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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · Jan 3

If you're writing about loan words it's important to go into source language/time period/sound changes, but plz remember these langs were spoken by people - what were they doing, how were they interacting, WHY TF DID THEY BORROW A WORD FOR 'HEAD' WHEN THEY ALREADY HAD A PERFECTLY GOOD ONE?!?!!? 🐦🐦

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · Feb 27

This week's picks inc Aneta Pavlenko talking about the history of multilingualism on @languageonthemove.bsky.social pod, Ross Perlin on endangered languages, and @lissu.bsky.social on @aarhusuni.bsky.social's New Nordic Lexicon podcast
discussing English usage in the Nordic countries. (2/7)

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Ville Eloranta @eloranta.bsky.social · Mar 3

Keskustelu englannin vaikutuksesta muihin kieliin jatkuu. Nyt vuorossa tuoreen tutkimuksen parissa työskennellyt @lissu.bsky.social.

Kielet | Englanti turmelee suomen, sanotaan – Suomessa asuva USA:lainen tutkija kertoo, onko se totta

Pyyhkiikö englanti tieltään suomen? Voiko nuorten kieli täyttyä englannilla niin, että suomi katoaa kokonaan? Kielentutkija Elizabeth Peterson vastaa näihin ja moneen muuhun huolenaiheeseen.

www.hs.fi

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Johanna Vaattovaara @jvaattovaara.bsky.social · Mar 7

Kansainvälinen työvoima Suomessa lisääntyy. Miten saataisiin kaikki ravintolat palvelemaan suomeksi? Mikä on avain hyvinvointiin monikielisissä työyhteisöissä? S2-asiantuntijat Johanna Komppa ja Salla Kurhila Helsingin yliopistosta kertovat.
#Murremyytinmurtajat
open.spotify.com/episode/29Bs...

#36: Monikielisesti töissä - työyhteisöt suomen kielen oppimisen tukijoina

Listen to this episode from Murremyytin murtajat on Spotify. Kansainvälinen työvoima Suomessa lisääntyy. Miten työyhteisöjen kannattaa tilanteessa luovia? Millaisin askelin erilaiset monikulttuuriset...

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Johanna Vaattovaara @jvaattovaara.bsky.social · Mar 28

Tänään työpajailtiin @koneensaatio.bsky.social sponssaamassa Sofiassa hankkeiden Arkisuomet (TAU), LAIF (HY) ja Kiveli (UEF) #tiedeviestintähommien äärellä. Pts:ää ja räväkkääkin suunnitelmaa luvassa yhdessä & erikseen med PI:t @lissu.bsky.social ja Hanna Lappalainen tiimeineen.

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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · Apr 13

Just in time for the weekend: new episode of the Language on the Move Podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social just dropped!
Brynn Quick chats with Elizabeth Peterson about BAD English. Enjoy!
www.languageonthemove.com/making-sense...

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Katariina Pyykkö (she/her) @katariinapyykko.bsky.social · Apr 12

Jyrki Kalliokosken jäähyväisluento Helsingin yliopistolla käsitteli kieli-ideologioita, kielenoppimista, kielellistä asiantuntijuutta ja kielen omistajuutta. Hieno katsaus viime vuosikymmenten kielentutkimukseen mutta samalla myös koskettava ja lämminhenkinen tilaisuus. ❤️

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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · Nov 27

“Making Sense of Bad English” is such a fab resource for learning about and teaching language ideologies. I loved chatting with @lissu.bsky.social about what the Standard Language Ideology has to do with Santa Clause and why English spelling is so chaotic! www.languageonthemove.com/making-sense...

Making Sense of “Bad English”

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Elizabeth Peterson about language ideologies and what we think when we hear different varieties of English. This epis…

www.languageonthemove.com

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Johanna Vaattovaara @jvaattovaara.bsky.social · Apr 10

Englannin professorilta @lissu.bsky.social kysytään suomesta ja suomen professorilta englannista. Agricolan päivän tasapaino 😅
#proffahommat

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Apr 10

True 😅

Johanna Vaattovaara @jvaattovaara.bsky.social · Apr 10

Englannin professorilta @lissu.bsky.social kysytään suomesta ja suomen professorilta englannista. Agricolan päivän tasapaino 😅
#proffahommat

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Mar 7

I have a few thoughts about Eurovision 2025, mostly because it overlaps with language attitudes in Finland www.elizabethpeterson.org/post/when-la...

When language attitudes collide with a chance at Eurovision

How a Swedish language song from Finland might make it to Eurovision ... representing Sweden. Ouch!

www.elizabethpeterson.org

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Feb 28

Fresh results from @lhekanaho.bsky.social @laifproject.bsky.social survey about language attitudes in Finland. Finnish people, you’ll want to see this! Not listing takeaways because … well, what do YOU think? Let us know! www.laifproject.org/post/mit%C3%...

Mitä suomalaiset ajattelevat englannista? LAIF-kyselyn alustavia tuloksia

Englannin kielen käyttö Suomessa ja englannin kielen vaikutus suomen kieleen herättää monenlaisia ajatuksia suomalaisissa. Kyselytutkimuksen osallistujat pitivät englantia monella tavalla tärkeänä ja ...

www.laifproject.org

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Feb 10

Of course! If I’m not able to answer your question @scientifical.bsky.social I will be able to find someone who can.

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LAIF project @laifproject.bsky.social · Feb 6

UUSI BLOGI: Miksi tutkia kieliasenteita ja -ideologioita?

Tässä kirjoituksessa Laura Hekanaho pohtii kieliasenteiden ja ideologioiden merkitystä. Toivomme, että löydätte aiheen yhtä ajatuksia herättäväksi.

Linkki blogiin: www.laifproject.org/post/miksi-t...

#Kielitiede #Suomenkieli #Kieliasenteet

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Tietenkin siksi, koska ne ovat niin mielenkiintoisia! Helppo vastaus, mutta toki taustalla on monta muutakin syytä. Kieliasenteet ja –ideologiat kertovat paljon siitä, miten ihmiset suhtautuvat kielen...

www.laifproject.org

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Jan 18

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Jan 18

So what are you all doing next week? I’m hosting a conference on swearing. Seems appropriate blogs.helsinki.fi/swisca9hel/ #linguistics

SwiSca9

blogs.helsinki.fi

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Jan 3

It’s a new year, it’s my birthday, and I just started my new position as Associate Professor of English linguistics @UniversityofJyväskylä. So please send me all the #linguistics love you can, and I send it right back at you.

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Dec 19

Thank you, Betsy, for sharing this gift! I love how you can hear Bill’s voice in it. Cried my way through it just now 😭

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Dec 19

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67399...

Language Log » Bill Labov

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Dec 19

I’m just sitting here reading all the #languagelog tributes to Bill Labov and ugly crying. What a legacy.

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Dec 18

What a tremendous loss. But we are so lucky in this field to have him as our pioneer and mentor. Thanks for sharing the news and your stories ❤️ Can’t wait to read about the bunny paper.

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Dec 13

😳😳😳

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Dec 10

It was my last lecture as an employee at the University of Helsinki. What a way to go! The student had only known me for a few months, but wow were they paying attention 🥰💫 #linguistics

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Dec 10

A student stayed after class to give me the most amazing gift basket of homemade goodies, including these magnets. I LOVE them. We could totally sell these as merch at NWAV, Sociolinguistics Symposium, etc.

An image of 6 homemade, hand-drawn magnets. Magnet 1 shows a picture of a bottle with a label that reads "Prescriptivism repellent." Magnet 2 shows a drawing of a bored cat and reads "Sounds prescriptivist, but okay." Magnet 3 is a picture of a bottle of jam, with a label on the drawing reading "Sociolinguistics is my jam." Magnet 4 is written like a dictionary definition. It reads: "Sociolinguistics (noun) 1. Like normal linguistics, but cooler." Magnet 5 reads: "How many sociolinguists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" Followed by a small drawing of a light bulb and the words "It varies." Magnet 6 shows this text: "Miss Ms Mrs Prof Dr, ACTUALLY"

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Nov 27

Yayyy! So happy to read this post 🤩

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Nov 27

I am switching from a mostly university teaching to mostly research career. Here are my top 10 teaching “confessions” as I switch roles. Who can relate? www.elizabethpeterson.org/post/univers...

Confessions of a university lecturer

Today when I opened up my laptop, I began working on the final two in-class presentations I will offer as a lecturer at the University of Helsinki. For sixteen years, I have been a University Lecturer...

www.elizabethpeterson.org

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Nov 27

I loved doing this interview and our discussion. And it is so great to get feedback on the textbook I wrote. Use it; it’s free thanks to Open Access funding!

Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · Nov 27

“Making Sense of Bad English” is such a fab resource for learning about and teaching language ideologies. I loved chatting with @lissu.bsky.social about what the Standard Language Ideology has to do with Santa Clause and why English spelling is so chaotic! www.languageonthemove.com/making-sense...

Making Sense of “Bad English”

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Elizabeth Peterson about language ideologies and what we think when we hear different varieties of English. This epis…

www.languageonthemove.com

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thank you so much 😊

Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Nov 18

Could you add me too, please? Or maybe I’ve already been added and don’t know it 😆

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Elizabeth Peterson @lissu.bsky.social · Nov 8

Our Language Awareness and Ideologies in Finland project made this video on multilingualism at Helsinki’s famous herring festival! www.youtube.com/watch?v=odV_... It includes discussion questions for students. In three languages #suomi #linguistics #svenska

Multilingualism at Helsinki's Herring Market | Strömmingsmarknad | Silakkamarkkinat

YouTube video by LAIF Language Awareness and Ideologies in Finland

www.youtube.com

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