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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We are looking for Dutch-speaking participants for a short 5-minute survey! We're studying how people evaluate utterances about others - no previous knowledge required! www.soscisurvey.de/evaluation_d... Linguists are kindly asked to share, but not to take part!

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We zijn op zoek naar deelnemers die een korte (ca. 5 minuten) onderzoek in het Nederlands willen invullen. Het doel is om te onderzoeken hoe mensen uitspraken over anderen beoordelen. www.soscisurvey.de/evaluation_d... Taalkundigen: deel de onderzoek alstublieft, maar doe zelf niet mee.

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Vragenlijst | bladzijde1

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Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🚨 New Publication Alert!🚨 Polysemy and metaphorical extension in an artificial language learning experiment (w/ @elizabethqingzhang.bsky.social & Marek Placiński). Out now in #OpenAcess in Language and Cognition. 🧵1/ #language #linguistics doi.org/10.1017/lang...

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Help my wonderful BA student out with her study on early bilingualism (English & German)! Parents of children aged 0-6 can fill in the questionnaire in either German or English: www.soscisurvey.de/BA-Thesis-Bi...

Invitation flyer seeking participants for a BA thesis on bi-/monolingualism in early childhood; participants must be parents or legal guardians of children aged 0-6 who are being
raised either monolingually or bilingually (English & German)

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Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🚨New Publication Alert 🚨 Perfektes Timing zum Chinesischen Neuen Jahr! 🐎Gerade erschienen: "Bedeutungsschwangere Pausen in Kognition und Interaktion: Pragmatische und psycholinguistische Perspektiven auf interkulturelle Kommunikation"(mit @thematzing.bsky.social, @elizabethqingzhang.bsky.social ...

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

New paper alert! In my newest paper, which has just appeared in Discourse, Context & Media, I analyse how people living with dementia use conceptual metaphor to construct self and their condition and as a tool for sense-making for dementia-induced changes authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 1/

a screenshot of the first page of Monika's paper titled "I still hope it's just a blip - Constructing life with dementia in a public digital health community"

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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Korpuslinguistik die Pyrotechnik der Sprachwissenschaft 🧨

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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · 19/03/2025

The remarkable bonobo that humans named Kanzi has died, age 44. During his life he helped researchers learn much more about the capabilities of his species, and by extension about our shared common ancestors. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...

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Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

JOB ALERT in #language and #linguistics! Postdoc Position at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Job offer here: www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?tas... We are now looking at a broader candidate pool so do consider applying! Please repost & share widely!

A picture of Torun oldtown at night in winter

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Liz @lizitro.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Dear #langsky! I have just published my survey. If you have ever used Duolingo to learn/practice German, you are welcome to participate. Whether you love or hate Duolingo, whether you use it every day or not at all, whether you speak fluent German or only a few words.

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

My latest paper is out in OA! I discuss how family care partners use conceptual #metaphor in an online forum to conceptualise #caregiving and 'their' person living with #dementia www.winter-verlag.de/de/detail/97...

book cover of an edited volume on discourse-analytic perspectives on medical communication in the European context

A screenshot of the start page of Monika's paper, showing the title and parts of the introduction

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I'm overjoyed to announce my first co-authored project of 2025: welcome to the world, Samuel *14.02.3025

The hands of two adults wrapped around the hand of a newborn

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Stefan Hartmann @stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Noch wenige Stunden, dann gehen die Uhren womöglich auch in Deutschland rückwärts. Oder doch nicht? Noch haben wir es in der Hand. Falls ihr noch nicht wisst, ob ihr wählen geht: tut es! Eure Stimme ist wichtiger denn je. Let‘s vote the shit out of this (im besten Fall im Wortsinn) #btw25

Das animierte GIF ZEIGT eine Uhr, die rückwärts läuft

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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Und nicht zuletzt: planen, organisieren, freuen auf unsere interdisziplinäre Tagung im Juli: uebercringe.de/call-for-pap...

schwarze Schrift auf Pink:
Ambivalente Affekte und Ästhetiken des Alltäglichen

Universität Heidelberg

7.-9. Juli 2025

Organisation: Theresa Heyd (Heidelberg) und Heide Volkening (Greifswald)

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Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

JOB ALERT! Come work with me! 34-Month Postdoc Position here at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in my project "Paths to Polysemy" Job offer here: www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?tas... Please repost & share widely!

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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Publication day: Voices in the Linguistic Landscape, our study on anthropomorphic objects and their first person pronouns. If you are interested in theories of posthumanist sociolinguistics and/or pictures of talking trash cans, this is for you!

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Voices in the Linguistic Landscape | John Benjamins

Abstract This paper contributes to the emerging analytical framework of anthropomorphized artifacts as part of Linguistic Landscapes. It describes and analyzes cases where signage, objects, or relate...

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Minnesota Vikings @vikings.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Andrew Van Ginkel has been slept on by the AP and was named 2nd-Team All-Pro. Gink deserves 1st-Team accolades in our humble opinion. 📰: mnvkn.gs/40a8f0r #Skol

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Minnesota Vikings @vikings.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Battle For The North. #Skol

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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Stellenausschreibung: Uni Heidelberg, Psycholinguistik, A13 100%, 3+3 Jahre ⬇️

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Stefan Hartmann @stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Euer Sprachgefühl ist gefragt - gerne teilnehmen und/oder teilen: surveys.phil.hhu.de/umfrage/inde...

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Ihr $prachge£ÜhI istgefragt!

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Abwesenheitsnotiz ✅ Plätzchenteller und Kerzen ✅ Noch einmal mit dem BTSV verlieren Und dann ist Weihnachten

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Queen - Thank God It's Christmas (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Queen Official

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 27/12/2021

Reminder für alle #IchBinHanna|s: Es ist okay, in der Weihnachtspause nicht zu arbeiten. Deadlines in oder direkt nach der Pause sind nicht normal, sondern Teil einer toxischen Arbeitskultur. Habt kein schlechtes Gewissen wegen Nichtstun! Das Jahr war hart. Take a break! ❤️

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

That moment when you can combine your twin passions in teaching: illness metaphors and power metal #whatlibguistsdo

a lecture slide about the definition of PTSD as "shell shock"; the slide includes an excerpt of Manowar's song Shell Shock

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

There are days when dreams do come true. Today I signed my permanent contract at the English Department in Heidelberg. Thank you to everyone who supported me on my way here! #IchWarHanna

Monika's office door with a yellow #IchBinHanna poster. A red sticker saying #IchWarHanna is taped over it

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

We are looking for English speakers for a short (approx. 5min) evaluation study! Linguists are welcome to share this post, but please do not participate yourself! www.soscisurvey.de/evaluationst...

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Wir suchen deutsche Muttersprachler*innen für eine kurze (ca. 5min) Bewertungsstudie! Sprachwissenschaftler*innen gerne RT, aber bitte nicht selbst teilnehmen! www.soscisurvey.de/bewertungsst...

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Meet Louie, aka the best doggo, who'll be doing his best to distract me from my dementia data analyses

Louie (a black labrador pinscher mixed breed) is lying under Monika's desk and looking up at her

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Simon Meier-Vieracker @fussballinguist.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Ich möchte gerne wissen, ob und inwiefern gendersensible Sprache an Hochschulen bewertungsrelevant ist und habe dazu eine anonyme Umfrage aufgesetzt. Seid Ihr Hochschuldozierende? Dann hier entlang (und gerne teilen): www.soscisurvey.de/richtlinieng...

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Chuffed that my paper on impoliteness and pragmatic preferences in German translations of British and Irish children’s fiction is now out in "Pragmatics and Translation" - find it (and the rest of the amazing edited volume!) here: benjamins.com/catalog/pbns...

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

... ich scheine zu viel Zeit mit schwäbischen Freund*innen zu verbringen... #wirkönnenallesaußerhochdeutsch

Screenshot eines Stücks akademischer Prosa; in gelb markiert ist "auf des Theater ausweiten"

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Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

#DieHellenDinge - Semestervorbereitung (Proseminar Morphology) kurz für Kaffee und Pflaumenkuchen unterbrechen

A coffee cup and a slice of streusel plum cake on a wooden table

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