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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Very happy to congratulate Laurel Brehm @drlearnasaurus.bsky.social for her promotion to Associate Professor of Linguistics at UC Santa Barbara. Way to go Laurel and we're all super proud of you!
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
2026 is off to a great start for UCSB Linguistics - many congrats to Prof. Lal Zimman for delivering his momentous and perspicuous keynote talk at the LSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans on Jan. 10!
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
UCSB Linguistics Ph.D. graduate Dozandri Mendoza recently published a piece in English and Spanish at SAPIENS Magazine: www.sapiens.org/language/pue... . Also available in French and Brazilian Portuguese by secondary translation!
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Shading U.S. Empire in Puerto Rico’s Ballroom Scene
An anthropologist explores the queer Ballroom scene in Puerto Rico—and how performers incorporate critiques of colonialism into the art form.
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Cooper Bedin and Monty Benesch have a book chapter coming out: www.girldadpress.com/scatc
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Sex Change and the City — GIRL DAD PRESS
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The 28th Workshop on American Indigenous Languages is scheduled for May 2-3, 2026, here at UCSB: www.wailconference.org, with keynote speaker Dr. Telma Can Pixabaj (UNAM, CIMSUR) Call for Papers : linguistlist.org/issues/36/3396
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WAIL
Dear coleagues
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
We congratulate Marissa Morgan on being awarded the UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center's Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Award for her project “Kings, Ancestors, Deities, and Diaspora: A Short Documentary of the One-Year Enstoolment Anniversary of the Ahwerewamhene”. Congrats Marissa!
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED! The 27th Language Interaction and Social Organization (LISO) conference will be May 23–24, and the symposium on May 25. Submission deadline is now January 31st! Conf website: liso.ucsb.edu/conferences Submissions: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
Conference poster for LISO 27, with information included on the text of this post
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
🚨 Announcing the 27th Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL 27)! May 2-3, 2025 Abstract deadline: December 31, 2024 Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese See wailconference.org for more
Poster for WAIL 27 at UCSB
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
important summer time science, friends
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
New paper from Eric W. Campbell: 'Constituency in Zenzontepec Chatino.' Read it here! tinyurl.com/mvene666
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
New paper out by A Ventayol-Boada, J Cano, CH Martínez, EW Campbell-- "Digital free-to-use technologies for language maintenance in California’s Central Coast Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) diaspora", in Living Languages. openpublishing.library.umass.edu/livinglangua...
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Digital free-to-use technologies for language maintenance in California's Central Coast Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) diaspora
The latest developments in digital technology over the last two decades have dramatically changed the way we communicate, interact, and disseminate information. For Indigenous and endangered languages...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 03/07/2024
New paper from Georgia Troiani, John Du Bois, and Andrey Filchenko: "Corpus as a slice of life" ricl.aelinco.es/first-view/3...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 03/07/2024
We endorse this message from friend-of-the-department William Wang (UCSB Computer Science) and colleagues: "Hire a Linguist!: Learning Endangered Languages in LLMs with In-Context Linguistic Descriptions" lileicc.github.io/pubs/zhang20...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
New paper alert! 'Phrase boundaries lacking word prosody: An articulatory investigation of Seoul Korean'-- by Jiyoung Jang & Argyro Katsika. Now out in JASA! pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art...
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Crystal Steltenpohl @cnsyoung.com · 04/06/2024
@improvingpsych.bsky.social's #SIPS2024 is bound to be even more invigorating than usual, which is saying a lot - it's my favorite conference! If you're feeling FOMO, sign up for the online conference before June 12! Registration is only $10-50; there are waivers. www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2024/
A map that shows Evansville, Indiana as a starting point, and Nairobi, Kenya as an ending point.
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
New paper by alumn Jazmine Exford 'Racialized Sociolinguistic Processes in the Spanish Learning Journeys of Non-Latinxs in the U.S.' www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/...
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Racialized Sociolinguistic Processes in the Spanish Learning Journeys of Non-Latinxs in the U.S.
Sociolinguistic frameworks of race have not been widely applied to non-Latinx Spanish learners in the United States. Consequently, there is limited insight into the impact of race on different learner...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
Final colloquium of the quarter is today! Our own Adrienne Tsikewa will present on 'Making up words: Zunglish and language ideologies', which focuses on Zuni and English mixing from a translanguaging perspective. Today, May 30, at 3:30 in SH3605.
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bekka @rebekka.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
Join me and others for our upcoming Unconference on pedagogy in #phonetics (applicable to #linguistics more broadly, and probably other subjects as well!) 10 June at the University of York Registration is free but spaces are limited! www.york.ac.uk/language/new...
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Phonetics/Phonology Unconference on Pedagogy (Phon-UP) - Language and Linguistic Science, University of York
Our department is pleased to host the second Phonetics/Phonology Unconference on Pedagogy (Phon-UP) on June 10th.
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Kris Knisely @krisknisely.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
Interested in the unmaking of binaries in language & gender? Eric & I would like to invite you to join a collaborative, conversational working session on #RedoingLinguisticWorlds at the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference krisknisely.com/rlw2 Interest form due 9 June Please share widely!
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RLW2: Call for workshop participants — Kris Aric Knisely, Ph.D.
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Suzanne Evans Wagner @suzanneevanswagner.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
Tenure stream position in German sociolinguistics at Michigan State University! Language and culture (e.g., applied ling, socioling, social perspectives on SLA). Application review begins 8/25. Position starts 8/16/25. Please share this opportunity widely with your networks! 🐦🐦
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MSU Careers Details - Ast/Asc Professor - Tenure System
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
Colloquium today, 5/16 at 3:30 in SH3605. Delivered by our own Guillem Belmar Viernes: 'Social justice, intelligibility, and interpretation in the Mixtec diaspora in California'. We're looking forward to it ❤️!
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 14/05/2024
Posting on behalf of the blueskyless Marina Zhukova: 'do you use emoji 😀? do you live in the US🇺🇸 ?if so, please participate in our study of how emoji affect the interpretation of messages and take a short (10 min) survey 🧑‍💻 bit.ly/3Xnz0ew -- repost please! 🙏'
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 08/05/2024
We're excited to be hosting Dr. Megan Burkhardt-Reed (UCLA) for this week's colloquium-- "The Emergence of Language in Infancy: Development and Evolution". Come learn about 👶💬👋 (babies, speaking, and gestures)! SH 3605, Thursday May 9 at 3:30
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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
Here’s my interview with my local NPR affiliate about ‘Latine’ theshow.kjzz.org/content/1879...
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Why the term Latinx is out and Latine is in
If you were one of the people who didn’t like the term “Latinx,” there’s another option for you: Latine.They are both gender-neutral terms for people of Latin descent, but Latinx has become
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Anna Belew @nabelew.bsky.social · 04/05/2024
This one's for the linguists AND non-linguists: what would you want to learn from a short fact sheet about endangered languages? What are some key pieces of information that would be useful in learning, teaching, or advocacy? 🐦🐦
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
🐳🐋 WAIL26 starts today! Are you as excited about it as we are?? www.wailconference.org
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WAIL
We are excited to announce that UCSB's First Indigenous Film Festival will be a part of WAIL! Make sure you register separately here.
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Lauren "Hope is Praxis" Lastname @verbingnouns.bsky.social · 01/05/2024
Re-upping this again! I'm now especially looking for Canadians, Australians, Aotearoans, and Irish! But also Brits, Americans, and everyone else, too. Please share to people who aren't on Bluesky, too, if you're able.
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 01/05/2024
it's a colloquium week! tomorrow (Thursday 5/2) Albert Ventayol-Boada will present 'Machine learning methods for grammar description: Insights from Kolyma Yukaghir' SH3605 / 3:30
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Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com · 10/04/2024
This month we get enthusiastic about what visualizing our vowels tells us about who we are. We commissioned Dr Bethany Gardner to make custom vowel plots for us, like this stylized version of our Wells Lexical Set results. Check out the episode and see more vowel plots: lingthusiasm.com/pos...
an image of two vowel plots. Gretchen on the left, Lauren on the right. Both are white background, with blue points for the vowels and green text including the Lingthusiasm logo. The vowels are for common English words representing each possible vowel in English.

Gretchen has widely spaced vowels, with ‘lot’ and ‘thought’ close to merged. Lauren has very forward front vowels and much distinct ‘trap’ and ‘bath’ than Gretchen.

The words are (approximately front to back): fleece, near, kit, square, goose, cure dress, trap, both, goat, struct, start, foot, palm, cloth, force, lot, thought.
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Joe McVeigh @eviljoemcveigh.com · 10/04/2024
The recording is online - @meganfigueroa.bsky.social gave an amazing talk at my university and you should go check it out! It's called "Racism in the Field of Language Development: Evidence from the US". The slides and subtitles are available too! r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
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JYU English seminars - 2023-24
Guest seminars in the 2023-24 academic year. Scroll down the page for abstracts. Series convenor: Dave Sayers. Please send any queries to dave.j.sayers@jyu.fi. Shareable short link for this page: http...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
We can now break the news that grad student Guillem Belmar Viernes will be leaving us soon to start a new faculty job at U Oregon. we're so proud of you Guillem!!! ♥️ 🎉 🍾
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
New paper alert from Ingrid Bowman and Briana Westmacott on the EMS (English for Multilingual Speakers) side of our department on the 'fishbowl' technique for classroom engagement wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/b...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
The hard-hitting linguistics question of the day: Is a hot dog a sandwich? UCSB linguist Laurel Brehm weighs in, among other 'experts' (aka linguists and other language nerds) buttondown.email/theswordandt...
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Notable Sandwiches #89: Hot Dog
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my charming and long-suffering editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the befuddling...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
We've got some news! Registration is open! Check out the preliminary program for WAIL26 on our website and register by April 19th... you don't wanna miss out on this amazing line-up! Registration: www.wailconference.org/wail-26/regi... Program: www.wailconference.org/wail-26/prog...
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WAIL - Program
All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time Sessions A will take place at McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) Sessions B will take place at TBA You can download the program in pdf here / Descargue el...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
Mary Bucholtz isn't on social media but she is a UCSB linguist! We're so proud of these books and the fantastic work in them by colleagues such as Rikker! #linguistics
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Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
I submitted the last bit (our intro) for a SI on research ethics in applied linguistics. The empirical contributions are already listed in the SI collection, and an intro by Peter De Costa and I, along with a closing commentary by Peter, will be there soon: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese...
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Research Methods in Applied Linguistics | Ethics in Applied Linguistics Research Methods: Evidence and Action | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
As research methods in applied linguistics continue to mature and diversify, it remains important to examine and interrogate the ethics of research practices. While protection of participants has been...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
#linguistics
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Elaine Francis @ejfranci2.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
Come check out our webinar on responding to peer review this afternoon at 2:00pm EST!
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 18/02/2024
New paper from Stefan Th. Gries & Tammy Giles "Talking across the interdisciplinary aisle: A guide for legal and corpus-linguistic scholars and practitioners" www.stgries.info/research/202...
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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Roses are red Violets are blue How you language is beautiful It tells the story of you
“ How you language is beautiful 
Don’t let anyone tell you your languaging is wrong
Your languaging is the story of your life” 
Dr Jon Henner
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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
roses are red linguistic variation is sublime nonbinary they is undergoing change over time
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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
roses are red language change is terrific singular they is different when it's specific
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snargleplax @snargleplax.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Roses are red I like abusing clitics You may think that sounds Like it's dirty butn't it's
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Melanie I Stefan @melanieistefan.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Roses are red Shapes have no sound Except kikis are pointy And boubas are round
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Congrats to Chloe Willis on her new paper! www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
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UCSB Ling @ucsbling.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
It's a colloquium day again tomorrow (February 15)! We're excited for Weijan Meng (University of Melbourne) to present 'Focus system in Saek: Towards a typology of common-ground management in Mainland Southeast Asia'. 3:30 PST. Zoom only -- if you haven't got the link, dm us for it.
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 06/02/2024
Since this site is open now, have a greatest hits thread of #linguistics takes on the Roses are Red meme: Roses are red Violets are blue Ideas are green And colourless too
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Fredrik @barbiche.eurosky.social · 14/02/2024
Roses are red but can also be blue if, at great speed they come towards you
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Banjon @beardybanjo.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Roses are kiki Violets, boboua Countable nouns Work with "less" *and* "fewer"
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 14/02/2024
Roses are red Aitches are glottic Rhymes can go different When you're non-rhotic
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