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The Phonetics, Acquisition & Multilingualism Lab (PAMLab) at City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 studying speech & learning; PI Charles B. Chang @cbchang.bsky.social. Reposts≠endorsements.

Web: thepamlab.github.io
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New paper alert: congrats to Profs. @cbchang.bsky.social, Sunyoung Ahn & Youngjoo Kim on the publication of "LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency"! 🎉🎉

link.springer.com/article/10.3...

#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency - Behavior Research Methods
To facilitate objective measures of proficiency for language users of diverse backgrounds, recent research in second language acquisition and multilingualism has developed short, yet reliable, tests o...
link.springer.com
Our own @jupitararay.bsky.social is presenting at this week's #BUCLD50! Her Fri aft poster w/ Prof @cbchang.bsky.social is: "L2 influence, L1 resilience: Change and stability in early bilingual speakers of Indian English"

www.bu.edu/bucld/

@bulinguistics.bsky.social @bucld.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Looking for an opportunity to mentor or be mentored at #BUCLD50? PUMP is what you need — you still have one week to register!

All BUCLD 50 attendees are welcome to join! You can register as a mentor or mentee at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#BUCLD #PUMP #LanguageDevelopment #AcademicGrowth
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New paper alert: congrats to Profs. @cbchang.bsky.social, Sunyoung Ahn & Youngjoo Kim on the publication of "LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency"! 🎉🎉

link.springer.com/article/10.3...

#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency - Behavior Research Methods
To facilitate objective measures of proficiency for language users of diverse backgrounds, recent research in second language acquisition and multilingualism has developed short, yet reliable, tests o...
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🚨🚨 Linguistics & Translation @ CityU is recruiting PhD students for the '26-27 intake! 🚨🚨

Prospectives should contact potential supervisors well before the Dec 1 deadline. Our faculty: lt.cityu.edu.hk/people/acade...

Happy to answer questions re: our programme & application process! #langsky 🐦🐦
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
PAMLab is recruiting new PhD students! 🎉🎉

#phonetics #bilingualism #multilingualism #phd #gradschool #langsky 🐦🐦
October 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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We are excited to celebrate the 50th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 50)! Join us and honor this milestone year.

Location: 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Find more information at www.bu.edu/bucld

#BUCLD #BUCLD50 #BostonUniversity #LanguageDevelopment
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Big news! Starting in 2027, @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org will publish the Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC)—a new LSA journal highlighting the richness of Black language & culture across the globe.
Learn more: www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... @acharityhudley.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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#ResearchTuesday! Language exposure at home and school contribute differently to bilingual language development. This article in #JSLHR shows the importance of exposure to both languages. Read more: https://at.asha.org/MG @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps
Relationships Between Home and School Language Exposure and Changes in Bilingual Oral Language Performance From Kindergarten to First Grade
Purpose: With over one third of students in the United States exposed to languages other than English at home, there is a growing need to examine...
at.asha.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky:

A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!

psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
psychiatry.ucsd.edu
September 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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How do multilingual babies acquire their languages? In Africa, multilingualism is the norm. In our new study with 9-11 month old Ghanaian babies learning up to 5 languages simultaneously, we found that they were able to recognize words in text passages in Akan, one of their languages.
Tongue root harmony cues for speech segmentation in multilingually raised infants learning languages with and without vowel harmony in Ghana (Africa) | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition | Cambridge...
Tongue root harmony cues for speech segmentation in multilingually raised infants learning languages with and without vowel harmony in Ghana (Africa)
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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🚨 We are seeking a Digital Presence Coordinator!

Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.

Job details:

💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters

🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term

Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh
go.iu.edu
October 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Deadline 19 Oct: PhD position on accented speech processing with S. Brouwer at Radboud University : www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
October 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Does anyone know of good resources for conlanging? For a v. creative HS student that I'd like to help work through the process a little more methodically. I'm thinking smthg that introduces the ideas of phono inventory, typology of possible morph and syntax systems, etc. Thx! #linguistics #conlang
October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Q: How does tonal coarticulation in disyllabic words of #Cantonese contribute to tone merging and inform research on #soundchange? A: The two interact dynamically, with carryover effects in extreme tonal contexts emerging as an important source of change. #LabPhon #openaccess doi.org/10.16995/lab...
The effects of contextual tonal variation on Cantonese tone merging
Previous studies on Cantonese tone merging have examined monosyllabic materials so far, yet disyllabic words are common in daily conversation. Sound change often originates from a pool of synchronic v...
www.journal-labphon.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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🚨Open immediately!! (rolling application review)🚨: Postdoc w/ the amazing Tamar Gollan, Uni. Cal. San Diego, bilingual speech production and cognitive control in aging and Alzheimer’s disease psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
psychiatry.ucsd.edu
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?

Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.

9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
northwestern.zoom.us
October 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Look who's talking: our own @jupitararay.bsky.social will speak about "L2 change and L1 stability in early sequential bilinguals of Indian English" in Northeastern Linguistics' Speaker Series next week!

@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦 #bilingualism #phonetics #phonology
September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects

So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?

And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
September 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Kudos to PhD student @jupitararay.bsky.social & Prof @cbchang.bsky.social on their acceptance to #LSA2026, the upcoming @lingsocam.bsky.social Annual Meeting! Their talk is titled "L2 accommodation-led drift: Asymmetries between L1 production and perception" 🙌

@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
September 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Come help us celebrate 50 years of BUCLD!
September 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the BUCLD50, taking place November 6 - 9, 2025! Click here to register and secure your spot: www.bu.edu/bucld/attend...

Early bird pricing is available until October 25, 2025.
Registration | Conference on Language Development
Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.
www.bu.edu
September 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS, #LabPhon20:
Deadline to submit abstracts is Dec 1, 2025. Abstract guidelines and submission link available in Oct 2025.

CALL FOR SATELLITE WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: Deadline for satellite workshop proposals is Nov 1, 2025. Events' date is June 25, 2026.

labphon.org/labphon20/ca...
Call for Papers & Satellite Workshops | Labphon
labphon.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Convening for #LabPhon20 in Montreal is an opportunity to celebrate 40 years of #LabPhon.

We invite the ALP community to gather videos, pictures, memories, & artifacts from the last 4 decades, for presentation in Montreal. To help curate and organize materials, please contact labphon20@gmail.com.
September 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Take a short SURVEY to help #LabPhon20 organizers understand what might constrain in-person conference attendance, given issues of immigration, funding, and accessibility. We strive to make a realistic and equitable conference plan, including for students.

ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Haverford College is looking for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of #Linguistics, with a primary specialization in #Sociolinguistics, secondary specialization(s) open -> www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics
Haverford College seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Linguistics.
www.haverford.edu
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM