The Africa Special Interest Group is hosting an African Linguistics Day on the theme of “The future of African languages”.
All are welcome!
Thursday 11th June 2026, 10:30-16:30
Room: NTC.1.02
Colchester Campus, University of Essex
BBC News covers the latest on cuts to language provision at the University of Essex.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Now published online...
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University of Essex's Department of Language & Linguistics
University of Essex's Department of Language & Linguistics
Just published "Directional extensions in Chadic languages" by Joseph Lovestrand #cal #openaccess langsci-press.org/catalog/book...
"Based on the dataset you shared, US and UK responses differ mainly in tone, intensity, and wording style, even though they express similar emotional states"
New post on what happened when I got Copilot to do some data analysis: kucharski.substack.com/p/real-signa...
Did you know you can play Wordle in the International Phonetic Alphabet? It’s called Heardle!
Instead of guessing words using their spelling, you have to guess them using their pronunciations!
joshuamandel.com/heardle/
#Wordle #phonetics #linguistics #language #pronunciation
How to use a dictionary:
❌ “What’s the One True Meaning™ of this word?”
❌ “What’s the One True Pronunciation™ of this word?”
✅ “What are some different ways this word is used?”
@dictionarycom.bsky.social @merriam-webster.com
Adam Kucharski
New Paper with Tongpan Rabo Fwangwar, titled "Iconicity and expressiveness of grammatical tones targeting ideophones in Mwaghavul".
All tonally derived verbs in Mwaghavul have ideophonic bases and are derived through one of two lexically determined alternations.
doi.org/10.1007/s110...
Linguistic Discovery
Forthcoming from Language Science Press...
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Workshop: Verb doubling in Chadic languages
55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics
Registration by June 20
Online presentations welcome!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Linguistic Discovery
What is even the point of a (linguistics) PhD?
profling.beehiiv.com/p/what-is-ev...
