Some media outlets cheered a recent decree by the transition government in Syria regarding Kurdish language without telling the larger context of colonial oppression. Here is a powerful and historically-aware account of what is going on in #Rojava / #Syrian
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So sad to hear about the passing of Deb Cameron!
One of the brightest, most incisive and most fun voices in sociolinguistics.
She will be sadly missed!
If you want to honor her by re-reading some of her work, this old post is still worth a read: www.languageonthemove.com/language-lie...
21.01.2026 20:38 β π 13 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks to @languageonthemove.bsky.social for making these spaces a reality!
19.01.2026 16:05 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
I am excited to share this space next to a great curious team @marakyrou.bsky.social @nicolemarinaro.bsky.social @martinderince.bsky.social @schenior.bsky.social
19.01.2026 16:04 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In my country, Colombia, where more than 60 Indigenous languages are spoken, this topic is still unfortunately largely ignored. I look forward to learning how to change perspectives on meaningful research on endangered languages and how to support them.
19.01.2026 16:04 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Dr. Hannah Sarvasy has been working on research in the most linguistically diverse place on Earth: Papua New Guinea, home to 13% of the worldβs languages. This time, she has chosen Hamburg to give an extraordinary lecture about her work with Indigenous communities.
19.01.2026 16:04 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the term βlanguage shiftβ? What are the circumstances that lead to the extinction of a language, and how can we participate in its protection and survival? The @uni-hamburg.de invites you to the LiDS Lunch Lecture with Dr. Hannah Sarvasy
19.01.2026 16:04 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 2
Took @marakyrou.bsky.social for a coffee and reading in my neighborhood.
21.12.2025 15:33 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#OTD 98 years ago, William Labov (1927-2024) was born π₯³ He was a pioneering sociolinguist studying language variation, dialectology, but also AAVE. In 1966, Labov published his landmark study "The Social Stratification of English in New York City".
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Yesterday at @uni-hamburg.de , we had the opportunity to see the result of a two-month analysis of literacy exams in Germany, resulting in the Language Skills and Self-Assessment - LiDS Lunch Lecture.
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Apply to be a research assistant in Language Diversity! Only in Hamburg!
@nicolemarinaro.bsky.social @martinderince.bsky.social @marakyrou.bsky.social @languageonthemove.bsky.social
www.stellenwerk.de/hamburg/shkw...
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Introducing this weekβs reading π€
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Today, watching the lecture Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation with Prof. Dr. Ingrid Piller. Itβs inspiring to see where this work had led to not only the creation of responsible research communities but has also generated impact on the lives of participant and language perception.
13.11.2025 10:29 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Muchas gracias π Happy to get to know you more and work together! What are your interests? π
12.11.2025 13:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
@nicolemarinaro.bsky.social π
09.11.2025 20:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A part of me was lowkey hoping it had ended up being πͺ while I was reading this.
08.11.2025 19:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So sweet to discover that "Linguistic diversity and social justice" is part of someone's holiday memories π€©
08.11.2025 15:49 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
To ending eras and welcoming new beginnings β€οΈπͺ
04.11.2025 09:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
24.10.2025 11:26 β π 164 π 67 π¬ 3 π 0
I hope we will still have undergrad courses in 30 years π₯²
20.10.2025 07:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Autumn afternoons
13.10.2025 14:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
That moment when your theoretical framework gets a bit extended and for a second you forget what your topic is under so much abstraction π«
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π€ Meine Uni
10.10.2025 23:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I just found a comment from my professor about one of my articles coming from a predatory website.
Itβs not like I had used that same article to form one of my core concepts in my theoretical framework π« π« π« π« π« π« π« π«
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Professor at the University of Michigan. Author of Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance (2021) + Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora. Coeditor Keywords for Latina/o Studies. On sabbatical this year. π΅π· π
Home of the 4-year graduation guarantee, CLA is @oregonstateβs third-largest college.
Award-winning charity supporting English and Media teachers with publications, CPD, consultancy + conferences. Putting curiosity + pleasure at the heart of learning.
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Multilingualism, Heritage language education, Language policy, Bilingual education
Ingrid Piller's Alexander von Humboldt Professorship Team
Forschungszentrum LiDS
FakultΓ€t fΓΌr Erziehungswissenschaft
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English teacher studying how language shapes our thoughts.
MA student β PhD candidate | Cognitive linguistics, CDA, meaning & metaphor addict. University of CΓ³rdoba (Spain).
Scriptwriter when I have time.
Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics & Director of EDI for PPLS at University of Edinburgh.
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LVC, digital (queer+youth+popular) cultures, 'MLE', & accent bias/linguistic discrimination - Edinburgh/London.
https://cilbury.wordpress.com/
Linguist β’ Conversation analyst π¬ Researching: first response interactions in domestic abuse policing; human-AI interaction β’ Senior lecturer in #forensiclinguistics @ UWE Bristol (she/her)
Jemina Napier, PhD, FaCSS, FAHA, FASLI
Associate Director, @Scottish Graduate School of Social Science & Professor & Chair of Intercultural Communication @HeriotWattUni feminist, EDI, sign languages, mediated communication, research methods. Views my own
Linguistics, Education, Postdigital
https://ibrarspace.net
Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2025.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
Quantitative sociology, philosophy, mathematical physics, Americas, institutions, Early Bronze, Chalcolithic Tegean, and Sichem. Key words: architect-urbanist, transdisciplinarity, oscillators, Gregory Bateson, Bertrand Russell, Wien-Prague βΊοΈ ISO/IEC 37101
PhD Candidate - Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University. Sociolinguistics | Linguistic Landscape | Intercultual Communication
Writer and podcast host on www.languageonthemove.com
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics at Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, Australia
Director of MOSAIC research at the University of Birmingham | Borders, CVE, surveillance and multilingualism | Security, Citizenship Testing, Race and Language
Professor of Law & Language at Birmingham Law School. Irish. Interested in law & language, EU law, sociolegal research, multilingual law, arts & law.
Sociolinguist/Applied Linguist|Assistant Prof @Zayed_U| Early childhood bilingualism|Multilingualism|Arabic Ψ§ΩΨΉΨ±Ψ¨ΩΨ©|Family lang policy|lang. development|Early Childhood|Rare π|All views mine
Language Activist, Writer and English Teacher.
www.canzanella.net
Linguistic anthropologist at the University of New England, Armidale, and the Australian Museum, Sydney.
Graphic codes in Australia, Southeast Asia, West Africa.
Book: The Last Language on Earth
Research project:
https://messagesticks.com.au/