Social scientists 📢 EDI Caucus are looking for senior and managing editors from a range of disciplines to join a discussion to inform their research exploring the ways in which special issues of academic journals are handled. Find out more⬇️

Don't miss Lexicom 2024 in Málaga, Spain. Immerse yourself in #lexicography and #corpuslinguistics . Discover new techniques including the usage of #AI for building dictionaries, over five days of hands-on experience, and expert-led sessions. lexicom.courses/lexicom-2024-m…

An excellent job opportunity here. Cardiff University are recruiting a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics:

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#ThrowbackThursday #corpuslinguistics Check out our playlist of great Corpora and applied linguistics
talks from the 2022 Edition of 'Corpus linguistics and #appliedlinguistics research' including Tony McEnery Gavin Brookes Charlotte Taylor Javier Perez Guerra 👉👉👉youtube.com/playlist?list=…

We’re very proud to have 11 of our subjects ranked in the global top 100, with linguistics (Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni) placed third in the world! Find out more about the new QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 released today

#QSWUR | QS World University Rankings

lancaster.ac.uk/news/world-top…

Great to see my article on #phonics live on The Conversation. Co-authored with Gee Macrory (MMU) and Cathie Wallace (UCL) the article was prompted by Holly Bancroft’s recent piece on #literacy in The The Independent. 1/6
theconversation.com/phonics-isnt-w…

A short review on
Jordan Fenlon and Julie A. Hochgesang (eds.), Signed Language Corpora. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2022. Pp. xvii+256 | Journal of Linguistics | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3vIPuGr

Insightful discussion with Prof. Mike McCarthy about incorporating corpus-based findings into commercial ELT materials open.spotify.com/episode/2YddxP…

Strong positive effects of SureStart on GCSE results for poorer children. More strong evidence that well designed early intervention can be very effective.

Also shows importance of high quality evaluation. Great work by my colleagues.

Policymakers take note.

Some of this rings true both for managing research teams & management in general: “inexperienced managers often resort to micromanaging because they feel like they’re losing control of the work and don’t trust their employees to do it how they would”.

fastcompany.com/91073072/the-r…

Scope for linguists interested in AI to respond to this call for evidence on the use of AI in government: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…

Beethoven’s genome predicts a very low score in musical talent! Interesting article on the pitfalls of GWAS for individual-level predictions. Caution against genetic determinism in behavioural traits sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Long live the Entente Cordiale,
Vive l’amitié franco-britannique !

Come and do ✨FUNDED✨ PhD with John Mercer and me at Birmingham City University on 'Marginalised #queer people's use of dating apps'

🏳️‍🌈Project details: bcu.ac.uk/student-info/t…

ℹ️ Application info: bcu.ac.uk/student-info/t…

✉️Questions? DM me!

The University of Heidelberg and IDS Mannheim offer two fellowships in Conversation Analysis/Interactional Linguistics. We cover travel and accommodation expenses for up to three months. Applications by junior or senior researchers are very welcome: ezs-online.de/wp-content/upl…

FYI: Journal of Arabic Sociolinguistics Volume 2, No. 1 is now available online: Dear all, I am happy to announce the publication of Volume 2, No. 1 of the Journal of Arabic Sociolinguistics is now available online at the following link:… dlvr.it/T5DhNS

DARIAH’s Board of Directors is hiring! Check out the application below 👇🏼

Language has the potential to contribute to and/or resist dementia stigma. How might it do this? What does research say?
See our new #openaccess scoping review in the Journal of Language and Aging Research for more!
By Emma Putland and Gavin Brookes
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journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hup2/jlar/arti…

Come join my AMAZING team at ManMetUni Languages / Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics : READER in Forensic Linguistics: jobs.ac.uk/job/DGY934/rea…

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