Cliodhna Hughes
@greatlikecheese.bsky.social
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Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology
Website at: sites.google.com/view/is-quee...
Brought to you by: @netzorg.bsky.social , @ninamarkl.bsky.social, @greatlikecheese.bsky.social , Juliana Francis, Francisca Pessanha.
Website at: sites.google.com/view/is-quee...
Brought to you by: @netzorg.bsky.social , @ninamarkl.bsky.social, @greatlikecheese.bsky.social , Juliana Francis, Francisca Pessanha.
Special Session
While interest in queer voices has long been present in linguistics and speech processing, there has been a glaring lack of trans and queer voices in research on queer speech science and technology, w...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology
Website at: sites.google.com/view/is-quee...
Brought to you by: @netzorg.bsky.social , @ninamarkl.bsky.social, @greatlikecheese.bsky.social , Juliana Francis, Francisca Pessanha.
Website at: sites.google.com/view/is-quee...
Brought to you by: @netzorg.bsky.social , @ninamarkl.bsky.social, @greatlikecheese.bsky.social , Juliana Francis, Francisca Pessanha.
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An extraordinary response to the call for Special Sessions for #Interspeech2026! Consider submitting your paper to one of these accepted themed sessions 👉 interspeech2026.org/en-AU/pages/... (and stay tuned for more details!)
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
An extraordinary response to the call for Special Sessions for #Interspeech2026! Consider submitting your paper to one of these accepted themed sessions 👉 interspeech2026.org/en-AU/pages/... (and stay tuned for more details!)
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Such an inspiring, powerful event! Huge thanks: @naz-andalibi.bsky.social @haimson.bsky.social for their brilliant talks & sharing insights with me in the panel chat, @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social for putting it all together, & to everyone who attended!
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Such an inspiring, powerful event! Huge thanks: @naz-andalibi.bsky.social @haimson.bsky.social for their brilliant talks & sharing insights with me in the panel chat, @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social for putting it all together, & to everyone who attended!
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🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Defining language and managing its use: Language technology as language management
Language technologies such as voice user interfaces, large language models and machine translation tools are embedded in an ever-growing range of digi…
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November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🤩
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🤩
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
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hear me talk about how AI is *really* ruining your job, not by taking it but by undermining your autonomy, enabling (nay, encouraging) your boss to monitor and assess you all the time, and removing everything that sparks joy in your working day
Edinburgh (🥰), 28/11!
Edinburgh (🥰), 28/11!
Less than a month to go until our Language and Society Scotland (LASS) event on Language and AI.
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/language-a...
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/language-a...
Language and Society Scotland: Language & AI
Language and Society Scotland (LASS) network event on "Language & AI".
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
hear me talk about how AI is *really* ruining your job, not by taking it but by undermining your autonomy, enabling (nay, encouraging) your boss to monitor and assess you all the time, and removing everything that sparks joy in your working day
Edinburgh (🥰), 28/11!
Edinburgh (🥰), 28/11!
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Our CfP information for LavLang32 is now live:
📅 6 January 2026 - Abstract submission open
⏱️28 March 2026 - Abstract submission deadline
📣 8 May 2026 - Notification of decisions
lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
📅 6 January 2026 - Abstract submission open
⏱️28 March 2026 - Abstract submission deadline
📣 8 May 2026 - Notification of decisions
lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
LavLang32 - Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32
2-4 September 2026: Queer (dis)belonging
lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Our CfP information for LavLang32 is now live:
📅 6 January 2026 - Abstract submission open
⏱️28 March 2026 - Abstract submission deadline
📣 8 May 2026 - Notification of decisions
lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
📅 6 January 2026 - Abstract submission open
⏱️28 March 2026 - Abstract submission deadline
📣 8 May 2026 - Notification of decisions
lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
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So good to see #LavLang32 being shared so widely! Join us for the annual Queer Linguistics conference, which in 2026 travels to Scotland for the first time thanks to @christianilbury.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
LavLang32 - Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32
2-4 September 2026: Queer (dis)belonging
lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
So good to see #LavLang32 being shared so widely! Join us for the annual Queer Linguistics conference, which in 2026 travels to Scotland for the first time thanks to @christianilbury.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
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🔔 My paper w/ @ninamarkl.bsky.social and @bjoernross.bsky.social is out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We surveyed TikTok users on motivations for using phrases like "le$bean". Primarily associated w/ topics that are moderated on SM, but also desire to express community + be playful.
We surveyed TikTok users on motivations for using phrases like "le$bean". Primarily associated w/ topics that are moderated on SM, but also desire to express community + be playful.
September 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🔔 My paper w/ @ninamarkl.bsky.social and @bjoernross.bsky.social is out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We surveyed TikTok users on motivations for using phrases like "le$bean". Primarily associated w/ topics that are moderated on SM, but also desire to express community + be playful.
We surveyed TikTok users on motivations for using phrases like "le$bean". Primarily associated w/ topics that are moderated on SM, but also desire to express community + be playful.
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In a move surprising Probably No One, I have written about syntax pedagogy! This time for COZIL's blog: here's my five quick tips on how to make your syntax #linguistics classroom more LGBTQ+ friendly!
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...
Make your theoretical syntax classroom more LGBTQ-friendly with these 5 quick tips!
Theoretical linguistics is not necessarily a space that excludes queer linguists outright — hell, we named our LGBTQ Linguistics award after Arnold Zwicky, a prolific syntactician (among othe…
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October 20, 2024 at 12:19 AM
In a move surprising Probably No One, I have written about syntax pedagogy! This time for COZIL's blog: here's my five quick tips on how to make your syntax #linguistics classroom more LGBTQ+ friendly!
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...
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Catching my breath after two wonderful conferences last week! This @interspeech.bsky.social Special Session on Queer & Trans Speech Science & Technology was a real highlight, honoured to be part of it - huge thanks to @greatlikecheese.bsky.social, @ninamarkl.bsky.social and the other organisers! 💜
August 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Catching my breath after two wonderful conferences last week! This @interspeech.bsky.social Special Session on Queer & Trans Speech Science & Technology was a real highlight, honoured to be part of it - huge thanks to @greatlikecheese.bsky.social, @ninamarkl.bsky.social and the other organisers! 💜
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in honour of interspeech this week, i’d like to issue a reminder that everyone has an accent, and that’s beautiful, actually: www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_...
www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_...
www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_...
August 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
in honour of interspeech this week, i’d like to issue a reminder that everyone has an accent, and that’s beautiful, actually: www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_...
www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_...
www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_...
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V proud to say I'll be presenting our work on trans men's vocal style-shifting and metalinguistic awareness next month at LavLang 31 @lavlang.bsky.social!🪻🌈💬
If you like LGBTQ things, linguistics, or Manchester, you should come too!
lavlang2025.wordpress.com
If you like LGBTQ things, linguistics, or Manchester, you should come too!
lavlang2025.wordpress.com
Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, 20th-22nd August, 2025
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
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July 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
V proud to say I'll be presenting our work on trans men's vocal style-shifting and metalinguistic awareness next month at LavLang 31 @lavlang.bsky.social!🪻🌈💬
If you like LGBTQ things, linguistics, or Manchester, you should come too!
lavlang2025.wordpress.com
If you like LGBTQ things, linguistics, or Manchester, you should come too!
lavlang2025.wordpress.com
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I think this is the biggest screen my work's ever been shown on (...so far?!) #UKIS2025 at University of York last week. It was wonderful hearing about the varied and inspiring work everyone's been doing - especially on York's own YorVoice project 💬💜
June 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I think this is the biggest screen my work's ever been shown on (...so far?!) #UKIS2025 at University of York last week. It was wonderful hearing about the varied and inspiring work everyone's been doing - especially on York's own YorVoice project 💬💜
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Excited (and also nervous) to present our project on trans men's vocal style-shifting at UK and Ireland Speech next week 🥳 I'll be in Oral Session A, on Monday afternoon, please be nice if you're there 🙂↕️
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/u...
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/u...
June 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Excited (and also nervous) to present our project on trans men's vocal style-shifting at UK and Ireland Speech next week 🥳 I'll be in Oral Session A, on Monday afternoon, please be nice if you're there 🙂↕️
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/u...
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/u...
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... and to all the interviewees, who were a delight!
The paper presents a mixed-methods study exploring phonetic features of trans men's speech in different contexts, along with qualitative interviews about their voices, experiences and metalinguistic awareness. I'm really proud of it!
The paper presents a mixed-methods study exploring phonetic features of trans men's speech in different contexts, along with qualitative interviews about their voices, experiences and metalinguistic awareness. I'm really proud of it!
May 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
... and to all the interviewees, who were a delight!
The paper presents a mixed-methods study exploring phonetic features of trans men's speech in different contexts, along with qualitative interviews about their voices, experiences and metalinguistic awareness. I'm really proud of it!
The paper presents a mixed-methods study exploring phonetic features of trans men's speech in different contexts, along with qualitative interviews about their voices, experiences and metalinguistic awareness. I'm really proud of it!
Super excited about this paper!
Delighted to say I'll be presenting my work on 'Conveying gender through speech: insights from trans men' at @interspeech.bsky.social 2025! Huge thanks to my excellent coauthors @greatlikecheese.bsky.social, @mxeddie.bsky.social and @catlai.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🗣️💜
May 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Super excited about this paper!
Thanks Simon, I had the best time working on this!
Very proud of this new paper w/ Cliodhna Hughes & Jenny Culbertson. We show people generalise silent gesture orders from the verb phrase to the prepositional phrase harmonically. This was Cliodhna’s undergraduate disseration (!) An extraordinary achievement. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Evidence for word order harmony between abstract categories in silent gesture
Cross-category harmony is the tendency for languages to use consistent orders of heads and dependents across different types of phrases. For example, …
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March 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thanks Simon, I had the best time working on this!