I can’t imagine how much Cardinals fans hate PCA right now.

Hoping that our talk connects more people with some of the fantastic organizations enacting change in our communities *right now* including Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social Bilingualism Matters www.bilingualism-matters.org and the ROLE Collective www.rolecollective.org #CogSci2026

Matt Goldrick@mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 3w ago

We then discuss how listeners can adapt to these differences and the cognitive and social factors that can impact this adaptation. The possibility of change motivates interventions in institutions supporting science and the broader community. 4/4

Hey #CogSci2026! I'm so honored to be receiving this year's Elman Prize! Please join @m2b2.bsky.social and me Friday 2-3:30pm in Gavea A for two joint talks: "Multilingualism in Cognitive Science" and "Multilingualism for Cognitive Science and Society" 1/4 @cogscisociety.bsky.social

Friends at #CogSci2026! @mattgoldrick.bsky.social received this year's Elman prize (BEYOND well-deserved) and now he and I are giving joint talks as part of the Elman Symposium at this year's meeting! Friday 2-3:30pm in Gavea A! Multilingualism, cognitive science, and society! Come see us!

My child (3;8) is becoming obsessed with baseball (shocking I know). His favorite positions include the pitcher, the batter, and the hider (guy who hides behind the batter and is in a “hiding costume”).

wheeeeee!

I’m thrilled to be giving a keynote lecture this morning @eurosla.bsky.social. I’ll be talking about speech perception, speech production, the messy results in the field, what that might mean, and where I’m going next. Excited to meet new faces at the meeting!

PCA hitting for the cycle and immediately being caught stealing is the most PCA behavior possible.

[W]heeeeeeee!

My student is looking for participants for her dissertation experiment (done online! Paid!). DM me if you're interested: Looking for native English speakers in the US between 18-35 years old learning Mandarin / Korean as their second language to participate in an online linguistics study!

At my kid’s first baseball game! White Sox vs Royals! Neither is a favorite team but I do love baseball and may have cried twice already.

As fun as 3 straight walk off wins are, I would sort of like the Cubs to just get a lead and maintain it and win in a less nausea-inducing way. (But yeah, fly the flag and sing the song!) #flythew #gocubsgo

This Cubs team is so fun. Fly the flag! Sing the song! #flythew #gocubsgo

This annual lecture series is named in honor of our department's founder, Dr. Frances Ingemann. Each year we host a distinguished scholar at the forefront of their area, giving our community a chance to learn more about their research and also share about the linguistics happening here at KU 🌻

Very excited to visit KU this week for the Ingemann Lecture!!

KU Linguistics@kansaslinguistics.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us this Friday for the annual Ingemann Lecture! This year we have the pleasure to invite Dr. Melissa Baese-Berk @m2b2.bsky.social of the Univ of Chicago, who will discuss Factors Influencing Non-native Perception and Learning. It will take place in the Forum in Marvin Hall, Friday 4/17 at 3 pm.

This Illinois team is so so fun!

We are thrilled to welcome @canaan.bsky.social to the department this fall!!

Canaan Breiss@canaan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm thrilled to share that in Fall 2026, I'll be joining the Linguistics Department at the University of Chicago as a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor!

There are many famous fans I associate with the Patriots, but New Jersey’s own Jon Bon Jovi is … uh … not among them.

If Jeremy Fears wants to avoid comparisons to Grayson Allen, he could consider going a single game without intentionally tripping a player on the opposing team.

A new paper from the lab! This time with wonderful collaborators Charlie Nagle, Mark Amengual, and @casillas.bsky.social. We had a great time working on this piece around how we think bilingual research can and should be done going forward! www.jbe-platform.com/docserver/fu...

There are few things in this world I hate more than Chicago’s hockey team (eg, fascism, the Yankees, icy sidewalks). However, this standing ovation was super classy and made me cry.

Mark Lazerus@marklazerus.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Jonathan Toews comes home to Chicago: www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...

What. Was. That?

I literally cannot believe Caleb Williams is a human person.

I love sports so much and would go to basically any game. But it is so absolutely miserable in Chicago right now that there is no way I would agree to be outside for this game.

I am so pleased that my first paper out this year is this multi-coauthored gem with my collaborators in the ROLE Collective. It was so wonderful to serve as a small part of this effort to understand the terms we use as language researchers and their impacts! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Finding our ROLE: How and why to reframe essentialist approaches to language

Essentialist categorizations of language users, such as native speaker, are widely used but lack empirical validity and reinforce social inequities. T…

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Happy new year, friends

Spontaneously went to a jazz show tonight and the JOY in this venue, in this city is unparalleled. I am ending my year full of hope and confidence in my community, which is a lovely way to feel.

The Going to Bed Book has the animals taking a bath and putting on the pajamas before going up to exercise, which just seems like a bad decision.

I’m at the Illinois/Alabama basketball game at the United Center, and I cried so much when they brought the Illinois starting line up out to the iconic Bulls music. Yay sports!

Linguists! Write time Friday is hosted this Friday again by the stalwart Melissa Baese-Berk @m2b2.bsky.social ! 10-12 ET -- come get some work done! www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...