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Søren Sandager Sørensen

@sorensorensen.bsky.social

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Linguistics, Conversation Analysis/Interactional Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics, a bit of Phonetics & Prosody. Postdoc at University of Agder, Norway, originally from Denmark (he/him) https://sorensandagersorensen.dk/

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hi all, I'm a linguist, interactional linguist, and apparently now also a forensic linguist. I'm currently a postdoc at the University of Agder (Norway) as part of a project on police interviewing, but I also work on grammar in interaction, sometimes even a bit of prosody, and anything about Danish!

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Magnus Pharao @magnuspharao.bsky.social · 22h

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Researchers on the verge of solving Mexican mystery

Christophe Helmke and Magnus Pharao Hansen have taken the first steps toward solving a major archaeological mystery surrounding the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. Until now, the language of Teot...

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Ματθαῖος ὁ Οὔτινος @nyom-klyu.bsky.social · 2d

You can't convince me that these are the real names of the authors of this study. Harder & Kock (1976) isn't real.

Travaux du cercle linguistique de Copenhague Vol. XVII

The Theory of Presupposition Failure

By Peter Harder and Christian Kock.

Cover art includes a speech bubble with the phrase "When did you stop beating your wife?"

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Heddwen Newton - neologisms & slang @heddwen.bsky.social · 10d

From around late July 2025, Urban Dictionary no longer shows an upvote/downvote count. Nobody knows why. It might just be a bug, or it may have been intentional.

The missing counts make the site unusable for slang researchers like me :-(

Screenshot from Urban Dictionary definition for "Urban Dictionary Likes and Dislikes"

They removed it because this website is now run by idiotic cunts apparently
User1: Why can't I see the Urban Dictionary Likes and Dislikes?
User2: Yeah what's up with the website, is it a bug?
User3: No, this website has just gone to shit
User1 and User2: Aw fuck that sucks, now it's unusable
by KeepTheDamnSocksOn September 20, 2025

Link: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Urban%20Dictionary%20Likes%20and%20Dislikes

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Emma Humphries (she/her) @emhumps.bsky.social · 20d

Are you teaching prescriptivism this year? If so, please consider introducing your students to YourWrong.co.uk. It could form part of a seminar activity or prep! I'd also be very happy to provide some corpus examples for a small analysis task. Just get in touch!

Your Wrong

YourWrong.co.uk

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Matthew Scarborough 𓀀 @mattitiahu.bsky.social · Jul 18

Casual reminder that the Tocharian B adjective meaning 'bad, evil' is yolo.

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · 16d

Emic and etic, maybe...

Bonus points if texts are in Norwegian/another scandinavian language

Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · 16d

Do you know any good texts/quotes on conceptualizations of "language" or other notions somewhat related to #linguistics? Or any other kind of ideas/material to inspire teaching a class about Conversation Analysis/Interactional Linguistics in a "language theory" course #emca 🐦🐦

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · 16d

The alternate spelling of the #Danish verb otherwise spelt 'squak, whine' was added to the orthograpic dictionary last year. This better reflects common pronunciation. I'm not sure there are other =[w] words that have both spellings? 🐦🐦

Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · 19d

Abstract accepted for @icca2026.bsky.social !!!

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Marit Nygård Halvorsen @marithalvorsen.bsky.social · 23d

First article of my PhD is published!

It examines how midwives raise the topic of violence in antenatal care. Using CA of 35 consultations, we show that asking about violence involves subtle, interactional work - not just delivering a question.

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Sep 6

"There will be one linguistics, or there will be none" (Haberland & Mey 1977) 😵

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm getting error code "429 Too Many Requests" from the EMCAwiki :(

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Sep 2

YOU can review our Grammar in Action book! Please do it!!! I want people's honest opinions!

Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · Sep 1

Review: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW

Review: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW

The following books are now available for review on the LINGUIST List. If you would like to become a reviewer for one of the books announced in the AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW posting, you will need to follow steps 1-4 explained below: Step 1: Go to https://linguistlist.org/reviews/request Step 2: You will be asked to log in or create an account. Step 3: Update your personal information and add reviewer specific information on why you would be a good reviewer for the books you wish to select. Step

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Sep 2

No one has received any abstract decisions for ICCA, right?

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.bsky.social · Sep 1

Glagolitic! On a tram!

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · Aug 31

Review: Typology: Otto Jespersen; Brett Reynolds, Peter Evans; Olli O. Silvennoinen (2025)

Review: Typology: Otto Jespersen; Brett Reynolds, Peter Evans; Olli O. Silvennoinen (2025)

SUMMARY This book, “Negation in English and Other Languages” (henceforth “Negation”), written by Otto Jespersen and edited by Brett Reynolds and Peter Evans with an introduction by Olli O. Silvennoinen, is a newly second edition of Jespersen’s 1917 classic. This edition makes this work more accessible, preserving its historical significance and enhancing its usability and applicability for contemporary readers. The editors’ contributions are significant. The new edition is supplemented wit

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Aug 31

treasure chest

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all possible poems @allpossiblepoems.bsky.social · Aug 22

eel

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Aug 25

"fascinating, but not quantitative" - sounds like a parody of a review 😂

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Matthew Scarborough 𓀀 @mattitiahu.bsky.social · Aug 23

Isogloss No. 26 ☠️

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Mark Dingemanse @dingemansemark.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reminder! Less than a week left to apply for PhD and postdoc positions in Futures of Language — 🔁 for folks interested in the intersection of language, social interaction, and technology

Vacancies: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
FAQ: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...

#emca #linguistics #sts

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Sarah J White @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Aug 15

I don't know why these pictures don't work... I hope I have not been flagged for possibly sharing inappropriate material...

Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Aug 15

Now that the article about "fuck" is finished, I need to remove this post-it used to track the status of the project 😢 It has received weird looks by various office visitors...

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Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social · Aug 15

The article was automatically added to ResearchGate (being Open Access I guess), but it thinks we're citing a German article called "When did church organs find their introduction in Württemberg?"... I think it's been mixed up with out article about "fanden" (the devil), which isn't recognized.

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