Jonathan Kasstan

👀 2 documentaires en partie sur les accents et sur Marseille cette semaine :

▪️ Lundi 9 à 23h20, "Avé l'accent", documentaire diffusé sur Paris-Première (en partie sur la discrimination à l'accent)
▪️ Mercredi 11 à 17h20, "Invitation au voyage" sur Arte : "Le marseillais, c'est aussi une langue"

L’anglonormativité est en excellente santé

(Ou: comment dire je me fous pas mal de vous sans dire je me fous pas mal de vous)

S4C - Stori'r Iaith, Cyfres 2, Stori'r Iaith - Cerys Matthews Cyfres Newydd. Cerys Matthews sy'n mynd ar daith bersonol i olrhain stori'r iaith Gymra...

A new series of Stori'r Iaith, the S4C programme that explores the history of the Welsh language, starts today. Ep 1 was filmed at Jesus and features several of Oxford's Celtic scholars. Watch the programme live at 9PM or on catch-up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n1q6c0. Subtitles available.

Deborah Cameron (1958–2026) Click on the article title to read more.

The Journal of Sociolinguistics Editorial Board were saddened to learn of Deborah Cameron's passing earlier this year. We are grateful to Don Kulick for writing this obituary - a moving account of Debbie's brilliance, and a friendship that spanned decades:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New on APLV: Đinhet al., Registers in the Bahnar dialects in Vietnam: A sociophonetic study. benjamins.com/catalog/aplv...

#Reform throwing a wobbly this AM about #Green election literature printed in a multilingual format (“in #Urdu”). I can’t see the problem with widening democratic participation and this makes perfect sense. #Reform monolingual candidate clearly didn’t represent the constituency. #GortonandDenton

when i keep saying that language technologies enable the expansion of surveillance and monitoring that simply would not have been feasible previously making shitty jobs even shittier — this is what i mean

🥳 The latest issue of the Journal of Sociolinguistics is here! February's issue contains a brilliant and wide-ranging set of orginial research in Sociolinguistics, including the indexicality of 'bad' schools in Chicago, variable ING in Australian indigenous boarding schools... (1/3)

Scottish Government unveils Gaelic language funding package

A new funding package to support the growth of the Gaelic language has been unveiled by the Deputy First Minister

English or Perish? The Value of Linguistic Capital in the Social Sciences and Humanities - Julien Larregue, Alice Pavie, 2026 This article examines the relationship between linguistic practices and funding success in Canadian social sciences and humanities. Through a mixed-methods appr...

Analysis of 56,680 applications to the Canadian federal grant scheme revealed that writing a grant proposal in French rather than in English is associated with lower chances of securing funding (35.5% vs 37.6%). Important work!
doi.org/10.1177/0038...
#languagebarriers

Book prize announcement from the American association of applied linguistics

🎉Huge congratulations to our associate editor Daniel Silva @dnsfortal.bsky.social and Jerry Won Lee for this very well deserved prize!! 🏆

Check out Branca Falabella Fabricio’s transcribed interview with the authors just out in this month’s issue of Journal of Sociolinguistics! 👇

Universität Basel: Professor in English linguistics (open-rank) A position as Professor in English linguistics with a focus on English as a lingua franca in the digital age is to be filled at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Basel...

English linguists
#world Englishes
Open rank professorial position at the university of Basel, Switzerland
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Good sleuthing you two!

Lack of diversity among curriculum drafters ‘deeply concerning’ Open letter with nearly 100 signatories calls for a ‘more diverse range’ of drafters to write the new national curriculum, warning there is a risk of ‘narrow’ content

The government should review those chosen to draft the new national curriculum because the list has a ‘deeply concerning lack of diversity’, according to an open letter with nearly 100 signatories

Are we surprised yet? Abstract The past year (2025) has marked the 10th anniversary of Asia-Pacific Language Variation (APLV), which started in 2015. This is a fitting time to examine how far we have come in the first ten ...

There is some great synthesising of variationist scholarship happening at APLV at the moment! www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour... #linguistics

Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds Listen live to Radio 4 on BBC Sounds

#Radio4 this morning reporting on a piece re #Welsh as a heritage language in #Argentina #Patagonia and language shift in the UK (around 7h44) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #linguistics

This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.

The extent to which #Reform are trying to ape MAGA is obvious and has been for a while, suggesting a lack of policy substance (quelle surprise). However, in this case, it just looks like incompetence and a poor grasp of the basics. #HigherEd via #WonkHE

Jobs: Semantics: Lecturer in Linguistics (Semantics), Harvard University Description: The Department of Linguistics seeks applications for a lecturer in linguistics, with a focus on teaching and advising in formal semantics. The ability to teach and advise students in another area in addition to semantics is a plus. The lecturer will be responsible for teaching four courses in this area (two per semester). We anticipate a mix of graduate and undergraduate courses, to include semantics courses at both levels, and courses possibly from among the following: an underg

Jobs: Semantics: Lecturer in Linguistics (Semantics), Harvard University

Creole on #Radio4 this week, and with a linguist to boot! #linguistics

Allez les bleus ! #sixnations 🏉

Variation and Change in Language Revitalization The category ‘new speaker’ (NS) has emerged independently in several language-revitalization settings to refer to individuals who acquire the target language outside of the home. In this chapter we a...

Some thinking here from a synthesis of allied scholarship that can be brought to bear on building a socially accountable theory of language change. Communities valiantly working towards language revitalization do not get nearly enough attention #linguistics 🔓
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Welsh language signs spotted in Helston Tesco in Cornwall One councillor hopes this is an opportunity for supermarkets to support Cornish more directly.

#Tesco rolling with the P- #Celtic grouping and being shouted down. Pfft. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #linguistics

calling L1 speakers of British English, please help out my student Emilia on her dissertation study! 🐦🐦

it's a short (<20 min) and fun one on voice recognition, please share! lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions! These summaries are impact-led and a great way to increase the visbility of your research.

Soon hiring a lab manager! Looking for someone who is really interested in language neuroscience, who is organised, motivated, a great communicator, and who works well in a research team. Express interest by submitting this form: tinyurl.com/glysn-labman...

Reposts appreciated!

You can still join the REF 2029 Town Hall event on Strategy, People and Research Environment (SPRE)
tomorrow, Wednesday, 4 February, 11 am to 12 pm

2029.ref.ac.uk/about/how-to...

Nice!

You're Dead to Me - Geoffrey Chaucer: the medieval father of English literature - BBC Sounds Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the life of medieval author Geoffrey Chaucer.

Fantastic new podcast episode on #Chaucer by @gregjenner.bsky.social and Marion Turner (of house @ox.ac.uk). Lots going on (how good these isles were at learning languages, the Great Vowel Shift, iambic pentameter, un-deplatforming Chaucer himself) would recommend ! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

X Posts about London Crime - large growth in number of likes after monetisation introduced

Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
economist.com/britain/2026...