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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

On my way home after a wonderful time at BICLCE-11 in Klagenfurt. Really enjoyed giving a talk with @alessandrobasile.bsky.social and all the constructive feedback. Wonderful scenery during the welcome (boat!) reception. Even got to see France play Paraguay. And, oh my, the catering 👌👌

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

📢 Pleased to share the official publication today of an entry that I was invited to write for the 3rd edition of the "𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴" 😀 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/B978... (The preprint can be found on the usual platforms, ResearchGate & Academia).

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

📣 New preprint, an intro to a special issue in "Language and Cognition". 📍Sort of a sequel to our 'No equivalence' paper in addressing isomorphism and optionality in language. 💡 Comments/Feedback welcome! 🔗 Available here doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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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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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

📣 "Linguistic Knowledge and Language Use" (CUP, 2024) now in Paperback! The book is Open Access & can be downloaded for free from CUP's website. But if you prefer physical copies, this might interest you as it is 4x cheaper than the Hardback format! Here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

📣 *Call for papers* With Cameron Morin, we're guest-editing a special issue on "Isomorphism & Optionality in the Linguistic System". To appear open access in 'Language and Cognition'. Details in the CFP ⬇️ — please share! #CallForPapers #Linguistics #LanguageAndCognition

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

📣 Just out! “The principle of no equivalence: an agent-based model,” co-authored with Cameron Morin & Dirk Pijpops in Cognitive Linguistics! We model how synonymy avoidance can emerge from simple communicative principles in agent-based simulations. Link: doi.org/10.1515/cog-...

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Full house in Bordeaux, at #SLE1025, for the round table on "How to do linguistics with AI; how to do AI with linguistics". With panelists @emilymbender.bsky.social, @clairelarsonneur.bsky.social, Christian Ludwig and @benoitleblanc.bsky.social.

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

📢 Publication alert! 🤝 First collaboration with Graeme Trousdale, and it was a real treat! 🔓 Published *open access* in "English Language and Linguistics": doi.org/10.1017/S136... 📚 Part of a special issue edited by Alessandro Basile, Agnès Celle, and Cameron Morin: go check it out!

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📙 'The Meaning of Constructions' is out now! A short book on how meaning works in Construction Grammar - covering semantic, pragmatic & social dimensions. 🔓 Open access for two weeks. Download from: doi.org/10.1017/9781... 🔁 Feel free to share!

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🌞 Voilà une excellente journée pour célébrer les 20 ans de l'AFLiCo (Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive) ! 📍Sur le campus Pont de Bois de l'Université de Lille, lieu symbolique de la création de l'association qui en demeure le siège. Co-organisation avec son fondateur, Maarten Lemmens 😊

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🗣 Cet après-midi, sur invitation de @gdlinguist.bsky.social, j'ai le plaisir de présenter mon livre 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒 (2024, CUP) dans le cadre du séminaire "Le corps du texte" (CLIMAS, Université Bordeaux Montaigne). 🤓

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

✨LLcD workshop - "Experimental Approaches to Construction Grammar" With Mégane Lesuisse, our workshop proposal for LLcD 2025 has just been accepted! 📢 Submit your abstracts before March 30th. (Submission details: llcd2025.sciencesconf.org?forward-acti...) 📜 Full workshop description:

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

📢 *Open Access* Thrilled to announce that my book "Linguistic Knowledge and Language Use" has just been flipped open access! Thanks to @helenbarton2004.bsky.social from @cambup-linguistics.bsky.social. The book & individual chapters can be downloaded here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

🗣️ Aujourd'hui, j'ai présenté avec Cameron Morin notre ouvrage 'The meaning of constructions' (2025, Cambridge University Press) aux linguistes du laboratoire STL, Université de Lille. 🤓 De supers échanges après notre présentation, et la tête remplie d'idées pour des projets futurs !

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

✨SLE workshop - "Isomorphism and Optionality in Language" With Cameron Morin, our workshop proposal for SLE 2025 has just been accepted! 📢 Submit your abstracts before January 15th. (Submission details: societaslinguistica.eu/sle2025/thir...) 📜 Full workshop description:

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

👨‍🏫 With Cameron Morin and Dirk Pijpops, we presented our agent-based simulation on "No Equivalence" this morning at 'CogLing Days' in Antwerp. 🗯 Thoughtful questions, and great to continue the interesting discussions with @simazhi.bsky.social 😊

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Only stumbled upon it for the first time today, but this one is now quite high in my list of favorite quotes! 😃 (Fillmore. 1992. "Corpus linguistics" or "Computer-aided armchair linguistics". pp. 58-59)

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Benoît Leclercq @benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

📢 Proud to share the publication of this special issue in CogniTextes ✅️ First time for me as a guest editor, it was a pleasure to have @gdlinguist.bsky.social & Dylan Glynn by my side!

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