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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/07/2026

Does Not Rhyme -through -cough -though -rough -bough Does Rhyme -pony -bologna

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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Let Books Be: Public Library Censorship Overview www.ala.org/sites/default/files/202…

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hans Broekhuis is een ouderwetse geleerde: iemand die in de loop van zijn carrière een encyclopedische kennis heeft vergaard op zijn eigen gebied. neerlandistiek.nl/2026/06/hans/

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Hans Broekhuis is een ouderwetse geleerde: iemand die in de loop van zijn carrière een encyclopedische kennis heeft vergaard op zijn eigen gebied.

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱: 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 🎓 A tiny contribution to help cover one specific academic cost for #ECRs working in under-resourced contexts. It’s not much, but it is something: a small, concrete help. More info: www.robertadalessandro.it/yaa-microfund

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 18/01/2026

New favourite example of scalar implicature

"More than 3 years ago, the famous Roman emperor Julius Caesar passed away" written over a marble bust of Caesar.

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Two new articles on the hottest topic in #Romance linguistics - The non-unity of differential object marking: Flagging versus indexing, Haspelmath - DOM and a-topics: The case of Sicilian and Tuscan regional varieties of Italian. An experimental study, Interlandi (revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index)

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Will maternity leave have an impact on my career? I'm having a baby: am I doomed forever? A new video from Your Academic Auntie. Feel free to get in touch if you wish to chat! youtu.be/qJWVjHxPGEQ

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Maternity leave and academic career

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Happy new year from your academic auntie! Here's a tip for increasing your productivity in 2026 😄 youtube.com/shorts/nEced...

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Tip #1: stop saying you're busy

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The winter holidays are upon us! Here’s some advice from Your Academic Auntie. It was made for the summer, but the message is the same: take time off and rest! Everything can wait, except your mental well-being 👩‍🎓🎄 Remember: if you need a chat, I'm here for you! youtu.be/BAnGua1HPjo?...

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I'm feeling #overwhelmed! No time for holidays...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The Romance Inter-Views no. 4 on theory and experimental evidence is online on #Isogloss! Six linguists talk about the integration of experimental and theoretical linguistics, when experiments challenged theory and when they confirmed it, and share ideas for new research directions in Romance ling!

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

New on #Isogloss: Antonio Fábregas and Mike Putnam: The role of gender suffixes in number suppletion: Exponent shapes and left branches. Enjoy! revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Here's another Your Academic Auntie video with some #timemanagement tips. I don't think there's anyone left in this world who doesn't know these, but just in case: enjoy! youtu.be/eKDk24ATMqI

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Time management tips

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Do you ever feel like no matter how much you work, you never get to the bottom of it? Like you're not really being productive? The Done! list will help you realize just how much you actually accomplish without even noticing 🙂 #timemanagement #AcademicAchievements youtu.be/TECRexTWlJc?...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Diego Krivochen's new article on #Isogloss : Subjecthood in Spanish meteorological verbs revistes.uab.cat/.../article/...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Two days left to send an abstract to the Formal Linguistic Approaches to Multimodality Workshop in Dublin! sites.google.com/view/flammtr...

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Formal Linguistic Approaches to MultiModality (FLAMM) Trinity College Dublin 4-5 December 2025

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Hot off the press: Li, Lobo & Teixeira, #Subject-#object asymmetries in the processing of #EuropeanPortuguese cleft structures: Assessing the role of #animacy revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/art...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

End of term time, time for student #evaluations, sometimes hurtful ones. How should you take them? A new #AcademicAuntie video 😊 youtu.be/gmPsuv5PSWE

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Student evaluations

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Third factors in language design: the view from hashtag#heritage languages, INALCO Paris (and Zoom), next Friday (6 June)! Join us (in person or online) to discuss the latest findings on heritage language grammars and cognition. sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The dates are out! Heritage Language Syntax 6 (#HLS6) will be held at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul on 6-7 November! The CFP is open; the deadline for abstract submission is 13 July: hls.bogazici.edu.tr

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

#OA textbooks in #Linguistics! These #textbooks are free to download and use in class 🙂 Enjoy, share, and long live #OA! www.robertadalessandro.it/oa-textbooks

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Are you stuck, do you have some issues in your academic life and need some feedback, or just a chat with an experienced person? Contact your Academic Auntie! www.robertadalessandro.it/mentoring #academic #mentoring

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Is it ok if I contact some #bigshots and ask them to join my publication so that I have their name on my paper and they get a publication for free? A new #YourAcademicAuntie video! www.youtube.com/shorts/awxFj...

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Big shots

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The Academic Auntie playlist! Tips and tricks and FAQ for junior scholars! www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-eQ.... If you have questions, or wish to discuss issues or strategies, feel free to contact me at www.robertadalessandro.it/mentoring

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

È online la mia intervista col fantastico Leonardo Durante per il suo podcast sulla scienza. Abbiamo parlato di linguaggio, di sintassi formale, di LLM, e di ricerca sul campo. Buon ascolto! open.spotify.com/episode/5tvE... youtu.be/533OCV6PR-s?...

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Episodio 269 del 30/04/25. Intervista alla Prof.ssa Roberta D'Alessandro rinomata linguista e prof.ssa presso l'Università di Utrecht.

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

NEW! #Ethics in #Linguistics, ed by Marina Terkourafi, in full #OA! Enjoy! www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The deadline for submitting an abstract to the #Paris workshop "3rd factors in language design: the view from heritage languages" is approaching (15 April!) Send an abstract! (The workshop is hybrid.) sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...

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Third Factors and Heritage Languages

The workshop "Third Factors in Language Design: the view from Heritage Languages" will be held in Paris (Inalco) on June 6 2025. It is organized within the IRN project "Heritage Languages in Europe" (...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

New on @Isogloss! Masullo, Casado, Leivada, Sorace, Register variation and linguistic background modulate accuracy in detecting morphosyntactic errors, with #opendata, #openreview, #openreply revistes.uab.cat/.../view/v11... 1/

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Dear all, a quick reminder that I'm available for informal #academic #mentoring for #ECRs in case you need it. [Not for helping you find jobs - I can't do that, sorry] robertadalessandro.it/mentoring

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I reorganized my publications page by topic, added some old papers that I had forgotten and are quite interesting. Here it is (if you're interested!): robertadalessandro.it/publications... (All I could find is downloadable, for some papers I don't have the copy)

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

A brand-new special issue on #Isogloss: Romance minority languages: A challenge for linguistic theory, edited by Michela Russo and Shanti Ulfsbjorninn. This is a really cool collection, as usual in full Open Access. A great read for your weekend, enjoy! revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

If you're interested in discussing the "principles not specific to the faculty of language" that have an impact on the way #heritage speakers acquire their languages, come to Paris in June! Abstract deadline: March 31. Info here: sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Hot off the press! An entire issue of Romanica Cracoviensia on the grammar of Romance #heritagelanguages, featuring 7 short articles including one by Gigi Andriani and myself. All in #OA! ejournals.eu/en/journal/r...

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 has just appeared on Isogloss, edited by Katrin Schmitz & Tim Diaubalick. As usual, in ful #OA. Happy reading! revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Dal 2026 non sarà più possibile laurearsi in Italiano nei Paesi Bassi seguendo corsi nella nostra lingua. Nel frattempo l’olandese continua a essere insegnato a Trieste, Bologna, Napoli, Milano e Roma. A cosa serve? Il mio blog di oggi su @HuffPostItalia shorturl.at/2mfHp

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L'italiano rischia di sparire dall’università di Leiden nei Paesi Bassi (di R. D'Alessandro)

Dal 2026 non sarà più possibile laurearsi in Italiano nei Paesi Bassi seguendo corsi nella nostra lingua. Nel frattempo l’olandese continua a essere insegnato …

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The Heritage Language Syntax (#HLS) platform has a website with information about workshops, conferences, and informal meetings. We have now added a "Languages" page with such a cool list of languages. Take a look, and join! sites.google.com/view/heritag...

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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