Vicky Loras

Our PhD supervisors are investing time, intellectual energy, and professional credibility in our work.

We talk about what our supervisors need to do for us, but how about the other way around?

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#PhD #HigherEducation #Mentorship #ResearchCulture

The community of Arrowhead, Colorado #ForestFriday #Photography #Forest #Trees #Landscape 📷

Can anyone help me? #postdoc #gradschool #gradlife

It’s a pleasure!

Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation <p><b><i>Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation</i> presents a comprehensive, intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of sociolinguistic...

If you haven't read it, I would highly recommend Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation by Sali Tagliamonte - I LOVE this book! www.wiley.com/en-us/Variat...

Explore the open access articles published in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics:
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#linguistics

Q&A Kevin Burgio: 10 rules for a successful remote postdoc How to build productive long-distance relationships.

I have a question for anyone who can help and has personal experience: has anyone on here done a distance postdoc? I know they are rare, but I'd like to hear any insights. I really appreciate any information!

Sharing this article for anyone interested:

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was listening to SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR this morning and it is totally wild how much that record is a no skips, banger after banger, stone cold classic. you’re telling me at least four of the best pop hits of the 80s are on one album?!?

Ask those experiencing the research problem before designing a study Learn from action researchers

How do we understand the problems and questions we want to study? What about learning from those who know the problem first-hand? Who has seen or experienced it?
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Why school trips are disappearing, and what one Ontario board is doing about it For many adults, the strongest school memories aren’t from a desk—they’re from a bus ride out of town. But across Ontario and beyond, school trips have been shrinking under the weight of rising costs,...

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Winter Olympics men’s ice hockey final: Canada v USA – live * Canada captain Sidney Crosby ruled out with injury * Old rivals face off with gold medal on line * Email Beau or drop him a line on BlueSky * Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing NBC, meanwhile, has brought out 1980 men’s hockey legend Mike Eruzione to talk about what it means to play for the USA. He says this is the best US team ever assembled. He also notes “there’s not a TV set in Canada that isn’t tuned to this game,” and that’s probably not an outlandish statement. The United States will be facing a hostile crowd at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena as they seek their third ever Olympic title in men’s hockey and first since the Miracle on Ice team of 1980. The Americans were greeted with a chorus of lusty boos when they took the ice in their white jerseys for their 20-minute warm-up ahead of today’s gold medal game. It already felt like there were more Canada shirts in the building and along the concourses of the brand-new 14,700-seat arena on Milan’s south-eastern edge. Now it sounds that way too. It is arguably the hottest ticket of the Milano Cortina Olympics and that’s clear from the scenes outside the gates, where hordes of Canadian and American fans in hockey sweaters are pounding beers and roaring through songs and chants in glorious 53F (12C) sunshine. Continue reading...

Winter Olympics men’s ice hockey final: Canada v USA – live

YouTube video by 9NEWS Spanish dialect unique to portions of Colorado and New Mexico is fading away

Spanish dialext unique to portions of Colorado and New Mexico is fading away (the video is from 3 years ago but so relevant) youtube.com/watch?v=fVon...

YouTube video by CBS Evening News She wanted everyone to read, so she opened a library that never closes (1983)

She wanted everyone to read, so she opened a library that never closes (1983)

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✨ New update from Nada – Art From Rubble 🎨💔

As part of the Art From Rubble project, Nada Rajab led a special Ramadan session with children in Gaza’s Old Town. Originally planned at the historic Great Omari Mosque, the activity was moved due to structural damage after repeated strikes in 2023.

How did I get into Linguistics?

How did you get into your field?

Plus, what I am watching and the Music Highlight ✨⭐️

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#phd #phdlife #linguistics

How toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are saving an endangered Sámi language Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction.

How toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are saving an endangered Sámi language
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#minority #language #sapmi #langsky

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Ford 'doesn't know what he's talking about' when it comes to basket weaving, Indigenous artist says | CBC News A third-generation Indigenous basket maker is setting the record straight about his craft — it's a part of his culture, it's valuable, and artists can make a living off of it.

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LEXICAL GAP: AUNTS AND UNCLES

We have PARENTS and SIBLINGS, so what can we use as a collective noun for aunts and uncles? I propose COUTHS, EAMS, MAYS, or MAYTHWINS, all of which I’ve derived from Old English. After all, SIBLING was revived in the same way.

#etymology #wordorigins #aunts #uncles

Ottawa puts $50M behind Inuit-led university, plus long-awaited TB elimination funding | CBC News Ottawa will provide $50 million to help build the first Inuit-led university in Canada, and more than $170 million for tuberculosis elimination, food security, and child and family supports in Inuit c...

Ottawa puts $50M behind Inuit-led university 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.

And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

I have another one for Valentine’s Day:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Stop buying products from billionaires, especially from the ones who purposely use that money to harm minorities.

Nobody said it was easy.

But there is courage in staying. In continuing. In believing that what you are building matters - even on the hard days.

A reflection on persistence, the PhD journey, and quiet strength!

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#PhDLife #AcademicTwitter #Research

#booksky

✨ Late nights, lofi vibes, and chasing PhD progress - are you an early bird or a moonlighter? 🌙📚

Plus, the Music Highlight and a trip down memory lane!

vickyloras.substack.com/p/moonlighting

CBC.ca - watch, listen, and discover with Canada's Public Broadcaster CBC is Always Here for Canada. Home for News, Entertainment, Sports, Music and much more.

Canada is posting a travel advisory for the USA due to violent crimes committed by ICE on innocent people.

U.S. travel concerns heightened for southern Alberta Blackfoot First Nation | CBC.ca share.google/gAfrmThf26WB...

Auditory Illusions in Speech Perception: Definition and Examples - About Linguistics Auditory illusions in speech perception are perceptual errors where your brain hears something different from the sounds produced.

Auditory illusions in speech perception: When our brain misinterprets acoustic information, making us understand something different from what was said.

#linguistics #auditoryphonetics #phonetics

✨ Late nights, lofi vibes, and chasing PhD progress - are you an early bird or a moonlighter? 🌙📚

Plus, the Music Highlight and a trip down memory lane!

vickyloras.substack.com/p/moonlighting

Picture of curious sheep. And a black sheep in the background.

Swedish word of the day #swotd is får (sheep).
And this word game makes totally sense if you understand Swedish:
-Far, får får får? (Dad, do sheep get sheep?)
-Nej, får får inte får. Får får lamm. (No, sheep don't get sheep. Sheep get lambs.)
#Sweden

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