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Anna Mai @annamai.bsky.social · 4d

It's still a frustrating source text though 🙃

Anna Mai @annamai.bsky.social · 4d

I would say both [Mandarin] and Swedish tone are prosodic in that they're both suprasegmental phonological phenomena. Plus Swedish tone is phonemic! (as in [Mandarin]) One main difference is in how many syllables per word bear a tone (Swedish, Japanese, etc. < Mandarin, Vietnamese, etc.)

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 5d

We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max

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ʤan~ʤɑn~ʤɔn @languagedoodad.bsky.social · 22d

Superman comic. Caption reads: Clark Kent enters the phone booth but it is Superman who comes out.

Clark is labeled as phonemic voiceless alveolar stop and Superman is labeled as the phonetic voiced alveolar tap. The phone booth is labeled as intervocalic environment.

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Adam Morgan @adumbmoron.bsky.social · 25d

Excited to present this (now-published) project at the 11am poster session today. Poster C36 for the elevator version! #SNL2025

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Decoding words during sentence production with ECoG reveals syntactic role encoding and structure-dependent temporal dynamics - Communications Psychology

Using electrical recordings taken from the surface of the brain, researchers decode what words neurosurgical patients are saying and show that the brain plans words in a different order than they are ...

www.nature.com

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Lorna Quandt @lornaquandt.bsky.social · 26d

Day 1 of #snl2025 was a blast! I’m so thankful that many smart and fun scientists came all this way to share in our passion for brains and languages.

President Cordano delivers comments to the crowd

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come be my colleague!
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · Sep 5

Haverford College is looking for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of #Linguistics, with a primary specialization in #Sociolinguistics, secondary specialization(s) open -> www.haverford.edu/provost/news...

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics

Haverford College seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Linguistics.

www.haverford.edu

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Anna Mai @annamai.bsky.social · Sep 8

Out now in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews!

When studying language in the brain, we often look for things that can be model systems for language (songbirds, artificial grammars, etc.). Here, we flip this on its head and argue that language itself is an excellent model system for cognition 🗣️🧏‍♀️🧠

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Linguistic structure as a guiding principle for human neuroscience. New paper by @annamai.bsky.social & @andreaeyleen.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106322

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Sophie Slaats @sophieslaats.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come find my poster on how syntax and lexical probability interact in intracranial EEG today at 10:00 at #AMLaP2025 - poster 106! 🗣️

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andrea e. martin @andreaeyleen.bsky.social · Sep 3

Interested in doing a PhD with me and lacns.github.io? Or with any of the incredible fellows in the IMPRS School of Cognition www.maxplanckschools.org/cognition-en - apply before Dec 1st at cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application

Language and Computation in Neural Systems

We are an international group of scientists consisting of linguists, cognitive scientists, cognitive neuroscientists, computational neuroscientists, computational modellers, computational scientists, ...

lacns.github.io

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div-ling e.V. @div-ling.org · Aug 14

One highlight of LILG 2025: the official launch of the new open-access journal Gender Linguistics!

Published by our association, the journal will be a space for research at all linguistic intersections of language and gender.

Learn more: gender-linguistics.org

#linguistics #journal #launch

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · Aug 13

Een symposium om het Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek te vieren. Ik kijk hiernaar uit!

neerlandistiek.nl/2025/08/17-s...

17 september 2025: Symposium Jiddisch

Graag nodigen de Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie Amsterdam, het Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal (INT) en het Goethe Institut Amsterdam u uit voor een feestelijk programma ter gelegenheid van d…

neerlandistiek.nl

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Anna Mai @annamai.bsky.social · Jun 21

In Oregon next month for the LSA Summer Institute? Check out Christian's course on phonetic fieldwork!

Christian DiCanio @cdicanio.bsky.social · Jun 21

Take my course at the LSA summer institute this summer! (I actually have no idea how many people are going to register.)

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TESG (Journal of Economic and Human Geography) @tesg-journal.bsky.social · Jun 15

We are excited to introduce GeoGraphica! Our new article type that puts maps and visual storytelling at the center. Since "The Netherlands in Maps" ended in 2016, we’ve lacked a home for cartographic creativity. GeoGraphica brings it back. Geography, seen as well as read. More coming soon!

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · May 23

I'm looking to chat with nonbinary and/or trans speakers of several languages, especially including Irish, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Polish, Icelandic - but also any other languages (aside from English / Spanish / French). DM or email me!

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Anna Mai @annamai.bsky.social · May 21

And feel free to get in touch if you're thinking about applying and want to know more about living & doing language research in Nijmegen!

Anna Mai @annamai.bsky.social · May 21

Come join LaCNS!

andrea e. martin @andreaeyleen.bsky.social · May 20

my lab (lacns.github.io) at @mpi-nl.bsky.social and @dondersinst.bsky.social is recruiting for two PhD and two postdoctoral positions funded by an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator - come join us!

PhD: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

Postdoc: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

(please share widely)

Language and Computation in Neural Systems

We are an international group of scientists consisting of linguists, cognitive scientists, cognitive neuroscientists, computational neuroscientists, computational modellers, computational scientists, ...

lacns.github.io

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div-ling e.V. @div-ling.org · Apr 25

🎉 Registration now open!
Join us at LILG 2 – Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender.

Date: 12-13 August 2025
Location: Düsseldorf @hhu.de & online
Register here: lilg.div-ling.org/registration/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Image titled "Conference: Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender," with "Registration now open" written in bold in the center of the image.

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Montreal Benesch 🍉 @montreallx.bsky.social · May 4

My collaborators and I are hosting an upcoming LSA webinar on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 13:00-14:00 EDT (UTC-4) about methods of measuring gender in linguistics! If you came to our workshop at the 2024 LSA annual meeting, this will be very similar. Details here: www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...

The gender question: Current best practices for asking about sex/gender in linguistic research

The gender question: Current best practices for asking about sex/gender in linguistic research Presenters: Lal Zimman, Cooper Bedin, Montreal Benesch, Marina Zhukova As ideas about sex and gender cha...

www.lsadc.org

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Anna Mai @annamai.bsky.social · Mar 29

An awesome opportunity to learn about phonology & the lexicon with @canaan.bsky.social at the LSA Institute this summer in Oregon. If you're thinking about attending the institute, consider signing up!

LSA 2025 summer institute @lsa2025uo.bsky.social · Mar 29

✨Course & Instructor Spotlight ✨
Today’s feature: Canaan Breiss (University of Southern California)

📚 Leading "Phonology and the Lexicon"

📅 Registration: bit.ly/3CSbbHC

🔗 More info: center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025
📧 Questions? Email: [email protected]

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · Mar 17

On 3 April I will be presenting Bye Bye I Love You at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, 15-16:00. Books will be available if you tell me by 20 March that you want a copy.

The book was in many ways born there, so this return is significant!

www.mpi.nl/news/michael...

Michael Erard’s Bye-Bye, I Love You Explores the first and last words of language | Max Planck InstituteMax Planck Institute for psycholinguistics

www.mpi.nl

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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · Mar 14

Well this kind of worked. The auto exposure and tracking freaked out a bit around totality, but mostly it was better than I expected.
#seestars50 #seestar #astrophotography #eclipse #lunareclipse

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lavlang.bsky.social @lavlang.bsky.social · Mar 10

FYI: The due date for #LavLang31 abstract submissions has been extended to 17 March. Please share the call widely with your networks! lavlang2025.wordpress.com/submit-abstr...

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Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social · Mar 5

Fieldwork is not always safe, inclusive or equitable for LGBTQ+ people – but they are not alone.

Researchers in the Faculty of Environment have created a toolkit to support fieldworkers to make sure they plan with and for LGBTQ+ colleagues.

environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

New tools support LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork

A guide to planning safe, inclusive and equitable fieldwork for LGBTQ+ people has been launched by a research team.

environment.leeds.ac.uk

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Anna Mai @annamai.bsky.social · Feb 17

COGEL is the Linguistic Society of America's Committee on Gender Equity in Linguistics and this is their 5th Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Whether you're a longtime Wikipedia contributor or looking to start, this is a great group to get involved with. You don't have to be an LSA member to join either!

Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · Jan 30

FYI: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 7th (9a-9p EST)!: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 7th (9a-9p EST)!

Did you know that less than 20% of biographies on Wikipedia are currently dedicated to notable women, and far lower for other minoritized…

FYI: Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 7th (9a-9p EST)!

Join the COGEL-sponsored Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 7th (9a-9p EST)! Did you know that less than 20% of biographies on Wikipedia are currently dedicated to notable women, and far lower for other minoritized genders? And that number used to be even…

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