On my way home after a wonderful time at BICLCE-11 in Klagenfurt. Really enjoyed giving a talk with @alessandrobasile.bsky.social and all the constructive feedback. Wonderful scenery during the welcome (boat!) reception. Even got to see France play Paraguay. And, oh my, the catering 👌👌

📢 New AFLiCo Executive Board: Sabina TABACARU (President); Rémi DIGONNET (VP); Mégane LESUISSE (Secretary); Benoît LECLERCQ (VP Outreach); Lucia GOMEZ (Treasurer); Florent PEREK (Webmaster); Adeline TERRY (CogniTextes). 🎉 Congrats to the new board & thanks to outgoing members!

Doctors 25% more likely to miss a diagnosis on a patient within 3 months after Ai is implemented. The results indicate Ai has an immediate negative effect on professionals skillsets vs prolonged reliance. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

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📢 Pleased to share the official publication today of an entry that I was invited to write for the 3rd edition of the "𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴" 😀 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/B978... (The preprint can be found on the usual platforms, ResearchGate & Academia).

📢 Registration for 𝐀𝐅𝐋𝐢𝐂𝐨𝟏𝟎 (22-24 June 2026) is open only until June, 12th! A rich program awaits along with great social events ✨ 👉 aflico10.sciencesconf.org

📣 New preprint, an intro to a special issue in "Language and Cognition". 📍Sort of a sequel to our 'No equivalence' paper in addressing isomorphism and optionality in language. 💡 Comments/Feedback welcome! 🔗 Available here doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Dites, #ESR, on en parle de : (i) l'absence de revalorisation de la RIPEC C1 en 2026 ? (ii) l'enfer administratif qu'est la MGEN ?

Great new Cambridge Element out: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change

Cambridge Core - Semantics and Pragmatics - Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change

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SAVE THE DATE: Grammar & Corpora 2027 @hhu.de 30.06–02.07.2027 organized by @richtigerniklas.bsky.social @stefanhartmann.bsky.social and many others More info following soon!

Pleased to share that I’ve received a (small) research grant for my project on 'Modality and politeness'. 😊 It will support a research stay in Edinburgh and collaboration with Graeme Trousdale—very glad for the chance to spend some focused time on this abroad 🌍

📢 New special issue: "Ecolinguistic and Embodied Approaches to Cognitive Linguistics" (guest ed. Rémi Digonnet & Adeline Terry) Many thanks to all contributors 👏 Happy reading! 📚 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.4000/15y18 #linguistics #cognition #language #research #OpenAccess

Volume 27 | 2026 Ecolinguistic and Embodied Approaches to Cognitiv...

CogniTextes. Revue de l’Association française de linguistique cognitive. Revue électronique. La revue s’est donnée pour mission de forger des liens durables entre les chercheurs travaillant, de prè...

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📢 Inscriptions pour AFLiCo10 (22-24 juin 2026) ouvertes ! Programme riche et varié & moments conviviaux de qualité ✨ *Tarif early bird jusqu’au 6 Mai* — Registration for AFLiCo10 (22-24 June 2026) open! Rich program & great social events ✨ *early bird rate until May 6* 👉 aflico10.sciencesconf.org

Opportunity for a PhD candidate in English linguistics. Please repost. jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: PhD position in English linguistics

As of August 1, 2026, the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel (English division, Prof. Miriam Locher) is seeking to fill a 60% PhD position in English linguistics. The p...

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⏳️Only a month left to submit your paper to our special issue on "Isomorphism and optionality in the linguistic system". Get your abstracts ready and share the information in your networks 📩

Benoît Leclercq@benoitleclercq.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📣 *Call for papers* With Cameron Morin, we're guest-editing a special issue on "Isomorphism & Optionality in the Linguistic System". To appear open access in 'Language and Cognition'. Details in the CFP ⬇️ — please share! #CallForPapers #Linguistics #LanguageAndCognition

Publishing a book is one thing. Seeing it resonate is another. Our 2025 book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (CUP), co-authored with Cameron Morin, has just been reviewed by Pedro Ivorra-Ordines. Here’s how the review concludes 👇😊 (Full review: doi.org/10.1017/S002...)

📣 "Linguistic Knowledge and Language Use" (CUP, 2024) now in Paperback! The book is Open Access & can be downloaded for free from CUP's website. But if you prefer physical copies, this might interest you as it is 4x cheaper than the Hardback format! Here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

🔐 My paper "Semantics and pragmatics in Construction Grammar” is now Open Access! It challenges the blurred lines between semantics and pragmatics in CxG, advocating for clearer distinctions to enhance our understanding of linguistic constructions. 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1075/bjl....

Semantics and pragmatics in Construction Grammar

Abstract This squib provides a theoretical discussion on the use of the terms semantics and pragmatics in Construction Grammar. In the literature, the difference between semantics and pragmatics is of...

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Linguist List@linguistlist.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Calls: Language and Cognition - "Special Issue: Isomorphism and Optionality in the Linguistic System" (Jrnl)

📣 *Call for papers* With Cameron Morin, we're guest-editing a special issue on "Isomorphism & Optionality in the Linguistic System". To appear open access in 'Language and Cognition'. Details in the CFP ⬇️ — please share! #CallForPapers #Linguistics #LanguageAndCognition

📢 Invited Talk — Dec 12th, 10:00 @ U. Sorbonne Nouvelle “Modality on the move or on the run?” On how English modals - esp. 'may' and 'might' - are changing in form/function, with a focus on pragmatic shifts (mitigation, face-management). Remote link on request.

📢 New special issue: "Of Time and Space" (guest ed. Maarten Lemmens) This issue explores how we perceive and express space, motion, and time through innovative linguistic and cognitive approaches. 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.4000/158rw #linguistics #cognition #language #research #OpenAccess

Volume 26 | 2025 Of Time and Space

CogniTextes. Revue de l’Association française de linguistique cognitive. Revue électronique. La revue s’est donnée pour mission de forger des liens durables entre les chercheurs travaillant, de prè...

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🎉 My paper “The post-modal grammaticalisation of concessive may and might” is now Open Access! The paper explores how English 'may' and 'might' have evolved in concessive constructions and what this reveals about the dynamics of grammaticalisation and language change. doi.org/10.1075/cf.2...

📅 The deadline to submit abstracts has been entended to November 23rd! 📅 La date limite de soumission des résumés est prolongée jusqu'au 23 novembre !

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📢 10th international conference of the French Cognitive Linguistics Association - 𝗔𝗙𝗟𝗶𝗖𝗼𝟭𝟬 📍𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 (campus Condorcet) 📆 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟮𝗻𝗱-𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 The theme of the conference will be 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. Submit your abstract before October, 31st. More information here: aflico10.sciencesconf.org

📣 Just out! “The principle of no equivalence: an agent-based model,” co-authored with Cameron Morin & Dirk Pijpops in Cognitive Linguistics! We model how synonymy avoidance can emerge from simple communicative principles in agent-based simulations. Link: doi.org/10.1515/cog-...

📣 Appel à contributions - Varia [Call for paper - Regular Issue] Travaux en linguistique cognitive-fonctionelle [Papers in cognitive-functional linguistics] Articles en 🇫🇷 ou 🇬🇧, max. 10 000 mots. 📅 Deadline : 31 jan. 2026 📧 cognitextes@revues.org 🔗 journals.openedition.org/cognitextes

CogniTextes - Revue de l’Association française de linguistique cogn...

CogniTextes. Revue de l’Association française de linguistique cognitive. Revue électronique. La revue s’est donnée pour mission de forger des liens durables entre les chercheurs travaillant, de prè...

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Vous êtes doctorant.e et intéressé.e par la linguistique cognitive ? Vous souhaitez échanger et monter des projets avec d'autres doctorants ? Rejoignez la communauté de doctorants de l'AFLiCo ! Si vous êtes intéressé.e, vous pouvez répondre à ce questionnaire : enquete.univ-lyon3.fr/index.php/18...

Books: Advanced English Grammar: Depraetere and Langford (2025)

Books: Advanced English Grammar: Depraetere and Langford (2025)

With more than 50 years of teaching experience between them, Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford present a grammar pitched precisely at advanced learners of English who need to understand how the English language really works without getting stalled in the complex specifics. This textbook pulls all of the relevant ideas from linguistic theory to support the language student to fully understand English grammar. After introducing form and function, the authors cover verbs, nouns, aspect and tense

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Just leaving Bordeaux under heavy rain. But #SLE2025 was a huge highlight for me this year. Scientifically so rich, we couldn't have hoped for a better workshop. On a personnal level, I also met most kind and inspiring individuals that sure made the last 4 days very special. Thanks!

Please consider following Language and Society Scotland, a new network for scholars, practitioners, writers, activists and other stakeholders working on issues broadly related to the study of language and society in Scotland. On Bluesky: @langsocscot.bsky.social‬

Full house in Bordeaux, at #SLE1025, for the round table on "How to do linguistics with AI; how to do AI with linguistics". With panelists @emilymbender.bsky.social, @clairelarsonneur.bsky.social, Christian Ludwig and @benoitleblanc.bsky.social.