Ludovica Serratrice
ludoserratrice.bsky.social
Ludovica Serratrice
@ludoserratrice.bsky.social
Linguist, professor at the University of Reading and at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Interested in language development, multilingualism, pragmatics, speech and language therapy, and dogs.

https://www.reading.ac.uk/pcls/staff/ludovica-serratrice
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New year, new resolutions! Why not complete @celm-uor.bsky.social three-week course on Understanding Multilingual Children's Language Development on #FutureLearn?

It is endorsed by #NALDIC and the #RCSLT and accredited by the CPD Certification Service: www.futurelearn.com/courses/unde...
Understanding Multilingual Children's Language Development - FutureLearn
Discover the benefits of multilingualism to enhance your practice in classroom, clinical, and home settings with this online course from the University of Reading.
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Only just over a week to submit your abstract to the #ChildLanguageSymposium2025 @celm-uor.bsky.social in Reading this September.

The deadline is Friday 28th February. Quick!!

research.reading.ac.uk/cls2025/
CHILD LANGUAGE SYMPOSIUM 2025
University of Reading, September 8th - 10th, 2025
research.reading.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Very interesting read about the role or not of LLMs in science. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10..... I am firmly in the Bender, Bergstrom & West camp. And at the risk of credentialism, I'm a language scientist who has worked on language models in the past.
How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science? | PNAS
Large language models (LLMs) are being increasingly incorporated into scientific workflows. However, we have yet to fully grasp the implications of...
www.pnas.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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How strong is the relationship between caregiver speech and language development? A meta-analysis (Coffey & Snedeker) - important attempt to try and estimate input-uptake relationships across studies

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How strong is the relationship between caregiver speech and language development? A meta-analysis | Journal of Child Language | Cambridge Core
How strong is the relationship between caregiver speech and language development? A meta-analysis
www.cambridge.org
January 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Child Language Symposium 2025 will be hosted by the University of Reading on September 8th-10th.

Our call for papers is now open and will close on 28th February. Submit your abstract for a poster, an oral presentation, a symposium, or a lightening talk. Pls RT

research.reading.ac.uk/cls2025/
CHILD LANGUAGE SYMPOSIUM 2025
University of Reading, September 8th - 10th, 2025
research.reading.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Great NY resolution from @ludoserratrice.bsky.social Our University of Reading course has fab reviews :) #multilingualism #teachers #SLTs
January 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Our protocol for a Meta-Narrative Review of #GestaltLanguageProcessing & #NaturalLanguageAcquisition

Registered on PROSPERO
www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/dis...

“What are the features and outcomes of GLP/NLA related therapies for minimally or non-speaking individuals?”

Broad inclusion criteria.
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination is a department of the University of York and is part of the National Institute for Health Research. CRD undertakes high quality systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health care.
www.crd.york.ac.uk
December 31, 2024 at 5:59 AM
New year, new resolutions! Why not complete @celm-uor.bsky.social three-week course on Understanding Multilingual Children's Language Development on #FutureLearn?

It is endorsed by #NALDIC and the #RCSLT and accredited by the CPD Certification Service: www.futurelearn.com/courses/unde...
Understanding Multilingual Children's Language Development - FutureLearn
Discover the benefits of multilingualism to enhance your practice in classroom, clinical, and home settings with this online course from the University of Reading.
www.futurelearn.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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We have a new MSc in Linguistics and AI starting next September at Queen Mary, aimed at giving relevant skills to people from non-STEM backgrounds who are keen to work in the tech sector, integrating humanities/social science #linguistics with #ai. www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
December 19, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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Interested in doing a PhD on language acquisition in Oslo?

Check application process: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... and feel free to reach out for more information!

PS. We have a nice growing community including Natalia Kartushina, Luca Onnis, @audunrosslund.bsky.social, and many more!
Doctoral research fellowships in linguistics and verbal communication (272418) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral research fellowships in linguistics and verbal communication (272418), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
December 18, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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We have just opened recruitment for the REF 2029 panels. There is no nomination process and we invite you to put yourself forward 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/ref-202...
REF 2029 main and sub-panel recruitment   – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Looking to grow on Bluesky?

I am too! Running a bootcamp in January. It's free. Four emails with lessons and exercises.

Register here: fierce-experimenter-3293.ck.page/1f1426cfe8
December 18, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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When i got interested in sociolinguistics, one of the first things i did was listen to this lecture by William Labov. It was astonishing: creative, rigorous, humane, and like all of his work, rich with insights about the everyday world.

vimeo.com/70455840
December 18, 2024 at 4:40 AM
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Yesterday, we lost William Labov, a foundational figure in sociolinguistics. In his Abralin Talk, Labov reflected on a lifetime of scholarship that has mentored generations and advanced the pursuit of social equity through linguistics.
William Labov
YouTube video by Abralin
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:40 AM
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"It is far easier to quantify a researcher’s output than it is the actual outcome of their work."

Dan K. Pearson discusses the gamification of #academic metrics and alternative ways for assessing and valuing researchers. Check out the post on the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇

#ScholComm
Is there any alternative to the gamification of academic metrics?
Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 19, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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Hey, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES, on the #Babylonia site, @ludoserratrice.bsky.social answers a question that's frequently asked by #parents and #teachers: "How does screen time affect language development?" 💻 @srvach.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social
Very proud to have contributed to fantastic issue of Babylonia dedicated to answering parents' questions about #child #language. 14 short, accessible pieces with research-evidenced answers.

My contribution is on how #screen time affects #language #development:

babylonia.online/index.php/ba...
How does screen time affect language development? | Babylonia Multilingual Journal of Language Education
babylonia.online
December 18, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Very proud to have contributed to fantastic issue of Babylonia dedicated to answering parents' questions about #child #language. 14 short, accessible pieces with research-evidenced answers.

My contribution is on how #screen time affects #language #development:

babylonia.online/index.php/ba...
How does screen time affect language development? | Babylonia Multilingual Journal of Language Education
babylonia.online
December 18, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Come work with Alessandra Valentini at the University of Greenwich and me on a @ukri.org project on #multilingual children's understanding of #inferences in spoken and written English. Full time postdoctoral position, 31 months!

Deadline: 10th December.

jobs.gre.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Greenwich: Research Fellow
The School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, is seeking a postdoctoral research associate to work on a 31-month UKRI funded project to investigate multilingual primary school children’s unde...
jobs.gre.ac.uk
November 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Hello Blueskyy! I will need to re-build a community here :-)
November 26, 2024 at 12:04 PM