Our previous multimodal corpus research (led by @greg_woodin) showed that size-related gestures are very common when people talk about quantities, such as the precision grip gesture you see here. doi.org/10.1371/journa… ⬇️

Elterwater and Little Langdale in autumn colours.

Aurora from Lancaster this evening.

Northern Lights over our house.

After a last minute delay to publication owing to journal concerns over reproducing images, I’m pleased to report that the issues are resolved and this paper is finally released. With special thanks to John Bateman for stepping in and dealing with this problem.

Jobs: Discourse Analysis: Research assistant, University of Cologne: Your tasks: - You will contribute to the consolidation and expansion of the Discourse Studies research area in the Linguistics Department - You will carry out research that will advance… dlvr.it/TFtP0Q

America, what have you done?!

Come work with us😊📝 3 PhDs on multimodal Conversation Analysis with Prof. Lorenza Mondada at the University of Basel from beginning of 2025. Deadline to apply is 01.12.2024. Use the online recruiting tool to apply: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen… Please spread the word! #EMCA

Hartsop Above How in autumn light.

We are hiring two tenure track Assistant Professors in linguistics - details and application link below! NTU LMS ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NT…

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓Fully funded PhD position available to come work with me at Universitetet i Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. 🔴Deadline is 12. Jan '24 ⏲️Desired starting date is Mar/April '24 jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…