Christopher Stone
@drcastone.bsky.social
Reader in Interpreting and Translation, focus sign languages
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It's almost time for our Deaf Café this month. Come along on Friday 14th November at 6:30pm to Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre.
All BSL users and learners are welcome 🤗
All BSL users and learners are welcome 🤗
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It's almost time for our Deaf Café this month. Come along on Friday 14th November at 6:30pm to Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre.
All BSL users and learners are welcome 🤗
All BSL users and learners are welcome 🤗
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Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
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New case study of a Deaf autistic signer finds autism affects both linguistic and affective facial expressions, supporting accounts grounded in motor and maybe prosodic difficulties. Also supports effective languaging strategies beyond the neurotypical norm. www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New case study of a Deaf autistic signer finds autism affects both linguistic and affective facial expressions, supporting accounts grounded in motor and maybe prosodic difficulties. Also supports effective languaging strategies beyond the neurotypical norm. www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
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New from my blog: The Grey Market: A Greater Threat to Conference Interpreting Than AI. | The Professional Interpreter ow.ly/GxnH50X5OPi
The Grey Market: A Greater Threat to Conference Interpreting Than AI.
Dear Colleagues: For the past several months, the conversation around the future of conference interpreting has been dominated by Artificial Intelligence. Articles, webinars, and social media debat…
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October 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
New from my blog: The Grey Market: A Greater Threat to Conference Interpreting Than AI. | The Professional Interpreter ow.ly/GxnH50X5OPi
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We're hiring! UT Linguistics invites applications for a position in computational linguistics to begin next academic year 2026-27 (rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor with tenure). apply.interfolio.com/175156
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October 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We're hiring! UT Linguistics invites applications for a position in computational linguistics to begin next academic year 2026-27 (rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor with tenure). apply.interfolio.com/175156
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Save the date! 📣 First International DeafTech conference, May 26-27, 2026, Vienna. www.deaftech26.eu
Deaf Technologies 2026 - International Conference on Deaf Technologies - Deaf Tech Conference 2026
Deaf Technologies 2026 - International Conference on Deaf Technologies. May 26-27, 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
www.deaftech26.eu
October 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Save the date! 📣 First International DeafTech conference, May 26-27, 2026, Vienna. www.deaftech26.eu
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📣Calling all deaf bakers! 🧁
Have YOU got what it takes to bake in the famous white tent?
If you or someone you know is a talented home baker then apply now at https://f.mtr.cool/ibkxcizyfc or email them on [email protected]
Closing date is 1pm on Monday 15th December 2025.
Have YOU got what it takes to bake in the famous white tent?
If you or someone you know is a talented home baker then apply now at https://f.mtr.cool/ibkxcizyfc or email them on [email protected]
Closing date is 1pm on Monday 15th December 2025.
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📣Calling all deaf bakers! 🧁
Have YOU got what it takes to bake in the famous white tent?
If you or someone you know is a talented home baker then apply now at https://f.mtr.cool/ibkxcizyfc or email them on [email protected]
Closing date is 1pm on Monday 15th December 2025.
Have YOU got what it takes to bake in the famous white tent?
If you or someone you know is a talented home baker then apply now at https://f.mtr.cool/ibkxcizyfc or email them on [email protected]
Closing date is 1pm on Monday 15th December 2025.
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With this questionnaire @karogebruers.bsky.social, Deborah Giustini and I are exploring the impact of AI language technologies on VGT/NGT-Dutch interpreters & notetakers in Belgium (Flanders) and the Netherlands. If you are among the target group, do participate! forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MVGHn45Pa7
Microsoft Forms
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September 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
With this questionnaire @karogebruers.bsky.social, Deborah Giustini and I are exploring the impact of AI language technologies on VGT/NGT-Dutch interpreters & notetakers in Belgium (Flanders) and the Netherlands. If you are among the target group, do participate! forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MVGHn45Pa7
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It should not have to be said, but actually thanks @johnbasil.bsky.social for including signed languages in this article!
Social functions of language may drive faster change and faster diversification in some features.
Thanks to growing diversity in variationst sociolinguistics, I gathered studies of 63 languages from 28 families. Here I sketch some potential patterns
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to growing diversity in variationst sociolinguistics, I gathered studies of 63 languages from 28 families. Here I sketch some potential patterns
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Linguistic Diversification and Rates of Change: Insights From a Diverse Sample of Sociolinguistic Studies
Language diversification and change can be studied using phylogenetic modelling of families over thousands of years, or by close observation of changes unfolding over a few decades at the community l....
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It should not have to be said, but actually thanks @johnbasil.bsky.social for including signed languages in this article!
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Happy International Translation Day!
We sat down with an experienced BSL and IS translator, Adam McCormick, to discuss all about what it's like being a translator and why it's important.
Full article link in bio 🔗
#InternationalTranslationDay #BSLtranslation
We sat down with an experienced BSL and IS translator, Adam McCormick, to discuss all about what it's like being a translator and why it's important.
Full article link in bio 🔗
#InternationalTranslationDay #BSLtranslation
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Happy International Translation Day!
We sat down with an experienced BSL and IS translator, Adam McCormick, to discuss all about what it's like being a translator and why it's important.
Full article link in bio 🔗
#InternationalTranslationDay #BSLtranslation
We sat down with an experienced BSL and IS translator, Adam McCormick, to discuss all about what it's like being a translator and why it's important.
Full article link in bio 🔗
#InternationalTranslationDay #BSLtranslation
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New paper! We tested AR glasses for Video Relay Interpreting (VRI). Interpreters preferred AR VRI over VRI; deaf users saw future potential but said current tech isn't good enough. Real-world unscripted testing gave different results than lab experiments.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
User Acceptance of Augmented Remote Sign Language Interpreting | Adjunct Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
dl.acm.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New paper! We tested AR glasses for Video Relay Interpreting (VRI). Interpreters preferred AR VRI over VRI; deaf users saw future potential but said current tech isn't good enough. Real-world unscripted testing gave different results than lab experiments.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Very excited to announce that yesterday I submitted my PhD thesis: The Linguistic Life of the Kufr Qassem Deaf Community: Language Emergence, Variation, Change, and Persistence.
I dedicate this thesis to my people: the resilient Palestinian people
I dedicate this thesis to my people: the resilient Palestinian people
September 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Very excited to announce that yesterday I submitted my PhD thesis: The Linguistic Life of the Kufr Qassem Deaf Community: Language Emergence, Variation, Change, and Persistence.
I dedicate this thesis to my people: the resilient Palestinian people
I dedicate this thesis to my people: the resilient Palestinian people
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Call for participants 📣
Are you deaf and enjoy going to museums? 🏛️
PhD student, Meredith Peruzzi, is looking for participants for research into how museums can create a sense of welcome and belonging.
For more information, visit - https://f.mtr.cool/yclnqtcxdg
Are you deaf and enjoy going to museums? 🏛️
PhD student, Meredith Peruzzi, is looking for participants for research into how museums can create a sense of welcome and belonging.
For more information, visit - https://f.mtr.cool/yclnqtcxdg
July 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Call for participants 📣
Are you deaf and enjoy going to museums? 🏛️
PhD student, Meredith Peruzzi, is looking for participants for research into how museums can create a sense of welcome and belonging.
For more information, visit - https://f.mtr.cool/yclnqtcxdg
Are you deaf and enjoy going to museums? 🏛️
PhD student, Meredith Peruzzi, is looking for participants for research into how museums can create a sense of welcome and belonging.
For more information, visit - https://f.mtr.cool/yclnqtcxdg
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What We Can Learn from Interpreter Fails.
Dear Colleagues: If you have worked as a conference interpreter for any length of time, you have probably had at least one moment where things did not quite go as planned. Maybe your brain lagged a second too long, maybe your mic betrayed you mid-sentence,…
Dear Colleagues: If you have worked as a conference interpreter for any length of time, you have probably had at least one moment where things did not quite go as planned. Maybe your brain lagged a second too long, maybe your mic betrayed you mid-sentence,…
What We Can Learn from Interpreter Fails.
Dear Colleagues: If you have worked as a conference interpreter for any length of time, you have probably had at least one moment where things did not quite go as planned. Maybe your brain lagged a second too long, maybe your mic betrayed you mid-sentence, or maybe, just maybe, you confidently said something… completely wrong. I have had my share of “oops” moments (and heard a few great ones from colleagues).
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July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What We Can Learn from Interpreter Fails.
Dear Colleagues: If you have worked as a conference interpreter for any length of time, you have probably had at least one moment where things did not quite go as planned. Maybe your brain lagged a second too long, maybe your mic betrayed you mid-sentence,…
Dear Colleagues: If you have worked as a conference interpreter for any length of time, you have probably had at least one moment where things did not quite go as planned. Maybe your brain lagged a second too long, maybe your mic betrayed you mid-sentence,…
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How do hearing children of Deaf migrant parents experience their multilingual repertoires?
@empacheco.bsky.social explains in the latest Language-on-the-Move post
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...
@empacheco.bsky.social explains in the latest Language-on-the-Move post
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...
Children of migrant Deaf adults
During my Master of Research (MRes) studies, whenever I met someone new, they would often enquire about what I was doing for my thesis. When I told them, I was doing research with hearing children …
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June 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
How do hearing children of Deaf migrant parents experience their multilingual repertoires?
@empacheco.bsky.social explains in the latest Language-on-the-Move post
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...
@empacheco.bsky.social explains in the latest Language-on-the-Move post
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...
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New cool paper with cool people! Overall, we found that sign languages with more users avoid signs that are particularly low in iconicity (a result parallel with spoken languages) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Relationship Between Community Size and Iconicity in Sign Languages
Communication is harder in larger communities. Past research shows that this leads larger communities to create languages that are easier to learn and use. In particular, previous research suggests t....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
New cool paper with cool people! Overall, we found that sign languages with more users avoid signs that are particularly low in iconicity (a result parallel with spoken languages) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Great presenting at IDGS Hamburg today about the SmartSafeSigning project (www.wlv.ac.uk/research/smart-safe-signing-/) on some of our pilot data (published open access here - wlv.openrepository.com/items/180859...)
June 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Great presenting at IDGS Hamburg today about the SmartSafeSigning project (www.wlv.ac.uk/research/smart-safe-signing-/) on some of our pilot data (published open access here - wlv.openrepository.com/items/180859...)
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#drDeaf had its 7th writing retreat (and 14th event overall) with participants from around Europe, US, Singapore, and Australia. Evaluation comments: energized, motivated, enthusiastic, sharing, refreshed. Join us at our other 2025 events!
June 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#drDeaf had its 7th writing retreat (and 14th event overall) with participants from around Europe, US, Singapore, and Australia. Evaluation comments: energized, motivated, enthusiastic, sharing, refreshed. Join us at our other 2025 events!
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WFD-WASLI IS Accreditation now accepting applications.
wasli.org/sign-languag...
English: forms.gle/qjN49fiyGeGr...
español: forms.gle/rg6VimFsXsyX...
francés: forms.gle/jGG4A7XxSa5k...
wasli.org/sign-languag...
English: forms.gle/qjN49fiyGeGr...
español: forms.gle/rg6VimFsXsyX...
francés: forms.gle/jGG4A7XxSa5k...
wasli.org
May 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
WFD-WASLI IS Accreditation now accepting applications.
wasli.org/sign-languag...
English: forms.gle/qjN49fiyGeGr...
español: forms.gle/rg6VimFsXsyX...
francés: forms.gle/jGG4A7XxSa5k...
wasli.org/sign-languag...
English: forms.gle/qjN49fiyGeGr...
español: forms.gle/rg6VimFsXsyX...
francés: forms.gle/jGG4A7XxSa5k...
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The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
The White House is sued over lack of sign language interpreters at press briefings
The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
n.pr
May 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
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Marvel could pay for my healthcare for the rest of my life for a fraction of 1% of profit from Spider-Man Noir, a character whose original comics I edited. For Peter David to die in medical debt, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and writer of countless seminal Hulk and X-Factor comics—that's a disgrace
May 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Marvel could pay for my healthcare for the rest of my life for a fraction of 1% of profit from Spider-Man Noir, a character whose original comics I edited. For Peter David to die in medical debt, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and writer of countless seminal Hulk and X-Factor comics—that's a disgrace
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🚨New publication alert!
"Corpus-based approaches to evolutionary dynamics in language" (w/ @stefanhartmann.bsky.social) out now in the in the Oxford Handbook of Approaches to Language Evolution. Kudos to @limorraviv.bsky.social & @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for putting this great volume together!
"Corpus-based approaches to evolutionary dynamics in language" (w/ @stefanhartmann.bsky.social) out now in the in the Oxford Handbook of Approaches to Language Evolution. Kudos to @limorraviv.bsky.social & @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for putting this great volume together!
Corpus-based approaches to evolutionary dynamics in language
AbstractPragmatic-interactional aspects of present-day language use as well as historical language change have come to be regarded as an important source o
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May 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🚨New publication alert!
"Corpus-based approaches to evolutionary dynamics in language" (w/ @stefanhartmann.bsky.social) out now in the in the Oxford Handbook of Approaches to Language Evolution. Kudos to @limorraviv.bsky.social & @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for putting this great volume together!
"Corpus-based approaches to evolutionary dynamics in language" (w/ @stefanhartmann.bsky.social) out now in the in the Oxford Handbook of Approaches to Language Evolution. Kudos to @limorraviv.bsky.social & @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for putting this great volume together!