Dr Maggie Glass
@mglass.bsky.social
(Socio)linguist at TU-Dortmund: military-adjacent linguistic landscapes in the KMC
Virtual communities as breathing spaces for minority languages.
Language Policy | Ethics
Jewish and nonzionist. Full of boundless enthusiasm. She/Her
Virtual communities as breathing spaces for minority languages.
Language Policy | Ethics
Jewish and nonzionist. Full of boundless enthusiasm. She/Her
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It's out, IT'S OUT!!!!!
dialogosuntl.com/index.php/re...
I am so proud of this weird little paper. I have been collecting sources on the languages of Timor-Leste for over a decade, and this paper gave me a chance to compile them and give a general overview of the state of TL language documentation
dialogosuntl.com/index.php/re...
I am so proud of this weird little paper. I have been collecting sources on the languages of Timor-Leste for over a decade, and this paper gave me a chance to compile them and give a general overview of the state of TL language documentation
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It's out, IT'S OUT!!!!!
dialogosuntl.com/index.php/re...
I am so proud of this weird little paper. I have been collecting sources on the languages of Timor-Leste for over a decade, and this paper gave me a chance to compile them and give a general overview of the state of TL language documentation
dialogosuntl.com/index.php/re...
I am so proud of this weird little paper. I have been collecting sources on the languages of Timor-Leste for over a decade, and this paper gave me a chance to compile them and give a general overview of the state of TL language documentation
My favourite thing about German doctor's offices is the tendency of every person to say hello when they enter a waiting room
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
My favourite thing about German doctor's offices is the tendency of every person to say hello when they enter a waiting room
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Do you want to shape the future of the Irish language?☘️
Wikimedia Community Ireland is seeking an Irish Language Officer to lead our efforts in developing the Irish language across Wikimedia projects, with a special focus on #Vicipéid!
For more: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Wikimedia Community Ireland is seeking an Irish Language Officer to lead our efforts in developing the Irish language across Wikimedia projects, with a special focus on #Vicipéid!
For more: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Job Opportunity: Oifigeach Gaeilge (Irish Language Officer) - Wikimedia Community Ireland
Is é Pobal Wikimedia Éireann, an eagraíocht náisiúnta chleamhnaithe de chuid Fhondúireacht Wikimedia in Éirinn, ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge. Is post lánaimseartha é seo agus deis iontach don iarrthóir c...
wikimedia.ie
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Do you want to shape the future of the Irish language?☘️
Wikimedia Community Ireland is seeking an Irish Language Officer to lead our efforts in developing the Irish language across Wikimedia projects, with a special focus on #Vicipéid!
For more: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Wikimedia Community Ireland is seeking an Irish Language Officer to lead our efforts in developing the Irish language across Wikimedia projects, with a special focus on #Vicipéid!
For more: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
It wouldn't be the Friday of the first week back to teaching without a small meltdown the pecularities of English orthography
Related: "Subtly" needs more vowels
Related: "Subtly" needs more vowels
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It wouldn't be the Friday of the first week back to teaching without a small meltdown the pecularities of English orthography
Related: "Subtly" needs more vowels
Related: "Subtly" needs more vowels
Sometimes being social scientist makes you very sincerely say things like "I have at least one more paragraph on rurality marinading in my brain"
October 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Sometimes being social scientist makes you very sincerely say things like "I have at least one more paragraph on rurality marinading in my brain"
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New piece.
The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.
Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.
The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.
Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.
Overt Anti-Jewish Hate is On the Verge of Going Mainstream
The combination of mainstreamed conspiracy theories and overt hate on X is close to transforming America's relationship with Jews.
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New piece.
The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.
Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.
The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.
Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.
A weird immigrant thing is the acute joy in realising that four of the top five people you have most recently texted are actually local. Making friends in Germany can be so hard, but after three years, I seem to have cracked it
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A weird immigrant thing is the acute joy in realising that four of the top five people you have most recently texted are actually local. Making friends in Germany can be so hard, but after three years, I seem to have cracked it
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For #parents: "fostering #bilingualism doesn’t require fancy programs but consistency & genuine value"
#Educators: can "change how #multilingualism is treated in schools. . . [by honoring] the full range of #languages students bring, they tell children that every part of their identity matters." 🗣💬
#Educators: can "change how #multilingualism is treated in schools. . . [by honoring] the full range of #languages students bring, they tell children that every part of their identity matters." 🗣💬
Bilingual Brains, Better Outcomes?: The Benefits of Multilingual Upbringing; Raising kids multilingual can boost brain development and future success.
Bilingual Brains, Better Outcomes?: The Benefits of Multilingual Upbringing
Bilingualism shapes minds, identities, and relationships. Research shows it’s more than a “brain boost”—it’s about connection and resilience.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
For #parents: "fostering #bilingualism doesn’t require fancy programs but consistency & genuine value"
#Educators: can "change how #multilingualism is treated in schools. . . [by honoring] the full range of #languages students bring, they tell children that every part of their identity matters." 🗣💬
#Educators: can "change how #multilingualism is treated in schools. . . [by honoring] the full range of #languages students bring, they tell children that every part of their identity matters." 🗣💬
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The first of the three corpora of German-English bilingual children's early speech that we've been working on for the last few years is finally publicly available! 🥳 🎉 talkbank.org/childes/acce...
CHILDES English-German MPI-EVA-Leipzig Corpus
talkbank.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The first of the three corpora of German-English bilingual children's early speech that we've been working on for the last few years is finally publicly available! 🥳 🎉 talkbank.org/childes/acce...
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I have had the great privilege of authoring this report on barriers for ISL interpreters and I’ll be presenting at its launch next week in Dublin. Attendance is free and the event has ISL and English interpretation You can register attendance at the link www.eventbrite.ie/e/report-lau...
Report Launch: Barriers to studying and working as an ISL Interpreter
Launch of a research report funded by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme 24-25
www.eventbrite.ie
September 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I have had the great privilege of authoring this report on barriers for ISL interpreters and I’ll be presenting at its launch next week in Dublin. Attendance is free and the event has ISL and English interpretation You can register attendance at the link www.eventbrite.ie/e/report-lau...
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🚨 Open PhD position in sign language #linguistics 🚨
The focus should be on the structure of signed languages, or connect to other research profiles at the department (e.g. computational linguistics, acquisition, typology, multilingualism)
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: 15 October 2025
The focus should be on the structure of signed languages, or connect to other research profiles at the department (e.g. computational linguistics, acquisition, typology, multilingualism)
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: 15 October 2025
PhD student in Linguistics, sign language
The Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University conducts research and offers education in a number of areas such as child language development, computational linguistics, general linguistics, ph
su.varbi.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🚨 Open PhD position in sign language #linguistics 🚨
The focus should be on the structure of signed languages, or connect to other research profiles at the department (e.g. computational linguistics, acquisition, typology, multilingualism)
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: 15 October 2025
The focus should be on the structure of signed languages, or connect to other research profiles at the department (e.g. computational linguistics, acquisition, typology, multilingualism)
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: 15 October 2025
After the fastest Ausländerbehörde Termin of my life, I promptly sent @davesayers.bsky.social an email signed as "Mage" 🤦♀️
September 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
After the fastest Ausländerbehörde Termin of my life, I promptly sent @davesayers.bsky.social an email signed as "Mage" 🤦♀️
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I find it endlessly frustrating that one of the biggest empirical findings from sociolinguistics is consistently ignored. Change doesn't come from children making mistakes. Change comes from adolescents incrementing existing probabilistic patterns.
I haven't read this paper but hopefully it's good.
I haven't read this paper but hopefully it's good.
Children are not the main agents of language change. New paper by @limorraviv.bsky.social @damianblasi.bsky.social & @vkempe.bsky.social.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
www.mpi.nl/publications...
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
www.mpi.nl/publications...
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I find it endlessly frustrating that one of the biggest empirical findings from sociolinguistics is consistently ignored. Change doesn't come from children making mistakes. Change comes from adolescents incrementing existing probabilistic patterns.
I haven't read this paper but hopefully it's good.
I haven't read this paper but hopefully it's good.
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Great to see this new edition of the Mercator dossier on Gaelic education in Scotland, brought right up to date by @dringebirnie.bsky.social An authoritative overview of provision for Gaelic at all levels
research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
September 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Great to see this new edition of the Mercator dossier on Gaelic education in Scotland, brought right up to date by @dringebirnie.bsky.social An authoritative overview of provision for Gaelic at all levels
research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
This conference was so incredible that I have completely lost my voice
I almost always love conferences anyway, but DANG this one has already been SO FUN!!!! #LL16
September 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This conference was so incredible that I have completely lost my voice
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The place to buy a used car @ #Ll16 @mglass.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The place to buy a used car @ #Ll16 @mglass.bsky.social
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Something I didn't get to say yesterday:
We heard over and over during the event about "human-centered" approaches to "AI". But if refusal is not on the table (at every level: individual students and teachers right up through UNESCO) then we have in fact centered the technology, not the people.
We heard over and over during the event about "human-centered" approaches to "AI". But if refusal is not on the table (at every level: individual students and teachers right up through UNESCO) then we have in fact centered the technology, not the people.
It has been really interesting to attend UNESCO's Digital Learning Week (though unfortunately I'm not able to stick around). My public lecture from yesterday can be found here:
www.youtube.com/live/l-OWi6V...
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www.youtube.com/live/l-OWi6V...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Something I didn't get to say yesterday:
We heard over and over during the event about "human-centered" approaches to "AI". But if refusal is not on the table (at every level: individual students and teachers right up through UNESCO) then we have in fact centered the technology, not the people.
We heard over and over during the event about "human-centered" approaches to "AI". But if refusal is not on the table (at every level: individual students and teachers right up through UNESCO) then we have in fact centered the technology, not the people.
Here is a useless fact, in the lead up to #LL16: just over .5% of the total Dodge-make vehicles in Germany are currently in one of five used car dealerships which are within about 20km of each other
September 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Here is a useless fact, in the lead up to #LL16: just over .5% of the total Dodge-make vehicles in Germany are currently in one of five used car dealerships which are within about 20km of each other
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If you’re struggling with how someone can be both an atheist & a Jew in good standing, it’s prob bc you’re assuming “Jew” and “Christian” are parallel terms.
A Christian is, broadly, an adherent of the Christian religion.
A Jew is a member of a people whose distinctive practices include Judaism.
A Christian is, broadly, an adherent of the Christian religion.
A Jew is a member of a people whose distinctive practices include Judaism.
August 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you’re struggling with how someone can be both an atheist & a Jew in good standing, it’s prob bc you’re assuming “Jew” and “Christian” are parallel terms.
A Christian is, broadly, an adherent of the Christian religion.
A Jew is a member of a people whose distinctive practices include Judaism.
A Christian is, broadly, an adherent of the Christian religion.
A Jew is a member of a people whose distinctive practices include Judaism.
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Modern AI tools emulate the classic con-man tricks of mentalism, tricking people into believing that they’re far more clever - and sapient - than they actually are.
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Modern AI tools emulate the classic con-man tricks of mentalism, tricking people into believing that they’re far more clever - and sapient - than they actually are.
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
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I think this is correct. A PhD is not a signal of innate intelligence, but rather of perseverance and grit in the pursuit of knowledge. Conflating LLMs with PhDs is a category error.
Something that I have been thinking about with attribution of "PhD level intelligence" or "PhD level expertise" to a machine is that it reflects an increasing trend among these AI bros and their sycophants to want the products of highly skilled training without actually doing any of the work.
August 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I think this is correct. A PhD is not a signal of innate intelligence, but rather of perseverance and grit in the pursuit of knowledge. Conflating LLMs with PhDs is a category error.
Love to see my friends succeed! Looking forward to hearing more about this, @annemldrs.bsky.social
New paper! #linguistics
benjamins.com/catalog/dia....
Learning to be (un)hip in panel data
Exploring quotative be like across the adult life‑span
Anne-Marie Moelders, Isabelle Buchstaller | Sociolinguistics Lab, University of Duisburg-Essen
benjamins.com/catalog/dia....
Learning to be (un)hip in panel data
Exploring quotative be like across the adult life‑span
Anne-Marie Moelders, Isabelle Buchstaller | Sociolinguistics Lab, University of Duisburg-Essen
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Love to see my friends succeed! Looking forward to hearing more about this, @annemldrs.bsky.social
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#Chancen | Am Steinheim-Institut in Essen ist im Rahmen der DFG-Forschungsgruppe 5663 Aschkenas in neuen Lebenswelten eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in zu besetzen | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
Bewerbungsfrist: 31. Juli 2025
Bewerbungsfrist: 31. Juli 2025
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#Chancen | Am Steinheim-Institut in Essen ist im Rahmen der DFG-Forschungsgruppe 5663 Aschkenas in neuen Lebenswelten eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in zu besetzen | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
Bewerbungsfrist: 31. Juli 2025
Bewerbungsfrist: 31. Juli 2025
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Is the semi-colon on its last legs? Insights from Elaine Vaughan @unioflimerick.bsky.social via @drivetime.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Is the semi-colon on its last legs?
New research indicates that students have issues with the semi-colon and usage in writing down nearly 50% in 20 years
www.rte.ie
July 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Is the semi-colon on its last legs? Insights from Elaine Vaughan @unioflimerick.bsky.social via @drivetime.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.