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Anna Mai

@annamai.bsky.social

phonology & neuroscience @ MPI Psycholinguistics see: annamai.net see also: translinguists.org

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Excited to share our new publication β€œThe Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Phoneme Encoding in Aging and Aphasia”, published in JNeurosci 🧠
➑️ www.jneurosci.org/content/46/4...
with @lauragwilliams.bsky.social & @mvandermosten.bsky.social 🀝

Check out @stanfordbrain.bsky.social ’s summary of it ⬇️

29.01.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup:

β€’ Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
β€’ Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
β€’ Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
β€’ Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
β€’ Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)

Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

05.01.2026 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6
blue and green cover of the book "Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory", edited by Jennifer Nycz and Lauren Hall-Lew, published with Oxford as part of the Oxford Surveys in Phonology and Phonetics

blue and green cover of the book "Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory", edited by Jennifer Nycz and Lauren Hall-Lew, published with Oxford as part of the Oxford Surveys in Phonology and Phonetics

πŸ“š Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory (co-edited by me and @lhlew.bsky.social) is now available online at Oxford Academic! (print copies coming end of January) academic.oup.com/book/61815

05.01.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Absolutely! I have much warmer feelings about TriPod than study 3027013.01 (TriPod's government name)

11.12.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some data from the language Tutrugbu sparked a series of projects with several colleagues that we referred to as Tutrugbu Project, 2 Trug 2 Bu, and Tutrugbu: Tokyo Drift, so it seems like we're drawing from a nearby well of inspiration

11.12.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senior Adviser, Lgbtiqa+ Inclusion Job in Parkville, Melbourne VIC - SEEK Join us in championing LGBTIQA+ inclusion at the University of Melbourne, driving impactful diversity initiatives.

UniMelb is hiring for a new Senior Advisor for LGBTIQA+ Inclusion.Β  This is a key high-level role within the D&I team in Chancellory, with a lot of responsibility and ability to actually influence and drive the university's actions in this space.

28.11.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're attending HSN or #SfN2025 #SfN25 be sure to come by my poster to learn about my new work, "Neural signatures of impaired semantic contextualization in autism."

SFN info: Board KK2, Sun Nov 16. 13-1700PM

12.11.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Designing language courses: working with a linguist
YouTube video by Yale Linguistics Designing language courses: working with a linguist

New video on what to consider when designing language classes! Fifth in a series by the Fieldwork Group at Yale about how linguistics could support community-based language projects. Please share with anyone who might be interested. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWr2...

30.10.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HI. It's me.

WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.

Keynote Speakers
β€’ Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
β€’ Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
β€’ Prof. Erez Levon (UniversitΓ€t Bern)
β€’ Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
β€’ Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)

08.10.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

It's still a frustrating source text though πŸ™ƒ

04.10.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would say both [Mandarin] and Swedish tone are prosodic in that they're both suprasegmental phonological phenomena. Plus Swedish tone is phonemic! (as in [Mandarin]) One main difference is in how many syllables per word bear a tone (Swedish, Japanese, etc. < Mandarin, Vietnamese, etc.)

04.10.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max

03.10.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
16.09.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Decoding words during sentence production with ECoG reveals syntactic role encoding and structure-dependentΒ temporal dynamics - Communications Psychology Using electrical recordings taken from the surface of the brain, researchers decode what words neurosurgical patients are saying and show that the brain plans words in a different order than they are ...

Excited to present this (now-published) project at the 11am poster session today. Poster C36 for the elevator version! #SNL2025

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

13.09.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
President Cordano delivers comments to the crowd

President Cordano delivers comments to the crowd

Poster session

Poster session

Drum performance

Drum performance

Day 1 of #snl2025 was a blast! I’m so thankful that many smart and fun scientists came all this way to share in our passion for brains and languages.

13.09.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Come be my colleague!
🐦🐦

05.09.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Out now in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews!

When studying language in the brain, we often look for things that can be model systems for language (songbirds, artificial grammars, etc.). Here, we flip this on its head and argue that language itself is an excellent model system for cognition πŸ—£οΈπŸ§β€β™€οΈπŸ§ 

08.09.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come find my poster on how syntax and lexical probability interact in intracranial EEG today at 10:00 at #AMLaP2025 - poster 106! πŸ—£οΈ

05.09.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Language and Computation in Neural Systems We are an international group of scientists consisting of linguists, cognitive scientists, cognitive neuroscientists, computational neuroscientists, computational modellers, computational scientists, ...

Interested in doing a PhD with me and lacns.github.io? Or with any of the incredible fellows in the IMPRS School of Cognition www.maxplanckschools.org/cognition-en - apply before Dec 1st at cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application

03.09.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
on the left, the cover of the journal gender linguistics, its logo consists of a conjoined uppercase G and L. on the right, the following text: a community-owned journal for gender linguistic research, peer-reviewed, open access, no publication costs, multilingual publishing; below the text, there is the link to the journal website and a qr code.

on the left, the cover of the journal gender linguistics, its logo consists of a conjoined uppercase G and L. on the right, the following text: a community-owned journal for gender linguistic research, peer-reviewed, open access, no publication costs, multilingual publishing; below the text, there is the link to the journal website and a qr code.

One highlight of LILG 2025: the official launch of the new open-access journal Gender Linguistics!

Published by our association, the journal will be a space for research at all linguistic intersections of language and gender.

Learn more: gender-linguistics.org

#linguistics #journal #launch

14.08.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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17 september 2025: Symposium Jiddisch Graag nodigen de Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie Amsterdam, het Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal (INT) en het Goethe Institut Amsterdam u uitΒ  voor een feestelijk programma ter gelegenheid van d…

Een symposium om het Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek te vieren. Ik kijk hiernaar uit!

neerlandistiek.nl/2025/08/17-s...

13.08.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Oregon next month for the LSA Summer Institute? Check out Christian's course on phonetic fieldwork!

21.06.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are excited to introduce GeoGraphica! Our new article type that puts maps and visual storytelling at the center. Since "The Netherlands in Maps" ended in 2016, we’ve lacked a home for cartographic creativity. GeoGraphica brings it back. Geography, seen as well as read. More coming soon!

15.06.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm looking to chat with nonbinary and/or trans speakers of several languages, especially including Irish, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Polish, Icelandic - but also any other languages (aside from English / Spanish / French). DM or email me!

23.05.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

And feel free to get in touch if you're thinking about applying and want to know more about living & doing language research in Nijmegen!

21.05.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come join LaCNS!

21.05.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ Registration now open!
Join us at LILG 2 – Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender.

Date: 12-13 August 2025
Location: DΓΌsseldorf @hhu.de & online
Register here: lilg.div-ling.org/registration/

We look forward to seeing you there!

25.04.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
The gender question: Current best practices for asking about sex/gender in linguistic research The gender question: Current best practices for asking about sex/gender in linguistic research Presenters: Lal Zimman, Cooper Bedin, Montreal Benesch, Marina Zhukova As ideas about sex and gender cha...

My collaborators and I are hosting an upcoming LSA webinar on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 13:00-14:00 EDT (UTC-4) about methods of measuring gender in linguistics! If you came to our workshop at the 2024 LSA annual meeting, this will be very similar. Details here: www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...

04.05.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

An awesome opportunity to learn about phonology & the lexicon with @canaan.bsky.social at the LSA Institute this summer in Oregon. If you're thinking about attending the institute, consider signing up!

29.03.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0