Felicia Bisnath
@fbisnath.bsky.social
Postdoc at Høgskulen på Vestlandet 🇳🇴. Hearing. Thinking about attitudes, multimodal language contact, iconicity, typology, Creoles, and how to do good linguistics (!)
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Felicia Bisnath
@fbisnath.bsky.social
· Nov 24
I'm making plans to teach a sociolinguistics class next year at the LOT Summer School in Groningen -- pls let me know about any cool new stuff I should include! #linguistics
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After more than ten years of preparation, our Manual of French-based Creoles is finally available for download.
What better place to announce this publication than during a visit to Martinique?
🦎🌴
Fok zot kouri gadé-y !
What better place to announce this publication than during a visit to Martinique?
🦎🌴
Fok zot kouri gadé-y !
Manuel des langues créoles à base française
The handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of French Creole studies, from a both comparative and language-specific perspective. Covering structural and historical features of French-based Creole ...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:22 PM
After more than ten years of preparation, our Manual of French-based Creoles is finally available for download.
What better place to announce this publication than during a visit to Martinique?
🦎🌴
Fok zot kouri gadé-y !
What better place to announce this publication than during a visit to Martinique?
🦎🌴
Fok zot kouri gadé-y !
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In our recent manuscript, we invite cognitive scientists to be critical of the labels they choose to describe language users. We argued that the term native speaker is problematic as it distorts scholarly inquiry and introduces bias.
Cognition link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cognition link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
In our recent manuscript, we invite cognitive scientists to be critical of the labels they choose to describe language users. We argued that the term native speaker is problematic as it distorts scholarly inquiry and introduces bias.
Cognition link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cognition link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🇩🇲 Would you like a thread on the multiple layers of multilingualism in Dominica? Of course you do.
Starting with the linguistic memory of the indigenous Kalinago, still present in many toponyms and other names. The spelling varies widely but the meaning is often quite well documented or remembered.
Starting with the linguistic memory of the indigenous Kalinago, still present in many toponyms and other names. The spelling varies widely but the meaning is often quite well documented or remembered.
January 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
🇩🇲 Would you like a thread on the multiple layers of multilingualism in Dominica? Of course you do.
Starting with the linguistic memory of the indigenous Kalinago, still present in many toponyms and other names. The spelling varies widely but the meaning is often quite well documented or remembered.
Starting with the linguistic memory of the indigenous Kalinago, still present in many toponyms and other names. The spelling varies widely but the meaning is often quite well documented or remembered.
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Years ago, 957 people from Twitter contributed to my research on 'because X' and I promised I'd share the results with them. I can't, because twitter, but please share it with people here anyway: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Non-paywalled pre-print: kar.kent.ac.uk/105654/
#linguistics
Non-paywalled pre-print: kar.kent.ac.uk/105654/
#linguistics
8 A snapshot of the emerging because-X construction
8 A snapshot of the emerging because-X construction was published in English Sociosyntax on page 227.
www.degruyterbrill.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Years ago, 957 people from Twitter contributed to my research on 'because X' and I promised I'd share the results with them. I can't, because twitter, but please share it with people here anyway: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Non-paywalled pre-print: kar.kent.ac.uk/105654/
#linguistics
Non-paywalled pre-print: kar.kent.ac.uk/105654/
#linguistics
Chicken on pizza should be illegal
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Chicken on pizza should be illegal
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About 6 months ago, I got so tired of getting mostly AI(-adjacent) papers in my Google Scholar Alerts for "sign language", so I added a new filter excluding a few keywords to get more relevant #linguistics papers.
Now I checked the difference between the two alerts, and there's an obvious pattern.
Now I checked the difference between the two alerts, and there's an obvious pattern.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
About 6 months ago, I got so tired of getting mostly AI(-adjacent) papers in my Google Scholar Alerts for "sign language", so I added a new filter excluding a few keywords to get more relevant #linguistics papers.
Now I checked the difference between the two alerts, and there's an obvious pattern.
Now I checked the difference between the two alerts, and there's an obvious pattern.
all my chickens have come home to roost (I have to fill in all the places that say "CITE" in a draft)
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
all my chickens have come home to roost (I have to fill in all the places that say "CITE" in a draft)
my schedule right now is something like pet white kitty, pet black kitty, eat curry probably, pet black and white doggies, pet black kitty, pet white kitty, repeat
December 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
my schedule right now is something like pet white kitty, pet black kitty, eat curry probably, pet black and white doggies, pet black kitty, pet white kitty, repeat
This year on Bluesky I wrote 118 posts and apparently I love saying "linguistics" and 😬!
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fbisnath.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out fbisnath.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!
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December 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This year on Bluesky I wrote 118 posts and apparently I love saying "linguistics" and 😬!
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
so.. who's going to Evolang next year? #linguistics
December 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
so.. who's going to Evolang next year? #linguistics
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Two scholarships are available to Palestinian applicants looking to start a postgraduate Masters degree in Sep 2026, including our Masters in Comparative Literature & Masters in Global Languages, Literatures, and & Cultures: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...
December 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Two scholarships are available to Palestinian applicants looking to start a postgraduate Masters degree in Sep 2026, including our Masters in Comparative Literature & Masters in Global Languages, Literatures, and & Cultures: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...
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Please consider submitting your manuscript to our special issue in Scientific Reports (deadline March 5th, 2026)
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
Individual differences in speech perception
This Collection welcomes original research articles on studies that investigate individual differences in speech perception.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Please consider submitting your manuscript to our special issue in Scientific Reports (deadline March 5th, 2026)
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
"The question of what makes writing "human" has become dangerously narrow... If humanity is now defined by the presence of casual errors, American-centric colloquialisms, and a certain informal, conversational rhythm, then where does that leave the rest of us?"
Crucial on how ChatGPT detectors imperil “non-native” writers of English. Esp if these were trained in colonial or colonial-like systems based on making you sound like the perfect “authoritative” “native speaker” who doesn’t even exists. Truly, you can’t win. marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"The question of what makes writing "human" has become dangerously narrow... If humanity is now defined by the presence of casual errors, American-centric colloquialisms, and a certain informal, conversational rhythm, then where does that leave the rest of us?"
finally made it home after more than a year of being away
December 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
finally made it home after more than a year of being away
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New paper on lexical variation in Swedish Sign Language with Swedish colleagues.
Using a combo of elicitation (in-person), survey (online) & corpus data, we look at some changes in lexical choices over time & discuss methods for measuring variation of variation
#linguistics
doi.org/10.16995/glo...
Using a combo of elicitation (in-person), survey (online) & corpus data, we look at some changes in lexical choices over time & discuss methods for measuring variation of variation
#linguistics
doi.org/10.16995/glo...
Approaching lexical variation in Swedish Sign Language
Languages exhibit variation, which may reflect ethnic, geographic, social or age- or gender-based differences between language users. Many sign languages are known to exhibit lexical variation, with m...
doi.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
New paper on lexical variation in Swedish Sign Language with Swedish colleagues.
Using a combo of elicitation (in-person), survey (online) & corpus data, we look at some changes in lexical choices over time & discuss methods for measuring variation of variation
#linguistics
doi.org/10.16995/glo...
Using a combo of elicitation (in-person), survey (online) & corpus data, we look at some changes in lexical choices over time & discuss methods for measuring variation of variation
#linguistics
doi.org/10.16995/glo...
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Highly recommended for all mentors and advisers who work with deaf students in graduate programs: academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...
This is our rhythm: academic becoming and realignment in deaf space
Abstract. Deaf scholars have long worked at the margins of academic institutions not designed for them. Designated deaf academic spaces—where deaf ways of
academic.oup.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Highly recommended for all mentors and advisers who work with deaf students in graduate programs: academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...
Yesterday I got to give a guest lecture in Dr. Hannah Lutzenberger's methods class at the Humboldt University of Berlin. It was great and I finally got to make use of this little figure from the methods chapter in my dissertation! I forgot I like explaining things #linguistics
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Yesterday I got to give a guest lecture in Dr. Hannah Lutzenberger's methods class at the Humboldt University of Berlin. It was great and I finally got to make use of this little figure from the methods chapter in my dissertation! I forgot I like explaining things #linguistics
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SynTeach is going to #LSA2026! We're doing focus groups while we're there so if you're interested, fill in the form and tick the LSA box. We're looking for teachers and students, people who loved syntax and people who hated it... anyone with syntax Thoughts! #linguistics forms.gle/PiBYpVPr1yg2...
SynTeach Focus Group Interest Form
SynTeach is a project researching peoples' experiences teaching and learning syntax in higher education. We have conducted surveys of the field including syntax instructors and students, and we are pl...
forms.gle
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
SynTeach is going to #LSA2026! We're doing focus groups while we're there so if you're interested, fill in the form and tick the LSA box. We're looking for teachers and students, people who loved syntax and people who hated it... anyone with syntax Thoughts! #linguistics forms.gle/PiBYpVPr1yg2...
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This might be for an extremely limited target group, but if you ever need to visualize landmarks/keypoints of Mediapipe or OpenFace computer vision models, I've created simple coordinate data files for plotting in a Github repo: github.com/borstell/com...
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This might be for an extremely limited target group, but if you ever need to visualize landmarks/keypoints of Mediapipe or OpenFace computer vision models, I've created simple coordinate data files for plotting in a Github repo: github.com/borstell/com...
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Linguistic Typology Vol. 29 features a debate on the critical need for rigorous replication and robust methods in language typology, with a thought-provoking target article and commentaries discussing empirical scientific methods (degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/lity/29/3/html). #OpenAccess
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Linguistic Typology Vol. 29 features a debate on the critical need for rigorous replication and robust methods in language typology, with a thought-provoking target article and commentaries discussing empirical scientific methods (degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/lity/29/3/html). #OpenAccess
I was very displeased to learn today that fungal infections like athlete’s foot are called something like the equivalent of mushrooms in English in Swedish and Norwegian 🤢 #linguistics
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I was very displeased to learn today that fungal infections like athlete’s foot are called something like the equivalent of mushrooms in English in Swedish and Norwegian 🤢 #linguistics
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We are pleased to announce the third Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium 🥳
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We are pleased to announce the third Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium 🥳
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
more than a year post PhD and it definitely is a lot easier to just write -- the world being in perfect equilibrium is no longer mandatory
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
more than a year post PhD and it definitely is a lot easier to just write -- the world being in perfect equilibrium is no longer mandatory
everything I write that has to do with numbers I'm like, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS OBJECTIVITY
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
everything I write that has to do with numbers I'm like, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS OBJECTIVITY
once again looking forward to "vacation", the time I can read all the academic papers I don't have time to do while working #AcademicSky
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
once again looking forward to "vacation", the time I can read all the academic papers I don't have time to do while working #AcademicSky