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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week I have sent in two reviews and within five minutes of hitting the submit button I have received new review invitations. Is this... a curse?

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Joshua Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Linguist: What even is a cup, exactly

image from labov's 1973ish study of cups and bowls and semantic boundaries, a bunch of weird cuppy thing are illustrated including a mug with a loooong fluted stem and a triangle mug

neat bar graph of cuppiness and bowliness

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

New Blog post: Which Data Repository Should you Use? In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends! daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...

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Which Data Repository Should You Use?

The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I don’t have an answer but a colleague of mine showed me hallucinated (made up and undesirable) references that affected my work as it appeared at a conference presentation… No one is safe. And hey chat, wtf are Arne Van Hoey and Ma Ruiqi?

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Deadline for Cogling Days 2026 at KU Leuven has been extended to 10 July. Instructions can be found in the call. We are particularly interested in presentations that deal with the role of MEANING in language variation and change. See you in December! linguistlist.org/issues/37/20...

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LINGUIST List 37.2043 Confs: CogLing Days 2026 (Belgium)

The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

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Margarita Nafpaktitis @nafpaktitism.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Thank you @emilymbender.bsky.social and Nanna Inie! So many great alts to anthropomorphism in this piece! buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

artificial intelligence → probabilistic automation
hybrid intelligence → augmented human intelligence
image recognition → image labeling
speech recognition → automatic transcription
the model shows bias → the model reflects bias
model mistakes → model errors
chatbots are good at … → chatbots are good for …
hallucination → undesirable output

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Bonnie McLean @bonniemclean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Such a privilege to interview Kimi Akita for SKASE about his long career researching #ideophones! Kimi's conducted some of the most fascinating and insightful work in the field, which he continues to lead into exciting new directions. Ideophone enthusiasts, read here! www.skase.sk/Volumes/JTL6...

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Are things like “zombie Lingua” and Elsevier shunning still holding up in this day and age? #AskAcademia #AcademicChatter #linguistics #langsky @dingemansemark.bsky.social

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

@samueljbeer.bsky.social showed us the problems that even a single 107-word wordlist can bring , how to contextualize it, and how to recontextualize it. It’s worth it to halt and break your head for a while over a small detail like a punctuation mark. #dilegma3

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I always try to wear my most ideophonic shirt when presenting about ideophones. By the way #DiLegMa3 is a great conference! Can’t wait what today brings but check out @samueljbeer.bsky.social ‘s overview for what the first day was all about.

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Plenair praatje van Jacqueline Klooster bij de #KZM (Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis) Ik heb haar boek over *Medusa* gelezen en vond het echt goed.

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The gods of academic publishing have been kind to us with two recent publications (in Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads 2025 [2026]; and in Language Variation and Change 2026). Here is a short reflection about them. Let me know what you think! www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2026-0...

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Marching out two publications – Thomas Van Hoey

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Back from Japan where I got to present at the Iconicity conference (#IcoLL) and the Hokkaido linguistics workshop (#Hokugen) You can read all about it here! www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2026-0...

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Omgs @lingucat.bsky.social that’s very nice of you to say!! Hope I can see your slidecraft somewhere soon!!

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Day three of #IcoLL In the blink of an eye it’s already over. Here’s Pamela Perniss during the final keynote.

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Day two of #IcoLL. It follows a great first day. Today is cat day in Japan because it’s ninini ににに, reminiscent of the onomatopoeia for cat cry nyaaa にゃー

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Opening of #IcoLL, *the* conference on iconicity in language and literature. Looking forward to sharing and learning much. And of course reconnecting with and meeting new scholars. And all of this in Nagoya, Japan! #ILL26 #IcoSem26 #IcoLL26

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Huh? It's 2026 and I can't snap my line to a corner of a square in powerpoint? Make it make sense. #ppt #powerpoint #whatsthepoint Also, the world is quite dreary so find your pockets of goodness and cultivate them.

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

IPA is a magic spell that makes anyone who can read IPA make the noises with their mouth

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Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This is awesome! I have been curating a list of #linguistics journals, with information on their publishing model (and also on whether they admit submissions created by LaTeX, a high-quality, professional Open Source way to produce scientific documents). uni-duesseldorf.sciebo.de/s/BvRY0u3rDY...

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sciebo - Die Campuscloud

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

It's here! Read my #AcademiaWrapped at your own peril! It's funny, I promise. #AcademiaWrapped2025 www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2025-1...

Academia Wrapped 2025. It's here. Find out what 2025 had in store for me.

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

After passing through the focus group, here is the next exciting installment of my blog: Sunsets, spreadsheets, and languishing leaves. Mostly pictures of the conferences I attended and presented at over the summer. Enjoy! www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2025-0...

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Calle Börstell @cborstell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The real magic is ✨️regex✨️

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Natalia Levshina @natalialevshina.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

As I show in my new preprint, #Bayesian statistics is no longer just a niche tool. It’s becoming mainstream in linguistics research. A survey of journal articles shows a rapid rise in Bayesian regression over the past five years. Why? #Bayes #Statistics #Linguistics doi.org/10.48550/arX...

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A Bayesian dawn in linguistics: Trends, benefits and good practices

In recent years, Bayesian statistics has gained traction across a wide range of scientific disciplines. This paper explores the growing application of Bayesian methods within the field of linguistics ...

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Daniel Feshbach @danielprime.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

How to delete your account without agreeing to the new TOS: In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree. Instead, click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Yikes. I forgot Academia.e d u is still at it!

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Alessandro Basile @alessandrobasile.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Honoured to have given a plenary lecture at the #SLE2025 conference in Bordeaux! I dicussed how modal constructions of necessity and obligation in #SingaporeEnglish are affected by contact phenomena. 📺 If interested, watch the full plenary here: #linguistics

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Societas Linguistica Europaea - 58th Annual Meeting26-29 August 2025, Université Bordeaux Montaigne

YouTube video by Université Bordeaux Montaigne

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Can a study rightfully state its “effect is found ACROSS LANGUAGES” when it’s only two (in this case English and another well-studied one)? What’s the minimum? Serious question. #langsky #linguistics

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Guys, I can't explain it but I think #SquidGameSeason3 ends with Scarlett Johansson playing a Korean man #SquidGame

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Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Kids these days have poor file naming habits.

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Some reflections about the AI hype cult. #linguistics #aicon #genai #aiacademia #aiuniversity www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2025-0...

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Hinano Iida @hinanoiida.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

📢 We’re pleased to announce IcoLL2026: Joint conference of IcoSem and ILL (21–23 Feb., Nagoya U., Japan). The conference will feature invited talks by Dr. Mutsumi Imai, Dr. Noburo Saji, Dr. Pamela Perniss, and Dr. Neil Cohn. We look forward to welcoming you to Nagoya! 🌐 ianjoo.github.io/icosem/4

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🔻Alain Haeck🔻 @alainhaeck.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Djeez. Word volwassen, verwend nest.

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Going through @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social’s new book The AI con. Despite the aggressive marketing here (big turnoff) I’m in chapter 3 and it might be the most timely book I read this year🫰Insightful throughout Will formulate my thoughts after another AI writing workshop 😮‍💨😮‍💨

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Day 6 of yeeting apps that suck up my attention off my phone (instagram, facebook, Reddit) and the withdrawal signs are lessening. My phone has become boring. Obviously bluesky could stay, as it hasn’t turned into an ever updating slot machine (yet).

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Remember how I was happy to announce two papers were available open access and online?! Well, I was wrong. There is another. On Friday we learned about our paper in English Language and Linguistics (next skeet) 1/3

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Things I did not have on my May 2025 fortune telling bingo card: my mom excitedly telling me abt using ChatGPT for the 1st time in her life, and it's for tarot readings and astrology 🔮✨✨ So I also tried it. Good news everybody. Even 4.5 "does not have access to a good astrological API". We're safe.

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

One day you go to sleep wondering what all this stochastic "chance of P occurring", with P being the chance of an honest die, is all about. And then one day you wake up 20 years later, eagerly looking forward to continuing watching videos about statistics on youtube. What are the actual odds? 🤯🧮

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Two papers of mine got published online this week. Celebratory blogpost with some random thoughts. I'll link the two papers (both open access) below www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2025-0... Please read and cite <3

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Grellig… I actually encountered the issue @dingemansemark.bsky.social mentioned about the bibliography being removed from the chapter in question. Super inconvenient OUP! And totally unreasonable to not give authors offprints without their begging for it.

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Adrienne Wood @adriennewood.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I'm loving the hypocrisy of telling authors they can't share PDFs of their work with anyone and then sharing ALL that work with OpenAI without the authors' permission. Publishers need us more than we need them in this era...

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Thomas Van Hoey 司馬智 @simazhi.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I finished @zevhandel.bsky.social's Chinese characters across Asia (2025) and it was great. What I wrote on goodreads: This is a great and accessible introduction to how Chinese characters work, how it evolved, and how Korean/Japanese/Vietnamese/Zhuang made them work for themselves. 1/4

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