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Brynn Quick

@brynnquick.bsky.social
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Linguistics PhD Researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Co-producer and frequent host of the Language on the Move Podcast. Big fan of languages. She/her. #Sociolinguistics #AppliedLinguistics www.languageonthemove.com/podcast

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Der Juan @juaninglanguage.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I came back here to recommend this conversation between @brynnquick.bsky.social & @nicolemarinaro.bsky.social on research that has a direct impact on the healthcare service we all receive and should care about! Thank you both for your service and efforts for equitable access!
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As a tutor at Macquarie University, I am saddened to see ANY use of AI in the classroom (whether in person or online) no matter how this AI is pitched to reporters. Our students deserve better than this, and so do we as educators. ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...
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Macquarie Uni denies swapping in-person classes with AI
Sydney institution says its chatbot 'does not' replace teaching.
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ever felt "uneasy" in a translingual conversation? In today's episode of Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with @nicolemarinaro.bsky.social about linguistic unease and its effects on healthcare quality languageonthemove.com/linguistic-u...
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Linguistic unease in healthcare
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick chats with Dr. Nicole Marinaro, a sociolinguist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg. Her work explores how lang…
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I loved having this fascinating conversation with @nelsonflores.bsky.social!
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Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Does institutional bilingual education just reinforce racial hierarchies? Find out from @brynnquick.bsky.social’s conversation with Nelson Flores on this very interesting @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast. ⬇️
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My amazing colleague @tazinabdullah.bsky.social has a new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode out via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New on the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with Dr Yeong Ju Lee about her new book "Social Media and Language Learning" languageonthemove.com/learning-lan...
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Learning Languages on Social Media
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Yeong Ju Lee about her new book Social Media and Language Learning: Using TikTok and Instagram.    This book e…
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 17/05/2026
And of course, when it comes to interesting studies on directive signs that attempt to influence people's behaviour, I enjoyed the podcast discussion between @brynnquick.bsky.social and @michaelchesnut.bsky.social on Michael's and his colleagues' 2022 study languageonthemove.com/multilingual...
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Multilingual Commanding Urgency from Garbage to COVID-19
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Michael Chesnut, Professor in the Department of English for International Conferences and Communication at Hankuk Un…
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This is one of the best pieces I've read about what it's like to be a mother in academia. Thank you to the authors! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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A Mother’s Work Is Never Done: On Being a Mother in Academia
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I got to be in the guest seat this time on the latest @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode hosted by the fabulous @empacheco.bsky.social !
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I've published a new systematic review with @languageonthemove.bsky.social about how hospital staff determine patients' language proficiency. We show that this crucial step is often not part of anyone's workflow, so patients might miss out on interpreting services. doi.org/10.29140/aja...
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New on the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: @htorsh.bsky.social chats with Lindsay McMahon from All Ears English how to teach English pronunciation well against the decline of native speakers and the rise of new technologies languageonthemove.com/teaching-eng...
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Teaching English Pronunciation
In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Dr Hanna Torsh talks to Lindsay McMahon, founder of the All Ears English Podcast, about pronunciation teaching for global English.  What does it…
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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Super happy to see our paper (w/ @riannawalcott.bsky.social) in Journal of Sociolinguistics: "‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’ 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I can’t stop thinking about a short video of Mamdani working through a Spanish-language announcement with AOC's help. So many US Latinxs grew up having our Spanish policed. This moment treated it as expertise instead. I wrote about why that matters. educationallinguist.substack.com/p/how-a-smal...
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How a Small Exchange Between Mamdani and AOC Disrupts Raciolinguistic Hierarchies and Makes Another Linguistic World Visible
In a recent video, Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are standing together as he works through a Spanish-language announcement about how caregivers can register their children for childcare.
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“X (Twitter) is just Versailles” is such an important point made by @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social. Well said, Adrian and Moira!
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Do I know any fabulous linguists here who would like to have a convo with me about the use of Spanish in Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Asking for a future podcast episode 😀
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
After our end-of-year publishing break, Language on the Move is back with an important post about how ChatGPT can actually weaken migrant mutual aid efforts, by @schenior.bsky.social Another example where GenAI is useful in theory but damaging in reality languageonthemove.com/digital-mutu...
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Digital mutual aid among migrants, in the shadow of ChatGPT
For nearly four years now, I’ve been heavily involved in online (Telegram-based) communities for Ukrainian forced migrants in Austria. Such communities sprang up all across Europe after Russia’s fu…
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
So proud of our @languageonthemove.bsky.social team and our podcast! Thank you to the @auslingsoc.bsky.social Australian Linguistic Society for this meaningful award! www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...
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Language on the Move Podcast wins Talkley Award 2025
Final piece of good news for the year before we head into a publishing break over January: we’ve just heard that the Language-on-the-Move Podcast has won the 2025 Talkley Award 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 Th…
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Jenia (Женя) Yudytska @schenior.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Hey book community friends, new reading challenge just dropped! ☺️ The recs span from academic (mine is "Doing Digital Migration Studies", - amazing but not quite a bedside table read 😁) all the way to fantasy novels (@brynnquick.bsky.social rec'd The Winternight Trilogy 😍😍). Something for everyone!
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Policies increasingly acknowledge multilingual realities but neglect to imagine the language work that is involved and how to build it into workflows in healthcare and elsewhere, as this new article by @brynnquick.bsky.social etal shows Behind paywall until Jan & OA afterwards
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I'm published!!!!!!! This is my very first academic paper that I've published! Ever! I'm so thankful to my co-authors @languageonthemove.bsky.social Ingrid Piller and @loylising.bsky.social Loy Lising <3 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The (un)imagined work of determining patients’ English language proficiency
This study investigates how Australian healthcare policies imagine communication between limited English proficiency (LEP) patients and healthcare providers to occur. This is done through a work as...
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
New on Language-on-the-Move: fascinating longitudinal linguistic landscape study by @sarapatra.bsky.social and team, chronicling the shifts from Texan English to Qatari Arabic in a Middle Eastern university www.languageonthemove.com/from-howdy-t...
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From “Howdy” to “Hayakom”: A shifting university linguascape
Sara Hillman, Aishwaryaa Kannan, and Tim Tizon ***   Walking into the Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) building today feels different from just a year ago. As part of an ongoing proje…
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @agib.bsky.social chats with Cindy Valdez about how to best support the education of multilingual children www.languageonthemove.com/your-languag...
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Your languages are your superpower!
In this episode of Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Agnes Bodis talks to Cindy Valdez, an English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) specialist, and Founder & CEO of Teach To Learn, a…
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Playing the game where I wear this shirt around my 84%-English-only-speaking small Australian town today.
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 11/11/2025
I've started a Starter Pack for the Language on the Move research community 🥳 For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast. Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Are you a teacher in Sydney, Australia? Can you help my student with with this research? www.languageonthemove.com/language-bro...
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Language brokering in schools
Are you a Sydney-based teacher who needs to communicate with parents who do not speak English or do not speak it well? Do you sometimes have to ask students to translate for you to communicate with…
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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Please boost! #linguistics student here at Swarthmore is running a survey for English speakers (who don't know Mandarin / any other tone languages) about how we learn tones. Take a few minutes to help out with this student research! swarthmore.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 22/09/2025
This was a fantastic interview- really recommend a listen.
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I am so fortunate to have been able to interview Shaun Tan about his beautiful book “The Arrival” for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. www.languageonthemove.com/migration-is...
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Migration is about every human challenge
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with writer, illustrator, filmmaker and Academy Award winner Shaun Tan. Shaun is best known for illustrated books that deal w…
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Excuse me why have I only JUST NOW heard of/started listening to @annehelen.bsky.social’s Culture Study Podcast? What a fabulous and educational podcast! 10/10 stars, would highly recommend.
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I wrote a guide on how to manage your supervisor (and yourself!) during your PhD 😀
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This is such a timely discussion!
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Dr. Cho is one of my favourite interviewees (and colleagues!) and her newest book is a must-read for anyone interested in the world of interpreting! @languageonthemove.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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Betsy Sneller @betsysneller.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
*nods in sociolinguist*: LOUDER for those in the back! This has been happening for generations - It's not Millennial / Gen Z / Gen Alpha slang - it's AAVE / AAE. (and for anyone interested in sociolinguistics of AAE who isn't already following @mixedlinguist.bsky.social, you should)
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Prof Leah Karliner @ucsfhealth.bsky.social is doing such important work, and I was so lucky to talk with her for this @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast episode with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Happy Juneteenth ❤️🖤💛💚
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Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Do you know about the rising visibility of Chinese in Qatar? Listen to the very interesting aspects of @sarapetra.bsky.social research into the languages of Qatar in our @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social www.languageonthemove.com/chinese-in-q...
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Chinese in Qatar
Is Chinese becoming a major linguistic player in Qatar? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics …
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
My dear friend @empacheco.bsky.social writes about her groundbreaking research into Comdas (children of migrant Deaf adults) in Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social .
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
There’s so much bad in the world right now, but here’s a chance to do some GOOD! If you are based in Australia and proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help my dear friend @tazinabdullah.bsky.social with her important research! www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
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Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications
If you are proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help me investigate how linguistically diverse Australians find information about support services for domestic violence on…
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Saw a sign at a protest today in Pasadena that made me want to cry. These are the kids the government is terrorizing. “Para mi padre que llegó sin nada y me dió todo”. “For my father who came with nothing and gave me everything”.
Para mi padre que llegó sin nada y me dió todo.
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The world feels (is) unhinged, and I’m glad we’re acknowledging that in our word choices.
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I was SO thrilled to be able to speak with @mixedlinguist.bsky.social Dr. Nicole Holliday about her research into linguistic identities for this @languageonthemove.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast episode!
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Dr Shibata does amazing work, and we’re so thankful to him for sharing that work with us on the @languageonthemove.bsky.social Language on the Move podcast!
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 04/06/2025
Just finished listening to Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social and @brynnquick.bsky.social on @languageonthemove.bsky.social discussing gesture/ emblems and just boarded a plane in exit row. Happy to report flight attendant actually prompted nods and applauded a thumbs up! Iykyk
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Gestures and Emblems
Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Lauren Gawne, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University and co-host of the podcast Lingthusiasm with Gretchen McCulloch. Dr. Gawne also runs the generalist linguistics webs…
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Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Do you speak a language other than English and live in Australia? PLEASE HELP me improve multilingual domestic violence support information by participating in my study and promoting it! 30-minute survey + $10 voucher for your participation. www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
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Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications
If you are proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help me investigate how linguistically diverse Australians find information about support services for domestic violence on…
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 27/05/2025
An interesting analysis of gender and dialogue in movies, incl. a Disney subset. Gender is just one characteristic that comes into play on our screens. In a recent @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast ep, @brynnquick.bsky.social and I discussed accents and how they can shape how we see the world
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Whiteness, Accents, and Children’s Media
In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Laura Smith-Khan about language and accents in children’s media, from Octonauts to Disney to Bluey, and they investi…
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
With the #Harvard news, this feels like a good time to reiterate that international students are OUR STUDENTS just as much as domestic students are. And they matter. www.languageonthemove.com/teaching-int...
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Teaching International Students
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Agi Bodis and Dr Jing Fang about international tertiary students in Australia. They discuss how these students can ma…
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
HOW AMAZING IS THIS OPPORTUNITY??? If this is your idea of a dream job, be sure to apply!
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