@robertadal.bsky.social
Chair professor of Linguistics / Syntax and Language Variation at Utrecht University || EiC of Isogloss || Editor of #OGS, LangSciPress || #OA advocate || Science advice || Academic mentor || Abruzzese in Olanda || Not very patient indeed
How does a journal get added to the list?
02.02.2026 21:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
"More than 3 years ago, the famous Roman emperor Julius Caesar passed away" written over a marble bust of Caesar.
New favourite example of scalar implicature
18.01.2026 16:13 β π 369 π 69 π¬ 14 π 5
Two new articles on the hottest topic in #Romance linguistics
- The non-unity of differential object marking: Flagging versus indexing, Haspelmath
- DOM and a-topics: The case of Sicilian and Tuscan regional varieties of Italian. An experimental study, Interlandi
(revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index)
Will maternity leave have an impact on my career? I'm having a baby: am I doomed forever?
A new video from Your Academic Auntie.
Feel free to get in touch if you wish to chat!
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Happy new year from your academic auntie!
Here's a tip for increasing your productivity in 2026 π
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The winter holidays are upon us! Hereβs some advice from Your Academic Auntie. It was made for the summer, but the message is the same: take time off and rest!
Everything can wait, except your mental well-being π©βππ
Remember: if you need a chat, I'm here for you!
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The Romance Inter-Views no. 4 on theory and experimental evidence is online on #Isogloss!
Six linguists talk about the integration of experimental and theoretical linguistics, when experiments challenged theory and when they confirmed it, and share ideas for new research directions in Romance ling!
New on #Isogloss: Antonio FΓ‘bregas and Mike Putnam: The role of gender suffixes in number suppletion: Exponent shapes and left branches.
Enjoy!
revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
Here's another Your Academic Auntie video with some #timemanagement tips.
I don't think there's anyone left in this world who doesn't know these, but just in case: enjoy!
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Do you ever feel like no matter how much you work, you never get to the bottom of it? Like you're not really being productive?
The Done! list will help you realize just how much you actually accomplish without even noticing π
#timemanagement
#AcademicAchievements
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Valentina tells me that they will have a remote connection if there are people who are interested.
16.07.2025 10:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Diego Krivochen's new article on #Isogloss : Subjecthood in Spanish meteorological verbs
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Two days left to send an abstract to the Formal Linguistic Approaches to Multimodality Workshop in Dublin!
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How do I say no? Ask Your Academic Auntie :)
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I'm honored to have been invited to join the Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science of the International Science Council.
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Thanks to @globalyacademy.bsky.social for nominating me!
I'm feeling #overwhelmed! How can I cope with #academic #workload? A new video by Your Academic Auntie :) youtu.be/BAnGua1HPjo
01.07.2025 09:59 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hot off the press: Li, Lobo & Teixeira, #Subject-#object asymmetries in the processing of #EuropeanPortuguese cleft structures: Assessing the role of #animacy
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End of term time, time for student #evaluations, sometimes hurtful ones. How should you take them? A new #AcademicAuntie video π youtu.be/gmPsuv5PSWE
02.06.2025 07:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Third factors in language design: the view from hashtag#heritage languages, INALCO Paris (and Zoom), next Friday (6 June)!
Join us (in person or online) to discuss the latest findings on heritage language grammars and cognition.
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The dates are out!
Heritage Language Syntax 6 (#HLS6) will be held at BoΔaziΓ§i University in Istanbul on 6-7 November!
The CFP is open; the deadline for abstract submission is 13 July:
hls.bogazici.edu.tr
Added it! And since I reorganized the categories (that I had added randomly) not it's first on the list! :)
29.05.2025 14:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sounds perfect! Which category should it go in? Computational linguistics? (I don't think that's for quantitative methods and stats right?) Thank you so much!
29.05.2025 14:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks! I had seen this but I'm not sure it's a textbook? Is that for an intro NLP?
29.05.2025 13:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Better send me an email to my uu address - I almost never check here :) Thanks for your interest!
29.05.2025 13:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Are these textbooks? I am only collecting those, not reference books --
28.05.2025 18:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh it's just 30 pages! If you feel like translating it go ahead! (Let me know if you do -
28.05.2025 18:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks Steve! Is it a textbook? I'm only collecting those, not reference books (it would get too long a list)
28.05.2025 18:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
#OA textbooks in #Linguistics! These #textbooks are free to download and use in class π
Enjoy, share, and long live #OA!
www.robertadalessandro.it/oa-textbooks
Are you stuck, do you have some issues in your academic life and need some feedback, or just a chat with an experienced person? Contact your Academic Auntie!
www.robertadalessandro.it/mentoring
#academic #mentoring
