Raoul Schubert
@raoulschubert.bsky.social
Linguist, researcher and all around nerd (he/him)
Current main areas: Sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, computational linguistics
ENG/GER/日本語/繁體中文
Current main areas: Sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, computational linguistics
ENG/GER/日本語/繁體中文
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LINGUIST List 36.3881 FYI: International Master’s Program Linguistics, Bielefeld University
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
Very happy to announce that my alma mater Bielefeld University (Germany) now offers an international linguistics master's program, 100% taught in English!
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
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Very happy to announce that my alma mater Bielefeld University (Germany) now offers an international linguistics master's program, 100% taught in English!
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
LINGUIST List 36.3881 FYI: International Master’s Program Linguistics, Bielefeld University
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Very happy to announce that my alma mater Bielefeld University (Germany) now offers an international linguistics master's program, 100% taught in English!
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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All research is exploratory if you’re confused enough
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
All research is exploratory if you’re confused enough
Very happy to announce that my alma mater Bielefeld University (Germany) now offers an international linguistics master's program, 100% taught in English!
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
LINGUIST List 36.3881 FYI: International Master’s Program Linguistics, Bielefeld University
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Very happy to announce that my alma mater Bielefeld University (Germany) now offers an international linguistics master's program, 100% taught in English!
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Nice one, Spidey.
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nice one, Spidey.
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You can’t “fix” X, The Everything App by going back and posting there because the owner has this thumb on the scale of the algorithm to promote the worst ideas and people. It’s not a viable solution, you have to let it go.
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You can’t “fix” X, The Everything App by going back and posting there because the owner has this thumb on the scale of the algorithm to promote the worst ideas and people. It’s not a viable solution, you have to let it go.
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Does anyone know any really good, deeply interesting and fun books on etymology? Asking for a 15/16yo boy with niche interests.
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Does anyone know any really good, deeply interesting and fun books on etymology? Asking for a 15/16yo boy with niche interests.
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Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
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Day 1 of #ThatsMyJam!
Blueberry & Maple Syrup, with Speaking Canadian and Australian English in a British-American binary
You can listen to us get enthusiastic about the relationship between the different varieties of English here: soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm...
Blueberry & Maple Syrup, with Speaking Canadian and Australian English in a British-American binary
You can listen to us get enthusiastic about the relationship between the different varieties of English here: soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Day 1 of #ThatsMyJam!
Blueberry & Maple Syrup, with Speaking Canadian and Australian English in a British-American binary
You can listen to us get enthusiastic about the relationship between the different varieties of English here: soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm...
Blueberry & Maple Syrup, with Speaking Canadian and Australian English in a British-American binary
You can listen to us get enthusiastic about the relationship between the different varieties of English here: soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm...
I've recently signed up for Face Blind UKs newsletter: faceblind.org.uk/about/
As someone who has struggled with face blindness my entire life, I really appreciate their goal of informing the public about prosopagnosia
As someone who has struggled with face blindness my entire life, I really appreciate their goal of informing the public about prosopagnosia
About Face Blind UK - Face Blind UK
Face Blind UK was set up as a not-for-profit Community Interest Company in 2014. It is run by and for people whose lives are impacted by prosopagnosia. The Organisation Vision & Values Members & Meeti...
faceblind.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I've recently signed up for Face Blind UKs newsletter: faceblind.org.uk/about/
As someone who has struggled with face blindness my entire life, I really appreciate their goal of informing the public about prosopagnosia
As someone who has struggled with face blindness my entire life, I really appreciate their goal of informing the public about prosopagnosia
Bought a Japanese Nintendo 3DS, strictly for research purposes of course!
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Bought a Japanese Nintendo 3DS, strictly for research purposes of course!
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Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
“6-7” belongs in the dictionary, actually
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
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Oh my goodness, it gets earlier every year.
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
'Das crazy' has been voted German Youth Word of the Year 2025
Every year, Germany’s youth select their annual "Youth Word of the Year", which is voted for by youngsters around the country.View on euronews
uk.news.yahoo.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Oh my goodness, it gets earlier every year.
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
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World Linguistics Day is coming up on November 26th!
Have you made any plans yet to celebrate?
lingcomm.org/2025/10/26/w...
Have you made any plans yet to celebrate?
lingcomm.org/2025/10/26/w...
World Linguistics Day
World Linguistics Day is November 26th: what are you doing to celebrate?
lingcomm.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
World Linguistics Day is coming up on November 26th!
Have you made any plans yet to celebrate?
lingcomm.org/2025/10/26/w...
Have you made any plans yet to celebrate?
lingcomm.org/2025/10/26/w...
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When I woke up today, the first thing I did was explain to one of my students what an accusativus cum infinitivo construction is
Wish I could send a screenshot of that email to my high school Latin teacher 😆
Wish I could send a screenshot of that email to my high school Latin teacher 😆
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
When I woke up today, the first thing I did was explain to one of my students what an accusativus cum infinitivo construction is
Wish I could send a screenshot of that email to my high school Latin teacher 😆
Wish I could send a screenshot of that email to my high school Latin teacher 😆
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
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In this week's post I make the case for an #AI #metaphor observatory tracking how we think and talk about and act on GenAI and LLMs makingsciencepublic.com/2025/11/14/m...
Making the case for an AI metaphor observatory
Between 2023 and 2025 I have written various posts on GenAI, Large Language Models and metaphors: one where I went out hunting for metaphors; one where I had a chat with ChatGTP about metaphors for…
makingsciencepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In this week's post I make the case for an #AI #metaphor observatory tracking how we think and talk about and act on GenAI and LLMs makingsciencepublic.com/2025/11/14/m...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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This new LOTM Starter Pack is slowly starting to grow. It takes some time and searching, but today, the latest additions are people who have been interviewed for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast.
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This new LOTM Starter Pack is slowly starting to grow. It takes some time and searching, but today, the latest additions are people who have been interviewed for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast.
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
Very happy, despite not being able to attend in person!
🏆 The ISWC 2025 Best #ORKG Comparison Award goes to:
📘 “CompoST: A Benchmark for Analyzing the Ability of LLMs To Compositionally Interpret Questions in a QALD Setting” by David Maria Schmidt, Raoul Schubert, and Philipp Cimiano
👏 Congratulations to the authors!
📘 “CompoST: A Benchmark for Analyzing the Ability of LLMs To Compositionally Interpret Questions in a QALD Setting” by David Maria Schmidt, Raoul Schubert, and Philipp Cimiano
👏 Congratulations to the authors!
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Very happy, despite not being able to attend in person!
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Wrap your head around this:
The loanword "Survey" in German is masculine (der Survey)
The four German synonyms given here are all feminine (die Untersuchung, die Studie, die Erhebung, die Vermessung)
The loanword "Survey" in German is masculine (der Survey)
The four German synonyms given here are all feminine (die Untersuchung, die Studie, die Erhebung, die Vermessung)
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Wrap your head around this:
The loanword "Survey" in German is masculine (der Survey)
The four German synonyms given here are all feminine (die Untersuchung, die Studie, die Erhebung, die Vermessung)
The loanword "Survey" in German is masculine (der Survey)
The four German synonyms given here are all feminine (die Untersuchung, die Studie, die Erhebung, die Vermessung)