Jonathan Kasstan
@jrkasstan.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in French and Linguistics, Westminster | Research on language in society | Associate Editor, Journal of Sociolinguistics | Research Notes Editor, Journal of French Language Studies.
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This free online workshop “From linguistic research to classroom practice: how different perspectives shape #grammar #teaching” may be of interest to teachers on here: linguisticsinmfl.co.uk/events/works... #edusky #langsky #linguistics @inmfl.bsky.social @saschastollhans.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This free online workshop “From linguistic research to classroom practice: how different perspectives shape #grammar #teaching” may be of interest to teachers on here: linguisticsinmfl.co.uk/events/works... #edusky #langsky #linguistics @inmfl.bsky.social @saschastollhans.bsky.social
This is a damning indictment of where the Higher Ed sector now finds itself.
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is a damning indictment of where the Higher Ed sector now finds itself.
#NWAV54 !! Bravo @julieauger.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#NWAV54 !! Bravo @julieauger.bsky.social
On language laws in the Hermit Kingdom - via @economist.com #linguistics
September 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
On language laws in the Hermit Kingdom - via @economist.com #linguistics
September issue of @jslx.bsky.social is out with some very touching contributions @lhlew.bsky.social @betsysneller.bsky.social #linguistics
September 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
September issue of @jslx.bsky.social is out with some very touching contributions @lhlew.bsky.social @betsysneller.bsky.social #linguistics
End of an era! AOL remarkably still exists and, even more remarkably, still offers dialup. #obsolecencesky
August 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
End of an era! AOL remarkably still exists and, even more remarkably, still offers dialup. #obsolecencesky
@economist.com are hiring an intern in London
July 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@economist.com are hiring an intern in London
Evidence for the cognitive advantages of #bilingualism may be inconclusive, but it’s still a superpower! #edusky #langsky #mflsky #linguistics
July 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Evidence for the cognitive advantages of #bilingualism may be inconclusive, but it’s still a superpower! #edusky #langsky #mflsky #linguistics
Pourquoi la soupe à grimace @medericgc.bsky.social ? 😂 #AFLS2025
July 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Pourquoi la soupe à grimace @medericgc.bsky.social ? 😂 #AFLS2025
Lol #Turboscribe you try telling #Basque or #Breton speakers that they should be pegged to those flags...
July 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Lol #Turboscribe you try telling #Basque or #Breton speakers that they should be pegged to those flags...
🔓 An inter-pandemic project that has *finally* appeared! We propose a community-based model of digital #language #revitalization for #Francoprovençal that can be applied to other minoritized contexts. #edusky #langsky muse-jhu-edu.uow.idm.oclc.org/pub/24/artic... @languageonthemove.bsky.social R/T!
June 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🔓 An inter-pandemic project that has *finally* appeared! We propose a community-based model of digital #language #revitalization for #Francoprovençal that can be applied to other minoritized contexts. #edusky #langsky muse-jhu-edu.uow.idm.oclc.org/pub/24/artic... @languageonthemove.bsky.social R/T!
Well this was fun! Tonight I was responding to the #CVC14 Q&A following a recorded plenary by N. Nagy on "Heritage Language Variation and Change Outreach Fun". We introduced the revitalization initiative #FPGlobal! Curious? You can read more in an OA paper in #Language this month! #edusky #langsky
June 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Interesting exchange in @economist.com on India and #WorldEnglishes - Hard to get into Schneider or any other theory in so few words but one reviewer might add ‘expand here’ #linguistics #langsky #edusky
June 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Interesting exchange in @economist.com on India and #WorldEnglishes - Hard to get into Schneider or any other theory in so few words but one reviewer might add ‘expand here’ #linguistics #langsky #edusky
This Wednesday 4PM online at the Westminster Forum for #language and #linguistics, Spyros Armostis (University of Cyprus) will be talking about efforts to create a writing system for #Cypriot #Arabic. All welcome! #langsky #edusky
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
April 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This Wednesday 4PM online at the Westminster Forum for #language and #linguistics, Spyros Armostis (University of Cyprus) will be talking about efforts to create a writing system for #Cypriot #Arabic. All welcome! #langsky #edusky
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
Starmer’s approach to the tariffs has very Mark and JLB vibes
April 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Starmer’s approach to the tariffs has very Mark and JLB vibes
Happening now in the Westminster #Linguistics research seminar! us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
March 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happening now in the Westminster #Linguistics research seminar! us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
@economist.com reckons HoCs speeches have been getting shorter over time, which they seem to want to pin on the advent of social media video features...
February 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
@economist.com reckons HoCs speeches have been getting shorter over time, which they seem to want to pin on the advent of social media video features...
Join us for Wednesday's Forum for Language and Linguistics Research Seminar, 16h00: Rachael Gilmour (QMUL) will present a talk titled “Listening at the border”:
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
February 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Join us for Wednesday's Forum for Language and Linguistics Research Seminar, 16h00: Rachael Gilmour (QMUL) will present a talk titled “Listening at the border”:
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
*Exactly*! This from @wonkhe.bsky.social 👇
February 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
*Exactly*! This from @wonkhe.bsky.social 👇
It’s undisputed that international students in HE subsidise home students and contribute to the economy (i.e “growth”). What I still don’t understand though is why they are counted in migration figures here when other states do not.
February 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It’s undisputed that international students in HE subsidise home students and contribute to the economy (i.e “growth”). What I still don’t understand though is why they are counted in migration figures here when other states do not.
Join us this week at the Westminster Forum for Language and #Linguistics Research seminar: on Wednesday 4PM Hannah Gibson (Essex) will be presenting work from her team's massive variation in #Swahili project!
All welcome. Following link: us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
All welcome. Following link: us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
January 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Join us this week at the Westminster Forum for Language and #Linguistics Research seminar: on Wednesday 4PM Hannah Gibson (Essex) will be presenting work from her team's massive variation in #Swahili project!
All welcome. Following link: us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
All welcome. Following link: us02web.zoom.us/j/89653330152
The Christmas ed of the @economist.com contained a chart showing every object that has ever existed in the universe. Now, this isn't my field of science, but, a glaringly obvious omission from this chart was ... the bottom of the washing basket (or it doesn't exist) www.economist.com/interactive/...
January 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The Christmas ed of the @economist.com contained a chart showing every object that has ever existed in the universe. Now, this isn't my field of science, but, a glaringly obvious omission from this chart was ... the bottom of the washing basket (or it doesn't exist) www.economist.com/interactive/...
Why can't we have more multilingual posts from @wonkhe.bsky.social ! This was fun this morning:
January 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Why can't we have more multilingual posts from @wonkhe.bsky.social ! This was fun this morning: