Peggy Renwick
@syllabicity.bsky.social
linguist, aspiring gentle parent, runner, former college radio dj and explorer of the world's longest caves.
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The department of Cognitive Science @jhu.edu is seeking motivated students interested in joining our interdisciplinary PhD program! Applications due 1 Dec
Our PhD students also run an application mentoring program for prospective students. Mentoring requests due November 15.
tinyurl.com/2nrn4jf9
Our PhD students also run an application mentoring program for prospective students. Mentoring requests due November 15.
tinyurl.com/2nrn4jf9
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The department of Cognitive Science @jhu.edu is seeking motivated students interested in joining our interdisciplinary PhD program! Applications due 1 Dec
Our PhD students also run an application mentoring program for prospective students. Mentoring requests due November 15.
tinyurl.com/2nrn4jf9
Our PhD students also run an application mentoring program for prospective students. Mentoring requests due November 15.
tinyurl.com/2nrn4jf9
The department of #CognitiveScience at @jhu.edu is seeking motivated students interested in joining our PhD program -- including #sociophonetics in my lab! Applications due 1 Dec; for those interested, we have an Application Mentoring Program thanks to current grads. See flyer for QR link.
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The department of #CognitiveScience at @jhu.edu is seeking motivated students interested in joining our PhD program -- including #sociophonetics in my lab! Applications due 1 Dec; for those interested, we have an Application Mentoring Program thanks to current grads. See flyer for QR link.
#Linguistics at the University of Georgia is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in #phonetics and #phonology. Spread the word and let me know if you have questions!
linguistlist.org/issues/36/31...
linguistlist.org/issues/36/31...
LINGUIST List 36.3129 Jobs: Phonetics, Phonology: Assistant Professor in Phonetics and Phonology, University of Georgia
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#Linguistics at the University of Georgia is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in #phonetics and #phonology. Spread the word and let me know if you have questions!
linguistlist.org/issues/36/31...
linguistlist.org/issues/36/31...
does anyone in #sociophonetics know how the vowel formant training data or measurement process for DARLA and new-fave might be different? Asking for a whole pile of archival audio that's getting wildly different back-vowel values across the two. @jofrhwld.bsky.social @joeystanley.com ...?
July 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
does anyone in #sociophonetics know how the vowel formant training data or measurement process for DARLA and new-fave might be different? Asking for a whole pile of archival audio that's getting wildly different back-vowel values across the two. @jofrhwld.bsky.social @joeystanley.com ...?
life with a sociophonetician/phonologist...
oral history interviewee (b. 1910): "...ret[oɪ]red..."
me: "if he just said 'ret[oɪ]red' instead of 'ret[aɪ]red', how will he say 'fireman'?"
6yo: "f[oɪ]reman"
interviewee: "f[oɪ]reman"
my work here is done 🥳
oral history interviewee (b. 1910): "...ret[oɪ]red..."
me: "if he just said 'ret[oɪ]red' instead of 'ret[aɪ]red', how will he say 'fireman'?"
6yo: "f[oɪ]reman"
interviewee: "f[oɪ]reman"
my work here is done 🥳
July 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
life with a sociophonetician/phonologist...
oral history interviewee (b. 1910): "...ret[oɪ]red..."
me: "if he just said 'ret[oɪ]red' instead of 'ret[aɪ]red', how will he say 'fireman'?"
6yo: "f[oɪ]reman"
interviewee: "f[oɪ]reman"
my work here is done 🥳
oral history interviewee (b. 1910): "...ret[oɪ]red..."
me: "if he just said 'ret[oɪ]red' instead of 'ret[aɪ]red', how will he say 'fireman'?"
6yo: "f[oɪ]reman"
interviewee: "f[oɪ]reman"
my work here is done 🥳
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The conference website for #LabPhon20 is now live: labphon.org/labphon20/home
#LabPhon 20 will happen in #Montréal, Québec, Canada, June 26–28, 2026, with additional pre-conference events on June 25. The call for papers and proposals for satellite workshops will be circulated in late August 2025.
#LabPhon 20 will happen in #Montréal, Québec, Canada, June 26–28, 2026, with additional pre-conference events on June 25. The call for papers and proposals for satellite workshops will be circulated in late August 2025.
Home | Labphon
labphon.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The conference website for #LabPhon20 is now live: labphon.org/labphon20/home
#LabPhon 20 will happen in #Montréal, Québec, Canada, June 26–28, 2026, with additional pre-conference events on June 25. The call for papers and proposals for satellite workshops will be circulated in late August 2025.
#LabPhon 20 will happen in #Montréal, Québec, Canada, June 26–28, 2026, with additional pre-conference events on June 25. The call for papers and proposals for satellite workshops will be circulated in late August 2025.
oral history interviewer note-of-the-day:
"Mrs. Lo Grande a little hyper she had just won lottery"
"Mrs. Lo Grande a little hyper she had just won lottery"
June 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
oral history interviewer note-of-the-day:
"Mrs. Lo Grande a little hyper she had just won lottery"
"Mrs. Lo Grande a little hyper she had just won lottery"
hi linguists and sociolinguists! question: if a person wanted to state that Wells' lexical sets/keywords are in wide usage for studies of English, what accompanying references would be handiest or most expedient? (any reviews of lexical sets' usage in the literature?) thanks!
May 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
hi linguists and sociolinguists! question: if a person wanted to state that Wells' lexical sets/keywords are in wide usage for studies of English, what accompanying references would be handiest or most expedient? (any reviews of lexical sets' usage in the literature?) thanks!
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Please share widely: The dates for New Ways of Analyzing Variation 53 have changed to November 5-7, 2025, due to a late-breaking university calendar change.
Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)
Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)
UM | NWAV53
nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu
May 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Please share widely: The dates for New Ways of Analyzing Variation 53 have changed to November 5-7, 2025, due to a late-breaking university calendar change.
Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)
Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)
Our research appears in a @todayshow.com bit with @parkerposey.bsky.social -- truly an honor!
Y'all, this work elicits public opinions, in the broadcast, that Southern accents are sexy and comforting. It was only possible thanks to the National Science Foundation.
www.today.com/video/is-the...
Y'all, this work elicits public opinions, in the broadcast, that Southern accents are sexy and comforting. It was only possible thanks to the National Science Foundation.
www.today.com/video/is-the...
Why the iconic Southern accent appears to be slowly fading away
New research suggests that the classic Southern drawl is diminishing in regions across the South, with experts pointing to an increased migration to the South as the cause for younger generations losi...
www.today.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our research appears in a @todayshow.com bit with @parkerposey.bsky.social -- truly an honor!
Y'all, this work elicits public opinions, in the broadcast, that Southern accents are sexy and comforting. It was only possible thanks to the National Science Foundation.
www.today.com/video/is-the...
Y'all, this work elicits public opinions, in the broadcast, that Southern accents are sexy and comforting. It was only possible thanks to the National Science Foundation.
www.today.com/video/is-the...
language change in the news! h/t all our @americandialect.org PADS contributors... apnews.com/article/migr... @joeystanley.com @drkatcarm.bsky.social @lhlew.bsky.social... 😊
apnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
language change in the news! h/t all our @americandialect.org PADS contributors... apnews.com/article/migr... @joeystanley.com @drkatcarm.bsky.social @lhlew.bsky.social... 😊
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Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
hi friends! are you open to some linguistic distraction? consider the English Rhymes Survey below, especially if you're an adult native speaker of North American English. thanks!
englishrhymes.github.io
englishrhymes.github.io
English Rhymes
englishrhymes.github.io
March 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
hi friends! are you open to some linguistic distraction? consider the English Rhymes Survey below, especially if you're an adult native speaker of North American English. thanks!
englishrhymes.github.io
englishrhymes.github.io
dear Romance linguists! The next iteration of #LSRL will take place in the Dominican Republic in September 2025. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 31. #LSRL55 #linguistics
lsrl55-lec.pucmm.edu.do#lsrl55
lsrl55-lec.pucmm.edu.do#lsrl55
March 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
dear Romance linguists! The next iteration of #LSRL will take place in the Dominican Republic in September 2025. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 31. #LSRL55 #linguistics
lsrl55-lec.pucmm.edu.do#lsrl55
lsrl55-lec.pucmm.edu.do#lsrl55
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Why Official English is a terrible idea for the United States, from @lingsocam.bsky.social. Like and share! www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
LSA
Four Reasons English Should Not be the Official Language: Statement Against White House Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of The Un
www.lsadc.org
March 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Why Official English is a terrible idea for the United States, from @lingsocam.bsky.social. Like and share! www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
our 6yo has been saving money for weeks, helping out around the house to earn cash. Yesterday he decided to drop most of it *not* at Target, but at the local indie bookstore. I let him know he's giving back to his community this way. 🥰 #proudmama #shoplocal
March 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
our 6yo has been saving money for weeks, helping out around the house to earn cash. Yesterday he decided to drop most of it *not* at Target, but at the local indie bookstore. I let him know he's giving back to his community this way. 🥰 #proudmama #shoplocal
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"LLMs cannot replace the expertise, empathy, insight, experience of teachers because teaching is a relationship. Do not let anyone automate any parts of your work you value and do well."
February 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"LLMs cannot replace the expertise, empathy, insight, experience of teachers because teaching is a relationship. Do not let anyone automate any parts of your work you value and do well."
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“This administration has made it clear that empirically verifiable knowledge itself is a threat to their plans, so they are attacking those of us who create knowledge.”
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Some Institutions Caved to Trump. Their Employees Are Fighting Back.
"Do not obey in advance" was the slogan going into the first Trump administration. Some universities and hospitals seem to be struggling with that advice.
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“This administration has made it clear that empirically verifiable knowledge itself is a threat to their plans, so they are attacking those of us who create knowledge.”
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
government, schools and universities have provided some of the most stable careers Americans can have. it's precisely those now under attack.
February 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
government, schools and universities have provided some of the most stable careers Americans can have. it's precisely those now under attack.
always happy to learn about another marginal contrast!
How marginal can phonological contrasts be? In Zongozotla #Totonac, phonation type and glottal stops are phonologically contrastive, but they are weakly differentiated phonetically and the glottal stops only surface phrase-finally. #LabPhon #openaccess #marginalcontrast doi.org/10.16995/lab...
At the margins: phonology and phonetics of Zongozotla Totonac glottalization
Glottal stops and glottalized (“laryngealized”) vowels in Totonac and Tepehua languages are crucial for historical reconstructions, but their phonological and phonetic properties have often posed anal...
doi.org
February 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
always happy to learn about another marginal contrast!
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New tutorial paper published today with PhD student @danaroemling.bsky.social and @bodowinter.bsky.social
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
I hope people find it useful!
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
I hope people find it useful!
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology | Journal of Linguistic Geography | Cambridge Core
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New tutorial paper published today with PhD student @danaroemling.bsky.social and @bodowinter.bsky.social
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
I hope people find it useful!
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
I hope people find it useful!
dear federal employees, please don't resign, we need you!!
January 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
dear federal employees, please don't resign, we need you!!
@mixedlinguist.bsky.social in re: Luigification
January 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
@mixedlinguist.bsky.social in re: Luigification