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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We are recruiting a lab manager for our new Psycholinguistics Lab in Oxford! Good opportunity for young researchers, e.g., post-bac/masters. Open to applicants from the UK or abroad. Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Photo of a statue outside Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I am very happy about this news. Jericho Wharf is literally at the bottom of our street. Worcester College is where I was as an undergraduate. This will open up access to the beautiful Oxford Canal, and the college is not looking to make a quick buck. They are in it for the long haul.

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Another Oxford postdoc opportunity - come work with me or any of my colleagues. This scheme requires a prior UK connection. Internal deadline: July 8. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2026/05...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

We are looking to fill an open-rank position in Sociolinguistics in Oxford, in conjunction with Worcester College. Come be a part of the exciting developments in language and linguistics in Oxford! www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2026/05...

Picture of the main quad at Worcester College, Oxford

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Interested in spending 3-12 months with us in Oxford as a senior visiting academic? The Leverhulme Trust has a scheme to help. Get in touch with an Oxford colleague soon, as the internal deadline for interest is on Apr 17. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/visiting-pro...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Postdoc opportunity with any of my Oxford colleagues funded by the British Academy. Expressions of interest due next week! www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/british-acad...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Really looking forward to having Danijela as another great language colleague in Oxford … and better yet that she’ll be joining me at @somervillecollege.bsky.social

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Opportunity for early career researchers to spend 3 years working with us in Oxford. Cool surroundings, interesting people. Eligibility: need some UK academic connection. Get in touch if interested! Details: www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Looking forward to seeing this cool new building take shape, joining the wild architectural mash-up at the top of my street.

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

More postdoc opportunities in Oxford! 3-year British Academy Fellowships, for start in 2026. For work in any area of linguistics. Expressions of Interest (brief!) for internal competition due July 28. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/06...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Yet another open-rank position in language in Oxford! This one is in Applied Linguistics. You get to join Oxford's excellent Dept of Education, and also be my colleague at the fabulous @somervillecollege.bsky.social , which I cannot recommend too highly. Details: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Finally sharing this video of my inaugural lecture, 1 year ago today. Such a treat to get to tell the story about things and people that I care about, with many of them in the audience. ... If I sound a bit rattled, that was due to the loud protest right outside. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM3-...

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Colin Phillips Inaugural Lecture, Oxford University

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Really excited that Devyani will soon be joining us in Oxford, strengthening connections between English and Linguistics. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/05...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Interested in spending a couple of years in Oxford as a Marie Curie postdoc? It's a great environment to develop your research career (and a wonderful place to live). Expressions of interest due June 2nd. Contact potential mentors now. Details: www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/marie-sklodo...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Come join us in Oxford as we move into our new home in the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities (opening Oct '25). We are looking to fill THREE fixed-term lecturer positions: in Semantics/Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, and Linguistics with French. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/05...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

It’s no accident that so many UMD language scientists have won these awards over the years. As they say, culture eats policy for breakfast. Also, Rachel is the BEST. So well deserved.

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I was sorry to miss this event at Planet Word Museum featuring Mark Seidenberg and Maryellen MacDonald. Great to see that it’s now available to watch online.

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Looking to get away for a while? The Leverhulme Visiting Professorships scheme could fund a senior academic to spend 3-12 months in Oxford doing research, teaching, and more. Get in touch if interested! www.leverhulme.ac.uk/visiting-pro...

Picture of Merton College Chapel at night

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Another postdoc opportunity in Oxford. Any subfield of linguistics. Expressions of Interest for the British Academy International Fellowship due Feb 4. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/01...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

More opportunities to join us in Oxford! We have an open-rank position in Phonetics, to coincide with our move into the amazing Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. The new Phonetics Lab sits above a concert hall - both acoustically shielded! www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2024/12...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

New paper out now in Cognitive Science, led by Masato Nakamura, with Shota Momma and Hiromi Sakai. Evidence for a striking production >> comprehension advantage in sensitivity to verb argument roles. This one took a while, but the end result is worth it. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

New paper! Led by Maggie Kandel. Speakers getting singular/plural number wrong on pronouns ... even when directly looking at the thing that they're referring to. One of those "boring control conditions" that turned out to be anything but. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

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Number Attraction in Pronoun Production

Abstract. Pronoun production involves at least two processes: (i) deciding to refer to a referent with a pronoun instead of a full NP and (ii) determining the pronoun’s form. In the present study, we ...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Come join us in Oxford! Or encourage your friends to apply, so you can visit them here! We are looking to fill the Professorship in Language and Communication, a senior professor position. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... .

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Interested in applying for postdoc funding via the British Academy fellowship scheme? Pre-applications to Oxford internal competition due July 29th. Reach out to potential mentors. This scheme is for those with UK/EAA connections. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2024/06...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

Come do syntax and semantics with us in Oxford! This is another open rank position, so early career and senior scholars are encouraged to apply. SynSem people like trees - and Magdalen College has lots of them! Get in touch if curious. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Photograph of Magdalen College at sunrise

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Come be our colleague in Oxford! New position in "Phonology and Language Processing". Advertised as "Associate Professor", but it amounts to an open rank search, i.e., early career through senior. Get in touch if curious. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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