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David Willis

@david1willis.bsky.social

Jesus Professor of Celtic, Faculty of Linguistics, University of Oxford

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S4C - Stori'r Iaith, Cyfres 2, Stori'r Iaith - Cerys Matthews Cyfres Newydd. Cerys Matthews sy'n mynd ar daith bersonol i olrhain stori'r iaith Gymra...

A new series of Stori'r Iaith, the S4C programme that explores the history of the Welsh language, starts today. Ep 1 was filmed at Jesus and features several of Oxford's Celtic scholars. Watch the programme live at 9PM or on catch-up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n1q6c0. Subtitles available.

04.03.2026 14:02 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
CURLEW - Census of Urban and Rural Language in England and Wales A comprehensive sociolinguistic survey documenting dialect variation across England and Wales

Tweetolectology has family! Postdoc/doctoral positions in language variation/change available on Curlew: Census of Urban & Rural Lang in England & Wales with @davidbritain.bsky.social @david1willis.bsky.social, @adrianleemann.bsky.social @paulfoulkes.bsky.social in Bern/Oxford/York www.curlew.info

19.01.2026 13:43 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Some results from our Tweetolectology project with @adrianleemann.bsky.social

13.01.2026 14:26 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Welcome to 2026 everybody! Hope you had fun at New Year. Or should that be at New Years?

09.01.2026 15:42 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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More of the Curlew team in action!

30.09.2025 08:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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David Britain, Paul Foulkes, David Willis and I have been awarded 2.5M CHF by SNSF & AHRC for CURLEW – the first major survey of English dialects in England & Wales in 75+ years. Starts: 2026 – posts to come. Outputs: papers + a public dialect atlas 🗺️ 📸 Drafting the proposal, Bern, Jan 2025.

29.09.2025 08:08 — 👍 34    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 3