alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Interesting: seems like I am now not only the shortest one in the family (in terms of height), I am also the first one in need of bedtime. I love being old :-) And I can't wait for grandkids. I don't want to be the shortest anymore. 000
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That's just excellent news! 020
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Very 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...cambridge.orgClausal Constructions and Clause Formation in SwedishCambridge Core - Semantics and Pragmatics - Clausal Constructions and Clause Formation in Swedish 033
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialStefan Hartmann @stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Thanks 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! 0115
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Very 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/...uni-bielefeld.deDGKL2026 - Universität BielefeldThis is the webpage of the DGKL conference 2026 043
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKim 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...doi.orgRedirecting 034
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026And that’s a wrap! It was such a pleasure to host #SLE59 at Osnabrück University with @alexbergs.bsky.social and @larahoettecke.bsky.social! 072
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialStefan Hartmann @stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Congrats 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 🏆 0162
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Accurate depiction of how you think people perceive you as conference organizer #sle59. RIP Tim Curry, what a loss. 010
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Can you hear how quiet it is? Thx so much for coming to #sle59 in Osnabrück and see you again at #sle60 in Kosice! 040
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Learning from the best at #SLE59! 1122
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.sociallangscipress.bsky.social @langscipress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026And the award winning book is also present on our book table at #SLE. Can you spot it? 0102
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKatja 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? 😄 0102
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialSofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026More books have arrived on my doorstep! Always great to see a previous hardback being published in a much more affordable paperback version 📚 1101
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKatja Politt @lingucat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Are 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 3131
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKim Droste @kimdro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Last-minute preparations for #SLE59 are in full swing and we are beyond excited to host more than 500 linguists at Osnabrück University! @alexbergs.bsky.social @larahoettecke.bsky.socialuni-osnabrueck.deDie Welt der Sprache – Sprachen der WeltWie vielfältig ist Sprache – und was verbindet die mehr als 7.000 Sprachen weltweit? Diese Fragen stehen vom 26. bis 29. August im Mittelpunkt einer internationalen Linguistik-Tagung mit rund 550 Fors... 052
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Prepping for Kate Burridge‘s honorary doctorate aperitivo #sle59 (yes, @kimdro.bsky.social those are peanut donuts!) 140
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Let 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! 050
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKristin Eichhorn @drkeichhorn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Bitte zielen! 0111
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026„Vogel fliegt, Fisch schwimmt, Mensch läuft.“ Emil Zatopek.... 010
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The 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. 020
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Ok 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 😂? 000
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Litauer (in Vilnius) beim Public Viewing auf einmal: „das ist kein Oliver Kahn“ (der spanische Torwart) 😂 000
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialT Hoffmann @linguistur.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Temporary 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 222
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Dr 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! 010
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026New 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.socialicgaonline.wpcomstaging.comInternational Construction Grammar AssociationVisit the post for more. 0138
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialStefan Hartmann @stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 07/06/2026At #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.orgconstruction-grammar.orgInternational Construction Grammar AssociationVisit the post for more. 03613
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialNiklas Wiskandt @richtigerniklas.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Grammar & 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! 0105
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 25/05/2026My new Experiment on 4e cognition. Result: several hours of hard yakka in the garden can change your perspective on the use of Roundup considerably 😂 000
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Daughter 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.youtu.beAnnie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass (Later Archive)YouTube video by BBC Music 1403471321
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialMike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Many 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 612932
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 10/05/2026No beauties, but tasty! Even the veggie version is pretty good 😊 120
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026After 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 😂 020
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKatja Politt @lingucat.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Bitte guckt doch mal hier, was da bald Open Access kommt 🐲😍 #Syntagma www.utb.de/doi/book/10.... 44813
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Look 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...cambridge.orgConstructions, Networks and Linguistic ChangeCambridge Core - Semantics and Pragmatics - Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change 031
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialCambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · 22/04/2026New 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 0125
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026These days, Aperol is cheaper than gas. Drink, don’t drive. 000
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Kann 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... " 000
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Just 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? 000
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Student at my department in need of some data! Check out her questionnaire. It's fun and all participants get a free labradoodle puppy :-) forms.gle/m6mmoHQhocBy...forms.gleEnglish Language Use among L1 and L2 SpeakersThank you for your interest in participating in this study. This survey is part of a Master’s thesis in English and American Studies at the University of Osnabrück. The study investigates different as... 001
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Darn!!!! Let’s just hope many people will return their tickets 🤩 000
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026There are no words for how much I hate baking, but this is applegeddom 🤩😂 Kim Droste Lara Höttecke Meike Pentrel 121
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.social23. STaPs Osnabrück @staps23.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Die 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! 073
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialBenoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Publishing 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...) 051
alexbergs.bsky.social @alexbergs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026this 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. 000
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.socialKim 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.! 044
Reposted by @alexbergs.bsky.social23. STaPs Osnabrück @staps23.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Das Programm für die 23. STaPs ist online und ihr könnt euch sicher sein: es lohnt sich! staps.stuts.eu/programm-und...staps.stuts.euProgramm und Book of Abstracts | STaPs 156
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