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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Very hot off the digital press, our latest Element by Maia Andréasson and Ben Lyngfelt on "Clausal Constructions and Clause Formation in Swedish", free for you to download and enjoy! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Clausal Constructions and Clause Formation in Swedish

Cambridge Core - Semantics and Pragmatics - Clausal Constructions and Clause Formation in Swedish

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Stefan Hartmann @stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thanks to the organizers of @dgkl2026.bsky.social for an amazing conference! I’m already looking forward to DGKL 2028 in Klagenfurt, and more than happy to be able to work with the newly elected @dgkl-gcla.bsky.social board for two more years!

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Kim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Very excited for @larahoettecke.bsky.social and my theme session “Construction junction, what’s your function? Links in construction morphology networks” at #DGKL2026! Looking forward to two days of inspiring talks and discussions! 🤩 www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/...

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DGKL2026 - Universität Bielefeld

This is the webpage of the DGKL conference 2026

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Kim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🚨 Out now: @larahoettecke.bsky.social’s and my chapter about Creativity in Language Change in the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics! 🥳 doi.org/10.1016/B978...

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Kim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And that’s a wrap! It was such a pleasure to host #SLE59 at Osnabrück University with @alexbergs.bsky.social and @larahoettecke.bsky.social!

Alex, Lara and Kim receiving flowers at the conference closing.

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Stefan Hartmann @stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Congrats to my @hhu.de colleague Niklas Wiskandt @richtigerniklas.bsky.social for winning the best postdoc presentation award at this year's annual conference of the Societas Linguistica Europaea - which means that he'll be a plenary speaker at next year's #SLE in Košice 🤩 #SLE59 #SLE2026 🏆

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Accurate depiction of how you think people perceive you as conference organizer #sle59. RIP Tim Curry, what a loss.

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Can you hear how quiet it is? Thx so much for coming to #sle59 in Osnabrück and see you again at #sle60 in Kosice!

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Kim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Learning from the best at #SLE59!

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langscipress.bsky.social @langscipress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And the award winning book is also present on our book table at #SLE. Can you spot it?

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Katja Politt @lingucat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#SLE59 has mugs – What do you think, how many of these will we see used next week at #DGKL2026 by people travelling from Osnabrück to Bielefeld? 😄

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

More books have arrived on my doorstep! Always great to see a previous hardback being published in a much more affordable paperback version 📚

Paperback World Englishes in the 21st Century

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Katja Politt @lingucat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Are you at #SLE59? Come and say hi during one of the coffee breaks! Or meet me on Thursday morning 9.30 am where I talk about talking trash cans, creepy shampoo bottles that want to get naked with you in the shower, and candles thanking you for choosing them as a present

Trash can with sprayed-on text: [I] am open for everything

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Prepping for Kate Burridge‘s honorary doctorate aperitivo #sle59 (yes, @kimdro.bsky.social those are peanut donuts!)

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Let the games begin. The team is busy packing goodie bags for SLE59, to begin in a week (societaslinguistica.eu/sle2026/) We look forward to welcoming you to Osnabrück!

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Kristin Eichhorn @drkeichhorn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Bitte zielen!

Our aim is to keep this bathroom clean.

Gentlemen: your aim will help. Stand closer; it's shorter than you think.

Ladies: please remain seated for the entire performance.

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The culprit was a small lid that caused a measuring cup to commit suicide by throwing itself into the abyss of the kitchen cupboard … k2 like a true hero dislodged Armageddon using spatula, two broomsticks and a bread knife. We re back In the pots and pans game.

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Ok hivemind, show me what you got…this thing swivels 360degrees and has all our pots and pans locked inside. Something must have dislocated inside and now blocks the whole thing from rotating. Lodged spatula for illustration purposes only. Any thoughts how to free them pots? Or just buy new ones 😂?

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Litauer (in Vilnius) beim Public Viewing auf einmal: „das ist kein Oliver Kahn“ (der spanische Torwart) 😂

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T Hoffmann @linguistur.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Temporary teaching job at my lab (paternity leave cover) Dear all, from 18.10.2026 to 31.07.2027 I have an opening for a high teaching load position (100% / TVL-13 / 18 SWS i.e. 8-9 courses per semester). #temporaryteachingjob #paternityleave #cognitivelinguistics

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Dr Schwartau is back! Unfortunately, the heat and the fact that we don’t usually water our garden severely minimized the cherry harvest. But the few survivors are top quality!

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

New International Construction Grammar Association (ICGA)! icgaonline.wpcomstaging.com announced at ICCG14 thanks to @adelegoldberg.bsky.social Sign up forms.gle/gXYDKC6xavkU... @alexbergs.bsky.social H Boas M Fried, @stefanhartmann.bsky.social Th Hoffmann F Masini B Nir @remivantrijp.bsky.social

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International Construction Grammar Association

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Stefan Hartmann @stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

At #ICCG14 in Princeton (huge thanks to @adelegoldberg.bsky.social & team for a brilliant conference!) we announced our plans for the International #ConstructionGrammar Association (ICGA), to be officially founded at #ICCG15 in Kiel in 2028. See here for more information: construction-grammar.org

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International Construction Grammar Association

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Niklas Wiskandt @richtigerniklas.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Grammar & Corpora is coming to Düsseldorf! I’m honored (and happy!) to co-organize the next conference at @hhu.de in 2027, together with @stefanhartmann.bsky.social, @linguistikhhu.bsky.social, and a great team. Follow @gac2027.bsky.social for updates!

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

My new Experiment on 4e cognition. Result: several hours of hard yakka in the garden can change your perspective on the use of Roundup considerably 😂

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Daughter woke me up this morning saying, “Daddy, play ‘Walking on, walking on,” by which she means this specific performance of Annie Lennox doing “Walking on Broken Glass” on Jools Holland. I guess I’m doing something right.

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Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass (Later Archive)

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Many of us were taught experiments are for testing hypotheses. In Ch 1 of Experimentology, our free, open methods textbook, my coauthors and I argue differently: experiments are for estimating the magnitude of causal effects. This reframing has important consequences. 🧵 experimentology.io

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

No beauties, but tasty! Even the veggie version is pretty good 😊

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

After a visit to the lovely Spielweg Romantik Hotel here is Hirsch dim sum on the way. A s****load of work, but hopefully with it thx Viktoria Fuchs 😂

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Katja Politt @lingucat.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Bitte guckt doch mal hier, was da bald Open Access kommt 🐲😍 #Syntagma www.utb.de/doi/book/10....

Cover von "Syntagma. Ein Selbstlernabenteuer. Eine Einführung in die Syntax der deutschen Gegenwartssprache" bei utb. Abgebildet ist ein roter Drache, der Bücher liest. Um ihn herum schwirren Lexikonlibellen.

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Look what's just been published! Our new Element! We're so proud to host Graeme and Elizabeth in our series. Come and get it while it's free (for about two weeks from now)!!! DOI: doi.org/10.1017/9781... www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change

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

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Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · 22/04/2026

New Cambridge Element, Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change, by Graeme Trousdale and Elizabeth Closs Traugott, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/4vFtV3H

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

These days, Aperol is cheaper than gas. Drink, don’t drive.

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Kann man sich nicht ausdenken: "Wir sind hier in DO zum Halten gekommen. Leider ist unser Triebwagenführer verschwunden. Er wird jetzt händeringend gesucht. Die Leitstelle ist informiert. Wenn er wieder da ist, setzen wir die Fahrt fort... "

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Just a wild thought, totally unrelated to some future events. The German Research Council decided not to fund any scientific activities that in any way involve collaboration with Russia as aggressor. Debatable, but anyhow. The US attacks on Iran can also be seen as acts of aggression. Same rules?

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Darn!!!! Let’s just hope many people will return their tickets 🤩

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

There are no words for how much I hate baking, but this is applegeddom 🤩😂 Kim Droste Lara Höttecke Meike Pentrel

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23. STaPs Osnabrück @staps23.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Die 23. STaPs ist warmgelaufen - die Snacks und Namensschilder stehen bereit, und bei einem schönen Abend in der Osnabrücker Lagerhalle haben wir schon viele neue Menschen mit spannenden Projekten kennengelernt. Da steigt die Vorfreude auf den morgigen Tagungsbeginn umso mehr!

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Publishing a book is one thing. Seeing it resonate is another. Our 2025 book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (CUP), co-authored with Cameron Morin, has just been reviewed by Pedro Ivorra-Ordines. Here’s how the review concludes 👇😊 (Full review: doi.org/10.1017/S002...)

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alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

this may sound kind of silly, but: just tried rumpsteak from the airfryer and it was excellent!!! Perfectly medium rare, super simple and even looked kind of nice. The only thing you might miss are some these roasting/caramel flavors... but then... 98/100.K2 loved it, if that says something.

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Kim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

@larahoettecke.bsky.social und ich freuen uns auf 25 Vorträge, eine Postersession, spannende Keynotes von Nathalie Bauer und @alexbergs.bsky.social und praxisorientierte Workshops von @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy und Annika Schiefner! 🤓 📅 Anmeldung bis zum 15.2.!

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23. STaPs Osnabrück @staps23.bsky.social · 23/01/2026