 For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast. Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)

Are you a teacher in Sydney, Australia? Can you help my student with with this research? www.languageonthemove.com/language-bro...

Please boost! #linguistics student here at Swarthmore is running a survey for English speakers (who don't know Mandarin / any other tone languages) about how we learn tones. Take a few minutes to help out with this student research! swarthmore.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This was a fantastic interview- really recommend a listen.

I am so fortunate to have been able to interview Shaun Tan about his beautiful book “The Arrival” for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. www.languageonthemove.com/migration-is...

Excuse me why have I only JUST NOW heard of/started listening to @annehelen.bsky.social’s Culture Study Podcast? What a fabulous and educational podcast! 10/10 stars, would highly recommend.

I wrote a guide on how to manage your supervisor (and yourself!) during your PhD 😀

This is such a timely discussion!

Dr. Cho is one of my favourite interviewees (and colleagues!) and her newest book is a must-read for anyone interested in the world of interpreting! @languageonthemove.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

*nods in sociolinguist*: LOUDER for those in the back! This has been happening for generations - It's not Millennial / Gen Z / Gen Alpha slang - it's AAVE / AAE. (and for anyone interested in sociolinguistics of AAE who isn't already following @mixedlinguist.bsky.social, you should)

Prof Leah Karliner @ucsfhealth.bsky.social is doing such important work, and I was so lucky to talk with her for this @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!

Happy Juneteenth ❤️🖤💛💚

Do you know about the rising visibility of Chinese in Qatar? Listen to the very interesting aspects of @sarapetra.bsky.social research into the languages of Qatar in our @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...

My dear friend @empacheco.bsky.social writes about her groundbreaking research into Comdas (children of migrant Deaf adults) in Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social .

There’s so much bad in the world right now, but here’s a chance to do some GOOD! If you are based in Australia and proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help my dear friend @tazinabdullah.bsky.social with her important research! www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...

Saw a sign at a protest today in Pasadena that made me want to cry. These are the kids the government is terrorizing. “Para mi padre que llegó sin nada y me dió todo”. “For my father who came with nothing and gave me everything”.

The world feels (is) unhinged, and I’m glad we’re acknowledging that in our word choices.

I was SO thrilled to be able to speak with @mixedlinguist.bsky.social Dr. Nicole Holliday about her research into linguistic identities for this @languageonthemove.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast episode!

Dr Shibata does amazing work, and we’re so thankful to him for sharing that work with us on the @languageonthemove.bsky.social Language on the Move podcast!

Just finished listening to Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social and @brynnquick.bsky.social on @languageonthemove.bsky.social discussing gesture/ emblems and just boarded a plane in exit row. Happy to report flight attendant actually prompted nods and applauded a thumbs up! Iykyk

Do you speak a language other than English and live in Australia? PLEASE HELP me improve multilingual domestic violence support information by participating in my study and promoting it! 30-minute survey + $10 voucher for your participation. www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...

An interesting analysis of gender and dialogue in movies, incl. a Disney subset. Gender is just one characteristic that comes into play on our screens. In a recent @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast ep, @brynnquick.bsky.social and I discussed accents and how they can shape how we see the world

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

With the #Harvard news, this feels like a good time to reiterate that international students are OUR STUDENTS just as much as domestic students are. And they matter. www.languageonthemove.com/teaching-int...

HOW AMAZING IS THIS OPPORTUNITY??? If this is your idea of a dream job, be sure to apply!

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What does a Dolly Parton meme have to do with digitally mediated communication? Find out by listening to my chat with @christianilbury.bsky.social! I loved chatting with Christian who is an exemplary scholar and really lovely human!

In 2018, I realized that the emoji section in Because Internet needed more on gesture, so I asked @superlinguo.bsky.social what to read for an overview of the gesture literature She was like whew, tbh I wish that existed Now she's finally written me that overview 💚 (and you can read it too!)

Ok I LOVED recording this episode with @superlinguo.bsky.social Dr Lauren Gawne, and I'm so excited that we get to share it with all of you! Do you love @lingthusiasm.bsky.social? If you do, then come on over and listen to Lauren teach me all about emblems and gestures!

Really interesting look at the history of vocal fry! And a great companion to my @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode with Dr Hannah White. www.languageonthemove.com/creaky-voice...

I really enjoyed talking to @agib.bsky.social Dr Agi Bodis and Dr Jing Fang in this episode! It is so important, especially now, to support our international students.

"A necropolitical approach demonstrates that designating English as the USA’s official language is not just a symbolic declaration, it is also, for some people, a death sentence" @geraldroche.bsky.social in a new series on politics of language and migration on @languageonthemove.bsky.social

I can’t recommend @superlinguo.bsky.social Lauren’s work enough, so give yourself a treat and order this book today! (And soon there will be an accompanying @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode out where Lauren and I discuss all things gesture!)

As academics we have an OBLIGATION to stand up for and support our international students who are, first and foremost, human beings.

Ms Lewis PLEASE 🤣 (or for my Gen Z compatriots 💀). It's almost as if "teen language" is new with every generation because THAT'S WHAT LANGUAGE DOES. www.babbel.com/en/magazine/...

I got to record not one but TWO @languageonthemove.bsky.social wonderful podcast episodes today, so coming soon to a podcast platform near you will be some fascinating conversations with @agib.bsky.social Dr Agi Bodis, Dr Jing Fang and @christianilbury.bsky.social Dr Christian Ilbury! Stay tuned!

New on Language-on-the-Move: an exploration how so-called non-native-English-speaking teachers are reshaping language education, by Nashid Nigar and Alex Kostogriz www.languageonthemove.com/immigrant-te...

A timely and relevant new podcast by @brynnquick.bsky.social with Dr. Amy McHugh on @languageonthemove.bsky.social about intercultural competence in the digital space. ⬇️ www.languageonthemove.com/intercultura...

On this #PiDay, it’s incredibly necessary to remind everyone that the man who named 3.14… “pi,” Sir William Jones Sr, was the father of the man who theorized the existence of Proto-Indo-European, or PIE.

I loved recording this episode with Dr Amy McHugh! Considering cultural and intercultural competence in digital spaces is so important in our “post-Covid” world especially.

This episode is *chef’s kiss* and not just because they explain what AI slop has to do with one of my fav fun facts, aka the Norma and Norman statues (check out @yourewrongabout.bsky.social’s episode “The Most Normal Girl in Cleveland”).

Transcript day! Read OR listen to our episode with Dr Carmen Fought. We break down the "official English" executive order from the Trump administration. Will it magically cause unity? Of course not, and they're not even pretending. It's on our website, or on Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/123961...

Oh this is awesome! Thank you to the person who did this translation work! For the English version of my interview with the fabulous @gretchenmcc.bsky.social, see www.languageonthemove.com/because-inte...