Reminder: two weeks are left to apply for the PhD and postdoc positions in my lab. See more info here www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo...

Out now in #OpenAccess in Journal of #Language Evolution: The career of metaphor in pantomime: a motion-capture study of the conventionalization of metaphor. This is the final publication coming out of my POLONEZ BIS fellowship co-funded by the European Commission & @ncn.gov.pl

What is evolutionary linguistics? In this brief article for the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (with Jonas Nölle & @andreskarjus.bsky.social), we cover the key questions and methodologies of the field. 📄🔓 Preprint (open access): osf.io/preprints/ps...

Very happy to see this out: @bbunzeck.bsky.social, Sina Zarrieß, Elena Lieven and I have commented on @futrell.bsky.social & @kmahowald.bsky.social's excellent and thought-provoking BBS target article on LLMs and linguistics. I also enjoyed reading the other commentaries a lot!

Submit your theme session proposal for #GaC2027 until July 12!

Grammar and Corpora 2027@gac2027.bsky.social · last mo.

We invite THEME SESSION submissions for Grammar & Corpora 2027 #GaC2027 until July 12! gac2027.phil.hhu.de/call-for-the... Abstract submission for the general session and theme sessions will open on July 20 (deadline: October 15).

Every conversation I have with international colleagues these days

Out now: Our edited volume about the diachrony of future constructions 🎉

@langscipress.bsky.social · last mo.

Just published "Futures of the past: The diachrony of future constructions across languages" edited by Stefan Hartmann & Lena Schnee #openaccess #ahl langsci-press.org/catalog/book...

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!

Hier in Rostock sind wir sehr gespannt, ob @stefanhartmann.bsky.social in seinem Vortrag zu "He boiled for our sins: Making fun of religions with metaphors" aus der Finsternis zum Licht führen wird - Heute, 17 Uhr, im Rostocker Linguistischen Kolloquium! Wir freuen uns! 🤩

David Tennant as Crowley: Let There Be Light

Alt: David Tennant as an angel saying "Let There Be Light"

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Since last week's (totally awesome btw) ICCG14 in Princeton, I can't stop thinking about LMs and linguistics. I know this topic has been discussed to death, so pls bear with me (long thread incoming). 1/n

At #ICCG14 in Princeton (huge thanks to @adelegoldberg.bsky.social & team for a brilliant conference!) we announced our plans for the International #ConstructionGrammar Association (ICGA), to be officially founded at #ICCG15 in Kiel in 2028. See here for more information: construction-grammar.org

International Construction Grammar Association

Visit the post for more.

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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...

Grammar & Corpora is coming to Düsseldorf! I’m honored (and happy!) to co-organize the next conference at @hhu.de in 2027, together with @stefanhartmann.bsky.social, @linguistikhhu.bsky.social, and a great team. Follow @gac2027.bsky.social for updates!

Linguist List@linguistlist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Confs: 11th International Conference on Grammar and Corpora

We are organizing the 11th edition of the Grammar & Corpora conference #GaC2027 at @hhu.de - check out our new website and our call for papers and theme sessions!

Grammar and Corpora 2027@gac2027.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our website is now online! gac2027.phil.hhu.de Deadline for theme session submissions: July 12 Deadline for paper submissions: October 15

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11th DGKL/GCLA conference in Bielefeld@dgkl2026.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Theme Session IV: "Computational approaches to language dynamics: Cognitive and constructional perspectives" by @bbunzeck.bsky.social and @stefanhartmann.bsky.social #DGKL2026 #BLinguistik #linguistics 🧵 👇

One day left to apply for this highly promising summer school where I'll teach a course on Diachronic Construction Grammar: www.academiasalensis.org/en/conferenc...

Hello World! 👋 #DGKL2026 in Bielefeld is now on Bluesky. Follow us for program updates and general info about both the conference and the venue! Want to know more about Cognitive Linguistics in Germany? Then you should give @dgkl-gcla.bsky.social a follow! #linguistics #BLinguistik

Out now: The full proceedings volume of this year's #Evolang @evolangconf.bsky.social - 575 pages full of interdisciplinary research on the origins and evolution of language! doi.org/10.17617/2.3...

Unser neuer Studiengang #DigitalCultures startet im WiSe 2026/27 @hhu.de! Infos hier (demnächst ausführlicher und bald auch auf Englisch) www.digicult.hhu.de

Für PKWs gibt es die Autobahnkapelle, für Bahnreisende gibt es die

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!

Episode 1 unseres #Podcast 'Sprache & Gender(n)' ist online! Was ist 'Genus', 'Sexus' & 'Gender'? Was haben die 3 Begriffe miteinander zu tun? In der 1. Episode legen wir die Grundlagen für die folgenden Episoden & erklären euch, warum wir einen solchen Podcast machen. 1/3

🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT🚨 "Artifacts, Analogy, and Metaphor: Towards an Interdisciplinary Framework for Studying the Evolution of Analogy" out now in Cognitive Science (w/ Svetlana Kuleshova, @elizabethqingzhang.bsky.social, L. De Weyer & E. Boëda) doi.org/10.1111/cogs... #language #linguistics 🧵⬇️ 1/

Lust auf Bürger*innenbeteiligung in der #Wissenschaft? Dann reicht jetzt noch eure Fragen rund um den Themenkomplex 'Sprache & Gender(n)' ein. Die Frage kann entweder am 29.4 bei einer Podiumsdiskussion mit Expert*innen diskutiert werden oder wird in unserem neuen #Podcast besprochen. 1/2

🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT🚨 Out now in Cognitive Science: Exploring the Guessing-Game Experimental Paradigm Can humans understand the meaning of novel vocalisations & ape gestures? Human performance in such tasks is definitely impressive but what does it mean? Let's dive in! 🧵⬇️ #language #linguistics 1/

Stefan Hartmann@stefanhartmann.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New paper with Svetlana Kuleshova, @acwiek.bsky.social, @symbolicstorage.bsky.social, Marta Sibierska, Marek Placiński, Johan Blomberg, Przemysław Żywiczyński, Sławomir Wacewicz: Exploring the guessing-game experimental paradigm doi.org/10.1111/cogs...

New paper with Svetlana Kuleshova, @acwiek.bsky.social, @symbolicstorage.bsky.social, Marta Sibierska, Marek Placiński, Johan Blomberg, Przemysław Żywiczyński, Sławomir Wacewicz: Exploring the guessing-game experimental paradigm doi.org/10.1111/cogs...

Exploring the Guessing‐Game Experimental Paradigm: Inferences From Closed‐ Versus Open‐Ended Semantic Space

How we measure success in signal comprehension experiments fundamentally shapes our conclusions. Two recent studies have demonstrated that humans can guess the meanings of novel vocalizations and ape...

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Wow – so thrilled to see my PhD thesis published! 🥳 Huge thanks to my supervisors @oliverczulo.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy and @arche3000.bsky.social, to the editors (especially Alexander Ziem) and to @langscipress.bsky.social!!

@langscipress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Neu veröffentlicht: "Das Framing von Extremismusvarianten im medialen Diskurs der Jahre 1999–2021: Eine corpus-driven Methode zur Erschließung und Visualisierung semantischer Frames" von Tim Feldmüller @timfeld.bsky.social #openaccess #frats langsci-press.org/catalog/book...

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Call for applications: Language & Cognition is looking for a new editor-in-chief! Feel free to message me if you have any questions about the position and the responsibilities it entails: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...