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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm hoping to start some similar work at York so I'm keen to read your reflections, and the published paper should help others of us justify funding 🤞so thanks!

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm glad to hear that the issue wasn't reluctance to recognise the value of the topic! Alas all reviewers and editors are overladen these days so this kind of timeline is all too common - I could tell a similar tale for a different journal.

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What did you have to argue your case about (if I may)??

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Language and Linguistic Science @ UoY @uoylangling.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Monica Lethbridge, our first MSci Linguistics student, has secured a fully funded PhD with the SAINTS CDT @saints-cdt.bsky.social to research the safety of AI speech systems. She's the first linguist to join the programme. Learn more about SAINTS: www.york.ac.uk/study...

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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

If you missed it yesterday, here is the new episode. Lots of new MLE research and more. bsky.app/profile/lexi...

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Congratulations Anna! 👋 from York!

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

100% of each sale goes straight to the Friends of the #LDV charity, or if you’d like to support their Corncrake fundraising campaign, books can be claimed as rewards – every penny counts with Aviva very generously matching each donation made 💰 communitiesfund.avivafoundation.org.uk/p/lower-derw...

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

You're always playing Yellow Car.

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Arrived and read cover to cover. I think my favourite is Tortoise, but it's a close thing.

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

How beautiful - I have just bought the book :)

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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🗣️"to believe that only STEM drives progress and economic growth reflects something wrong in education and our public culture, a remarkable degree of ignorance about how the world really works" #STEM #EconSky #AcademicSky

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The myth of STEM only growth holds back the UK - LSE Impact

The view that STEM subjects on their own drive growth is misguided and presents a lopsided view of the value of the social sciences and humanities.

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The York English Language Toolkit @yorktoolkit.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📣 Save the date: Friday 10th July 2026! This year's FREE and fully hybrid York English Language Toolkit CPD workshop for teachers of English Language A level is on Friday 10th July 2026 10.30am-4.30pm, with talks on Multicultural London English and more. Registration from April. Pass the word!

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

New postdoc position with the LEVANTE project! We're looking for someone with language development / reading knowledge to help work on our international adaptations of language assessments. Please forward to interested candidates

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AFASIC @afasic.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

last few days to support Robyn if you would like to she has made a lot of effort doing this and we cannot thank her enough. her fundraising page is still open please give what you can. Thank you

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Louise Shepperd @lshepperd.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Very happy to announce another article is out this week 🎉! This paper took some time to get from my PhD to here, but I'm so happy it has now found a home in SSLA: doi.org/10.1017/S027.... Special thanks to my supervisors and co-authors @samhellmuth.bsky.social and Leah Roberts.

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Written input and the encoding of L2 phonological contrasts: L1 Arabic learners of L2 English | Studies in Second Language Acquisition | Cambridge Core

Written input and the encoding of L2 phonological contrasts: L1 Arabic learners of L2 English

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

😯 Shuffalo, 0m 38s 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/19

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Play Shuffalo: Friday, December 19, 2025

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I’ve written a long blog here that comes out of various things that I’ve worked on with other people this term. It’s about accents... again! Sorry, not sorry. englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/pride-a...

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Survey of teachers and accents

EMC's Dan Clayton explores the implications of a survey looking at teachers and accents

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Since January 2022, we (me, 93% Club & SS) have been working a project that tackles accent bias in Higher Education, focusing on the 'elite' institution where we're based. Today, we're launching the project website which brings together all our work: accentbias.ed.ac.uk

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Hi @lner.co.uk - can you contact your rail replacement contractor asap and ask them to ensure the coaches parked along Knavesmire Road this morning do *not* leave their engines running while parked up please? There are kids and families at football matches having to breathe the fumes. Thanks!

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Yes - I wouldn't expect TRAP in 'magic' to vary.. I've had a happy time listening to Grimsby accents on TikTok though to check, but so far noone has said 'magic' so, who knows? 😂

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Today I made this plot (among other things)

A pitch contours plot showing the shape of pitch rise at the end of questions in Cairene Egyptian Arabic, on words with different numbers of syllables, and with the stress on different syllables of the word. The rise typically starts at the beginning of the stressed syllable then carries on rising towards the end of the utterance. There are some dinks in the rise along the way in some cases, but those can mostly be explained by the properties of the sounds in the word, such as a fully voiced /d/ between two vowels, that depresses the F0 contour due to voicing during the closure.

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I'm glad we'll see you the week after next. And yeay for the plants :)

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Oh, I was in but didn't know you were there :( I wondered why your plant had suddenly appeared in the foyer...

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The York English Language Toolkit @yorktoolkit.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Only one month to go till York English Language Toolkit 2025! Friday 11th July 2025 10.00am-4.30pm englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops Registration link: bit.ly/yelt2025work...

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The York English Language Toolkit - Workshops

FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level

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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

We've just got a new episode in the can which will come out very soon. It's our annual preview of the @yorktoolkit.bsky.social teacher CPD event. Coming soon! Get signed up here if you haven't already: englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops

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The York English Language Toolkit - Workshops

FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level

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Jessi Grieser @jessgrieser.com · 19/05/2025

Please share widely: The dates for New Ways of Analyzing Variation 53 have changed to November 5-7, 2025, due to a late-breaking university calendar change. Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)

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UM | NWAV53

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murchadhfinn.bsky.social @murchadhfinn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

“Desperation has reached unspeakable levels. Mothers are boiling grass to feed their families. Children are suffering unbearable hunger, trauma, violence, and abandonment.” ~Karol Balfe CEO ActionAid Ireland Irish Examiner

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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Would 100% recommend this.

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The York English Language Toolkit @yorktoolkit.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

FREE registration for the 2025 York English English Language Toolkit is now open! Outline programme and registration link are at: englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops The workshop is fully hybrid, so join us in York or online! #linguistics #EnglishLanguage

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The York English Language Toolkit - Workshops

FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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The York English Language Toolkit - Workshops

FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level

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Terry Hathaway @terryhathaway.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We're hiring, so come join me in the number 1 Norwegian Study Centre in the WHOLE WORLD. We're looking broadly for an enthusiastic teacher in Contemporary British History (1750 - present), Sociology or The Arts and Creative Technologies. Link here - jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

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Jobs - The University of York

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Sam Hellmuth @samhellmuth.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Ach - I'm sorry you've had bad news after bad. It won't be personal, though it will feel like it is. I hope you can take a break in the next two weeks.

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CASLC @uoycaslc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The early bird fees for our online course on the Phonetics of Talk-in-Interaction are now available until May 2nd. The course is now half full and places are going fast! Looking forward to welcoming you for three days of phonetics and interactional analysis. york.ac.uk/phonetics-talk

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Phonetics of Talk-in-Interaction

Dates: Monday 16th June - Wednesday 18th June 2025 Online Course Leader: Marina Cantarutti

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