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Just published "The construction of multilinguals as Others: Do we practice what we preach?" edited by Artemis Alexiadou, Claudio Scarvaglieri, Christoph Schroeder & Heike Wiese #openaccess #cam langsci-press.org/catalog/book...

As apparently hosting websites for more than a couple of days is too much to ask, here's a new link to the #BæFoLa program:
sites.google.com/view/sofia-r...
#LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics

two women are standing next to each other in a living room holding clothes hangers and asking why is no one ready . ALT: two women are standing next to each other in a living room holding clothes hangers and asking why is no one ready .

Delayed flight, now waiting for passengers who can’t be found…

oops, I did it again 🎶
Call for papers for Corpus Pragmatics special issue "Speech Acts in English: Corpus Insights from Past to Present", ed. by @racheledf.bsky.social, Christine Elsweiler & me.
Abstract submissions due: 1 November 2025
link.springer.com/collections/...
#Pragmatics #Linguistics

Auf dem Weg zur #GAL2025 gesehen, dass auf dem Markt vor dem Hauptcampus der Uni die Brotinsel und der Laib & Seele-Stand immer noch vertreten sind 🤩 beide sehr empfehlenswert!

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We are organizing #CADAAD2026 in Valladolid.
The #CFP will be launched soon.
We'll be using the handle @cadaad2026.bsky.social for updates and information.
Follow us there & help us spread the word!
#CADAADNetwork #CADAAD #CriticalDiscourseStudies

Picture of a Franzbrötchen (cinnamon bun adjacent)

Back in Franzbrötchen country and I’m not mad about it 😋

Uuuuh!

Another outing of @plandrew.bsky.social and my little research project on the names and naming of new build developments in the UK

When the info screen accurately reflects your current state

Babel article: Love Island lingo

Babel Young Writers' Competition guidelines

🤼 Babel Young Writers' Competition - get printed in Babel!
🏆 Here's inspiration from previous winner @danielstrogen.bsky.social:
tinyurl.com/4hk9sxpm

I was not able to make it to #ISLE8 - being able to stream the plenaries, panel discussion and the prize presentations is great!

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026

ISLE ISLE is the International Society for the Linguistics of English. Our central aim is to promote the study of the English language, that is, the study of the structure and history of standard and non-s...

#ISLE8 is streaming all plenaries, the presidential address, the panel discussion, and the prize ceremony. Free & open to anyone via our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@isle2008/st...
An overview of the streaming schedule can be found here: www.isle-linguistics.org/about/news#i...
#Linguistics

Hahahahahaha
….seufz

UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social

If you haven't already, please sign

I second that

Bundesforschungsministerin Dorothee Bär legte Brosius-Gersdorf nahe, ihre Kandidatur zu überdenken. "Wir haben lauter mündige Abgeordnete, und wenn die sagen, ich kann mit meinem Gewissen Frau Brosius-Gersdorf nicht wählen, dann akzeptiere ich das, dann respektiere ich es und dann erwarte ich aber auch von der Kandidatin, dass sie mal für sich selbst überlegt, ob sie die Richtige ist", sagte die CSU-Politikerin in der ARD-Talkshow Maischberger. Man tue Frauen keinen Gefallen, wenn man sich nicht mit ihren Inhalten auseinandersetzen dürfe, sagte Bär weiter. Sie erwarte zudem "ein bisschen Resilienz" und "dass man auch kritikfähig sein muss", wenn man "sich ins höchste deutsche Gericht wählen lassen möchte". Zuvor

a special place in hell etc.

Neue Podcastfolge jetzt online!
Sabrina Patsch erzählt, wie sie als promovierte Quantenphysikerin nun Wissenschaftsredakteurin bei c't wurde.
Jetzt hier https://rss.com/podcasts/leavingacademia/ oder auf allen gängigen Podcastplattformen abrufbar.
#ichbinhanna #ichbinreyhan #leavingacademia

At #IPrA2025 presenting @plandrew.bsky.social and my work on names of new build housing developments!

Plakat für die GAL-Jahrestagung 2025

Das Plakat zur diesjährigen @gal-ev.bsky.social -Jahrestagung hängt - and I’m here for the colour clash 😆
#GAL2025

A photo of a crescent with terraced houses in Edinburgh

I do like a Crescent - shame the garden next to it wasn’t open to the public, it would have been a perfect spot for escaping the conferencing hustle and bustle for a bit

Bucholtz & Hall 2016 fangirlen - da mach ich mit! 😄

flyer for the Bayreuth food and language lectures with 4 different donut drawings on it October 25, 12:30-13:30 (CEST): Anna Islentyeva (University of Innsbruck) A Comparative Analysis of Femininity and Masculinity in Food and Beverage Advertising November 29, 12:30-13:30 (CET): Ariana Gunderson (Indiana University Bloomington) Veganizing Language: Strategies for Plant-based Legibility in Germany December 20, 12:30-13:30 (CET): Marlén Izquierdo (Universidad del País Vasco) Cooking and Language in English and Spanish: Exploring the Communicative Function(s) of Online Food Descriptions with the CLANES Corpus January 31, 12:30-13:30 (CET): Loukia Lindholm (Åbo Akademi University) Constructing the Authentic in User-generated Online Reviews of Ethnic Restaurants

It's time for season 7 of the Bayreuth Food and Language Lectures #BaFoLa. As always, we have prepared a delicious program. This time featuring #AdvertisingLanguage, #VeganGermany, #FoodDescriptions in English & Spanish, #Authenticity in online restaurant reviews 🍩🍩🍩
#linguistics #LanguageAndFood

Ich hab hier noch nie was gepostet und auch gar keine Reichweite. Aber wenn das jemand sieht, der*die beim Artificial Friday am 17.5. sein Promotions- oder Postdoc-Projekt, das mit KI und Linguistik zu tun hat, mit nem digitalen Poster vorstellen möchte: bitte bei mir melden. Es gibt noch 1-2 Plätze

Next #OSSO talk coming up in less than two weeks!
Miriam Locher will give us a whirlwind tour of her work on #IdentityOnline, featuring Facebook, agony aunts, health forums, and K-drama fans!
Org. with @coocho.bsky.social; join us :) Reg. link (if you still need it): forms.office.com/e/xZF6K3piGm

Flyer for the ISLE event with pictures of the three speakers and the following text: This online event on the implications and repercussions of the quantitative turn in English linguistics centres around questions like: • Will English Linguistics become ever more quantitative? • And what are potential issues of such developments? • What is the future of quantitative methodology in English linguistics? Special focus is given to a discussion on what has changed over the past 40 years and what issues have arisen from using quantitative methods.

Next ISLE event coming up on February 21 (3:30pm CET): Tove Larsson, Stefan Th. Gries & Laura Janda on "English Linguistics After the Quantitative Turn"! Free & open to all (no need to be an ISLE member). Zoom link available at: www.isle-linguistics.org/activities/o...

Lego, obvs