Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Poste de prof en sociolinguistique à UQTRatlas.workland.com 010
Reposted by Lise FontaineWim Remysen @kwebek.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Ça vaut la peine de lire cet article. De l’autre bord, le navire coule solide… 092
Reposted by Lise FontaineCorpus Linguistics 2027 @cl2027.info · 19/08/2026We are pleased to finally announce… 📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027 Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027 CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap... Deadline: 8th January 2027 🔗 All links in bio 🔁 please share widely! #CL2027cl2027.info#CL2027 - Call for PapersAdaptation and Adaptability in Corpus Linguistics 03836
Reposted by Lise FontaineCalle Börstell @cborstell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Norwegian uses "troll" for things that aren't actual trolls, e.g.: • korstroll/krosstroll 'starfish' (lit. cross troll) • rumpetroll 'tadpole' (lit. butt troll) • skrukketroll 'woodlouse' (lit. crease/crack troll) • trappetroll 'slinky' (lit. stair troll) #linguistics 2246
Reposted by Lise Fontainelilastromech (Mischa) @mischajaye.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The cooling system was installed by the village AC technician, Thermodynamix 😊 6449491404
Reposted by Lise FontaineCrystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I said as much in the Q&A, pointing out this pattern of mystification in his talk, asking why he didn't frame any of the phenomena he was describing in terms of a Marxist analysis of the ways in which tech companies are seizing the means of mental production to enrich a tiny power hungry minority + 62415164
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Moving around in clothes, gardens, and other things: co-event patterns in Swedish motion construction - Joel Olofsson at NAMED 26 at UQTR 000
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Lexicalization patterns of Sino-Japanese Motion Verbal Nouns in Japanese - Yo Matsumoto at the NAMED 26 conference @uqtr.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Lise FontaineAnne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Journal of Black Language and Culture invites expressions of interest from scholars who would like to serve as manuscript reviewers. 134
Reposted by Lise FontaineLieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 11/03/2026PhD and teaching job in English anyone? 🐦🐦 In Namur, with ME 🥹🥹 and wonderful colleagues 😊 (Working knowledge of French 🥖 is required, though.) Six-year contract (2 x 3). Details here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/417075 or in French here: jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2026-... 21115
Reposted by Lise FontaineLise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Des ateliers gratuits en linguistique seront offerts en marge du colloque NAMED. Ils seront animés par des spécialistes internationaux présents à l’UQTR pour le colloque NAMED. Pour plus d’infos, vous pouvez consulter le site web : named26.wordpress.com/ateliers/named26.wordpress.com 001
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Des ateliers gratuits en linguistique seront offerts en marge du colloque NAMED. Ils seront animés par des spécialistes internationaux présents à l’UQTR pour le colloque NAMED. Pour plus d’infos, vous pouvez consulter le site web : named26.wordpress.com/ateliers/named26.wordpress.com 001
Reposted by Lise FontaineMike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then. 37377082408
Reposted by Lise FontaineVaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social · 02/02/2026🎓✨ Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK & International applicants) ✨🌍 A PhD studentship is available @corpussocialsci.bsky.social starting Oct 2026. We’re seeking outstanding candidates in #corpuslinguistics, #languagetesting, or #appliedlinguistics 📊💻 🔗 More info: cass.lancs.ac.uk/fully-funded... 0911
Reposted by Lise FontaineAndré Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Pourquoi la langue française est-elle si difficile, avec homophones, lettres muettes et exceptions absconses? Cela vient de la longue histoire de sa mise par écrit, explique Gabriella Parussa au micro du podcast autour de son livre. Bonne écoute et bonne semaine ! parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20... 712032
Reposted by Lise FontaineJohn Mansfield @johnbasil.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I'm hiring! 2 x PhD positions to work at Uni Zurich with me on "Evolutionary Semantics" for an ERC-funded project. semantically curious MA grads from linguistics, cog psych, anthro encouraged to apply evolvinglanguage.ch/studying-the...evolvinglanguage.chStudying the Evolution of Abstract Thought - NCCR Evolving LanguageIn the new ERC-funded project, “Conceptual Diversity and the Evolution of Abstract Thought” (CONCEVO), Mansfield will lead a team of researchers to develop a method for reconstructing the evolution of... 13724
Reposted by Lise FontaineAnne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 02/01/2026When I get back to my desk on Monday, I will officially open JBLAC @jblacjournal.bsky.social for submissions. What a way to start the year! #CantStopWontStop #WeDidThat #BeingTheScholarsWeKnewWeCouldBe 061
Reposted by Lise FontaineHeshi O @joshtopher.bsky.social · 28/12/2025For all you language collectors like me, there is an incredible indigenous tv channel in Canada called APTN. One of its branches, APTN Languages, features a variety of shows (many subtitled in English) in many of the indigenous languages found in Canada. www.aptntv.ca/shows/aptn-l/ #langskyaptntv.caShows - APTNOur Stories. Our Voices. Award-winning television programming by, for and about Indigenous Peoples to share with all Canadians. 074
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Is anyone teaching students to read urls? There are things they need to know! 000
Reposted by Lise FontaineAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025"there's a new serif in town" 1005146872490
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Poste en linguistique à UQTR! atlas.workland.com/work/70002/p...atlas.workland.com 000
Reposted by Lise FontaineJohn Kelly @mashedradish.bsky.social · 26/11/2025On the blog, how a Latin pronoun became synonymous with Frenchness: mashedradish.com/2025/11/25/f...mashedradish.comMy bad French makes for good etymology: the origin of “oui”What begins as a Latin demonstrative pronoun becomes an expression of Frenchness. 031
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 25/11/2025CFP extended deadline for abstract submission : December 8 2025 Join us in Trois-Rivières! named26.wordpress.comnamed26.wordpress.comNAMED 2026Neglected Aspects of Motion-Event Description 020
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Une journée inspirante au Musée Pop! Merci @museepop.bsky.social pour l’accueil incroyable réservé à mes étudiant·e·s. Nous avons exploré les concepts linguistiques à travers l’exposition « Attache ta tuque »… et c’était passionnant (et amusant) ! 000
Reposted by Lise FontaineCadernos de Linguística @cadlin.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Ergative structures show how languages organize meaning — not every sentence needs someone “doing” the action. Studies like this help us understand how verbs express states and events, a topic still little known outside linguistics classrooms. doi.org/10.25189/267... #linguistics #langsky 021
Reposted by Lise FontaineCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12/10/2025NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions? t.co/BUTtpK9C4S 6722361489
Reposted by Lise FontaineAnil Dash @anildash.com · 02/10/2025We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either. 8146051175
Reposted by Lise FontaineBenjamin Storme @bstorme.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Ma publication dans "the Conversation" sur l'écriture inclusive (theconversation.com/lecriture-in...) m'a valu ma première qualification de "wokiste" ("immonde wokiste"). L'ironie, c'est que le mot "wokiste" est lui-même une forme d'écriture inclusive (forme neutre). "Wokard" serait plus adapté. 0121
Reposted by Lise FontaineBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it: 18995470
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Planning my intro to linguistics course at UQTR is more fun this year with this little gem!! 020
Reposted by Lise FontaineGavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 06/09/2025Assistant Professor - Language Revitalization - Linguistics, UC Berkeley: research interests or skills in "..language documentation, description, and analysis; sociolinguistics; anthropological linguistics; language acquisition; language education; areal and language-family expertise" (Oct 31)aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor - Language Revitalization - LinguisticsUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 01312
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social · 26/08/2025I’m very happy to have received this today! 4th edition 020
Reposted by Lise FontaineDan Jurafsky @jurafsky.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Now that school is starting for lots of folks, it's time for a new release of Speech and Language Processing! Jim and I added all sorts of material for the August 2025 release! With slides to match! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...web.stanford.eduSpeech and Language ProcessingSpeech and Language Processing 315358
Reposted by Lise FontaineBarbara Neuhoff @barbaraneuhoff.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty" 284179925347
Reposted by Lise FontaineTony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · 20/08/2025How do you decide whether or not to use AI tools in your research? One approach is to judge the extent to which they align with the values that underpin your research - in this open access paper we look at this question of alignment. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.org 0229
Reposted by Lise Fontainepatchocool.bsky.social @patchocool.bsky.social · 19/08/2025OK, here is the site for live by-election results at Battle River-Crowfoot. enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDis... Let's hope Poilievre gets at least a bit spanked from the shoe-in riding. Results starting after 8 PM.enr.elections.caElection Night Results - Electoral DistrictsElection results by electoral district, for federal elections in Canada. 31211
Reposted by Lise FontaineRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The kids are calling it “Quebecmaxxing”: two anglos in Montreal having an entire interaction in French without realizing they’re both anglos 2340128
Reposted by Lise FontaineLaurence - highest score ever in the Neasden Cognitive Test!! @laurenceineu.bsky.social · 17/08/2025This is a good and quite detailed summary. It sets out clearly just how badly Trump performed in this summit. He lost absolutely everything and has actually managed to make backwards progress in the interests of Ukraine, European security and enforcing international law. www.ft.com/content/2866...ft.comNo concessions, no ceasefire: how Putin outplayed Trump in AnchorageRussia’s leader seems to have drawn the US president closer to Moscow’s position on the Ukraine war 076
Reposted by Lise FontaineFlorent Moncomble @fmoncomble.tract-linguistes.org · 16/08/2025#Linguistics 2 new additions in my #corpus toolbox, geared towards the study of the meta-discourse of press coverage: the Guardian and Figaro Comments Corpus Builders can be used to collect corpora of article comments from those two online newspapers. 1/3corpustools.prendrelangue.frFlorent Moncomble’s corpus toolsA collection of tools for collecting and analysing corpora of online media discourse 12813
Reposted by Lise FontaineMaite Taboada @mtaboada.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Amber Rynearson and I presented today at @raammetaphor.bsky.social, on our work trying to integrate different frameworks for metaphor identification. What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team! 093
Reposted by Lise FontaineLaurence - highest score ever in the Neasden Cognitive Test!! @laurenceineu.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Good aggressive journalism. www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...mirror.co.uk'Donald Trump’s Nobel Prize delusion is both embarrassing and frankly dangerous'As Donald Trump prepares to meet Vladimir Putin, renewed claims from his camp that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize have sparked outrage and ridicule. 192
Reposted by Lise FontaineRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/07/2025🚨Here’s Mark Carney just now, announcing Canada’s (conditional) intent to recognize a Palestinian state in September: 4727355
Reposted by Lise FontaineHeather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Call for papers: Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics, 15-16 January 2026 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/quant...kcl.ac.ukQuantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics: Data-Driven Insights into Language and Cultural ChangeWe invite submissions for the conference Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics: Data-Driven Insights into Language and Cultural Change, to be held at King’s College London on 15–1... 031
Reposted by Lise FontaineTony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · 28/07/2025For followers from China - Tsinghua University Press is publishing an edition of my CUP book, Corpus Linguistics (written with Andrew Hardie) next year. The book includes explanatory notes in Chinese and quite a bit of text from the original version which was lost due to space constraints. 1152