Lauren Gawne

This is the kind of moment where I really miss the ⭐ instead of ❤️

🤢

A commendation is offered in addition to the principle award. It's pretty common, if under-utilised, as a way of acknowledging good work and I deliberately kept it under-specified because it can be applied in any number of ways.

I've written a blog post about how commendations serve the whole ecosystem well: www.superlinguo.com/post/8073821...

Please consider adding a commendation category for the next award/prize/competition you run!

Awards and prizes are a lovely way to acknowledge good work being done in your workplace or community. One of my biggest critiques of awards is that people are not awarded commendations enough. I love commendations!

please, cite the deep lore to me, I was only there for some of it and my memory is increasingly patchy.

What a champ! And such an impressive fundraising effort!

Who Listens to Linguistics Podcasting? A Survey of Lingthusiasm Listeners Podcasting is now an established entertainment medium, and is a useful platform for content that can find a niche global audience outside of traditional broadcast media. Linguistics is one topic that...

New article in Language and Linguistics Compass:

Who Listens to Linguistics Podcasting? A Survey of Lingthusiasm Listeners

It was so great to work with some of the prod team: Martha Tsutsui Billins, Sarah M. Dopierala, Leah Velleman and (of course) @gretchenmcculloch.com

doi.org/10.1111/lnc3...

I think your kid is right, this really feels like an oversight???

I am afraid I am not a late night person, but I am a big fan of Gerado Ortega's work!

Thinking of you all 💙

The LingComm Grants are back!

These grants started in 2020, as "hey let's help get lingcomm projects going during lockdown"

They've since run in 2022 and 2024, and thanks to generous folks we've always given out more than expected

But they only work if people apply!!! Please share this!!

Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences? Apply for a 2026 LingComm Grant! Due: April 30, 2026. Details at link in bio.

Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences?

The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project!

Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know!

Details:
lingcomm.org/grants
#linguistics #langsky #lingcomm

112: When language become-s(3SG) linguistic example-s(PL) Language is all around us. This sentence right here, is language! But between the raw experience of someone saying something and a linguistic analysis of what they've said, there are certain steps tha

Language is all around us. This sentence right here, is language! But between someone saying something and a linguistic analysis of it, there are certain steps that make it easier for that analysis to happen.

In our latest episode we get enthusiastic about how language becomes linguistic data!

111: Whoa!! A surprise episode??? For me??!! Wait, surprise is associated with a particular intonation!? Oh, you can see surprise by measuring electricity from your brain!? Hang on, some languages have grammatical marking for surprise!? In thi

Wait, surprise is associated with a particular intonation!? Oh, you can see surprise by measuring electricity from your brain!? Hang on, some languages have grammatical marking for surprise!?

In our latest episode we get enthusiastic about surprise!

Hello academics! If you sent anything to anyone after, say, the 15th of December, I can promise you that it is too early to expect them to have moved on it! You can leave your follow up emails another week or three, I promise.

There's a generic boot, but not rainproof ones - I think it would be difficult to make a case for what it brings to communication that the other wet weather emoji don't already ☔🌧️🌂😫😓

OK, so I ended up logging back into the journal website to redownload the specific version of the document that I submitted because I hit another "fix this quote that doesn't exist"

The missing reference was my typo, but there are two quotes I can't find and I hate this reality so much.

This was already not a fun task and now I'm running in circles trying to correct quotes that don't exist!

there's plenty in there that seems... fine... like, I wish I didn't have to write this paper for a third time but it's not terrible advice - but then there's just enough that I'm second guessing everything now 🫠

Dusting off a paper, picking yourself up and facing the feedback is never fun (this was a reject, but it's confronting it even when it goes well) - I just hate this new extra layer of second guessing

Maybe they just did the review while tired and a little wonky, and look I'm not going to fault them if the thought they couldn't find a reference in the list - I just hate that the slop machines make me second guess these things

It's taken me 15 minutes of working on this to wonder if the reviewer has had an AI do some of the work of this review. It's not all bad suggestions, and most of the "this on this page" is correct, and look I agree we maybe through the word Habitus around a bit more than necessary

Working through a peer review where I feel like I'm going a little wonky - I've already gone back and tripled checked I'm working into the right file
"this reference isn't in the references"... it's the first reference in the list?
"this sentence is really clunky"... I can't find that sentence

My article 'Five Key Concepts for Autistic Linguistic Justice' is now free to read in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social.

For the curious or time poor, here's a short thread on the main ideas.

doi.org/10.1177/2573...

the longer time goes on the funnier it is to me that I still think of @gretchenmcc.bsky.social as a "new blogger" because she started her blog 13 months after I started mine

(2011 and 2012 respectively, our blogs are half way through high school. time is funny)

Finally got to finishingGesture: A Slim Guide by @superlinguo.bsky.social

Nonverbal communication (esp signed languages) has always fascinated me, and this is a great intro w/ lots to dig deeper into!

First learned about this on their podcast @lingthusiasm.bsky.socialw/ @gretchenmcc.bsky.social

Linguaphile Magazine We are a non-profit magazine exploring the essence of languages and the cultures they shape. From endangered dialects to the global impact of multilingualism, we delve into the stories behind the worl...

Linguaphile Magazine is crowdfunding printing for their first physical edition. It looks very beautiful.

www.linguaphilemagazine.org

This project received a 2024 #lingcomm grant commendation, it's exciting to see this turn into a physical product!

Lol postage from Australia

Look, I like finding a solid card each year and sending it to everyone - I'm glad I have a kindred spirit out there!

Ooh yeah, I think reckon I could get to 25 🤔 *scheming intensifies*