Dagmar Divjak
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social
Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Former EiC of Cognitive Linguistics. Working with Out of our Minds to understand language and optimise language learning.
outofourminds.bham.ac.uk
outofourminds.bham.ac.uk
Sometimes linguistic papers do go viral & end up getting a double page in another country’s oldest newspaper @berlingske.bsky.social - had a fabulous time in Copenhagen talking to a group of language enthusiasts about physiological reactions to “errors”. Thanks to Jane Hansen from sprogseminar.dk
March 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sometimes linguistic papers do go viral & end up getting a double page in another country’s oldest newspaper @berlingske.bsky.social - had a fabulous time in Copenhagen talking to a group of language enthusiasts about physiological reactions to “errors”. Thanks to Jane Hansen from sprogseminar.dk
Reposted by Dagmar Divjak
We have an opening for a post-doc in English linguistics starting on the first of August this year (please repost)
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UZH: Senior Assistantship in English Linguistics
The English Department of the University of Zurich invites applications for a Senior Assistantship in the field of English Linguistics to start on 1 August 2025. This postdoctoral position is initiall...
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March 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We have an opening for a post-doc in English linguistics starting on the first of August this year (please repost)
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
That’s it for me: the glögg is calling! See you in the New Year!!
several cups of coffee are on a table in front of a fire
ALT: several cups of coffee are on a table in front of a fire
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December 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
That’s it for me: the glögg is calling! See you in the New Year!!
New 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).
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).
December 12, 2024 at 12:53 PM
New 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).
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).
Sad read, but fully in line with my recent experience, as applicant & as panel member:
1. Reviews vary wildly
2. Panels are inconsistent, essentially a lottery
3. High risk/high gain proposals are systematically sidelined
4. The cost is immense, we need a better way
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1. Reviews vary wildly
2. Panels are inconsistent, essentially a lottery
3. High risk/high gain proposals are systematically sidelined
4. The cost is immense, we need a better way
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds | PNAS
Research funding systems fundamentally influence how science operates. This paper
aims to analyze the allocation of competitive research funding fr...
www.pnas.org
December 5, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Sad read, but fully in line with my recent experience, as applicant & as panel member:
1. Reviews vary wildly
2. Panels are inconsistent, essentially a lottery
3. High risk/high gain proposals are systematically sidelined
4. The cost is immense, we need a better way
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1. Reviews vary wildly
2. Panels are inconsistent, essentially a lottery
3. High risk/high gain proposals are systematically sidelined
4. The cost is immense, we need a better way
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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
The 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!🌞
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!🌞
December 4, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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
Reposted by Dagmar Divjak
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.
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.
November 26, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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.
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.
Reposted by Dagmar Divjak
Every truly meaningful act of integrity involves some sort of sacrifice.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship
Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Every truly meaningful act of integrity involves some sort of sacrifice.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
This is how an #interdisciplinary team works: you use linguistics and statistics to prop up your experiments 🤓
November 7, 2023 at 2:28 PM
This is how an #interdisciplinary team works: you use linguistics and statistics to prop up your experiments 🤓