Great to see, Dagmar and colleagues!

Congratulations Bissie!

Just spotted @unibirmingham.bsky.social: great to see my uni has joined Bluesky! @lcuob.bsky.social @artsatbham.bsky.social

Come and work with us in the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham!

Large language models: how the AI behind the likes of ChatGPT actually works theconversation.com/large-langua... via @theconversation.com #language #llm #langsky

A new study reveals that sleep helps the brain store words and grammar, making it easier to learn and remember. sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-health... via sleepreviewmag.com #languagelearning #neurolinguistics #langsky

Come join our ace team at @lcuob.bsky.social We are hiring two Assistant Professors in Digital Media and Communications: ⏩ Language and New Media specialism: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... ⏩ Intercultural Communication specialism: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Curious about the opportunities that computational models offer the language sciences? Ready to get your hands dirty with code? Then sign up for our third and final FREE SummerSchool, this time on the beautiful Birmingham campus @artsatbham.bsky.social @lcuob.bsky.social @medallinguist.bsky.social

He's also putting the glamour back into grammar on YouTube now! 🎶 #linguistics www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOl...

🐦🐦 Join us this summer for the Usage-based Approaches to Phonology Conference July 12-13 at the University of Oregon. The conference is open to diverse methodologies investigating the effects of use on phonology! Abstracts due Feb. 15, 2025 #linguistics #langsky sites.google.com/view/usage-b...

Looking forward to Bodo!

You can buy our book here, which has just won the BERA 2024 book of the year award! @beranews.bsky.social

It was about time - the University of Birmingham's Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity is now here! Follow them at @irisbirmingham.bsky.social

📽️ Now with subtitles! Prof. @jeannettel.bsky.social invites you to join us at RaAM 17! 🗓️ New abstract deadline: December 15th Don’t miss the opportunity to share your research!

📆We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to 15th December 2024. We look forward to reviewing your submissions and seeing you at RaAM 17!

All linguists should read one of these: Baker, A., et al. (2016). The linguistics of sign languages: An introduction. Benjamins Hill, J.C. et al. (2019). Sign languages: Structures and contexts. Routledge Wilkinson, E. & Morford, J.P. (2024). Understanding signed languages. Routledge #linguistics

First post on Bluesky! 🥳 Here's the recording of a talk I presented a few months ago, hosted by the fantastic team at @discore.bsky.social. bit.ly/3B9IBQX Corpus methods have transformed discourse analysis. Here, I argue it's time to take #CADS a step further by combining it with experiments.

Optimist: glass half full Pessimist: glass half empty Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?

I was recently featured in an @amnestyuk.bsky.social documentary, ‘AI in Denmark’s welfare system: Mass Surveillance and Risks of Discrimination’ to talk about the role of categorisation and inequality. The link is below for the full documentary which is well worth watching youtu.be/4Fhj_kNNBfc?...

So excited about "Life in a New Language" - if you haven't checked out our new book about how migrants manage the simultaneous challenge of learning a new language and starting a new life through that language, head over to www.languageonthemove.com/life-in-a-ne... to learn more

Hey, UK! Happy first National Linguistics Day! Proposals for NLD traditions: (a) Add language wonder to every conversation. (b) Exchange gifts of linguistics content. (c) Sing linguistics carols: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor... (d) Do deeds to protect languages or linguistic institutions.

Earlier this year our lab published this edited volume on "Perspectives on Pantomime." Gerardo Ortega has now published a really nice open access review of the book in Gesture. www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour... #language #linguistics

I made a linguistics and language podcast starter pack for you, if you're looking for your new favourite linguistics podcast: go.bsky.app/5pirXas

New paper led by Vini Macuch-Silva: "Strategic use of English quantifiers in the reporting of quantitative information". In our experiments, participants used the approximate nature of quantifiers strategically to make exam results appear as good/bad as possible: doi.org/10.1080/0163...

Going to be plenary speaker at #RaAM17 in Detroit, woohoo!

Let's share this again: #LingComm25 is coming! 7–10 April 2025 an online conference for any and all linguistic communicators. with panels, how-to sessions, and meetups where you can get ideas, meet people, lift your game, and form the future of ling comm Check lingcomm.org for more details!

Updated again>> go.bsky.app/QJPicoq

It's annoying that this is framed as a 'discovery'. And a recent one. This is just true, and has been true for a very long time.

This is exciting! @lcuob.bsky.social

Maybe you’ll like this paper of ours. This is the preprint. Now in review. arxiv.org/abs/2407.09241

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

✨ NEW & EMBIGGENED ✨ corpus linguistics and discourse studies starter pack Great to see the tribe connecting! #AcademicSky #LinguisticSky #LangSky #Linguistics go.bsky.app/AT6KX6X

So, I have created a starter pack for people interested in #metaphor. I bet I left a lot of people out. Please let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/DvxejFX

As I’m nearing thesis submission, I’m looking for postdoc research and/or teaching positions for the new year. My research interests are metaphor, corpus discourse analysis, health communication, and pregnancy discourse. I’m also interested in disability and neurodivergence due to lived experience.

Congratulations to our very own @bodowinter.bsky.social @mperlman.bsky.social and their co-authors! Great to see their work on spoken language iconicity in the news. www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Belated congratulations!

It's out—my new #openaccess paper with Bodo Winter in Cognitive Science (@cogscisociety.bsky.social) 🥳. Thread 👇 (1/11) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hi Bluesky: the department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham is now on Bluesky! Who else from our department is here? @jeannettel.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social @adamcschembri.bsky.social @bodowinter.bsky.social @gregwoodin.bsky.social