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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · 17d

Are you working on language policy?

Do you like Spain?

Then apply for the Language Policy Forum 2026 in Spain!

22-23 April, @ucm.es

Venue details, plenary speakers, abstract deadline and submission form on our website: langpol.ac.uk. Go go go! 👇

BAAL Language Policy group

Welcome to the Language Policy special interest group of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. The Language Policy (LP) SIG provides a forum to discuss, critically engage with, and research...

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Anastassia Zabrodskaja @azabrodskaja.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 Hot Off the Press
🗓️Out Today – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Volume 46, Issue 6 (2025)
Explore the latest in global #language, #culture, and #identity research
📝 1 Introduction
📚 8 Research Articles
📖 1 Book Review
💬 1 Commentary paper
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmmm20/4...

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · May 28

The Spanish government says it has made 'great progress' towards making Catalan, Basque and Galician official languages of the European Union despite a final decision being delayed ✍️ Luke James

EU considering official language status for Catalan, Basque and Galician

Luke James, Brussels The Spanish government says it has made “great progress” towards making Catalan, Basque and Galician official languages of the European Union despite a final decision being delaye...

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · May 23

The rejection of Catalan as an official language in Brussels stands to trigger a political crisis in Madrid.

EU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official language

At least seven capitals have raised concerns over the costs and political implications of the move, which Sánchez links to defense spending.

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iraal.bsky.social @iraal.bsky.social · May 21

🟠 Deadline approaching ‼️ Ag teannadh leis an spriocdháta

iraal.bsky.social @iraal.bsky.social · Apr 11

🔔EXCITING NEWS🔔

🟢 #IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar

Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future
📍 @tcddublin.bsky.social

📩 Submit abstract by 31 May 2025:
forms.gle/7Xfk8aX49zdR...
Queries: [email protected]

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Elisabeth Barakos @ellabarakos.bsky.social · May 20

Proofing this one (finally 🥳) for the forthcoming Bloomsbury Applied Linguistics volume “#Multilingualism” (Ed. Schwieter & Dewaele) with Charlotte Selleck

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RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder @radld.bsky.social · May 20

What is developmental language disorder (DLD) called in your language? This year's theme for DLD day is "You can't see DLD". How can we tell people or show people what it is in your language and in your community? #devlangdis #DLDday

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Elisabeth Barakos @ellabarakos.bsky.social · May 15

At the #edtechinnovate event today in London. Super interesting to learn about the most recent debates about the future of #edtech and #AI

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Glenn Hadikin @glennhadikin.bsky.social · May 13

Call for candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics (English/Swedish), Language Preference and Proficiency of High-Functioning Individuals within Autism Spectrum Disorder euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting... Deadline 9th June

Call for candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics (English/Swedish), Language Preference and Proficiency of High-Functioning Individuals within Autism Spect...

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Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌱 @rachelgwenllian.bsky.social · May 14

The UK is not a single-language state.

A powerful argument by @owswills.bsky.social for understanding and valuing multiculturalism.

nation.cymru/opinion/the-...

The UK is not a single-language state. It’s time Starmer caught up

Owen Williams When Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that “if you want to live in the UK, you should speak English,” he wasn’t just parroting a tired line about integration. He was exposing a deepe...

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Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social · May 12

📚 New Open Access article!
How do French speakers in British Columbia navigate linguistic identity?
Marie-Eve Bouchard explores how legitimation—and delegitimation—shape experiences of linguistic (in)security within Francophone communities in our latest early view paper.

🔗 buff.ly/IhSbzns

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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · May 12

We are hiring a dream team of doctoral and post-doctoral research fellows in applied sociolinguistics, education and related fields to work on "Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan" @uni-hamburg.de

www.languageonthemove.com/hiring-a-dre...

Hiring a dream team in linguistic diversity and social participation

Visit the post for more.

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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · May 12

What about Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots?

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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · May 5

requesting all our followers to post as much as you can on language policy so that we can repost it :)

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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · May 3

'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' by @mishee54.bsky.social, Alice Corr, Anna Havinga, @jrkasstan.bsky.social & Norma Schifano argues for linguistics in the UK Mod Langs curriculum. Read it #OA: bit.ly/MLO-linguisitics @ciol-linguists.bsky.social

The article title 'Rethinking the UK Languages Curriculum: Arguments for the Inclusion of Linguistics' on a blue background.

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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · May 4

Russia uses "Pravda Alba" website to peddle disinformation in Gaelic -"easier for Russian disinformation to break through on search engines and in AI chatbots in languages such as Gaelic because they have much smaller online footprints" than bigger languages
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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · May 3

How Russia is using Gaelic and AI to peddle disinformation in Scotland

www.thetimes.com/article/ccb4...

How Russia is using Gaelic and AI to peddle disinformation in Scotland

The website Pravda Alba is spreading fake news about Anas Sarwar in an apparent attempt to push President Putin’s agenda. But why in such a little-spoken language?

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Lina Who Lina How Lina… @linasigns.bsky.social · May 3

For @jmhenner.bsky.social. We — @savithry.bsky.social and I — wrote “How to crip your sign language linguistic theory”. Open access.

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How to crip your sign language linguistic theory

Abstract. The language practices and experiences of racially and ethnically minoritized users of signed languages have been largely ignored or marginalized

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BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · Apr 7

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Grand Central Station: Irish language signs paused over legal action

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson lodges challenge over approval of £150,000 for Irish language signs at Belfast station.

www.bbc.co.uk

BAAL Language Policy SIG @langpolicy.bsky.social · Apr 7

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welsh language: New five-year plan to meet Welsh government target

The plan will focus on Welsh in the workplace, health and social care and children and young people.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · Apr 2

Confs: From Experiences to Storytelling of Postmigration. Reinventing the Narratives of the Self and the World in Pluralistic European Societies

International Conference (September 17-19, 2025) Description and Call for Papers: Developed and promoted by the German-speaking academic community, frequently mobilized by Anglophone and Scandinavian scholars, yet less used in Francophone and Italophone research, the concept of postmigration marks a significant shift in migration discourses. By dissolving the binary opposition between migrants and non-migrants, it allows immigration to be regarded as an intrinsic component of European soci

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Maartje De Meulder 🟥 @mdemeulder.bsky.social · Apr 2

Our paper won a Best Paper Award at #chi2025 ! It challenges the idea that Deaf tech should only be assistive. It presents alternative narratives that center deaf lives and show why we need Deaf-centred design in tech. @robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...

Conference Programs

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De Gruyter Brill Language, Literature & Culture @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social · Mar 27

#CallforPapers | Sociolinguistica: European Journal of #Sociolinguistics is open for submissions!

Learn more and submit your paper 👉 www.degruyter.com/soci.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Mar 25

Irish language signage is set to be installed at the Grand Central Station in Belfast.

Irish language signage to be installed at Belfast station

Irish language signage is set to be installed at the Grand Central Station in Belfast.

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · Mar 23

I have a new book review out, of "Language and social justice: Global perspectives." TLDR: social justice can mean lots of things, so language & social justice research works best when it defines the term & engages with literature on the topic.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Kathleen C. Riley, Bernard C. Perley & Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez (eds.), Language and social justice: Global perspectives London: Bloomsbury, 2024. Pp. 508. Pb. £40. | Language in Society | Cam...

Kathleen C. Riley, Bernard C. Perley & Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez (eds.), Language and social justice: Global perspectives London: Bloomsbury, 2024. Pp. 508. Pb. £40.

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Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social · Mar 19

📝 How to Get Published – A panel with editors from Language in Society & Journal of Sociolinguistics!

📅 May 8, 2025 | ⏰ 12–1 PM EDT | 💻 Online
🔎 Tips on peer review, editorial decisions & responding to reviewers.

ECR & PhD students encouraged to join!

🔗 Register by May 1: buff.ly/zWDc0H5

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How to Get Published. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

The editors of Language in Society and Journal of Sociolinguisticsare jointly sponsoring an online seminar on the theme of publishing in academic journals. This 60-minute webinar is intended to provid...

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