Diane Lillo-Martin

Hoping for tranquility soon

The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) recently launched a new Resource Hub, offering “easy access to essential materials, professional development tools, teaching resources, and more”. It’s a large database of recordings and documents related to linguistics careers, scholarship, and teaching.

What an important message!

My friend Tina Smith is right, we need to stop what is happening in Minnesota now, not just because of the danger it’s creating, but if we don’t Trump’s slide toward authoritarianism will continue.

February 11: Diane Lillo-Martin (@dclm.bsky.social) (University of Connecticut/Yale University) will present on The Truth about Sign Language Acquisition, in collaboration with ASL and Deaf Studies in Penn’s Department of Linguistics. For more information: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/lillo...

I’d have been very interested, but unfortunately it’s not possible for me at that time. Hope it goes well!

Ad for live event. Two circular cameo images on a brown background with text on the left side. Text: You're Invited: Hands to Pages, reading with your deaf child + book signing. Join Author and father Will Fertman as he dives into books as essential parenting tools. He will also be selling and signing his new book, The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual, a guide for hearing parents of deaf and hard of hearing children from birth through kindergarten. April 26, 2026, Manchester, CT. Top image: a book on a lectern with an audience in the background. Bottom Image: a cozy modern library nook lined with books.

Coming to Connecticut this April to talk about reading to #deafkids and to promote my new book, The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual. If you're a parent or pro in the Hartford area, you can come see me at Language First's Early Language Center in Manchester for free: language1st.org/booking-ct

My quote of the day

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

New Year, New Book Announcing MOTHER TONGUE, 5 totally free things you can do to support a new book, and mutual aid for MN

A lot of things are bad and we keep building joy in the cracks between. buttondown.com/signs+wonder...

Drawing of a horse. Back portion is realistic but front is a stick figure

Shall I include that horse that is partially a stick figure?

What a nice suggestion. I won’t manage it every page but you have inspired me to add a conceptual figure

The targeting of immersion schools points changing racial logic. Under neoliberal multiculturalism the teaching of racialized languages was permissible if done in ways that benefited white people. Under neofascism the very idea of racialized languages being taught in school is being criminalized.

Now posted: The full list of nominees for ADS Word of the Year 2025. The final vote will be held this evening at 6:45 pm CST at the New Orleans Marriott. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/nominations-...

VD: slide w title “Language & Meaning in the Balance: Linguists Respond to the Sociopolitics of Contemporary Discourse” and photos of the presenters: John Baugh, PhD, Moderator; Robert Henderson, PhD; Scott Kiesling, PhD; Wesley Leonard, PhD; Tracey Weldon, PhD; Kelly Wright, PhD, Lal Zimman, PhD.

Photo of a slide with the title “Language & Meaning in the Balance: Linguists Respond to the Sociopolitics of Contemporary Discourse” and circular photos of the presenters: John Baugh, PhD, Moderator; Robert Henderson, PhD; Scott Kiesling, PhD; Wesley Leonard, PhD; Tracey Weldon, PhD; Kelly Wright, PhD, Lal Zimman, PhD.

@lingsocam.bsky.social Plenary session on “Language & Meaning in the Balance: Linguists Respond to the Sociopolitics of Contemporary Discourse”

The LSA Centennial Student Fund Committee is excited to announce the winners of the Centennial Student Scholarship! Established in 2024, the fund supports student attendance and participation at the meeting.

Join us in celebrating this achievement at #LSA2026! web.cvent.com/event/d45318...

Glad you liked it. Thanks for the mention!

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LSA is excited to announce the winners of the Best Paper in Language Award! Congrats to Danny Law, Justin M. Power, & David Quinto-Pozos, the authors of the article, “Bringing signed languages into the study of regular sound change.” Join us in celebrating at #LSA2026! muse.jhu.edu/pub/24/artic...

And how will it affect your H-index?

Tips on handling such a huge conference are welcome. I usually hide at huge events

On my way to Washington DC for the ASHA conference. It will be my first ASHA.
We will be sharing “Sign and Spoken Language Development in Deaf Children with Hearing Parents Learning to Sign” and “Envisioning the Future with Visual Strategies for Spoken and/or Sign Language Development”

TRUMP DUG UP $40 BILLION TO BAIL OUT HIS BUDDY IN ARGENTINA. WHAT COULD $40 BILLION DO FOR US AT HOME NEXT YEAR INSTEAD? ARGENTINA BAILOUT: $40 BILLION MAKE CHILD CARE AFFORDABLE FOR 1 MILLION+ FAMILIES: ~$20 BILLION PREVENT ACA PREMIUMS FROM DOUBLING: $23 BILLION LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES: $8.8 BILLION RESTORE CUTS TO SNAP: $8 BILLION MEANWHILE AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING TO GET BY.

Billions for Argentina’s Wall Street investors.

Higher costs for American families.

“America First”? Give me a break.

Tell us again about states’ rights

Woman with grey hair and black hoodie, and man with grey hair and beard, maroon hoodie, both sporting ‘I voted’ stickers, standing next to a sign with the word ‘Voting’ and an arrow

I voted ‘early’ - grateful for the chance to do so even in off years. Voting rights and true representation are among the values we must fight for

JDSDE - ACEDHH registration sponsorship The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education will sponsor the cost of registration for a small number of emerging scholars to attend the Association of College Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hear...

Last call! Applications for one of a small number of paid registration for the ACEDHH conference in Denver, Colorado in January 2026 are due in TWO DAYS! This opportunity is for current doctoral students and recent program grads to support their ability to attend. (1/2)

The pregnant DIL has been craving tiramisu.
It doesn't photograph well, but it tasted delicious and satisfied her cravings...
#hobbybaker #homemade #foodiesky #foodie #Whatscooking 🍜🍽️

JDSDE - ACEDHH registration sponsorship The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education will sponsor the cost of registration for a small number of emerging scholars to attend the Association of College Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hear...

Don't forget that we are sponsoring a small number of registrations for the Association of College Educators-Deaf and Hard of Hearing annual conference, January '26 in Colorado! This is for current doctoral students or recently graduated researchers. Find the app link here: forms.gle/kB1zSfmL6KZ5...

We still (atm) have ours. But I wonder about the approach to cutting costs that results in fewer services. *WE* are being asked to do MORE with less, not cut services

It will be even worse when we see the inside