Charlotte Taylor

This little experiment proves nicely how ai just tries to get you an answer asap, one that fits the most likely or commonly accepted "truth", does a "quick google" and then lies about having done research.
Which is... rather human.

Oh btw:

Funding opportunity: PhD at Sussex
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

Cannot believe we have to entertain the ridiculous and wrong idea that taking paracetamol "causes autism."

But even if it did:
- Women should be allowed to take pain relief during pregnancy
- More autistic people is not a bad thing

Misogyny and ableism all around.

Have now listened and it's great! So much to look at for A Level English Language students around representation of gender, language change and technology.

🗣️📢 The call for abstracts of #cadaad2026 is out! 🗣️📢

Bar chart with blue bars: Privately educated people dominate the UK's most influential roles Professions with the highest independent school attendance Armed forces* 63% Senior judges 62% Cricketers, men 59% Young power list** 54% Diplomats 53% House of Lords 52% Shadow cabinet 52% Cricketers, women 50% Columnists 50% FTSE 100 chairs 47% Political commentators 47% Permanent secretaries 47% Whole UK population 7%

UK meritocracy and social mobility update from The Guardian

Today's @britishfuture.bsky.social report presents new evidence about public attitudes to asylum - which are not irredeemably hostile.

It shows a growing public frustration at failure on boats + a strong public interest in more control, which can unlock broad public support for more compassion too

I haven't logged in for several years but this was the nudge i needed, maybe you do too? Academia dot edu was both such a good idea initially ("facebook for academics"), later a place where people who found specific repositories too confusing went, then eventually a dated + dead place

Join us for our Autumn #IdentitiesEvents Series!

Register online:
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After our very succesful Corpus Linguistics 2025 conference hosted by @robbielove.org at Aston, CL is going on tour! Our next conference will be Easter 2027 in Hong Kong at HK Poly U. In summer 2029 we return to Europe when @michamahlberg.bsky.social will host CL at Erlangen!

Ah, the self-awareness of people who move to another country because they dislike immigration / immigrants

And we’re also thrilled to announce that the next RaAM Conference will be held in Pamplona, Spain! Save the dates!

A new way of thinking about empathy could cool Britain’s migration rows Accurately recognising how refugees actually feel is linked to reduced fear and greater willingness to help.

Accurately recognising how refugees actually feel is linked to reduced fear and greater willingness to help.

Missed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand!

YouTube links on conference website and in replies:

www.cl2025.co.uk/home

YouTube video by Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 What counts? | Charlotte Taylor and Anna Marchi | Corpus Linguistics 2025

"What counts?" by @proftaylor.bsky.social and @journolinguist.bsky.social #CL2025

youtu.be/dcHUftGaSQU?...

"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."

--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless

‘Vicious cycle’ of language degree cuts and declining enrolments Universities encouraged to offer language degrees to students with no prior experience as low uptake in schools creates pipeline problems

'there are more pupils studying A levels in PE than in French, German and classical languages combined'

at the same time

on Duolingo 'the UK ranks second globally for the proportion of learners studying more than one language – led by those under 22'
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/vicious...

*So* much research starts with difference-based questions and researchers' categories/assumptions - helping to feed or legitimise communication myths and stereotypes. But the evidence about what people say/do in actual non-lab non-post-hoc accounts of interaction shows something else entirely #EMCA

OfS feared five providers ‘at risk of closure’, report reveals Several student protection directions active in last financial year, with 71 institutions subjected to formal monitoring

'The Department for Education has also made the possibility of a higher education institution “exiting the market” one of the “top tier risks” facing the education sector [...] the risk rating had been “escalated” to “critical – very likely” in 2024-25'
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-fea...

Diversifying the History of Linguistics — Henry Sweet Society The Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas wishes to support efforts to diversify our field’s research, documentary base, and participants, while recognizing the challenges posed to…

✨Diversifying the History of Linguistics✨
We are compiling a bibliography to highlight contributions by underrepresented groups to the study of linguistic ideas. Let us know which important publications we missed by filling out a form on our website!

The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right | Editorial Editorial: Verbal communication has always been crucial. But today more than ever, young people must be equipped for jobs that can’t be done by machines

This morning The Guardian has thrown its weight behind the campaign for oracy education.

This is an important moment for the oracy movement.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Which political parties are mentioning UK newspapers you (didn't) ask (either)?

Which newspapers get talked about? (v2 inc. Guardian)

Graph showing frequency of mentions of newspapers in UK parliament. The Times is the most frequently mentioned overall. The Daily Mail shows a dip in mentions.

Which newspapers get talked about in UK parliament debates you (didn't) ask?

Well, these ones.

The Times is consistently top, Financial Times also quite consistently relevant. The Daily Mail decreasingly so.

Data from www.clarin.si/ske/#open

I've been tracking my peer review activity over the years (like @alessandronai.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com) ad wanted to share some of that for transparency, manage expectations, and reflect on what it suggests for early-career researchers' development, esp. in #polisky #commsky #policom 1/n

Don’t forget to send in your application before the summer hols! Deadline August 18

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Open rank professorship in Tampere, English linguistics. We will be working side by side

That #r4today interview. It's been a while since I heard anything that overtly hostile. If it weren't for the tragic content, would be prime material for anyone teaching implicational vs on-record impoliteness in political discourse

I hope there are linguists in court (not in the dock, obvs) but as expert witnesses.

Probably about 35%+ of all university Humanities posts will be closed. Those subjects will be taught in far fewer universities. There will be a lot less modular choice within those degrees that remain. A large-scale but unannounced policy change from central govt, with far-reaching implications.

Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education

Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy - on.ft.com/3Isnddj via @FT

'Black called for the abolition of the Office for Students, set up by the previous Conservative government, which “just sees universities as a marketplace and students as consumers”.'