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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · 2d

Gratuliere!!! 🙌🎉

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · Aug 27

Books: World Englishes in the 21st Century: Rüdiger, Neumaier, Leuckert and Buschfeld (eds.) (2025)

Twenty years after Edgar W. Schneider’s publication of the Dynamic Model, the field of World Englishes is as vibrant as ever. The further spread and entrenchment of English around the world as a result of globalisation but also localisation tendencies and, in particular, the spread of the language and its multiple varieties through the new media, has led to even further dispersion and contact scenarios, many of which challenge early conceptualisations of the World Englishes paradigm. This volume

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Aug 14

Düsseldorf has a (very big and nice) public library right next to the train station and I think it's the best idea in Civil Engineering ever 😍.

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Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social · Aug 14

Only 10 days left until the final abstract submission deadline – don't miss your chance to join us!

#linguistics #Linguistik

Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social · Jun 14

🚨 Call for Papers: Tracing patterns across modalities – similarities and differences in speaking, writing and signing

24-27 Feb 2026 @ Uni of Trier, Germany

We're looking forward to your submissions! Find more info at tracingpatterns.phil.hhu.de

#linguistics #CfP #linguistik #sprachwissenschaft

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48. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft
Tracing patterns across modalities – similarities and differences in speaking, writing and signing
24-27 February 2026, University of Trier, Germany
Call for Papers
Language production involves close interplay between central cognitive processes and peripheral signals, influencing speaking, writing, and signing. This workshop explores cross-modal similarities and differences, inviting research bridging modalities and highlighting language production as a unified cognitive phenomenon.
Papers are invited on the interplay between central cognitive processes and peripheral signals in language production. Contributions exploring speaking, writing, or signing – individually or across modalities – are welcome.
Organizers
Dr. Julia Muschalik
Dr. Dinah Baer-Henney
Dr. Dominic Schmitz
Submission deadline
24 August 2025
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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Aug 13

It was great to see people I haven't met in a while, meet new people and put a face to names I have read multiple times 😁

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Aug 13

I have sadly not taken any fotos, but this is basically me after two wonderful days of the second edition of Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender (organised by @div-ling.org and @hhu.de). I am extremely grateful to the organisers and the students assistants, who have done an amazing job 💜

Sylvanian families bunny figure dresses in a red polkadot nightgown and lying in a single wooden bed bed on its tummy. One of the arms is hanging down the bed and the figure seems to be staring at the camera. The room has white, soft carpet floor and dusty pink wallpaper.

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Titus von der Malsburg 📖👀💭 @tmalsburg.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 9

I'm offering a 3-year PhD position with benefits at the University of Stuttgart (1-year extension possible). Research topic is open but broadly in incremental sentence comprehension. If you're into eye-tracking, even better! No teaching obligations until Summer 2027, some light teaching after […]

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Jul 6

My legacy: being the one that all students and former classmates text even years after leaving a university to ask about admin stuff.

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Jun 26

It's available to borrow here: archive.org/details/comm...

Communication theories : critical concepts in media and cultural studies / edited by Paul Cobley : Paul Cobley : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

4 v. : 24 cm

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Jun 18

A big big thank you to all the students who participated in the workshop yesterday! 🤗✨

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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · Jun 11

Last call: are you interested in the governance of emergent tech?

Come & work w/me @bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social

We are looking for 3 Post Docs in
Law: tinyurl.com/4rbhcndp
Ethics: tinyurl.com/yc2e2km4
Computer Science/AI/ML: tinyurl.com/yr5bvnn5

Deadline is June 15, 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks!! 💜😁

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Jun 11

Really excited to facilitate this workshop next week! 🤗

English Linguistics Heidelberg @englishinhd.bsky.social · Jun 11

🖍Join us for a hands-on zine-making workshop for linguists with @soltovar.bsky.social.

✂ We'll dive into zine-methodologies and then get crafty creating a collaborative linguistics-themed zine.

🗓 17.06 13:00-16:30
📍Room 114
✨ Open to all students. Just come ready to create and have fun!

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Jun 7

Qué lengua noble el alemán que nos da palabras tan buenas y necesarias como "Spaßgetränk" 🙏

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em 🐊 @emrem.bsky.social · Jun 2

I like languages and I like the way humans use them, I’m glad we have languages

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Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Weils offensichtlich immer noch so viele nicht verstehen: das ist queer Pride.

Bild mit zwei regenbogenfarbenen Kreisdiagrammen. Über dem oberen Diagramm steht "was viele Leute sich leider weiterhin unter Pride vorstellen". Das Diagramm ist in Hälften geteilt, welche mit "Regenbogen" und "Paraden" beschriftet sind. Darunter die Überschrift des zweiten Diagramms: "was Pride tatsächlich ist". Dieses Diagramm hat 16 Teile, beschriftet mit: es ist okay, nicht geoutet zu sein, wenn das sicherer ist; Alltagstrott als wahres Ich; ein soziales Netz haben; sich frei fühlen; sich selbst lieben können; Diskriminierung durchstehen; Regenbogen; akzeptiert und respektiert sein; Gendereuphorie; junge queere Menschen beschützen; Kampf um gleiche Rechte; die ehren, die vor einem schon gekämpft haben (insb. PoC); sich in sich zu Hause fühlen; intersektionelle Bestätigung; queerer Sex; Feiern. Unter dem Diagramm steht "...und noch so viel mehr". Ganz unten ist angegeben, dass das Original von blessthemessy stammt; die übersetzte und angepasste Version von dmncschmtz.bsky.social.

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · May 21

Sí, un proceso continuo.

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · May 21

Veo dos opciones, o es una predicción a futuro (aún no empezó) o una suposición sobre el presente (puede ser que haya aumentado, pero no lo sé con seguridad).

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · May 21

CfP for the workshop “Queer Linguistics at the interface between grammatical and social structure”, which will take place as a part of the 49. Österreichische Linguistiktagung (Austrian Linguistics Conference, ÖLT) in Klagenfurt, Austria, from December 5 to 8, 2025.

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · May 20

Confs: 49. Österreichische Linguistiktagung

Queer Linguistics applies insights from Queer Theory to linguistics. More specifically, it seeks to explore the intersections of language and social identity informed by a non-binary, social constructionist and interactional perspective on gender and sexuality. Queer linguistic research investigates how speakers use language to subvert and reconfigure linguistic and socio-cultural hegemonies. As a growing area of inquiry, it critically explores variation, creativity, and the sociocultural embedd

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Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social · May 19

One chapter deserves special mention: it's based on the fantastic course work of my students in a class on gender linguistic methods @hhu.de.

In "Form identity & gendered associations", we explore how similar forms influence gender associations across L1/L2.

Huge thanks to my brilliant co-authors!

div-ling e.V. @div-ling.org · May 19

The volume brings together chapters based on talks and posters from LILG 2023, alongside additional contributions submitted through an open call.

It is edited by @dmncschmtz.bsky.social, @terrorstein.bsky.social, and Viktoria Schneider from @hhu.de.

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Marina Ortega-Andrés @mortegaandres.bsky.social · May 19

New chapter with @lvplo.bsky.social!! "Theoretical and empirical basis for gender-fair language use: The case of Spanish"
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Theoretical and empirical basis for gender-fair language use: The case of Spanish

Theoretical and empirical basis for gender-fair language use: The case of Spanish was published in Linguistic intersections of language and gender on page 173.

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · May 19

homer simpson from the simpsons is adjusting his tie in a doorway .

Alt: Homer Simpson from The Simpsons looking anxious as he is adjusting his tie in a doorway at work.

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div-ling e.V. @div-ling.org · May 19

🚨 Just published: "Linguistic intersections of language and gender" – an edited volume born from the very first edition of our conference of the same name!

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

#linguistics #gender #openaccess

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Linguistic intersections of language and gender

Linguists have been interested in the relation of language and gender for a long time, yet only recently has the field diversified extensively in both its research questions and its methods. However, ...

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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · May 19

"Linguistic intersections of language and gender. Of gender bias and gender fairness" is finally out! 🥰

Thanks to editors Dominic Schmitz, Simon David Stein and Viktoria Schneider 💜

@div-ling.org @dmncschmtz.bsky.social @hhu.de

🔗 My contribution:
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Understanding (mis)gender(ing) and pronouns from a politeness theory standpoint

Understanding (mis)gender(ing) and pronouns from a politeness theory standpoint was published in Linguistic intersections of language and gender on page 83.

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