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About Linguistics @aboutlinguistics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you're interested in linguistics, you're welcome to download this free guide. It's a short and friendly introduction to how language works 😊 👉 www.aboutlinguistics.com/how-language... #linguistics #language #languages #english #polyglot #multilingual

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Laura Bailey @linguistlaura.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A new series of @lagbling.bsky.social #ActivismInProgress starts this month! Register for Celeste Rodriguez Louro (UWA) on 14 Oct, 10am UK, 'From Australian Indigenous yarning to voice tech: Sociolinguistic fieldwork and the making of fairer technology' 🐦🐦 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/431c47...

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 06/10/2026

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

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Linguistics IS important and interesting, but we linguists are too often not focussed enough on sharing that with people. We simply have to get better at this, and to get behind the successful LingComm that already is being done. If you've not read 'How to Kill a Language', for example, do it today!

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Me to my ex: Taught a class today, and one student clearly wasn't masking their ADHD: they gasped, eye-rolled, and nodded so obviously at different points during my lecture. Gosh, I hope I'm not like that! *laughing nervously* My ex: Well...erm...basically yes that's you. 😂

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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

YouTube video by Map Men

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

Well we have some documented cases of strong historical links between sign languages and the BSL family (BSLic) is one of the examples. Similarly between ASL and LSF, although I feel the BSLic links are much more obvious in terms of related vocabulary.

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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 · 14/07/2026

A full transcript is also available so you can read my rambling replies as well. :-)

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

Hopefully it will be a joint effort with University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University and the University of Wolverhampton!

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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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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Good question. I think that works, but we'd have to check with L1/fluent deaf signers to be confident. :-)

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We also have a new introductory book that is partly on the linguistics of BSL: one of the very few since Sutton-Spence & Woll (1999)! It’s coming out in July. 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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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 · 28/05/2026

Hi! What exactly do you need to know? There hasn’t been much research into temporal reference and aspect, although some current work on BSL aspect is underway as part of the CrossMoGram project.

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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 · 11/05/2026

Actually, no, Jean claims ownership over the wug, and has criticised other linguists who have used it as a mascot for the field. I don't think this attitude is what best represents the field.

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