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Lorna Carson

@lornacarson.bsky.social

Applied linguist, Dublin. Likes to be busy & likes doing nothing in equal measures.

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Latest posts by lornacarson.bsky.social on Bluesky

Documentary Launch| FREE TO LEARN: SOZE UNGAYIBAMBI!| 26 September 2024
YouTube video by Centre for Multilingualism & Diversities Research Documentary Launch| FREE TO LEARN: SOZE UNGAYIBAMBI!| 26 September 2024

Really powerful South African documentary screened at #ISB2025, β€œFree to Learn - Soze ungayibambi”, on the use of isiXhosa as well as English from Grade 4 in Basic Education. m.youtube.com/watch?v=EoGg...

10.06.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to Zhu Hua!

03.05.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar phΓ‘ipΓ©ar

12.04.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why Linguistics makes one a better person (and makes them feel better) Why Linguistics makes one a better person (and makes them feel better). A genderized point of view on Italian.

Maybe you always knew deep down that we linguists are just lovely people, right?! Join us tomorrow for this public talk in @tcddublin.bsky.social and learn why… www.eventbrite.ie/e/why-lingui...

25.03.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Planning to study @tcddublin.bsky.social but need to boost your English first, or know someone who will be?
We have a beneficial 10-week full-time Pre-sessional English Language Programme to assist your transition to your new place of study.

πŸ‘‰ Learn more at
www.tcd.ie/slscs/englis...

23.03.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Police Service launches new sign language video relay service The new video conferencing facility, which is hosted by SignVideo, will offer both Irish Sign Language (ISL) or British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting at the touch of a button and has been launched ...

The new video conferencing facility, which is hosted by SignVideo, will offer both Irish Sign Language (ISL) or British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting at the touch of a button and has been launched during National Sign Language Week.

23.03.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aidan Clarke Memorial Lecture - A City in Translation: Multilingual Lives in Early Modern London A seminar by Dr John Gallagher (University of Leeds) as part of the Trinity Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series.

Dublin friends and colleagues, I'm coming to Trinity next Monday 24th March to give the @historytcd.bsky.social Aidan Clarke Memorial Lecture. All welcome, starts at 4pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social. Really looking forward to bringing this new research back to the alma mater!

18.03.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Fully funded (NWO) PhD position opening soon on Multilingualism, Identity and Emotions in Post-migratory Settings. Co-supervised by myself and Hadi Mirvehedi. Come join us at the @unigroningen.bsky.social's Centre for Language and Cognition πŸ’œ email me if you have preliminary questions

17.03.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We are hiring! The Centre for Deaf Studies at @tcdslscs.bsky.social seeks an Asst Prof in Applied Sign Linguistics, specific purposes contract. Full details at www.tcd.ie/vacancies

12.03.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Job description for job at TCD

Job description for job at TCD

My lovely dept, The School of English at Trinity College Dublin, is hiring! We are looking for a postcolonial scholar who can also teach American literature. We’re a lovely bunch, I promise. Please spread the word!

12.03.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

Update - I understand that the search has been stood down and that our colleague is safe and sound πŸ™πŸ™

28.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Help us find our colleague @yecidortega.bsky.social / last seen two weeks ago in Germany.

27.02.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow @tcddublin.bsky.social @tricondublin.bsky.social - seminar on Anti-Racism in Equality Law.

24.02.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shocking read.

21.02.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'I call her my Italian sister': The power of cross-cultural friendships What happens when we make friends across borders? Two writers talk about their British-Italian friendship – and the fascinating cognitive science on such cross-cultural bonds.

The world definitely needs more cross-cultural and cross-linguistic friendships - bbc.com/future/artic...

21.02.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Staging Injustice: Performance and Asylum Hearings A seminar with keynote speakers Dr Emma Cox (Royal Holloway, U.L.) and Prof Nick Gill (Exeter University) organised by the Trinity College Dublin Drama Department, The β€œIdentities in Transformation” t...

Happening this Friday @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

19.02.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the Bluesky home page for the School of Linguistic, Speech and Linguistic Sciences at Trinity College Dublin.

Screenshot of the Bluesky home page for the School of Linguistic, Speech and Linguistic Sciences at Trinity College Dublin.

Welcome to @tcdslscs.bsky.social School of Linguistics to Bluesky! @tcddublin.bsky.social

19.02.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@profdarryljones.bsky.social

07.02.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Questionnaire on the expression of the perfect. INFORMED CONSENT FORM FOR ADULTS Variation of the expression of the perfect in Northern and Southern Irish English. Invitation: I invite you to participate in a research project conducted by PhD stude...

πŸ“’Calling all Irish English speakersπŸ“’

PhD research on "the expression of the perfect" in Irish English.

Short questionnaire (6 Qs) found at the link below πŸ‘‡

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

31.01.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stack of 4 books, Orbital, Tokyo Express, Red Notice, Lady Gregory’s Toothbrush

Stack of 4 books, Orbital, Tokyo Express, Red Notice, Lady Gregory’s Toothbrush

Our book club’s selection for this term, sourced from the ever reliable @kennysbookshop.bsky.social in Galway. No spoilers please πŸ˜…

31.01.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to see our secondhand book sale up and running again, always one of the best bits in the Trinity year. Takes huge amounts of work from a team of volunteers @tcddublin.bsky.social

31.01.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Ursula!

30.01.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Become a superdialectologist! Young linguists help to record The Czech Academy of Sciences’ Institute of the Czech Language is recruiting young language enthusiasts to document dialects and the endangered speech of older generations.

Become a superdialectologist! Young linguists help to record Czechia’s dialects english.radio.cz/bec...

29.01.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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'Britain’s cities are multilingual, but utopian visions of equality are being cancelled', a new blog by Yaron Matras, author of SPEECH AND THE CITY

πŸ“ Read now at cup.org/4hBzrfY

28.01.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dr Isabelle Heyerick interviews Dr Luigi Lerose on his work as a deaf sign linguist and his new book Improving your British Sign Language. 

Date: Tuesday 11th March 2025

Time: 6:30pm – 8pm (followed by drinks at the Lincolns Inn https://lincolnsinn.ie/)

Location: online via Zoom or in-person at the Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin campus.

Dr Isabelle Heyerick interviews Dr Luigi Lerose on his work as a deaf sign linguist and his new book Improving your British Sign Language. Date: Tuesday 11th March 2025 Time: 6:30pm – 8pm (followed by drinks at the Lincolns Inn https://lincolnsinn.ie/) Location: online via Zoom or in-person at the Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin campus.

Join "Improving Your British Sign Language" author @leroseluigi.bsky.social sky.social in conversation with Dr. Isabelle Heyerick on his new book, March 11th as part of @tcddublin.bsky.social CDS Hybrid Lecture seires.

RSVP at the link below

cup.org/4jvIwbC

23.01.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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