Marieke Meelen

Training for monks from the Triten Norbutse Institute with PaganTibet's PI prof Charles Ramble.

📜 🔍 Paper Alert ‼️ Our first Handwritten Text Recognition article about our collaborative workflow is now out in the Journal of Open Humanities Data openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....

More about our project on our brand new website: www.pagantibet.com

University Assistant Professor in Buddhist Studies (Mahayana) at University of Cambridge An academic position as a University Assistant Professor in Buddhist Studies (Mahayana) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunit...

Working on Tibetan Buddhism? Please apply! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH270/u...

Comparing efficacy of IPA vs Pinyin romanisation transcriptions for complex tonal languages: A case study in Baima Katia Chirkova, Rolando Coto-Solano, Rachael Griffiths, Marieke Meelen. Proceedings of the Eight Workshop on the Use of Computational Methods in the Study of Endangered Languages. 2025.

‼️New paper alert for the PaganTibet project on developing Automatic Speech Recognition for no-resource tonal and especially endangered languages like Baima: aclanthology.org/2025.compute...

Yes - from the lectures it looks like you may have used some of the online escape room or puzzle software platforms to allow students to interact with materials. But maybe it was just a slide show? I've been looking into the first but there are many options so just wondering if you had any tips :)

Oh this looks great - well done! I've been thinking of developing outreach activities like these for linguistics in general. Any particular software you used/would recommend?

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Gretchen McCulloch ‪@gretchenmcc.bsky.social‬ Regrettably, the kid would still probably just end up having the accent of the local community, since that's already what happens with kids of immigrants Now, if a whole TOWN decided to talk like a pirate for 10-20 years, the kids could have some fabulous accents The Tweet she is responding to: Pookleblinky ‪@pookleblinky.bsky.social‬ A fun thing to do as a parent would be to only speak to your kid using a bad accent/impersonation, for like the first 5 years, just to see what happens. What does your kid sound like if you've only spoken to them via a Christopher Walken impersonation, etc

Can we just pause for a moment an appreciate what great LingComm Gretchen is showcasing here? Correcting a misconception elegantly, respectfully and with humour.

#Lingcomm #linguistics @gretchenmcc.bsky.social

Come work with us in Cambridge! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50879/

UPF workshop site

UPF workshop site

Post workshop beach time

Post workshop drinks :)

Great to present our work on the emergence of egophoricity in Tibetan and Newar at the CHAMP3 workshop in Barcelona. Thanks to all organisers and presenters!

PhD positions in Tibetan Studies The ERC-funded project Reconstructing the Pagan Religion of Tibet (PaganTibet), based at the École Pratique des Hautes Études EPHE), PSL University, Paris, is advertising two PhD positions with fundin...

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323369

Looking for a fully-funded PhD in Tibetan studies? Come join the PaganTibet team! Deadline 21 March 2025.

#academicjobs #phdpositions #tibetanstudies

We aim to enhance uptake and results in languages by introducing students to the study of #linguistics. We think this will attract more students to languages in schools, better preparing them for advanced study and employability. Check out our manifesto here > linguisticsinmfl.co.uk/wp-content/u...

YouTube video by Enhancing Linguistic Scholarship in Eastern Africa Information structure

Curious about information structure in linguistics but slightly confused how topic and focus work? Here is my 10min introduction to the field:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwfI...

Come work with us - deadline 31 January! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49015/ #linguistics #lingjobs

[reminder as the deadline is coming up 31 Jan!] www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49011/ Come work with us in Cambridge - first of three ads for permanent posts: Italian & Linguistics (especially morpho-syntax)! #linguistics
#lingjobs

From Ireland to Tibet, we need a global language rights movement - Transforming Society Gerald Roche advocates for a global language rights movement, linking local struggles like those of Irish rappers Kneecap and Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk, to strengthen collective action and achie...

You maybe haven't thought about the similarities between Irish rap group Kneecap and Tibetan former political prisoner Tashi Wangchuk, so I wrote an article about that.
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/01/06/f...

A CHRISTMAS Full of Etymology Reading time: 5 minutes It’s December now, the month when the calendar helpfully provides me with a topic for the monthly article. So, here’s a short and sweet linguistic post with a fe…

A Christmas gift from me to my fellow word nerds:

Nine Christmas-related words with interesting etymologies, one for each of the nine letters of 'Christmas'!

It was written with much linguistic love in an armchair beside a roaring fire.
dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...

Bill Labov died this morning. I'm not coherent enough to talk about how important and influential and brilliant he was. I am very sad.

I was so lucky to know him, and I am grateful every day that he (and Gillian, and Walt, etc) built an academic field where kindness is expected.

Flyer to recruit native Fench speakers for online experiment. 6 euro reward for max 1-2 hours. Please contact Nina at nmw38@cam.ac.uk.

Dear French friends and colleagues, my student is looking for native French speakers who know some English (but aren't fluent/bilingual) for her online experiment. If you know anyone, please share 🙏

16th-century graffiti of Tower of London prisoners decoded for first time Once listed as ‘illegible’, the words of inmates held in bleak fortress are revealed by latest technology

Sixteenth-century Breton graffiti discovered in Tower of London! #earlymodern #france

LINGUIST List 35.3363 Jobs: Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

Computational Linguistics job (Assistant Prof level, permanent) at our lovely linguistics department in Queen Mary. We're starting a new MSc in Lings and AI. Deadline Jan 5th, interviews late February. linguistlist.org/issues/35-33... #linguistics please repost!

Applications open for this course for East African linguists, convened by UNA Europa colleagues in Edinburgh, Helsinki, Kampala and Leiden: www.una-europa.eu/calendar/onl...

Introducing the CrossGram collection of typological databases: dlc.hypotheses.org/3690

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects

So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?

And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

The front court of Trinity Hall in the morning sun.

HTR Workshop and Networking event sign.

Two computers showing photos of handwritten text with blurred figures in the background. A typical workshop scene.

The old library at Trinity Hall.

A great day at Trinity Hall learning to use Handwritten Text Recognition to boost my research. Many thanks to Rachael Griffiths and @mariekem.bsky.social for organising the workshop, and to the librarian for giving us a tour of their beautiful 16th-century library.

Solani Krishnan on the role of different types of rewards in language learning.

Solano Krishnan (UCL) discusses the role of rewards on language learning and better memory. #Linguistics #camlangsci #languagelearning

Roundtable on learning a second language with keynote speakers of the CamLangSci Symposium

Cambridge Language Science Symposium today on "How can learning a second language be made effortless?" #camlangsci #linguistics www.languagesciences.cam.ac.uk/events/langu...

Third permanent job alert in Cambridge: come work with us! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49015/ #linguistics #lingjobs

Second (of 3) permanent posts at Cambridge (UK): looking for a Sociolinguist with a strong formal linguistics background (phonology, morphology, syntax) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49148/ #linguistics #lingjobs

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49011/ Come work with us in Cambridge - first of three ads for permanent posts: Italian & Linguistics (especially morpho-syntax)! #linguistics #lingjobs