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

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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That’s it for me: the glögg is calling! See you in the New Year!!

Work with @petarmilin.bsky.social and @huisunsh.bsky.social, funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social, carried out @lcuob.bsky.social @artsatbham.bsky.social with OA provided by the UoB library

We introduce process-based measures (i.e. fluency) of automaticity by developing a written version of the elicited imitation task that draws on keystroke logging.

Read the paper here, Open Access

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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).

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/...

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

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.

Every truly meaningful act of integrity involves some sort of sacrifice.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

As for science reporting: proper citation of research by journalists is necessary for more trustworthy news! blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Thanks @adamcschembri.bsky.social ! The research is published Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and mentions in the intro that we embarked on this path because we did not want data that might show even the slightest hint of prescriptivism!

This is how an #interdisciplinary team works: you use linguistics and statistics to prop up your experiments 🤓

Thank you for the work you are doing getting us all set up on this platform!!!