Envie d'aider la recherche? Nous cherchons des participants pour une expérience sur la compréhension des phrases dans des conditions de vision réduite. Conditions: Etre locutrice ou locuteur natif du français, avoir plus de 18 ans. Cliquez sur le lien... ibex.llf-paris.fr/ibexexps/Jia...

I have been informally testing chatbots on what one could call the "Joey Starr test", i.e the ability to "verlanize" French words ("cité"-"téci"). ChatGPT still fails on some hard cases. But Mistral unfortunately does much worse. Look how it confidently says that "ckan" is informal for "Franck"

Les débats sur l’écriture inclusive invoquent la nécessité d’inclure tous types de personnes (argument pour) vs difficulté de déchiffrage (argument contre). Mais en fait… les motivations sont souvent + politiques que linguistiques ⬇️ @bstorme.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Is Gender‐Inclusive Language Left‐Wing? The Social Meaning of Four Gender‐Inclusive Strategies in French and German

Despite evidence that gender-inclusive language represents genders more equally than generic masculines, it still faces resistance, possibly due to its perceived association with left-wing politics. ....

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RALFe 2026 will be held at Paris 8 on 4–5 June with a workshop on allomorphy at Paris Cité on 3 June. The invited speakers are Colin Phillips, Anamaria Fălăuş, Richard Kayne, Marijke de Belder, and Markéta Ziková. Deadline for submission is 10 February. sites.google.com/view/ralfe2026

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I am looking for this paper, but can't find it online and no library in the Netherlands seems to have a physical copy. Does anybody here have a copy by any chance? Tranel, Bernard (1998). Suppletion and OT: On the issue of the syntax/phonology interaction. The Proceedings of the 16th WCCFL.

Je recherche des stagiaires (F/H/X) pour travailler à la constitution d’un grand corpus vocal multilingue. #phonétique #phonetics #corpus #langues #linguistique #TAL #linguistics #languages #automaticalignment #stage L'offre est accessible dans son intégralité ici: www.linkedin.com/hiring/jobs/...

Tribune | Comment l’écriture inclusive peut être une arme contre les stéréotypes de genre par @bstorme.bsky.social et Martin Storme www.nouvelobs.com/idees/202510...

Comment l’écriture inclusive peut être une arme contre les stéréotypes de genre

L’écriture inclusive vise une égalité des représentations entre femmes et hommes. Mais face à la diversité des options proposées, quelle stratégie adopter ? Une étude récente montre que les formulatio...

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Ma publication dans "the Conversation" sur l'écriture inclusive (theconversation.com/lecriture-in...) m'a valu ma première qualification de "wokiste" ("immonde wokiste"). L'ironie, c'est que le mot "wokiste" est lui-même une forme d'écriture inclusive (forme neutre). "Wokard" serait plus adapté.

Dans cet article de "The Conversation", on explique comment certaines formes d'écriture inclusive permettent non seulement de mieux représenter les femmes, mais également de lutter contre les stéréotypes de genre - ce qui peut bénéficier aussi bien aux femmes qu'aux hommes.

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L’écriture inclusive, une arme contre les stéréotypes de genre

Kom naar de Avond van de Talen bij @leidenhumanities.bsky.social op vrijdag 26 september tussen 18.30 en 22.00. Kom een taal leren!

Faut-il changer la devise du Panthéon "Aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissante" ? Sharon Peperkamp, chercheuse au CNRS, propose de remplacer le masculin par un féminin générique et "patrie" par "nation". Ça donne "Aux grandes âmes la nation reconnaissante". www.ouest-france.fr/societe/egal...

Et les « grandes femmes » ? La devise du Panthéon divise

« Aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissante » : la ministre de l’Éducation nationale, Élisabeth Borne, propose d’ouvrir le débat vers un changement de devise du Panthéon, afin d’inclure les femmes il...

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How to make a text gender-fair? In this new paper, we show that gender neutralizing is not the ideal strategy, as it can actually reinforce stereotypes. doi.org/10.1177/0261...

Feminization is More Gender-Fair Than Neutralization: Evidence From Gender-Stereotyped Contexts - Benjamin Storme, Martin Storme, 2025

In many languages, masculine forms are used generically. However, extensive research demonstrates that these forms exhibit a male bias that can adversely affect...

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For a podcast on higher education and academic freedom, I’d like to interview an American academic about her/his/their experiences. Please DM me if you can help. Sharing this message is much appreciated. Participating anonymously is definitely possible. @woinactie.bsky.social

On May 23, we’re celebrating our 130-year anniversary and the exciting news that the French department at Leiden University is here to stay! I will give a short talk about real-world applications of linguistics, from forensic linguistics to AI. www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2025/...

Célébrons le français: Symposium 130 jaar Franse Taal en Cultuur in Leiden

Kennis van de Franse taal en Franstalige culturen van over de hele wereld is van enorme waarde voor Nederland. Het Frans wordt wereldwijd door meer dan 320 miljoen mensen gesproken, inclusief in lande...

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Interesting perspective on academia and Wikipedia: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We have an opening for a PhD position in French ling in Leiden. The PhD student will investigate the phonology/phonetics of one or more French-based creoles + contribute to teaching language/linguistics in the French program. Deadline: 31-3-2025. More info www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

PhD candidate in French linguistics

Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics has a vacancy for a PhD candidate in French linguistics, starting September 2025 (1.0 fte) Project description/ Key responsibilities Cre...

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Call for Abstracts is closing soon! The 19th T.W.I.S.T. Student Conference in #Linguistics is looking for student speakers. The deadline is in about a week (21 Feb). Have any interesting research to share? Submit an abstract! You can find more information at conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl

📢 The programme of the OCP workshop on vowel harmony is out! Invited speakers: Harry van der Hulst and Alexander Martin. Takes place in Leiden (Leiden Bio Science park) on February 4th (registration: fon.hum.uva.nl/ocp22/regist...). Workshop webpage: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

OCP Workshop on Vowel Harmony

This one-day workshop is part of the Old world Conference on Phonology organized by the University of Amsterdam. It is possible for an author to submit an abstract to both the main conference and the ...

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En 1945, mon arrière-grand-père mourait prisonnier de guerre en Allemagne. Ma famille ne savait pas grand chose sur les circonstances de sa mort. Ce petit livre raconte comment, entre 2019 et 2023, j'ai pu élucider le mystère. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why? If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)! elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...

The Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP) is taking place at the U. of Amsterdam in 2025. And Leiden is hosting a satellite workshop on vowel harmony right before the conference, on February 4th, 2025. Submit an abstract until Dec 1st! linguistlist.org/issues/35-29...

LINGUIST List 35.2922 Calls: OCP Workshop on Vowel Harmony

The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

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Computational Linguistics job (Assistant Prof level, permanent) at our lovely linguistics department in Queen Mary. We're starting a new MSc in Lings and AI. Deadline Jan 5th, interviews late February. linguistlist.org/issues/35-33... #linguistics please repost!

LINGUIST List 35.3363 Jobs: Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London

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The Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP) is taking place at the U. of Amsterdam in 2025. And Leiden is hosting a satellite workshop on vowel harmony right before the conference, on February 4th, 2025. Submit an abstract until Dec 1st! linguistlist.org/issues/35-29...

LINGUIST List 35.2922 Calls: OCP Workshop on Vowel Harmony

The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

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In a paper to appear in LI Squibs, I propose a method to quantitatively assess the role of contrast in linguistic patterns showing variation. I use the method to model a probabilistic pattern of homophony avoidance in Persian. Paper available on lingbuzz: lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/007...

Job alert! Please help us find our next student assistants for our project with Benjamin Storme on ‘How gender-inclusive language affect language attitudes? A cross-linguistic experimental study on French and German’ at Leiden University! www.student.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vr/humani...

The way we use words says quite a lot about who we are. Look at the frequency of use of function words such as 'and', 'of' by French play writers Molière and Corneille: each author has it own particular way of using these words - a kind of lexical footprint. Data from www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...