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Evan Bradley @yevb0.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I had luck before on the badsite; let's try bsky: this term I'm teaching intro linguistics with a typology/diversity lens I love to harness expertise of friends/colleagues to show students languages I know little about SO if you know/use/study a language that's not normative AmEng, I need YOU! 🧵

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Philipp Krämer @phkraemer.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Sociolinguists in and around Benelux or working on Beneluxian languages and varieties: come present your work at next year's Sociolinguistics Circle in Brussels! Nous avons hâte om jullie bij ons te verwelkomen - venez nombreux.ses ! Deadline for abstracts: December 1st, 2025.

Call for Papers: Sociolinguistics Circle 2026
VUB - Brussels Centre for Language Studies

We invite abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the 12th edition of the Sociolinguistics Circle, to be held in Brussels on April 24th, 2026.
Contributions should deal with topics in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, dialectology, variationist linguistics, social dimensions of multilingualism and language contact, language policy and planning, or related disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars with a connection to the Low Countries and/or on topics relevant to language varieties used in the Low Countries.

Abstracts should be submitted before December 1st, 2025 via e-mail to
sociolinguisticscircle2026@vub.be.
They should be between 300 and 500 words, not including references. Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts, at most one of which may be sole- or first-authored.
Abstracts should situate the study within the field and clearly identify the research aim, theoretical and methodological framework, main results and implications.
Contributions can be submitted in Dutch, French, or English. Given the Sociolinguistics Circle’s orientation to the Low Countries, we would like to emphasise that contributions in Dutch and French or multilingual formats are warmly welcomed (e.g., presentation in Dutch/French, slides in English).

All submissions will be reviewed by the organising committee.
We aim to decide on acceptance before February 1st, 2026.

Organising committee
Rik Vosters
Wim Vandenbussche
Laura Rosseel
Philipp Krämer

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Attention #sociolinguists: Have you ever wanted to do a collaborative class project, but you just weren't sure how? Maybe you didn't have much time or access to the right participants...? If so, check out my new openly accessible, peer-reviewed essay plus #OER: resourcehub.lsadc.org/Play?pId=593...

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Pabst (2025) Pop Music as a Window into Language Variation

This submission describes a four-part portfolio assignment from a master’s-level introduction to Variationist Sociolinguistics that was designed to help students understand the goals and methods of th...

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Lena Ackermann @lenaackermann.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Variationslinguistik bei @realscientists.de 🤩

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I will be curating the Bluesky account for Real Scientists DE this week. Check it out if you want to learn more about my work and speak German (or have access to a translator)!

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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

En ook de derde dag van de estafettestaking in het Hoger Onderwijs, vandaag in Nijmegen, is een groot succes. Het rode vierkant van #WOinActie wappert aan de toren, en duizenden studenten, docenten, wetenschappers en sympathisanten protesteren tegen de aangekondigde bezuinigingen. #DoeHetNiet

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Anne Petterson @annepetterson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Nijmegen kleurt rood! Vandaag staken we aan de Radboud Universiteit tegen de ongekende bezuinigingen van dit kabinet op het hoger onderwijs en de wetenschap. Samen met studenten en collega’s van de Hogeschool Arnhem en Artez 🟥💪 #WOinActie

Rood vierkant met de tekst “HO kabinet sloopt hoger onderwijs”.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

For information about the reasons for the strike, see this open letter: woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/03/ruim... Below an excerpt: 3/n

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Ruim 160 hoogleraren uit Nijmegen: staak met ons mee!

WOinActie is een beweging van studenten en medewerkers en maakt zich sterk voor de universiteit en haar toekomst.

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Falls ihr es noch nicht mitbekommen habt: Ab heute streiken Kolleg*innen, Student*innen&viele andere gegen die drakonischen Sparmaßnahmen an niederländischen Universitäten. Leiden hat den Anfang gemacht, morgen gehts in Utrecht weiter& Do sind wir in Nimwegen dran. Mehr dazu im Post von Marc 👇🏼

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Proud to see so many colleagues, students, and community members in #Leiden go on strike today to protest the Draconian cuts to Dutch higher education. Tomorrow, Utrecht will follow and on Thursday, we will do the same at Radboud. #WOinActie #stopthecuts

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Vandaag begint een estafettestaking van de Nederlandse universiteiten. Op een enkele kleine lokale staking na is dit sinds mensenheugenis niet gebeurd. Staak mee! neerlandistiek.nl/2025/03/staa...

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Staak! Staak! Staak!

Vandaag begint een estafettestaking van de Nederlandse universiteiten. Op een enkele kleine lokale staking na is dit sinds mensenheugenis niet gebeurd

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

One of my BA students wants to look at word-final nasal deletion in AAE for his BA thesis. He's struggling to get access to a couple of relevant papers (see below). Can anyone help 🙏🏼?

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Karl Doemens @karldoemens.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

In einer Woche ist 🇩🇪 Bundestagswahl. In Washington, der Hauptstadt des einstmals wichtigsten Verbündeten, sind bis heute keine Wahlunterlagen eingetroffen. Bei einer Postlaufzeit von 7 - 10 Tagen drohen zigtausende Auslandsdeutsche ihres Wahlrechts beraubt zu werden. 🤐

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

FYI: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 7th (9a-9p EST)!: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 7th (9a-9p EST)! Did you know that less than 20% of biographies on Wikipedia are currently dedicated to notable women, and far lower for other minoritized…

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FYI: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 7th (9a-9p EST)!

Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 7th (9a-9p EST)! Did you know that less than 20% of biographies on Wikipedia are currently dedicated to notable women, and far lower for other minoritized genders? And that number used to be even…

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Day 1 of the 2025 LOT Winter School is off to a great start! Looking forward to welcoming instructors and participants from all over the world to Nijmegen over the next two weeks

Some of the local organizers of the 2025 LOT Winter School at Radboud University in Nijmegen

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Maia George @maiageorge.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Ich erzähle das nicht gerne, weil ich meine Ruhe haben möchte, aber langsam kann ich mir das nicht mehr leisten: Ich bin hier nicht geboren und habe mich einbürgern lassen. Wir müssen darüber reden, wie Einbürgerungen in Deutschland laufen. 1/x www.merkur.de/politik/merz...

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Merz gibt deutliche Botschaft: „Aberkennung der deutschen Staatsbürgerschaft“

Merz zeigt sich unzufrieden mit den Einbürgerungsrichtlinien der Ampel. Bei einem Sieg bei der Bundestagswahl hat der CDU-Chef vor, einiges grundlegend zu verändern.

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Cadernos de Linguística @cadlin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Yesterday, we lost William Labov, a foundational figure in sociolinguistics. In his Abralin Talk, Labov reflected on a lifetime of scholarship that has mentored generations and advanced the pursuit of social equity through linguistics.

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William Labov

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I'll teach a BA course on lg and social justice next semester. I'd love to showcase empirical work that demonstrates how the study of lg can help dismantle unjust structures. If you have done any work on this or have strong feelings about what should be included, please let me know below👇🏼

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

This promises to be such an exciting contribution to the field of sociolinguistics - cannot wait to read it! Really grateful it will be published open access so my students and I can access it right away...

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Stop de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs!

A red square, in protest of the impending budget cuts in Dutch higher education

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Today, over 20k students, instructors, researchers, administrators and others (incl. my RU colleagues and I) protested against the devastating budget cuts in Dutch higher education, which threaten the well-being of the country... A strong and necessary sign! #stopdebezuinigingen nos.nl/l/2545894

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Duizenden studenten en medewerkers protesteren in Den Haag tegen bezuinigingen

De demonstratie stond eerst gepland op 14 november in Utrecht, maar die ging toen om veiligheidsredenen niet door.

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Nieuwe nationale oproep van WOinActie aan iedereen die om het hoger onderwijs geeft om ons te steunen in onze strijd voor het behoud van de Nederlandse universiteiten. Demonstratie: 25 november, 13:00, Malieveld, Den Haag. woinactie.blogspot.com/2024/11/steu...

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Steun ons in strijd voor hoger onderwijs!

WOinActie is een beweging van studenten en medewerkers en maakt zich sterk voor de universiteit en haar toekomst.

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Dear colleagues around the world, As you may know, the Netherlands has, since this summer, been governed by a radical right-wing administration with an agenda reminiscent of Orbán's Hungary.

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Katie Carmichael @drkatcarm.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

Hi there! Are you a graduate student in sociolinguistics who is an LSA member and wants travel funding to attend LSA's Annual Meeting in Philly this year? Consider applying for the Elizabeth Dayton Award! Open now til July 12! www.lsadc.org/elizabeth_da...

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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

Why decolonization and inclusion matter in linguistics? A blog about Oxford Collections on Decolonizing and Inclusion in Linguistics blog.oup.com/2024/03/why-...

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Eleanor Chodroff @echodroff.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

Incredible and comprehensive introduction to stats and R for linguists by Jessamyn Schertz! 👩‍💻📈 R bookdown link here: individual.utoronto.ca/jschertz/tea...

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Enjoying some old traditions in our new home... #FallFeelings

Plate with six home-made pumpkin mummy cookies with edible googly eyes

Assortment of tables and boxes with pumpkins and other gourds in different sizes and colors

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Hadas Kotek 🦄 @hadaskotek.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

The Committee on Gender Equity in Linguistics is offering TWO travel grants in the amount of $500 each to the 2024 LSA Annual Meeting in NYC Details here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com#/event/4438/.... Submission deadline: November 8 lmk if you have any questions, and please retweet! 🐦🐦

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Last chance to sign up as a mentor for #NWAV51! We're still a few volunteers short. I've participated myself numerous times and truly enjoyed being able to give something back to the field. Added bonus this time: Free lunch 🥪! You can find the sign-up form in the thread

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

We're still looking for mentors for #NWAV51. If you're interested and available, please consider signing up. You can find the link in the thread below

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

#NWAV51 will host a Pop-Up Mentoring Program (PUMP) event. PUMP (sponsored by the LSA Committee on Gender Equity in Linguistics (COGEL)) provides on-site, one-off mentoring meetings at linguistics conferences around the world. #linguistics

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Katharina Pabst (she/her) 🟥 @kpabst.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Awesome new initiative at my alma mater. If you identify as Black or Indigenous and are planning on applying to graduate school in linguistics, please consider participating. Also, please spread the word, everyone!

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Lina Who Lina How Lina… (侯詠絮) @linasigns.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Don’t forget that signed languages cannot be separated from deaf people. Please consider citing the works of deaf, deafblind, and deafdisabled linguists, scholars, and activists at least. Read our work, invite us to present, talk to us!

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Hey spoken language linguistics colleagues: tomorrow is the International Day of Sign Languages (www.un.org/en/observanc...). Please consider how you might use it to highlight signed languages in your teaching and/or research.

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