Department of Linguistics and Communication @UoB
@lcuob.bsky.social
Welcome to the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham, UK. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage
Great to see, Dagmar and colleagues!
Dagmar Divjak@dagmardivjak.bsky.social · 2y agoNew paper out 🎺 introducing process-based measures of automatisation in L2 The elicited imitation task is widely used as a measure of automatized L2 knowledge. However, the scoring of the task relies exclusively on product-based measures (i.e., accuracy of L2 production).
Just spotted @unibirmingham.bsky.social: great to see my uni has joined Bluesky! @lcuob.bsky.social @artsatbham.bsky.social
Come and work with us in the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham!
Bissie Anderson 🇺🇦🌻@bissieanderson.bsky.social · 2y agoCome join our ace team at @lcuob.bsky.social We are hiring two Assistant Professors in Digital Media and Communications: ⏩ Language and New Media specialism: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... ⏩ Intercultural Communication specialism: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Large language models: how the AI behind the likes of ChatGPT actually works theconversation.com/large-langua... via @theconversation.com #language #llm #langsky
Large language models: how the AI behind the likes of ChatGPT actually works
Language models are likely to have an important impact on how we live and work in future, but they’ve also been around longer than many realise.
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A new study reveals that sleep helps the brain store words and grammar, making it easier to learn and remember. sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-health... via sleepreviewmag.com #languagelearning #neurolinguistics #langsky
The Secret to Mastering a New Language Might Be Sleep
A study by the University of South Australia has revealed that sleep enhances the brain's ability to learn and retain new languages.
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Come join our ace team at @lcuob.bsky.social We are hiring two Assistant Professors in Digital Media and Communications: ⏩ Language and New Media specialism: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... ⏩ Intercultural Communication specialism: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Curious about the opportunities that computational models offer the language sciences? Ready to get your hands dirty with code? Then sign up for our third and final FREE SummerSchool, this time on the beautiful Birmingham campus @artsatbham.bsky.social @lcuob.bsky.social @medallinguist.bsky.social
MEDAL@medallinguist.bsky.social · 2y agoThe registration for the last #MEDAL #summerschool is open! This years summer school will take place at the University of Birmingham between the 23rd and 27th of June and is about computational linguistics. The programme can be found on our website! Hope to see you this summer!🌞
He's also putting the glamour back into grammar on YouTube now! 🎶 #linguistics www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOl...
Meet Christian Uffmann! #phonology
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Dominic@dmncschmtz.bsky.social · 2y agoMy colleague at @hhu.bsky.social and go-to-phonologist Christian Uffmann just released a special music video to introduce himself. He truly puts the fun back in phonology, the antics in semantics, and makes you scream for more more more morphology 🎶🎵 #linguistics www.instagram.com/reel/DDHUNSB...
🐦🐦 Join us this summer for the Usage-based Approaches to Phonology Conference July 12-13 at the University of Oregon. The conference is open to diverse methodologies investigating the effects of use on phonology! Abstracts due Feb. 15, 2025 #linguistics #langsky sites.google.com/view/usage-b...
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The Usage-based Approaches to Phonology Conference will take place July 12-13, 2025 at the University of Oregon. This is co-located conference held during the Summer Institute of the Linguistic Societ...
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Looking forward to Bodo!
The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor@raammetaphor.bsky.social · 2y ago📣 Don't miss out! Join us at RaAM 17! Dr. @bodowinter.bsky.social, plenary speaker, will explore metaphor, sensory content, and birdsong. He will also lead a workshop on R for linguists! 📆 Submit your paper by December 15th!
You can buy our book here, which has just won the BERA 2024 book of the year award! @beranews.bsky.social
Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege: Exploring Race and Class in Global Educational Economies
Providing an extraordinary picture of the inner workings of elite universities, Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege draws on current debates on education and inequality and considers the re...
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It was about time - the University of Birmingham's Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity is now here! Follow them at @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
📽️ Now with subtitles! Prof. @jeannettel.bsky.social invites you to join us at RaAM 17! 🗓️ New abstract deadline: December 15th Don’t miss the opportunity to share your research!
📆We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to 15th December 2024. We look forward to reviewing your submissions and seeing you at RaAM 17!
All linguists should read one of these: Baker, A., et al. (2016). The linguistics of sign languages: An introduction. Benjamins Hill, J.C. et al. (2019). Sign languages: Structures and contexts. Routledge Wilkinson, E. & Morford, J.P. (2024). Understanding signed languages. Routledge #linguistics
First post on Bluesky! 🥳 Here's the recording of a talk I presented a few months ago, hosted by the fantastic team at @discore.bsky.social. bit.ly/3B9IBQX Corpus methods have transformed discourse analysis. Here, I argue it's time to take #CADS a step further by combining it with experiments.
DISCORE Speaker Series: Dr.Matteo Fuoli - Presentation
Dr.Matteo Fuoli gave a talk titled A new methodological synergy? Combining CADS and experimental methods to investigate discourse effects.
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Optimist: glass half full Pessimist: glass half empty Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?
So excited about "Life in a New Language" - if you haven't checked out our new book about how migrants manage the simultaneous challenge of learning a new language and starting a new life through that language, head over to www.languageonthemove.com/life-in-a-ne... to learn more
Hey, UK! Happy first National Linguistics Day! Proposals for NLD traditions: (a) Add language wonder to every conversation. (b) Exchange gifts of linguistics content. (c) Sing linguistics carols: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor... (d) Do deeds to protect languages or linguistic institutions.
Earlier this year our lab published this edited volume on "Perspectives on Pantomime." Gerardo Ortega has now published a really nice open access review of the book in Gesture. www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour... #language #linguistics
I made a linguistics and language podcast starter pack for you, if you're looking for your new favourite linguistics podcast: go.bsky.app/5pirXas
New paper led by Vini Macuch-Silva: "Strategic use of English quantifiers in the reporting of quantitative information". In our experiments, participants used the approximate nature of quantifiers strategically to make exam results appear as good/bad as possible: doi.org/10.1080/0163...
Going to be plenary speaker at #RaAM17 in Detroit, woohoo!
The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor@raammetaphor.bsky.social · 2y agoMeet the Plenary Speakers of 🔸 RaAM 17 🔸 Bodo Winter is a Professor of Linguistics and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. His research uses data science-driven linguistics to study multimodal communication, including iconicity, gesture and metaphor. @bodowinter.bsky.social
Let's share this again: #LingComm25 is coming! 7–10 April 2025 an online conference for any and all linguistic communicators. with panels, how-to sessions, and meetups where you can get ideas, meet people, lift your game, and form the future of ling comm Check lingcomm.org for more details!
It's annoying that this is framed as a 'discovery'. And a recent one. This is just true, and has been true for a very long time.
Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 2y agoErrors by international students in their academic writing might reflect not a poor grasp of English but rather a legitimate use of new versions of the language, according to researchers #AcademicSky #highered
This is exciting! @lcuob.bsky.social
Niamh A. O'Dowd@niamhaod.bsky.social · 2y agoMy latest 🔓 article (part of my PhD research) co-authored with Lorraine Adriano and @jeannettel.bsky.social has been selected for inclusion in a special issue dedicated to informing the next UN #ClimateEvent. Shocked and thrilled! #ClimateAction #COP29
