We are looking for Dutch-speaking participants for a short 5-minute survey! We're studying how people evaluate utterances about others - no previous knowledge required! www.soscisurvey.de/evaluation_d... Linguists are kindly asked to share, but not to take part!

We zijn op zoek naar deelnemers die een korte (ca. 5 minuten) onderzoek in het Nederlands willen invullen. Het doel is om te onderzoeken hoe mensen uitspraken over anderen beoordelen. www.soscisurvey.de/evaluation_d... Taalkundigen: deel de onderzoek alstublieft, maar doe zelf niet mee.

🚨 New Publication Alert!🚨 Polysemy and metaphorical extension in an artificial language learning experiment (w/ @elizabethqingzhang.bsky.social & Marek Placiński). Out now in #OpenAcess in Language and Cognition. 🧵1/ #language #linguistics doi.org/10.1017/lang...

Help my wonderful BA student out with her study on early bilingualism (English & German)! Parents of children aged 0-6 can fill in the questionnaire in either German or English: www.soscisurvey.de/BA-Thesis-Bi...

🚨New Publication Alert 🚨 Perfektes Timing zum Chinesischen Neuen Jahr! 🐎Gerade erschienen: "Bedeutungsschwangere Pausen in Kognition und Interaktion: Pragmatische und psycholinguistische Perspektiven auf interkulturelle Kommunikation"(mit @thematzing.bsky.social, @elizabethqingzhang.bsky.social ...

New brilliant #OpenAccess paper on cognition and #languageevolution

Michael Pleyer@symbolicstorage.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT🚨 "From extant to extinct: The role of experiments and interdisciplinary inferences in studying cognitive and #language evolution." (with Svetlana Kuleshova) Out now in #OpenAccess in Journal of Archaeological Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper alert! In my newest paper, which has just appeared in Discourse, Context & Media, I analyse how people living with dementia use conceptual metaphor to construct self and their condition and as a tool for sense-making for dementia-induced changes authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 1/

Korpuslinguistik die Pyrotechnik der Sprachwissenschaft 🧨

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KORPUSLINGUISTIK IST KEIN VERBRECHEN 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The remarkable bonobo that humans named Kanzi has died, age 44. During his life he helped researchers learn much more about the capabilities of his species, and by extension about our shared common ancestors. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...

JOB ALERT in #language and #linguistics! Postdoc Position at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Job offer here: www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?tas... We are now looking at a broader candidate pool so do consider applying! Please repost & share widely!

Dear #langsky! I have just published my survey. If you have ever used Duolingo to learn/practice German, you are welcome to participate. Whether you love or hate Duolingo, whether you use it every day or not at all, whether you speak fluent German or only a few words.

My latest paper is out in OA! I discuss how family care partners use conceptual #metaphor in an online forum to conceptualise #caregiving and 'their' person living with #dementia www.winter-verlag.de/de/detail/97...

I'm overjoyed to announce my first co-authored project of 2025: welcome to the world, Samuel *14.02.3025

Noch wenige Stunden, dann gehen die Uhren womöglich auch in Deutschland rückwärts. Oder doch nicht? Noch haben wir es in der Hand. Falls ihr noch nicht wisst, ob ihr wählen geht: tut es! Eure Stimme ist wichtiger denn je. Let‘s vote the shit out of this (im besten Fall im Wortsinn) #btw25

Und nicht zuletzt: planen, organisieren, freuen auf unsere interdisziplinäre Tagung im Juli: uebercringe.de/call-for-pap...

JOB ALERT! Come work with me! 34-Month Postdoc Position here at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in my project "Paths to Polysemy" Job offer here: www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?tas... Please repost & share widely!

Publication day: Voices in the Linguistic Landscape, our study on anthropomorphic objects and their first person pronouns. If you are interested in theories of posthumanist sociolinguistics and/or pictures of talking trash cans, this is for you!

Mal wieder eine kleine Sprachumfrage - geht ganz schnell: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Liebe Studienteilnehmer:innen, Im Rahmen des Germanistik-Masterseminars „Ist das Ihr Seminar oder das Seminar von Ihnen? Was Alternationen über unser sprachliches Wissen verraten“ der Heinrich-Heine...

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Andrew Van Ginkel has been slept on by the AP and was named 2nd-Team All-Pro. Gink deserves 1st-Team accolades in our humble opinion. 📰: mnvkn.gs/40a8f0r #Skol

Battle For The North. #Skol

Stellenausschreibung: Uni Heidelberg, Psycholinguistik, A13 100%, 3+3 Jahre ⬇️

Euer Sprachgefühl ist gefragt - gerne teilnehmen und/oder teilen: surveys.phil.hhu.de/umfrage/inde...

Abwesenheitsnotiz ✅ Plätzchenteller und Kerzen ✅ Noch einmal mit dem BTSV verlieren Und dann ist Weihnachten

Queen - Thank God It's Christmas (Official Lyric Video)

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Reminder für alle #IchBinHanna|s: Es ist okay, in der Weihnachtspause nicht zu arbeiten. Deadlines in oder direkt nach der Pause sind nicht normal, sondern Teil einer toxischen Arbeitskultur. Habt kein schlechtes Gewissen wegen Nichtstun! Das Jahr war hart. Take a break! ❤️

That moment when you can combine your twin passions in teaching: illness metaphors and power metal #whatlibguistsdo

Yuletide baking has commenced!

There are days when dreams do come true. Today I signed my permanent contract at the English Department in Heidelberg. Thank you to everyone who supported me on my way here! #IchWarHanna

We are looking for English speakers for a short (approx. 5min) evaluation study! Linguists are welcome to share this post, but please do not participate yourself! www.soscisurvey.de/evaluationst...

Wir suchen deutsche Muttersprachler*innen für eine kurze (ca. 5min) Bewertungsstudie! Sprachwissenschaftler*innen gerne RT, aber bitte nicht selbst teilnehmen! www.soscisurvey.de/bewertungsst...