Natalia Levshina
@natalialevshina.bsky.social
Assistant professor of communication and computational methods @ Radboud University. I'm interested in why human languages are the way they are and how people from different cultures use them. Communicative efficiency, corpus-based typology, statistics, AI
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I made a Starter Pack for Language Evolution.
But I just added a small bunch of names that came to mind. (I don't know who's on Bluesky yet.) So please add a comment below if you're a language evolution person and I will add more names soon.
go.bsky.app/87rRCf7
But I just added a small bunch of names that came to mind. (I don't know who's on Bluesky yet.) So please add a comment below if you're a language evolution person and I will add more names soon.
go.bsky.app/87rRCf7
November 20, 2024 at 11:36 AM
I made a Starter Pack for Language Evolution.
But I just added a small bunch of names that came to mind. (I don't know who's on Bluesky yet.) So please add a comment below if you're a language evolution person and I will add more names soon.
go.bsky.app/87rRCf7
But I just added a small bunch of names that came to mind. (I don't know who's on Bluesky yet.) So please add a comment below if you're a language evolution person and I will add more names soon.
go.bsky.app/87rRCf7
Really looking forward to the Academia Europaea Conference this week. It's a great chance to connect, share ideas, and build bridges across disciplines. These are challenging times for science: funding cuts, public distrust, AI disruption... It's more important than ever to stand together.
This week we’re in #Barcelona for our annual conference #BuildingBridges2025!
Over the next few days, Members of Academia Europaea will gather to connect, exchange ideas, and take part in a diverse programme featuring distinguished MAEs who will share insights and perspectives across disciplines.
Over the next few days, Members of Academia Europaea will gather to connect, exchange ideas, and take part in a diverse programme featuring distinguished MAEs who will share insights and perspectives across disciplines.
October 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really looking forward to the Academia Europaea Conference this week. It's a great chance to connect, share ideas, and build bridges across disciplines. These are challenging times for science: funding cuts, public distrust, AI disruption... It's more important than ever to stand together.
As I show in my new preprint, #Bayesian statistics is no longer just a niche tool. It’s becoming mainstream in linguistics research. A survey of journal articles shows a rapid rise in Bayesian regression over the past five years. Why?
#Bayes #Statistics #Linguistics
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#Bayes #Statistics #Linguistics
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
A Bayesian dawn in linguistics: Trends, benefits and good practices
In recent years, Bayesian statistics has gained traction across a wide range of scientific disciplines. This paper explores the growing application of Bayesian methods within the field of linguistics ...
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As I show in my new preprint, #Bayesian statistics is no longer just a niche tool. It’s becoming mainstream in linguistics research. A survey of journal articles shows a rapid rise in Bayesian regression over the past five years. Why?
#Bayes #Statistics #Linguistics
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#Bayes #Statistics #Linguistics
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
🚨 #SLE2026 Workshop alert! 🚨
How do Large Language Models reshape linguistics? 🧠🤖
Join the debate about LLMs' impact on linguistic theory, methods and human language! Osnabrück 26-29 August 2026.
#LLM #linguistics
Full text of our workshop proposal:
societaslinguistica.eu/sle2026/wp-c...
How do Large Language Models reshape linguistics? 🧠🤖
Join the debate about LLMs' impact on linguistic theory, methods and human language! Osnabrück 26-29 August 2026.
#LLM #linguistics
Full text of our workshop proposal:
societaslinguistica.eu/sle2026/wp-c...
societaslinguistica.eu
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🚨 #SLE2026 Workshop alert! 🚨
How do Large Language Models reshape linguistics? 🧠🤖
Join the debate about LLMs' impact on linguistic theory, methods and human language! Osnabrück 26-29 August 2026.
#LLM #linguistics
Full text of our workshop proposal:
societaslinguistica.eu/sle2026/wp-c...
How do Large Language Models reshape linguistics? 🧠🤖
Join the debate about LLMs' impact on linguistic theory, methods and human language! Osnabrück 26-29 August 2026.
#LLM #linguistics
Full text of our workshop proposal:
societaslinguistica.eu/sle2026/wp-c...
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We are seeking a #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join our Multimodal Language Department for the NWO funded project:
𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭:
𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞
Start: ideally February 1, 2026 but negotiable. www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭:
𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞
Start: ideally February 1, 2026 but negotiable. www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We are seeking a #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join our Multimodal Language Department for the NWO funded project:
𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭:
𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞
Start: ideally February 1, 2026 but negotiable. www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭:
𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞
Start: ideally February 1, 2026 but negotiable. www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
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Join us on Friday for a discussion on retraction 🔥👇
Bielefeld burst.pages.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/burst/
Friday, 5 Sept, 12:00 CEST
Topic:
Protzko et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: High replicability of newly discovered social-behavioural findings is achievable. Nat Hum Behav 8, 311–319 (2024).
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
&
Retraction Note:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Friday, 5 Sept, 12:00 CEST
Topic:
Protzko et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: High replicability of newly discovered social-behavioural findings is achievable. Nat Hum Behav 8, 311–319 (2024).
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
&
Retraction Note:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
RETRACTED ARTICLE: High replicability of newly discovered social-behavioural findings is achievable - Nature Human Behaviour
Four labs discovered and replicated 16 novel findings with practices such as preregistration, large sample sizes and replication fidelity. Their findings suggest that with best practices, high replica...
doi.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Join us on Friday for a discussion on retraction 🔥👇
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Link to the handbook zenodo.org/records/1569...
August 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Link to the handbook zenodo.org/records/1569...
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UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
📌 👉 The 14th International Construction Grammar conference will be held at Princeton, June 4-7, 2026
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
August 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
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A brilliant linguist and sociolinguist, RIP
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
Robin Lakoff, Expert on Language and Gender, Is Dead at 82
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A brilliant linguist and sociolinguist, RIP
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
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Hi #lingsky! I'll be on sabbatical during the summer of 2026 (March 1 to July 20).
I won't travel by plane, so my radius is confined to Europe.
If you'd like to hear me speak about Oceanic languages, modal semantics, language documentation, word units (or see other publications), drop me a line!
I won't travel by plane, so my radius is confined to Europe.
If you'd like to hear me speak about Oceanic languages, modal semantics, language documentation, word units (or see other publications), drop me a line!
scholar.google.de
August 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Hi #lingsky! I'll be on sabbatical during the summer of 2026 (March 1 to July 20).
I won't travel by plane, so my radius is confined to Europe.
If you'd like to hear me speak about Oceanic languages, modal semantics, language documentation, word units (or see other publications), drop me a line!
I won't travel by plane, so my radius is confined to Europe.
If you'd like to hear me speak about Oceanic languages, modal semantics, language documentation, word units (or see other publications), drop me a line!
Reposted by Natalia Levshina
📌 👉 The 14th International Construction Grammar conference will be held at Princeton, June 4-7, 2026
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
August 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📌 👉 The 14th International Construction Grammar conference will be held at Princeton, June 4-7, 2026
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
Reposted by Natalia Levshina
3+1-year fully funded PhD position in Experimental and/or Computational Psycholinguistics. Official application deadline today, but applications submitted by August 25 will receive full consideration.
tmalsburg.github.io/job_ad_2025_...
tmalsburg.github.io/job_ad_2025_...
Fully Funded PhD Position in Experimental and/or Computational Psycholinguistics
tmalsburg.github.io
August 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
3+1-year fully funded PhD position in Experimental and/or Computational Psycholinguistics. Official application deadline today, but applications submitted by August 25 will receive full consideration.
tmalsburg.github.io/job_ad_2025_...
tmalsburg.github.io/job_ad_2025_...
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Princeton Psychology & Neuroscience are looking to hire a joint assistant professor doing computational, clinical, and/or neuroimaging research, w/ PhD in Psych, Neuro, CS or related. 👇
puwebp.princeton.edu
August 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Princeton Psychology & Neuroscience are looking to hire a joint assistant professor doing computational, clinical, and/or neuroimaging research, w/ PhD in Psych, Neuro, CS or related. 👇
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Paper in @pnas.org shows 'industrial scale' academic fraud: Fake papers are not rare & are generally not detected (only ~25% get retracted). Facilitated by 'brokers' - "22 editors accept articles that were retracted significantly more frequently than one would expect by chance".
August 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Paper in @pnas.org shows 'industrial scale' academic fraud: Fake papers are not rare & are generally not detected (only ~25% get retracted). Facilitated by 'brokers' - "22 editors accept articles that were retracted significantly more frequently than one would expect by chance".
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I'd join the class action if I were US-based.
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I'd join the class action if I were US-based.
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My PhD student Yue Li is looking for L1 speakers of Chinese and Spanish for her online English experiment! Please see below for details!
🎓 Call for Participants – Paid Online English Study
We look for: native speaker of Spanish or Chinese who has an advanced level of English
💸 Compensation provided
✅ Check the flyer for eligibility
📲 Scan the QR code to get in touch.
Feel free to share this news!
#linguistics #paidstudy
We look for: native speaker of Spanish or Chinese who has an advanced level of English
💸 Compensation provided
✅ Check the flyer for eligibility
📲 Scan the QR code to get in touch.
Feel free to share this news!
#linguistics #paidstudy
August 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My PhD student Yue Li is looking for L1 speakers of Chinese and Spanish for her online English experiment! Please see below for details!
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If there’s a #Bambara speaker (or even better a linguist) around, could you confirm that the following word-by-word translation is correct? Duna ma yelema, bi ma de yelema la || world NEG change and NEG exist change DEF (it’s from Boubacar Traoré’s lyrics)
August 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If there’s a #Bambara speaker (or even better a linguist) around, could you confirm that the following word-by-word translation is correct? Duna ma yelema, bi ma de yelema la || world NEG change and NEG exist change DEF (it’s from Boubacar Traoré’s lyrics)
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J. D. Bernal in 1939 discussing how graduate students (only a thing from 1917 in the UK) are evaluated based on number and bulk, the publication pressure stifling originality, and filling the literature with useless papers.
August 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
J. D. Bernal in 1939 discussing how graduate students (only a thing from 1917 in the UK) are evaluated based on number and bulk, the publication pressure stifling originality, and filling the literature with useless papers.
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Call for papers for Evolang 2026 is now posted! evolang2026.org. Workshop proposals due Sept 22nd. Paper submissions October 26th. Evolang is interdisciplinarity at its best. We hope to see you in Plovdiv!!
August 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Call for papers for Evolang 2026 is now posted! evolang2026.org. Workshop proposals due Sept 22nd. Paper submissions October 26th. Evolang is interdisciplinarity at its best. We hope to see you in Plovdiv!!
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Sad to hear that Margaret Boden, pioneer in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, has passed away.
Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video.
Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video.
Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
July 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sad to hear that Margaret Boden, pioneer in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, has passed away.
Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video.
Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video.
Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
I think we should stop using the label "null results". It's a misnomer that devalues the importance of research findings. Research is a competition of hypotheses. Any outcome of this competition advances science, no matter how strongly attached we are to our own theories. 1/3
Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature
go.nature.com/450KElr
go.nature.com/450KElr
Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them
Survey finds that fear of reputational harm and a lack of support and publication platforms are among respondents’ key concerns.
go.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I think we should stop using the label "null results". It's a misnomer that devalues the importance of research findings. Research is a competition of hypotheses. Any outcome of this competition advances science, no matter how strongly attached we are to our own theories. 1/3
Just arrived in Eugene for Session 2 of the #LSA summer institute! The bar is set very high after an excellent first session, but I'm excited to contribute to another great run!
We’re interviewing instructors and attendees at the LSA Summer Institute! 🥹
Today’s spotlight features Adele E. Goldberg @adelegoldberg.bsky.social , who taught “A Constructionist Approach to Grammar” in Term 1.
(more in the thread!)
#LSA2025 #Linguistics
Today’s spotlight features Adele E. Goldberg @adelegoldberg.bsky.social , who taught “A Constructionist Approach to Grammar” in Term 1.
(more in the thread!)
#LSA2025 #Linguistics
July 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just arrived in Eugene for Session 2 of the #LSA summer institute! The bar is set very high after an excellent first session, but I'm excited to contribute to another great run!
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Exciting new opening @nccrlanguage.bsky.social with the option of permanent extension. If you work in cutting-edge stats and are interested in joining a highly inter-disciplinary, vibrant community, don't hesitate to apply at tinyurl.com/3fxwjk8e
UZH: Statistician
Within the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language and its 46 different research groups from a large variety of disciplines across Switzerland, and the University of Zurich ...
tinyurl.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Exciting new opening @nccrlanguage.bsky.social with the option of permanent extension. If you work in cutting-edge stats and are interested in joining a highly inter-disciplinary, vibrant community, don't hesitate to apply at tinyurl.com/3fxwjk8e
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The Call for Papers and Call for Workshops for ICAME47, May 26-30 2026 in Koblenz, Germany, now out
Submission deadlines 31 October 2025.
Calls and conference dates here: wp.uni-koblenz.de/icame47/
Conference email address: icame47@uni-koblenz.de
Submission deadlines 31 October 2025.
Calls and conference dates here: wp.uni-koblenz.de/icame47/
Conference email address: icame47@uni-koblenz.de
CFP -
Call for Papers | Call for Workshops Below you’ll find the Call for Papers and Call for Workshops, along with Word templates for both. Abstracts for Full Papers, Work-in-Progress Reports, Software Dem...
wp.uni-koblenz.de
July 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Call for Papers and Call for Workshops for ICAME47, May 26-30 2026 in Koblenz, Germany, now out
Submission deadlines 31 October 2025.
Calls and conference dates here: wp.uni-koblenz.de/icame47/
Conference email address: icame47@uni-koblenz.de
Submission deadlines 31 October 2025.
Calls and conference dates here: wp.uni-koblenz.de/icame47/
Conference email address: icame47@uni-koblenz.de