Cem Can
@cemcan.bsky.social
/dʒɛm dʒæn/ - Professor of Linguistics, President of LIF Conference, Traveller, Linguist, EFL/ESL Specialist, Digital Native, Mac user
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Walking the Lycian Way.
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Walking the Lycian Way.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
I sip my coffee and realize: stupidity is not an absence of knowledge, but an excess of certainty.
October 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I sip my coffee and realize: stupidity is not an absence of knowledge, but an excess of certainty.
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A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu
A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu
For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe
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October 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu
The Language of Memes by Barbara Dancygier and Lieven Vandelanotte
The first book-length analysis of memes from a linguistic perspective, proposing a new approach to the study of multimodal genres.
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The first book-length analysis of memes from a linguistic perspective, proposing a new approach to the study of multimodal genres.
cup.org/4n3Om5r
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September 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Language of Memes by Barbara Dancygier and Lieven Vandelanotte
The first book-length analysis of memes from a linguistic perspective, proposing a new approach to the study of multimodal genres.
cup.org/4n3Om5r
The first book-length analysis of memes from a linguistic perspective, proposing a new approach to the study of multimodal genres.
cup.org/4n3Om5r
Language Teacher Emotions by Juyoung Song and Elizabeth R. Miller is now free to read for 2 weeks!
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#languageandlinguistics
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#languageandlinguistics
Language Teacher Emotions
Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Language Teacher Emotions
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September 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Language Teacher Emotions by Juyoung Song and Elizabeth R. Miller is now free to read for 2 weeks!
cup.org/3K9LsO2
#languageandlinguistics
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#languageandlinguistics
New Cambridge Element Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching by Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and Kevin M. Wong is now free to read for 2 weeks!
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#cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics
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#cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching
Cambridge Core - Teacher training and professional development - Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching
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June 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New Cambridge Element Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching by Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and Kevin M. Wong is now free to read for 2 weeks!
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#cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics
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#cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics
Habit Formation & Consistency
1. “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”
2. “You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
3. “Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”
1. “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”
2. “You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
3. “Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Habit Formation & Consistency
1. “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”
2. “You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
3. “Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”
1. “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”
2. “You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
3. “Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”
www.dawn.com/news/1916448 WHILE the literacy rate in Pakistan hovers around 68 per cent, an alarming 77pc of school-going children cannot read fluently by the end of primary school.
Language debate
Immersion is important to equip students in language skills.
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June 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
www.dawn.com/news/1916448 WHILE the literacy rate in Pakistan hovers around 68 per cent, an alarming 77pc of school-going children cannot read fluently by the end of primary school.
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Excited to share the next session in the APA Division 15 Public Scholarship Series with you. I will be moderating this timely conversation hosted by the Div 15 Early Career Educational Psychologists (ECEP) Committee.
May 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Excited to share the next session in the APA Division 15 Public Scholarship Series with you. I will be moderating this timely conversation hosted by the Div 15 Early Career Educational Psychologists (ECEP) Committee.
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What a treat to teach a class on language and sci-fi in my pop culture class today 🚀👨🚀🌌🖖 we read @catlaliberte.bsky.social @dianawengl.bsky.social and Melanie Keller's fantastic article on the sociolinguistics of Firefly and I got to show a lot of clips demonstrating code-switching in the series 🤓
May 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
What a treat to teach a class on language and sci-fi in my pop culture class today 🚀👨🚀🌌🖖 we read @catlaliberte.bsky.social @dianawengl.bsky.social and Melanie Keller's fantastic article on the sociolinguistics of Firefly and I got to show a lot of clips demonstrating code-switching in the series 🤓
Data-Driven Learning (DDL) can be broadly defined as the use of corpus tools and techniques for learners and teachers of foreign or second language, typically in the form of concordances derived from authentic texts for inductive learning of lexicogrammar. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom
Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom
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May 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Data-Driven Learning (DDL) can be broadly defined as the use of corpus tools and techniques for learners and teachers of foreign or second language, typically in the form of concordances derived from authentic texts for inductive learning of lexicogrammar. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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The big idea: could the English language die?
For the time being it’s dominant – but as the Romans could tell you, nothing lasts for ever
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#langsky
For the time being it’s dominant – but as the Romans could tell you, nothing lasts for ever
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
via @theguardian.com
#langsky
The big idea: could the English language die?
For the time being it’s dominant – but as the Romans could tell you, nothing lasts for ever
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The big idea: could the English language die?
For the time being it’s dominant – but as the Romans could tell you, nothing lasts for ever
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
via @theguardian.com
#langsky
For the time being it’s dominant – but as the Romans could tell you, nothing lasts for ever
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
via @theguardian.com
#langsky
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Whose English does AI speak? Most generative AI is trained on American English – but that’s not what most of the world speaks. My new post explores how this shapes our digital experience and why linguistic diversity in AI matters.
🔗 www.nevillehobson.io/whose-englis...
🔗 www.nevillehobson.io/whose-englis...
Whose English Does AI Speak?
AI tools are trained on English, but not the kind most people speak. This post explores how generative AI reinforces American norms, often at the expense of global linguistic diversity. So, whose Engl...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Whose English does AI speak? Most generative AI is trained on American English – but that’s not what most of the world speaks. My new post explores how this shapes our digital experience and why linguistic diversity in AI matters.
🔗 www.nevillehobson.io/whose-englis...
🔗 www.nevillehobson.io/whose-englis...
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✨ Join our Multilingualism Day student competition!
🗣Share your views or create a story explaining how #multilingualism strengthens #peace.
ℹ️ Click here for more information and to participate: loom.ly/hrQxY7E
⏳ Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2025
🗣Share your views or create a story explaining how #multilingualism strengthens #peace.
ℹ️ Click here for more information and to participate: loom.ly/hrQxY7E
⏳ Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2025
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
✨ Join our Multilingualism Day student competition!
🗣Share your views or create a story explaining how #multilingualism strengthens #peace.
ℹ️ Click here for more information and to participate: loom.ly/hrQxY7E
⏳ Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2025
🗣Share your views or create a story explaining how #multilingualism strengthens #peace.
ℹ️ Click here for more information and to participate: loom.ly/hrQxY7E
⏳ Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2025
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📢 Come work with us 📢
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at Aston University: Research Assistant
The Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics is the leading hub for forensic linguistics worldwide. Set up as the Centre for Forensic Linguistics in 2008 by Malcolm Coulthard, it was expanded into a r...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📢 Come work with us 📢
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Word of the week: Crisis-tunity, aka crisitunity, aka crisatunity. | ht @benzimmer.bsky.social @heidiharley.bsky.social and "The Simpsons." fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...
Word of the week: Crisis-tunity
I'm not letting this one go to waste.
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May 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Word of the week: Crisis-tunity, aka crisitunity, aka crisatunity. | ht @benzimmer.bsky.social @heidiharley.bsky.social and "The Simpsons." fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...
Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’
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Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’
Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, potentially revealing what a culture values
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May 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ling...
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Which famous figure is considering avoiding America? | Fiona Katauskas
Which famous figure is considering avoiding America? | Fiona Katauskas
He might not hop to it
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April 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Which famous figure is considering avoiding America? | Fiona Katauskas