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Language and Society Scotland @langsocscot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📢 Join us on 7 December at Stirling! Our next LASS event is about sharing and connecting: a dedicated space to discover what fellow members are researching, exchange ideas and identify our collective priorities. 🗓️ 7 December ⏰ 2 to 4pm 📍 University of Stirling Register here: tinyurl.com/lassdec26

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In case you're wondering what is happening at Edinburgh...

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Traditionally during the Southern Hemisphere Spring we host our online Spring School: The Arts of Integrating. Just like in May, we'll be focussing on intergenerational caring & sharing in the context of (forced) migration. Get your free ticket here: events.humanitix.com/onlinerielas...

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Super excited to share our new article which is *finally* out in Journal of Applied Linguistics, 'Tackling linguistic discrimination in higher education' which is co-authored with former students Grace Mai Clark (93% Club) and Shanley Breese (Scottish Society). academic.oup.com/applij/advan...

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Tackling linguistic discrimination in higher education: a student-staff collaborative approach

Abstract. The field has long been committed to critically exploring the role of language in systemic inequality and social injustice. More recently, a grow

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Alice Ross @alice-ross.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Ich habe etwas zu feiern! Gotta stop announcing I'm 'delighted' so much on here but I'm umm... thrilled to say I'll be presenting at this year's @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social conference with the timely theme of 'Generative AI and society: What is at Stake'? www.weizenbaum-conference.de/program/

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Program – Weizenbaum Conference 2026

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Uri Horesh @urihoresh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Call for Papers NEW WAYS OF ANALYZING VARIATION 54 (NWAV 54) Université de Montréal October 22-24, 2026 Deadline for Abstract submission: June 1, 2026 nwav54.org/call-for-pap...

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Call for Papers – NWAV 54

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🎉 it's open. booking is now live for Spring School 2026 — Caring & Sharing: The Arts of Integrating. 📅 26–28 May · Glasgow register here → events.humanitix.com/rielaspring2... (or scan the QR in the image) ✉️ questions: unesco-riela@glasgow.ac.uk

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Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her) @lhlew.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

alice-ross.github.io/files/BAAP_k... Our #BAAP2026 poster, in which we gave some sentences to a popular commercial Text-to-Speech system and asked for voices that were "kind" or "competent" etc. and then analyzed what sociophonetic indexes resulted. Listen: alias-alice.notion.site/Kind-is-the-...

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Alice Ross @alice-ross.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Delighted to share our work on some of the sociophonetic cues reproduced in commercial TTS with @lhlew.bsky.social last week at BAAP (the Colloquium of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians) - thanks for having me! Really enjoyed some fantastic talks 🗣️🎙️

Two people smiling in front of a poster on display. The large title reads 'Kind is the Opposite of Competent: Phonetic variation in English TTS voices'.

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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Now published – 'Gaelic-medium Secondary Education: Assessment and Recommendations for Improvement', a research report for Bòrd na Gàidhlig by Jim Whannel and myself www.gaidhlig.scot/wp-content/u...

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Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Today is the official publication day for the hardback version of "Exploring Meaning in Surveillance Discourses through Corpora" (ebook was published earlier). Many thanks to series editors @michamahlberg.bsky.social & @gavinbrookes.bsky.social for your support 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/exploring...

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Exploring Meaning in Surveillance Discourses through Corpora

Situated at the interface of corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and surveillance studies, this book focuses on how surveillance is define…

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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Now published - A Festschrift for John Shaw 18 contributions on Gaelic ethnography and folklore in honour of Dr John Shaw Edited by Virginia Blankenhorn, @robertdunbar.bsky.social and @ampiobaire.bsky.social open.journals.ed.ac.uk/ScottishStud...

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Alasdair MacCaluim @am-broc.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Tha an stiùireadh reachdail air sònrachadh Sgìrean Cànain Sònraichte air tighinn a-mach an-diugh: www.gov.scot/publications... Tha mi air sgrìobhadh do na chomairlichean agam ann an Glaschu ag iarriadh orra Glaschu sònrachadh mar sgìre cànain sònraichte.

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Designating areas of linguistic significance: Statutory guidance

Statutory guidance for local authority and relevant public authorities on the process of designating areas of linguistic significance.

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Claire Timmins @clairetimmins.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Delighted to bring #ICPLA2027 to Glasgow next year. Head to our website to find out more about presentation types and abstract submission dates #phonetics #linguistics #slt #slp #speechtherapy

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

if you’ve signed our open letter to defend languages and linguistics at essex, please also take a look at the same fight at Heriot-Watt (Edinburgh) bsky.app/profile/nina...

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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We've got this @engmediacentre.bsky.social sky.social course coming up early next term and it should be a good one because it features @christianilbury.bsky.social stianilbury.bsky.social as co-presenter! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/cfe8...

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EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Language Change and Discourses

<p>Exploring contemporary language change: new words, new meanings & new methods. <em>NB: This is a repeat course.</em></p>

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Public talk on accent bias in HE, led by Christian Ilbury from the University of Edinburgh, at the University of Birmingham, UK, at 6pm on 29th April. I have long been aware that our students (and staff) who speak with local accents experience discrimination. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/tackl...

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Tackling linguistic discrimination in higher-education: a student-staff collaboration - University of Birmingham

Accentism in universities

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Alice Ross @alice-ross.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

well, one good thing is, I'm delighted to say I'll be sharing my work on "The Sound of Silencing: Identities and Ideologies in Commercial Text-To-Speech" with wonderful collaborators @ninamarkl.bsky.social @catlai.bsky.social @lhlew.bsky.social as a poster at @chi.acm.org 2026! ⛱️

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Claire Timmins @clairetimmins.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

@unioflimerick.bsky.social #SLT team are looking for a #phonetics lecturer 👇

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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I’ve posted updated versions of two comprehensive bibliographies relating to Gaelic in Scotland. The first deals with sociolinguistics and language planning concerning Gaelic from 1980 on: tinyurl.com/bdeda7br The other covers Gaelic literature from 1900 to the present: tinyurl.com/caxbjv9s

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Uri Horesh @urihoresh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Volume 1, Issue 2 of Arabic Linguistics is now published online. This is a special issue with selected papers from the 37th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (ASAL37), held in New York City in February 2024. Guest editors: Reem Khamis & Mira Goral. www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

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Arabic Linguistics

Arabic Linguistics is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on all aspects of the scientific study of Arabic in all its varieties. The focus may be on one or more varieties, t...

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Claire Timmins @clairetimmins.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Save the date #ICPLA2027 - 14th to 16th June 2027 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social, Glasgow UK. Find out more here: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/p...

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ICPLA 2027 | University of Strathclyde

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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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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Gaelic Week is under way! There are lots of special events in Edinburgh, including Cruinn Còmhla Community Day, Saturday 28 February, 10am-4pm (ionaddhuneideann.org) Discussion about the role of Gaelic media, Thurs 26th, 530pm (www.nls.uk/whats-on/gae...) snagde.com/events/ @sngaidhlig.bsky.social

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Daniel Calvert @danielcalvert.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I'm thrilled to have contributed my research to this new report for the Scottish government on Multilingualism and New Scots Refugee Integration, calling for a renewed national commitment to supporting multilingualism for integration, education and community wellbeing: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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National report calls for urgent action to support Scotland’s multilingual future and New Scots integration

A new report calls for a renewed national commitment to supporting multilingualism as a core pillar of integration, education, and community wellbeing.

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

One of my former Sociolinguistics students (now a PG student at St Andrews) is co-organizing a student conference on 'Voice'. Submission details below! N.B. Student travel from Edinburgh to St Andrews will be reimbursed by the organisers!

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Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

If you are an English language teacher in Bangladesh, India, or Sri Lanka, this British Council scholarship for *20 fully-funded* spaces on our MSc TESOL (Online) may be of interest. Information webinar on 5 March – please spread the word! #BritishCouncilScholarsELT #TeamStirling

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Cliodhna Hughes @greatlikecheese.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 We’re hosting the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference in Edinburgh this year! If you work on queer linguistics topics, please submit an abstract, we’d love to see you there! Conference dates: 2nd-4th September Submission deadline: 28th March CfP: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

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Call for Papers - Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32

Key dates Information Abstracts are invited for talks and topical panel sessions on original, unpublished research broadly related to the study of language, sexuality, queerness, and gender, particula...

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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Are you an early career researcher interested in communicating linguistics to broader audiences? Consider applying for a @lingcomm.org grant! Deadline April 30, via @lingthusiasm.com lingcomm.org/grants/

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Grants

2026 LingComm Grants – Small Grants for Communicating Linguistics to Wider Audiences We want to see more linguistics in the world! The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 (USD) to support lin…

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Really happy to have my work featured again in this amazing resource pack. Projects like this are how we get linguistics into the classroom, and show students that linguistics/English language is more than applying Grice's maxims to a passage from Hamlet*.

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

'gen z slang' 😬 If there was ever a time for our paper to come out, it's now... We submitted the revisions in December, here's hoping it's out soon: "Ilbury, C. & R. Walcott. ‘Gen Z language? Y’all mean AAVE’: The appropriation of AAVE as ‘TikTok language’".

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Ryan Shaw-Hawkins @ryanshaw-hawkins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Last Friday I had the special honour of delivering two talks to the Sociolinguistics and Phonetics Laboratories over at the University of Washington. Thank you very much to Alicia Beckford Wassink for inviting me to give these talks, as well as everyone that attended. (1)

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Scots is often wrapped up in classism and labelled as 'weird' or 'uneducated', but by every standard it is its own language with its own grammar, syntax and words, and should be respected as such, writes Emma Grae ✍️ Read more: www.thenational.scot/commen...

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Modern Languages at St Andrews @sta-modlangs.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Find out about our University's scholarships for 2026 entry which are open to School of Modern Languages' PhD applicants. Apply by 21 January 2026: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...

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Language and Society Scotland @langsocscot.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Are you a Postgraduate Researcher (PGR/PhD) working on language-focused projects related to Scotland and/or Ulster? If so, there's an online event on 25th February centred on methodological approaches and innovations. For more details, and to express your interest: frlsu.org/pgr-event-me...

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PGR Event – ‘Method Matters’

The Forum for Research on Languages in Scotland and Ulster (FRLSU) invites postgraduate research students (PGR/PhD) working on language-focused projects related to Scotland and/or Ulster …

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Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

If we lose our languages, do we lose ourselves? Join Prof Alison Phipps FRSE, Dr Teresa Garrido-Tamayo, Dr Nadeen Purna, and Dr Hyab Yohannes as they explore how the languages spoken by both New Scots and long-established communities change as their sense of belonging shifts over time.

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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Increased funding for Gaelic in the new Scottish budget - a 5.2% increase, up to £32.4 million. (As the capital element (the Gaelic Capital Fund) has been frozen, the increase in 'fiscal resource' is actually 6.2%).

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Jen Nycz @jennycz.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The volume includes chapters by me & Lauren, Meredith Tamminga, @kbmcgowan.bsky.social, @abbyjwalker.bsky.social and Teresa Pratt; if you're a socio-curious phonologist/phonetician (or a phon-curious sociolinguist), this book was written for you!

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup: • Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke) • Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE) • Prof. Erez Levon (Bern) • Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece) • Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE) Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

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Jen Nycz @jennycz.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

📚 Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory (co-edited by me and @lhlew.bsky.social) is now available online at Oxford Academic! (print copies coming end of January) academic.oup.com/book/61815

blue and green cover of the book "Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory", edited by Jennifer Nycz and Lauren Hall-Lew, published with Oxford as part of the Oxford Surveys in Phonology and Phonetics

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Uri Horesh @urihoresh.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A bit late, but here’s a photo of me introducing the first session of the @langsocscot.bsky.social event in Edinburgh in November. Photo stolen from @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social’s LinkedIn (sorry, Sarah, and thanks!) @sta-modlangs.bsky.social

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