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There's a pleasing symmetry that the Cyrillic letter Ґ was created to spell the sound /g/ by adding an upward stroke to Г, while centuries earlier, the Roman letter G was created to spell the sound /g/ by adding an upward stroke to C (itself an 'aunt' letter of Г).

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Pragmatics in Translation Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Pragmatics in Translation

Something more recent: focus on methods, especially for those who are looking to enter the fields.
Both open access! 🔓
Pragmatics in Translation www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Corpus Pragmatics www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Have you seen our Forensic Linguistics elements series? Edited by @timgrant123.bsky.social & Tammy Gales, this series offers cutting-edge research, theoretical advancements, & discussions of historical development across all areas of language & law.

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#LangSky 🐦🐦 #CrimSky

Yep, is all I can add.

Fast det KAN ju ha varit en spindel. Vi hade en mygga inne i förra veckan, det trodde jag inte på förrän jag såg den. Vi hoppas det var en spindel 😃

Company News: #Podcasts Now Count Towards Research Impact In World First For Altmetric www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/10... #scholcomm #libraries @digital-science.com

BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG

We are looking for new committee members! If you would like to join the BAAL Corpus SIG as Meetings Secretary or as an Ordinary Member, please get in touch! You can learn more about the SIG at our website:

Nobelpriset i litteratur till László Krasznahorkai | Forskning & Framsteg Texten uppdateras löpande under dagen. Mats Malm: ”När jag ringde tidigare i dag befann sig i Frankfurt på privat resa. Han har lovat vara i …

✨ Årets Nobelpris i litteratur går till den ungerske författaren László Krasznahorkai ”för hans visionära och kraftfulla författarskap som mitt i undergångens fasa upprätthåller tron på konstens möjligheter”.
Artikeln uppdateras.
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#NobelPrize

Five grant applications in the pipeline before New Year's, the first decision was a “no”. Or, rather, the reviewers treated it like a “revise and resubmit” but we'll see if we have the energy. Ah, well, four to go.

📍 Bruxelles-Midi

Forever glad this service exists (even if it uses Amsterdam Zuid instead of Centraal), long gone are the days of relying solely on Eurostar for the fasts between the Netherlands and Belgium…

With that, it’s time I headed back to the UK 🫡

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 released with a new upgrader and expanded device support Ubuntu-based mobile operating system Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 has been released, introducing a new upgrader for future releases and expanding device compatibility, including support for the Rabbit R1...

And now I read about this, perhaps it would work? alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/...

Sofia Rüdiger, Theresa Neumaier, Sven Leuckert, & Sarah Buschfeld, eds. 2025. World Englishes in the 21st century: new perspectives and challenges to the dynamic model. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University... Article Sofia Rüdiger, Theresa Neumaier, Sven Leuckert, & Sarah Buschfeld, eds. 2025. World Englishes in the 21st century: new perspectives and challenges to the dynamic model. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Un...

Very rewarding to see the community engage with our edited volume "World Englishes in the 21st Century: New Perspectives and Challenges to the Dynamic Model". Review just published in Folia Linguistica: doi.org/10.1515/flin...
#WorldEnglishes #Linguistics

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...

Delighted to announce (ugh, can't believe I'm saying that) that Alon Lischinsky and my bibliography of Trans Media Studies is out with Oxford Bibliographies! It's basically the equivalent of a compilation tape - key works, deep cuts and things we like

www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

🗣️📢 The call for abstracts of #cadaad2026 is out! 🗣️📢

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Please join us for this #SSEESing roundtable event to hear more about the implications of the 2025 Czech parliamentary elections for the country's democracy, society, and position in Europe.

Co-sponsored by the British Czech and Slovak Association.

🗓️ 9 October at 6pm
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I have installed /e/ OS on mine, see e.foundation

Hlasy Čechů ze Západní Evropy se v letošních volbách přičtou k Moravskoslezskému kraji – tradičně levicově/populisticky laděnému. Pro liberálně smýšlející voliče dilema: Piráti nebo STAN? V MS kraji jsou oba slabí (max 1 mandát?), ale Piráti vypadají jako jistější volba?

Don't hurl the phone, just change the operating system! Or ask someone to help you do that.

9/9 2025 Online guest lecture by Melissa Kemble on Exploring gendered representations of sexuality and ethnicity in the Australian sports media: A corpus-based analysis of Aussie Rules and Rugby League Details. Details:
sydneycorpuslab.com/wp-content/u...

Missed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand!

YouTube links on conference website and in replies:

www.cl2025.co.uk/home

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Tip for anyone trying to delete their academia account

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My PhD research is now out open access: www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10...! 🎉 On English–Italian late bilinguals 🇬🇧🇮🇹 showing #L1 #attrition as a natural, domain- & experience-dependent outcome of #bilingualism, involving a complex (possibly inverse) relationship between L1 & L2. @schoolofppls.bsky.social

A lot of talk about copyright at the moment because of the Anthropic stuff so just a quick reminder that Taylor & Francis journals will ask you to relinquish copyright by default but if you just click 'no' their system automatically goes "oh okay then".

🚨 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

“The algorithm loves the war”: ambivalent visibility in content creator practices during war Content creators in war zones are critical in shaping global perceptions of conflict. Through social media, they document real-time events and reach audiences beyond the traditional news frameworks...

New publication alert: The algorithm loves the war”: ambivalent visibility in content creator practices during war"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... with the amazing duo @tomdivon.bsky.social and @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social !! findings below >>>