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Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · 6d

Cambridge University Press and the @lingsocam.bsky.social are proud to announce the new Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC), launching in 2027. JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation through a global, diasporic lens.

📢 Learn more: cup.org/3KA2i9a

#linguistics #LangSky

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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 2d

We aren't quite on the summer roadshow yet, but you will find us next at Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) conference with @mishee54.bsky.social representing #edusky #langsky #linguistics

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 3d

For the first time in history, Cymraeg (the Welsh language) will echo through Shakespeare's Globe — in a groundbreaking bilingual production of Romeo a Juliet by Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru.

🔗 tinyurl.com/yhw22wua

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#langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage #Shakespeare

‘The language adds a whole new level’: Welsh-English version of Romeo and Juliet heads for the Globe

Bilingual production by Theatr Cymru is expected to be first time Welsh will be heard at South Bank venue

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 4d

We're hiring! UT Linguistics invites applications for a position in computational linguistics to begin next academic year 2026-27 (rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor with tenure). apply.interfolio.com/175156

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 3d

Spoiler alert: it’s not me (chances were good though)!

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Macron could name a new prime minister in next 48 hours, says outgoing premier on.ft.com/4o8JwUH

Macron could name a new prime minister in next 48 hours, says outgoing premier

Sébastien Lecornu says prospect of a snap parliamentary election is receding

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 3d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 4d

HI. It's me.

WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.

Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)

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Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social · 10d

📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 4 weeks to go...
🧑‍🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm

🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...

Babel Lecture 2025: John Vice on Hansard

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Laura Bailey @linguistlaura.bsky.social · 4d

We're hosting this event at @unikent.bsky.social at the end of the month! So excited to hear all the goss about transcribing the House of Lords bickering! It's free and there is wine, so I'm in #linguistics #language

Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social · 10d

📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 4 weeks to go...
🧑‍🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm

🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 4d

Conservatives: the Party that deplores aspiration. #edusky

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 6d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 9d

Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’

In 2004, language learning ceased to be compulsory at Key Stage 4, aged 14 to 16.

www.independent.co.uk

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Susanne Brouwer @susannebrouwer.bsky.social · 10d

PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing - Apply now!

Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Application deadline: 19 October 2025

For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD: Accented Speech Processing at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!

www.ru.nl

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 9d

We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 10d

My article exploring the connections between language revitalization backlash and genocide is now out. Complimentary copies are available using the link below, or feel free to message me for a copy if the link doesn't work for you.

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Black text on a white background, showing the title and abstract of an academic article. The title is ‘Conquered Primitives Have No Written Language’: Language Revitalization, Reactionary Settler Colonialism, and Perpetual Genocide. For the abstract, please visit https://doi.org/10.3138/GSI-2024-0011.

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School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social · 12d

We are so sorry to announce the death of our long time colleague and friend, Nigel Armstrong. He taught and researched here in French for twenty years and will be deeply missed by colleagues and students alike.

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 14d

On language laws in the Hermit Kingdom - via @economist.com #linguistics

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 15d

From A Coveney: "It is with a heavy heart that I'm writing to let you know of the recent death of Nigel Robert Armstrong, at the age of 70, just 2 years after his retirement as Senior Lecturer at @lcsleeds.bsky.social ”. A towering figure in #French #linguistics with yrs of service to the field.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 15d

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects

So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?

And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 15d

www.economist.com/science-and-...

The Economist is hiring a science and technology correspondent

We’re looking for a writer to join us in London for 12 months

www.economist.com

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations!!

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 18d

Jobs: Syntax: Assistant Professor of Syntax and Artificial Intelligence, The Ohio State University

Description: Position Overview: The Department of Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor who specializes in syntactic theory, with additional interest in artificial intelligence. We are interested in candidates who apply a mathematically rigorous (e.g., logical or statistical) approach to hypothesizing about empirical syntactic data. While theoretical syntax is the primary foc

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 18d

I was not disappointed!

Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 20d

I’m taking my Larousse into class next week and fully expect it to be described as a historical artefact.

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 19d

Please boost! #linguistics student here at Swarthmore is running a survey for English speakers (who don't know Mandarin / any other tone languages) about how we learn tones. Take a few minutes to help out with this student research!
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 20d

New Word of Mouth podcast with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social and @jessaiston.bsky.social on language and the ‘manosphere’ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #linguistics

Word of Mouth - The Language of the Manosphere - BBC Sounds

Michael Rosen hears how words are used as weapons against women

www.bbc.co.uk

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