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snowgall @snowgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Map Men tackle #linguistics! 🐦🐦 Well done! 🫡 @jayforeman.bsky.social @markcooperjones.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX21...

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Why a Language Map of the World is Impossible

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Last night I met a man from the Isle of Man. Not sure what the chances are that I will meet a wight next.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 24/08/2026

Hey bluesky, I'm looking for some brainstorming help! So, mine and @superlinguo.bsky.social's 10th anniversary of making @lingthusiasm.com is coming up in November, and I'm trying to figure out some fun things to do for it, especially things that could get more people enthusiastic about linguistics

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm at the @lagbling.bsky.social annual meeting in Edinburgh, and I meet a linguist who recalls that she first met me at the Australian Linguistics Institute summer school at the University of Sydney. In 1992. 34 years ago. I'm blown away. I can barely remember where I last put my house-keys.

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Rosen does historical #linguistics this week!

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Amazing map! Thanks for sharing @coolhand.bsky.social. It’s beautiful. Any chance you can add in some sign languages to this? For example, Auslan in Australia and NZSL in NZ should have links to BSL in the UK. 😊

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Concerned that so many think accent bias isn’t a thing.

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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 23/08/2026

ICYMI: We want to end linguistic prejudice, not teach people to dodge it. But in the meantime, what's the best strategy? A sociophonetic deep dive w Jennifer Nycz @jennycz.bsky.social and Lauren Hall-Lew @lhlew.bsky.social. With ✨Kelly Wright✨ becauselanguage.com/144-sociopho... @academic.oup.com

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Christian DiCanio @cdicanio.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Looking for articles (for undergrads) that provide an overview of all of the following topics: (a) kinship/address terms in linguistics (b) conversational structure (c) speech acts (d) multilingualism and code-switching/mixing (e) language and public policy #linguistics

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Great to see our paper at number 3! All of the authors have had papers desk rejected from this journal because of a focus on lexis, so it's great to see the interest in our response to this situation!

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Linguaphobia in Wales 🧐🥺🐦🐦

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Dr Attercop @drattercop.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I am once again begging journlists to ask a linguist before they publish hot takes about language. #linguistics CW: JKR, so there is transphobia, OBVIOUSLY.

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JK Rowling sparks grammar row over 'trans' and takes fresh swipe at Amnesty

The Harry Potter author explained that the word 'trans' was not an adjective as claimed by trans activists

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It was published yesterday! I'm grateful to my co-authors for their patience as I was the main reason it has taken over a decade. I hope it's useful. Please don't forget to download the 500 video sign examples from the website. Now on to the Auslan linguistics second edition!

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Laura Bailey @linguistlaura.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is my semi-regular shout out to linguists: if you have/are a PhD student who'd write a great book review for the Journal of Linguistics, especially if it'd help increase our global diversity of authors, let me (reviews editor) know a couple of books they/you'd like to review. #linguistics

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Tentative save the date: 8-10 September 2027 for the next UK Language Variation and Change conference (UKLVC 16) in Birmingham! More information and confirmation of these dates to follow. Please get in touch if you know of any clashes with other events planned at this time.

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Yesterday I learned about the relationship between lexical frequency and iconicity: higher frequency items tend to be less iconic in spoken languages and ASL too. I just wrote an article that included discussion of frequency effects: How did I not know this? 🤣 link.springer.com/article/10.3...

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Iconicity ratings for 14,000+ English words - Behavior Research Methods

Iconic words and signs are characterized by a perceived resemblance between aspects of their form and aspects of their meaning. For example, in English, iconic words include peep and crash, which mimi...

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Our new book on sign language linguistics (adapted from the 2007 Auslan linguistics book) isn't out until next month, but over 500 clips of BSL and ASL sign examples from the book can be downloaded now! Take a look at the resources section on the book's webpage. www.cambridge.org/highereducat...

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Sign Language Linguistics | Cambridge Aspire website

Discover Sign Language Linguistics, 1st Edition, Adam Schembri, HB ISBN: 9781107077140 on Cambridge Aspire website

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Harriet Sheppard @harrietsheppard.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The recording is now available. Unfortunately, the recording is not the same view as we had live and terps are visible instead of some panellists. Captions have been manually checked and it's indicated when someone is talking who isn't visible www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkfp...

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Language Matters in the Pacific: Sign languages in the Pacific

YouTube video by Language Matters in the Pacific

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It will be in Birmingham, and yes we need to get cracking and start organising it soon. :-)

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Mercedes Durham @drswissmiss.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I’m a professor of sociolinguistics in the UK and I approve this message 🤣 #linguistics (doubly because I’m originally from the US)

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Dr. Hannah M. King @hmking-linguist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Interested in learning #London's #languages? Sign up for free sessions in: 🩵 Portuguese (29 May) 💛 Slovene (5 Jun) 💜 Cockney (11 Jun) 💚 Macedonian (12 Jun) ❤️ Romanian (15 Jun) 🩶 Tamil (19 Jun) 🩷 Albanian (24 Jun) 💙 Danish (26 Jun) 🧡 Georgian (30 Jun) 🤍 Estonian (13 Jul) #langsky 👐💬 rb.gy/2btj6l

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Language Tasters Summer 2026 - London: City of Languages

This page lists the Language Taster sessions offered for the London Festival of Languages 2026. Click on the links to find out more. We are very grateful to London communities for offering these exper...

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lexie @lexiecalised.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

👐💬 can anyone recommend some resources on bsl grammar ? is sutton-spence & woll the go-to ? im looking for descriptions of temporal reference and aspect x

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Oh wow! It's 5am UK time but I'd love to see this. Will it be recorded @harrietsheppard.bsky.social ?

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

My average day: 7 hours work, 7 hours rest, 7 hours sleep, and 3 hours unsubscribing from email messages I don't remember signing up for.

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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Proofs in on our @inmfl.bsky.social chapter for ‘Humanities Forward: Opportunity, Innovation, Policy in the 21st Century’. Society needs the Humanities. We make the case that #language teaching also needs #linguistics. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... @hetanshah.bsky.social

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Humanities Forward | Home

Opportunity, Innovation, Policy in the 21st Century

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Happy that my paper 'Usage-based grammars and sign languages: Evidence from Auslan, British Sign Language, and New Zealand Sign Language' (a review paper highlighting how previous projects can be understood from a usage-based perspective) has been accepted by Sign Language & Linguistics.

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Anyone else experience reading a decision letter in relation to a recent review you've done in which the other reviewer has managed to detail your concerns about a paper so much more thoroughly and clearly than you did, and you feel embarrassed that you didn't do an equally good job?

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Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Just released & free to download for two weeks: "Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change" by Graeme Trousdale and Elizabeth Closs Traugott in the Cambridge Elements Construction Grammar Series #language #linguistics doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change

Cambridge Core - Semantics and Pragmatics - Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🐦🐦

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

And I've just noticed that this is coming out in June: exciting! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

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ASL Signbank | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I've ordered this today (despite the price - ouch!) because I'm so curious to see if and how Liddell addresses all the criticism of his sign+gesture model. Reading his 2003 book was transformative for me as a sign language linguist, although I have become much more critical of it since that time.

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I love the Evolang conferences, but I didn't attend this year, partly because of 30 years of attending academic conferences, I'm increasingly finding the travel and stress associated with attending conferences less rewarding than in the past. 1/2

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Good morning from England- happy Auslan Day, Australia! Auslan is the majority sign language of Australia’s deaf community, related to British Sign Language Each 13th April is celebrated as ‘Auslan Day’ in recognition of the publication of the first dictionary of the language on this day in 1989

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Not gonna lie: I'm reviewing an article in which Dutch Sign Language or NGT (Nederlandse Gebarentaal) was erroneously referred to as NGL and for some reason this made me actual lol.

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I will be giving a class 'Towards a corpus linguistics of sign languages' - everyone is welcome.

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Laura Bailey @linguistlaura.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This looks really good! #linguistics

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Alexander Katourgi @eliderad.se · 30/03/2026

The notion of "correct" and "incorrect" language stems from classism and racism (and is in many cases still fueled by it). 🐦🐦

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 18/03/2026

I continue to gawp at the stupidity of anyone / any city that believes these are the answer to *anything*.

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Michael Dunn @evoling.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT in evolutionary #linguistics: There are currently an open postdoc and a PhD position available at the University of Turku, Finland in the Human Diversity consortium and Biological Evolution and Diversification of Languages group! Closing date 19-03-2026 sites.utu.fi/humandiversi...

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Postdoctoral researcher and Doctoral researcher positions open in Evolutionary Language Sciences | Human Diversity

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Turku invites applications for a fixed term position as postdoctoral researcher and a fixed term position as ...

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I hear both - they haven't gone away even if the discourse about them has quietened down.

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This makes me happy to see! This site describes the revitalisation of the language of the Dharug people, the traditional owners of the Sydney region in Australia where I was born and grew up. bayala.net.au/about/

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About - Bayala

Bayala (means to "speak" in Dharug). Bayala fosters a vibrant community of Dharug Dhalang (language) learners and speakers.

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