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Convenor: Dave Sayers & Leanne Henderson Treasurer: Hao Zhang Events: Aziz Moummou Membership: Vasilica Mocanu Conference: Tetyana Lunyova Ext. Liaison: Michele Gazzola Communications: Abhi Sharma Ordinary Members: Rozitah A. Samah & Oluwafisayo Atanda

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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
**Announcement** Call for Papers: Language Policy Forum 2027 Venue: University of Osijek, Croatia Speakers: Ingrid Piller (Hamburg), Hassan Belhiah (Rabat) Deadline: 30 Sep. 2026 Theme: Language Policy in Context: Bridging Global Perspectives and Local Realities sites.google.com/view/langpol...
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BAAL Language Policy group - 2027-LPF
Language Policy in Context: Bridging Global Perspectives and Local Realities Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Republic of Croatia, 3-4 June 2027 📍 Venue address: Cara Hadrijana 10, 31000 ...
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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We are pleased to announce our Call for Hosts for the Language Policy Forum 2027. The event will take place sometime in April (to be agreed with the host). Submissions invited from potential hosts, anywhere in Europe. For details, click on the link below sites.google.com/view/langpol...
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BAAL Language Policy group - 2027-LPF
We are now taking applications to host the Language Policy Forum 2027, which will take place in mid-late April. We invite submissions from potential hosts, anywhere in Europe. To submit your applicati...
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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Are you working on language policy? Do you like Spain? Then apply for the Language Policy Forum 2026 in Spain! 22-23 April, @ucm.es Venue details, plenary speakers, abstract deadline and submission form on our website: langpol.ac.uk. Go go go! 👇
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BAAL Language Policy group
Welcome to the Language Policy special interest group of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. The Language Policy (LP) SIG provides a forum to discuss, critically engage with, and research...
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Anastassia Zabrodskaja @azabrodskaja.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
📢 Hot Off the Press 🗓️Out Today – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Volume 46, Issue 6 (2025) Explore the latest in global #language, #culture, and #identity research 📝 1 Introduction 📚 8 Research Articles 📖 1 Book Review 💬 1 Commentary paper 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmmm20/4...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 28/05/2025
The Spanish government says it has made 'great progress' towards making Catalan, Basque and Galician official languages of the European Union despite a final decision being delayed ✍️ Luke James
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EU considering official language status for Catalan, Basque and Galician
Luke James, Brussels The Spanish government says it has made “great progress” towards making Catalan, Basque and Galician official languages of the European Union despite a final decision being delaye...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 23/05/2025
The rejection of Catalan as an official language in Brussels stands to trigger a political crisis in Madrid.
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EU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official language
At least seven capitals have raised concerns over the costs and political implications of the move, which Sánchez links to defense spending.
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iraal.bsky.social @iraal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🟠 Deadline approaching ‼️ Ag teannadh leis an spriocdháta
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Dr Elisabeth Barakos @ellabarakos.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Proofing this one (finally 🥳) for the forthcoming Bloomsbury Applied Linguistics volume “#Multilingualism” (Ed. Schwieter & Dewaele) with Charlotte Selleck
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RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder @radld.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
What is developmental language disorder (DLD) called in your language? This year's theme for DLD day is "You can't see DLD". How can we tell people or show people what it is in your language and in your community? #devlangdis #DLDday
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Dr Elisabeth Barakos @ellabarakos.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
At the #edtechinnovate event today in London. Super interesting to learn about the most recent debates about the future of #edtech and #AI
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Glenn Hadikin @glennhadikin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Call for candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics (English/Swedish), Language Preference and Proficiency of High-Functioning Individuals within Autism Spectrum Disorder euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting... Deadline 9th June
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Call for candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics (English/Swedish), Language Preference and Proficiency of High-Functioning Individuals within Autism Spect...
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Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌱 @rachelgwenllian.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The UK is not a single-language state. A powerful argument by @owswills.bsky.social for understanding and valuing multiculturalism. nation.cymru/opinion/the-...
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The UK is not a single-language state. It’s time Starmer caught up
Owen Williams When Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that “if you want to live in the UK, you should speak English,” he wasn’t just parroting a tired line about integration. He was exposing a deepe...
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Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
📚 New Open Access article! How do French speakers in British Columbia navigate linguistic identity? Marie-Eve Bouchard explores how legitimation—and delegitimation—shape experiences of linguistic (in)security within Francophone communities in our latest early view paper. 🔗 buff.ly/IhSbzns
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We are hiring a dream team of doctoral and post-doctoral research fellows in applied sociolinguistics, education and related fields to work on "Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan" @uni-hamburg.de www.languageonthemove.com/hiring-a-dre...
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Hiring a dream team in linguistic diversity and social participation
Visit the post for more.
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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
What about Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots?
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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
requesting all our followers to post as much as you can on language policy so that we can repost it :)
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' by @mishee54.bsky.social, Alice Corr, Anna Havinga, @jrkasstan.bsky.social & Norma Schifano argues for linguistics in the UK Mod Langs curriculum. Read it #OA: bit.ly/MLO-linguisitics @ciol-linguists.bsky.social
The article title 'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' on a blue background.
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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Russia uses "Pravda Alba" website to peddle disinformation in Gaelic -"easier for Russian disinformation to break through on search engines and in AI chatbots in languages such as Gaelic because they have much smaller online footprints" than bigger languages scotland.news-pravda.com/scotland/202...
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Lina Who Lina How Lina… (侯詠絮) @linasigns.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
For @jmhenner.bsky.social. We — @savithry.bsky.social and I — wrote “How to crip your sign language linguistic theory”. Open access. academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...
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How to crip your sign language linguistic theory
Abstract. The language practices and experiences of racially and ethnically minoritized users of signed languages have been largely ignored or marginalized
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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Grand Central Station: Irish language signs paused over legal action
Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson lodges challenge over approval of £150,000 for Irish language signs at Belfast station.
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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Welsh language: New five-year plan to meet Welsh government target
The plan will focus on Welsh in the workplace, health and social care and children and young people.
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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Confs: From Experiences to Storytelling of Postmigration. Reinventing the Narratives of the Self and the World in Pluralistic European Societies
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Confs: From Experiences to Storytelling of Postmigration. Reinventing the Narratives of the Self and the World in Pluralistic European Societies
International Conference (September 17-19, 2025) Description and Call for Papers: Developed and promoted by the German-speaking academic community, frequently mobilized by Anglophone and Scandinavian scholars, yet less used in Francophone and Italophone research, the concept of postmigration marks a significant shift in migration discourses. By dissolving the binary opposition between migrants and non-migrants, it allows immigration to be regarded as an intrinsic component of European soci
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Our paper won a Best Paper Award at #chi2025 ! It challenges the idea that Deaf tech should only be assistive. It presents alternative narratives that center deaf lives and show why we need Deaf-centred design in tech. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
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Conference Programs
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De Gruyter Brill Language, Literature & Culture @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
#CallforPapers | Sociolinguistica: European Journal of #Sociolinguistics is open for submissions! Learn more and submit your paper 👉 www.degruyter.com/soci. @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 25/03/2025
Irish language signage is set to be installed at the Grand Central Station in Belfast.
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Irish language signage to be installed at Belfast station
Irish language signage is set to be installed at the Grand Central Station in Belfast.
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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I have a new book review out, of "Language and social justice: Global perspectives." TLDR: social justice can mean lots of things, so language & social justice research works best when it defines the term & engages with literature on the topic. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Kathleen C. Riley, Bernard C. Perley & Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez (eds.), Language and social justice: Global perspectives London: Bloomsbury, 2024. Pp. 508. Pb. £40. | Language in Society | Cam...
Kathleen C. Riley, Bernard C. Perley & Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez (eds.), Language and social justice: Global perspectives London: Bloomsbury, 2024. Pp. 508. Pb. £40.
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Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📝 How to Get Published – A panel with editors from Language in Society & Journal of Sociolinguistics! 📅 May 8, 2025 | ⏰ 12–1 PM EDT | 💻 Online 🔎 Tips on peer review, editorial decisions & responding to reviewers. ECR & PhD students encouraged to join! 🔗 Register by May 1: buff.ly/zWDc0H5
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How to Get Published. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The editors of Language in Society and Journal of Sociolinguisticsare jointly sponsoring an online seminar on the theme of publishing in academic journals. This 60-minute webinar is intended to provid...
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Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🏳️‍⚧️ Have you read any of the articles in our collection on trans language activism? Discover them here:
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Applications for the 2025 Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics are now open. The full list of 14 different programmes (56 classes) is available here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education... The Celtic Programme includes two classes by me about Ancient Celtic languages and Old Irish.
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Ailean Beaton @aileanbeaton.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Falkirk Council will be reported to the Scottish Government if it removes school transport for Gaelic pupils. Bòrd na Gaelic gave the warning as councillors vote today on the cut. www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
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Comhairle na h-Eaglaise Brice gus co-dhùnadh air còmhdhail FtMG
Coinnichidh Comhairle na h-Eaglaise Brice an-diugh le moladh air am beulaibh còmhdhail-sgoile do chloinn ann am foghlam Gàidhlig a ghearradh, ged a tha cuid de phàrantan is sgoilearan air draghan mòra...
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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is the second event in our series 'Gaelic in Edinburgh: Past, Present and Future'. The other events will be held on 22 March, 31 May and 14 June. Fàilte romhaibh uile - all welcome! ionaddhuneideann.org/events/gaeli...
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Deutscher Bildungsserver @bildungsserver.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Und hier ein Interview mit der Soziolinguistin und Ethnographin Ingrid Piller im bildungsserverBlog, die in ihrer Studie „Life in a New Language“ einen völlig neuen Weg der Sekundäranalyse von qualitativen Forschungsdaten gegangen ist. blog.bildungsserver.de/kontextinfor... #edublue
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„Kontextinformationen sind bei der Sekundäranalyse qualitativer Forschungsdaten entscheidend.“ – Bildungsserver Blog
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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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