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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 2d

It's that time of year when many start thinking about applying for PhDs. If you're applying for a UK PhD position, here is a blog post I wrote a while back that might be helpful

#cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence #psychjobs

How to get PhD funding in the UK

It is that time of year again. The leaves are turning golden, red, and orange (or just brown), the nights are drawing in, and there is a chi...

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 2d

Oops **named**. No one has banned languages or linguistics yet, but who knows….

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 2d

Banned as particularly vulnerable: languages and linguistics, which is what my department is all about.

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 2d

In case you missed it: our latest report explores a growing crisis in universities.

In many regions, students risk losing access to vital humanities, social science and arts subjects. Swipe to see our key findings and recommendations.

Key finding 1:
Cold spots have emerged in the North, South West and East of England, as well as parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Key finding 1:
Cold spots have emerged in the North, South West and East of England, as well as parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Key finding 2:
The biggest loss of provision is at lower-tariff levels. This is concerning given strong links between attainment and socioeconomic disadvantage.

Key finding 3:
Languages, Linguistics, Anthropology, Classics and Theology are among the hardest hit. If trends continue, English, History, Drama and Celtic studies – including Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh – could follow.

As we await the post-16 White Paper, we’re calling for:
- An urgent review of higher education funding
- Regulators to monitor provision with an ‘at-risk’ regional register and subject premium
- Government to help universities collaborate effectively with clearer guidance about competition law

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 3d

New powers to further restrict protest are unnecessary, undermine our rights to freedom of expression and ability to practice our religion freely.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 6d

'We also recently came across your other research paper, "," and shared it with our community of scientists.'
.... who, I am sure, are excited about its successor, ";".

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 8d

Now with added poster! The theme is: Technology use and social interaction: new interactive practices, new data and methods.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 9d

In Germany I saved them up and enjoyed the tinkling sound as they smashed in the bottle bank. Then I realised most of them had a deposit on them. Oh well, well worth the 40c or whatever it was per jar!

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 9d

Nor languages

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 10d

It's the 25th Arbeitstagung zur Gesprächsforschung / Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis in Mannheim, 25-27 March 2026. I'll be running a phonetically-oriented workshop -- details to be confirmed! www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/vera...

AGF 2026 | IDS

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Philipp Krämer @phkraemer.bsky.social · 12d

Since today is the #EuropeanDayOfLanguages, let's not forget that you are not required to keep your languages separate, pure, intact or in any way feel inadequate about your way of using your own language/s.
And don't let anyone take away your co-ownership of the languages you have.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 13d

Please let it have a design by Cold War Steve on it

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 14d

Our paper on how phonetic resources help to coordinate laughter draws on cases of joint laughter from conversations in English, Spanish and Finnish. Here's a summary of some of our findings (which rely heavily on Chafe, 2007), along with acoustic records of a laughter bout in Spanish.

There are three main phases to laughter: the initiating pulse, the exhalation sequence, and a final inhalation (Chafe, 2007). Each phase has its own phonetic potential, with the exhalation sequence being the most complex.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 19d

Our approach is an interactional one, and we hope this contributes to a better understanding of some of the variability that has been described for laughter.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 19d

Laughter that's more formulaic (less mirthful, more stylised; more 'volitional) seems to be structured a bit differently, as well as having different features of production.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 19d

The phases of a laughter bout have different phonetic affordances, including features like rhythm and pitch. We've also got cases where pitch intervals within laughter are roughly musical.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 19d

We show that laughter has an internal structure that can be used to coordinate phases of laughter, and most notably reaching the end of a laughter bout together

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 19d

Using dual channel recordings, we show how participants in conversation coordinate laughing together in real time.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 19d

Our paper with @marinanc.bsky.social and Jürgen Trouvain on Phonetic features in the management of laughter has just come out in Interactional Linguistics #phonetics #EMCA doi.org/10.1075/il.2...

Phonetic features in the interactional management of laughter | John Benjamins

Abstract This paper investigates the phonetic and social organisation of laughter in spoken conversation. Building on conversation analytic research that highlights laughter as a complex interactional...

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 20d

No it's not common. Here it's done for effect, obviously: glass raised, loud voice, social ritual, naming. I've got one case of an elderly RP speaker who does [bʙ] for /br-/ in 'brining'; it's part of an announcement of the technical term, and she goes on to explain what it is.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 24d

The most chilling sentence in the whole article.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm examining a PhD in Oslo -- a different kind of pleasure!

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking forward to reading my copy! I’ve so much enjoyed his other work.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · Sep 5

A very thoughtful thread for those in the UK universities on the REF pause

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Some (no doubt annoyingly) glass-half-full reflections on REF2029 pause, for academic and PS staff involved in HEI submission(s).

If, like me, you're having to deal with the hiatus in the known unknowns, what's a viable approach to take? Some very preliminary thoughts. 1/7

On the left, a wine glass half full (or is it half empty) with a red liquid; on the right, a bottle half full/half empty with the same red liquid. Because let's be frank, REF2029 is driving some to drink.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · Aug 28

That sounds like a story with a very serious moral!

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · Aug 25

From a visit to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh last week: a great little Gaelic glossary for English speakers, compiled by schoolchildren. Each entry shows a picture from the gallery and some key words for it. Brilliant!

Front cover of a booklet from the Scottish national Gallery, "Gaelic in the Gallery". Small icons representing pictures in the gallery (they look like postage stamps), and the word Glossary at the top.

On the left: text explaining that the booklet was prepared by school children. Each glossary entry is in English, Gaelic and then there are some pronunciation hints. Above each glossary entry is a picture from the gallery.

On the right: a picture called Saint Bride by John Duncan. The words given are colourful, warm, sunset, calm, angelic and sea.

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