Michelle Sheehan

'Cello' comes from 'violoncello'. This Italian word has a funny literal meaning: "little big viola".

That's because it's a double derivative of 'viola':
viola > violone (big viola) > violoncello (little big viola).

The part '-cello' is only a suffix.

Here's more about it, 'violin', and 'fiddle':

Male academics be like "Dear female scholar, here's a paper I wrote that you might be interested in (as you have worked on the topic) in which I do not cite any one of the many papers you have written on the topic."

OASIS 5 (Ontology As Structured by the Interfaces with Semantics 5) will take place at the University of Edinburgh, December 3-5, with a satellite workshop on nominals in non-referential use. Call deadline: August 15.

The word "laundry" contains both steps of the laundry process:
1. Undry
2. Dry

Languages are even more fun when you learn a little bit about how they work!

John R. Ross - Wikipedia

RIP linguist Haj Ross (1938-2025) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R....

The UK is not a single-language state. It’s time Starmer caught up Owen Williams When Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that “if you want to live in the UK, you should speak English,” he wasn’t just parroting a tired line about integration. He was exposing a deepe...

The UK is not a single-language state.

A powerful argument by @owswills.bsky.social for understanding and valuing multiculturalism.

nation.cymru/opinion/the-...

Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑‍🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.

Did you know this about English & Media Centre? It's not a commercial organisation - it's an educational charity, with a tiny staff, offering as much as it can for free, doing loads of advocacy for the subject & offering a very wide range of support for teachers!

Colour co-ordinated as always, Jenneke! Huge congrats again!

The article title 'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' on a blue background.

'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' by @mishee54.bsky.social, Alice Corr, Anna Havinga, @jrkasstan.bsky.social & Norma Schifano argues for linguistics in the UK Mod Langs curriculum. Read it #OA: bit.ly/MLO-linguisitics @ciol-linguists.bsky.social

The @inmfl.bsky.social Project bagged its first award last night at Newcastle University in the category "Inclusive Education, Lifelong Learning & CPD"! This success goes in large part to many dedicated teachers who have co-created, piloted, and tested the materials developed on the project so far!

Lovely to see this recognition of our work on the @inmfl.bsky.social project! Language learning can be transformational, and we are proposing one way to realise that through the introduction of #linguistics in the school languages curriculum. #edusky #langsky

Just 10 days to go!

The deadline to submit your abstracts for Papers and Posters is April 14 at 5PM GMT ⏳
Proposals for Special Interest Panels are also welcome!

Submit your great research ideas: easychair.org/cfp/lagb2025
and share your work with the linguistics community.

Be part of #LAGB2025!

“I haven’t seen any results yet”: on ethical collaborative research in linguistics and the need for a standard protocol What does ‘good’ ethical conduct in linguistics look like from the perspective of the communities with whom we work? We address this question by drawing on observations from a community-bridging and k...

What does ‘good’ ethical conduct in #linguistics look like from the perspective of the communities with whom we work? What can we as linguists be doing better? When it comes to building funding bids here are some suggestions #langsky 👉 www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

📣 We’ve been shortlisted for a Newcastle University Engagement and Place Award in the Inclusive Education, Life Long Learning and CPD category! Thank you, @newcastleuni.bsky.social, for this recognition - we’re delighted!

Follow our new BlueSky account if you are interested! #linguistics #education #MFLTwitterati #MFL

Follow our new BlueSky account if you are interested! #linguistics #education #MFLTwitterati #MFL

Word of Mouth - Creating Languages for Film and Television with Professor David Adger - BBC Sounds Michael Rosen asks a linguist how he invents new languages for TV series and films.

That there #linguistics bloke @davidadger.bsky.social talks conlangs with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social for BBC Word of Mouth! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Can we all please agree to stop using the word ‘seminal’?

A notice with a buff coloured background and bold dark brown printing in capital letters, pinned to a dark grey-green coloured door. The word REFUSE is in larger print than the rest of the notice. The notice reads: REFUSE TO BE STORED IN BLACK PLASTIC SACKS AND PLACED IN THE CONTAINERS PROVIDED.

REFUSE.

(lexical stress)

Very excited to speak at #OASIS4 next week in York. Interdisciplinary conferences are the best and here’s why…https://oasis-4.webflow.io/speaker/michelle-sheehan

Making the Case for Languages from Primary - 31st January 2025 – Europa School UK Providing Multicultural, Multilingual European Education - A friendly and international place to work and learn. Teaching in French, German, Spanish and English.

Just found out about this exciting Primary Languages conference just around the corner in Abingdon! #mflbluesky #langchat europaschooluk.org/making-the-c...

If only they had gone with ‘Cartographer’! english.stackexchange.com/questions/48...

Silk Roads Go beyond sand and spices to discover how the journeys of people, objects and ideas across three continents shaped cultures and histories.

Finally got to this today: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/... it’s really good but (as usual) could have done with some linguistic input). There are lots of cool documents and scripts though! Worth a visit!

Cambridge cafe reading for linguists

Heard today: she’s duolingual in English and Spanish. Love it!

Vacancies - Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

Available Ph.D. positions in linguistics (all subdisciplines) and philology (including historical linguistics) in our department at the University of Oslo. Application deadline February 28, 2025.

www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/...

This is fun!

Yes, all I want for Christmas is a meaningless email from every company I gave every interacted with wishing me seasons greetings.