Save English Language & Linguistics at University of Hertfordshire. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"The term “AI” resists definition because it is continually reappropriated by people to mean different things. This, in turn, means that discussions of AI that do not provide working definitions for the purposes at hand risk incoherence. [...]" >>

Sarah Wang & Claire Nance: /l/-/n/ merger in Chinese. For Chongqing Mandarin L1 speakers, with Standard Mandarin L2, English L3, they didn’t distinguish /l/ and /n/ in their L1, but did in L2 and (even more) in L3. Proficiency modulates how much a speaker extends an L2 contrast to the L3. #BAAP2026

Starting off Day 2 of #BAAP2026: "Articulatory strategy as a source of variation in acoustic vowel dynamics" by Patrycja Strycharczuk, Justin Lo, & Sam Kirkham. Individual differences in palate result in individual differences in /i/ production that aren't reflected in acoustics. #phonetics

The FACTOR Forensic Linguistics and Speech Science Summer School (@factor-lu.bsky.social) is back on June 11th & 12th, and we're going online this year! Two days of language, speech, and AI, all on the theme of protection, privacy, and proactive synthesis: wp.lancs.ac.uk/factor/summe...

train dispatchers creeping up behind me and sounding their whistle right by my ear are who will end my career as phonetician one day

when I submit my conference abstract, I want to see my submission number. don't cheat me out of that thrill!

I’m hiring an 18-month postdoc to work on physics-informed machine learning for acoustic-articulatory speech inversion at @phoneticslab.bsky.social 🗓️ Deadline: Friday 10 April. 🔗 More info & applications: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... 📣 Please share with anyone who might be a good fit!

ICYMI, please take a moment this weekend to read, sign and share this letter if you have a stake in languages and/or linguistics in the UK. (Sign by filling in the form linked on top) #langsky #linguistics #🐦🐦

🚨Save Languages at the University of Essex 🚨 #langsky #linguistics UoE plans to cut German, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese + all evening classes and merge Language and Linguistics with a larger unit. Only 2 languages will remain next October. Please sign our letter: tinyurl.com/SaveLingLang...

Heartbroken to learn that my friend, godfather of Canadian sociolinguistics, and Miles Davis biographer, Jack Chambers has moved on.

started making a mental list of all the things I should be adding to this lecture and then opened up my slides from two years ago only to find that past me had already done them all

the term "step change" gets me every time, do all those steps have a stride above the 90th percentile or something

I’ve had lots of conversations about AI and skills and knowledge today and in recent weeks, which I’m very much relating to, but equally it’s the moments of joy when I iron out each kink

coding today was spending a couple hours finding the right search terms to describe my specific issue so I could find the github issue that describes the fix and directs me back to the documentation I'd read multiple times but just not grasped the significance of

there was a time, not even a year ago, when I didn’t have coding in javascript as part of my life, and now I’m not quite sure what thought process led to me being committed to doing js for at least another year

final push for a few more participants for Emilia, thank you to any anonymous yous who've already done it! 👇🏻 *you do need to be on a computer not mobile

good morning, #linguistics 🐦🐦 pals the University of Essex wants to cut 50% of our Language & Linguistics department, close our foundation programme & our Southend campus, + cut 400 jobs academic departments and professional services jobs across all depts join us in the fight against these cuts!

that puncture two weeks ago was stressful enough, now I’m getting punctures in the front wheel in my dreams? shut up, brain

calling L1 speakers of British English, please help out my student Emilia on her dissertation study! 🐦🐦 it's a short (<20 min) and fun one on voice recognition, please share! lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

calling L1 speakers of British English, please help out my student Emilia on her dissertation study! 🐦🐦 it's a short (<20 min) and fun one on voice recognition, please share! lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

four weeks into this year’s phonetics module and I’m very excited to learn who the swifties and pokemon nerds are among the students

The BSL announcements at Newcastle station don’t provide an equivalent experience at all. Wrong or missing info for at least 4 trains at a time.

400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close. This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it. 📍 Southend rally | 5 February

New @phoneticslab.bsky.social paper from @clrnance.bsky.social!

bringing back pokemon to teach phonology this year and I just realised castform is older than most of my students

(linguistics) pals, a student of mine is conducting a short (<10 minutes) perception study on Child Directed Speech -- open to all L1 speakers of English who have grown up in & live in the UK! 🐦🐦 please share and/or complete: essex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Come work with us! 🌟 3 Postdoc & 5 PhD positions – deadline for applications: 20 February. www.curlew.info/jobs

PhD funding at York in Forensic Speech Science A PhD scholarship is available as part of the CURLEW project (Census of Urban and Rural Language in England and Wales), funded by SNSF. Deadline for applications is 12.00 (GMT), 13.00 (CET) on 20 Feb 2026. curlew.info/jobs/york-ph...

bike retrieved and serviced, aaah so smooth the gear shifts

you will never guess what just happened on my first day of #TheGreatBritishCommute 2026

First paper of 2026 with Rhys Sandow, @jwgrieve.bsky.social, and Rose Stamp! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

ah yes, last-minute platform changes, can’t ask for a better welcome back to England. good to know nothing’s changed.

Delighted to announce this book is finally being published! Over 3 years in the production. I've written Chapter 3 - Ethics and Professional Conduct Oversight in Forensic Linguistic Expert Evidence. #ForensicLinguistics #Ethics #ExpertEvidence

if my bank app is going to force me to go through their unwrapped, the least it can do is not crash in the middle??

they’re coming for everyone but hitting the parts with the most positive social impact hardest: campus in Southend that was part of regeneration plans which trains nurses & social workers our foundation programme which does incredible work none of the rest of us *can* do

tried writing in cursive again and I don't think I can read anything I wrote in the first half an hour...

another #TheGreatBritishCommute achievement unlocked: got locked on an emptied train (preceding cycling was too slow)

can I please have one day working with microsoft where it does not end with me being driven up the wall

HAPPY LINGUISTICS DAY!🥳🎉🗣️ @lagbling.bsky.social @baal-linguistics.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org and the University of Birmingham are running two competitions in linguistics for ALL UG/PGT/PGR students and ECRs to enter! find details on both competitions below 👇🏽 Good luck! 💸

Reunited after having to abandon bike at the station 3 nights ago! But here we are facing points failure and more delays together!

We will present preliminary findings from our project on cuts in language-related programmes in Europe next week in the SLE Online Autumn Lecture on Thursday 27 November, 5pm CET. Everyone is welcome to join without registration. Un grand merci to the colleagues from SLE für die Einladung!

immunised to the point where broken rail, cancelled trains, a replacement bus so late I gave up, none of it even came close to stressing me out any more #TheGreatBritishCommute

Hi friends, I'm looking for participants for my research! Please help me share this widely! 大家好，我嘅研究需要您嘅參與！請大家幫手分享出去！ Link to the registration form 報名表格: forms.office.com/r/sVQfiPYUhD #Cantonese #廣東話 #Toronto #多倫多

my level of emotional investment in this project idea wasn't that high, but now that I came up with an acronym that impressed even myself there's no turning back

gotta admire Northern’s creativity for the things it tries to pass off as a restraining strap

amazing (read: extremely irritating) how the entirety of the university research directory can be down for 17 days and counting

I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

cycling through some parts of Lancaster at night really feels a lot like going through that first cave in Pokemon without HM05

Our CfP information for LavLang32 is now live: 📅 6 January 2026 - Abstract submission open ⏱️28 March 2026 - Abstract submission deadline 📣 8 May 2026 - Notification of decisions lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk