M. Carmen Parafita Couto
@parafitacouto.bsky.social
Multilingualism, code-switching | Editor Current Issues in Bilingualism/Language Science Press | Editor Isogloss. Open journal of Romance Linguistics | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela & Universiteit Leiden
We’re hiring! Join the BabelBrain Project @usc.gal @filoloxiausc.bsky.social
1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia
2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar
3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar
📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...
🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026
1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia
2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar
3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar
📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...
🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026
Grupo de Gramática del Español
gramatica.usc.es
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We’re hiring! Join the BabelBrain Project @usc.gal @filoloxiausc.bsky.social
1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia
2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar
3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar
📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...
🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026
1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia
2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar
3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar
📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...
🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026
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📢Faladoiro “Mulleres e rurais na Galiza (1936-1982): algunhas cuestións para a reflexión”
🗣 A Comisión de Xénero e Igualdade do ILG organiza esta charla de Alba Díaz Geada (USC).
📅11/11
⌚11:30
📍ILG
✍ Inscrición: forms.office.com/e/26pkYzkCek. Ata o día 10, ás 12 h. Prazas limitadas
@usc.gal
🗣 A Comisión de Xénero e Igualdade do ILG organiza esta charla de Alba Díaz Geada (USC).
📅11/11
⌚11:30
📍ILG
✍ Inscrición: forms.office.com/e/26pkYzkCek. Ata o día 10, ás 12 h. Prazas limitadas
@usc.gal
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
📢Faladoiro “Mulleres e rurais na Galiza (1936-1982): algunhas cuestións para a reflexión”
🗣 A Comisión de Xénero e Igualdade do ILG organiza esta charla de Alba Díaz Geada (USC).
📅11/11
⌚11:30
📍ILG
✍ Inscrición: forms.office.com/e/26pkYzkCek. Ata o día 10, ás 12 h. Prazas limitadas
@usc.gal
🗣 A Comisión de Xénero e Igualdade do ILG organiza esta charla de Alba Díaz Geada (USC).
📅11/11
⌚11:30
📍ILG
✍ Inscrición: forms.office.com/e/26pkYzkCek. Ata o día 10, ás 12 h. Prazas limitadas
@usc.gal
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📢 Presentación de 'Identidades e ideoloxías perante a diversidade lingüística', editado polos membros do ILG Elisa Fdez. Rei, Estela Fidalgo Garra e Miguel Guisantes Alonso e publicado polo @consellocultura.bsky.social.
📅3/11
⌚13 h
📍Fac. Filoloxía da @usc.gal
📅3/11
⌚13 h
📍Fac. Filoloxía da @usc.gal
October 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
📢 Presentación de 'Identidades e ideoloxías perante a diversidade lingüística', editado polos membros do ILG Elisa Fdez. Rei, Estela Fidalgo Garra e Miguel Guisantes Alonso e publicado polo @consellocultura.bsky.social.
📅3/11
⌚13 h
📍Fac. Filoloxía da @usc.gal
📅3/11
⌚13 h
📍Fac. Filoloxía da @usc.gal
On Oct 17, join us for two talks on bilingualism & linguistic diversity by Mily Crevels (Leiden) and Maria Polinsky (Maryland). @usc.gal @filoloxiausc.bsky.social
gramatica.usc.es/es/events
gramatica.usc.es/es/events
September 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
On Oct 17, join us for two talks on bilingualism & linguistic diversity by Mily Crevels (Leiden) and Maria Polinsky (Maryland). @usc.gal @filoloxiausc.bsky.social
gramatica.usc.es/es/events
gramatica.usc.es/es/events
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Non perdas a conferencia que o próximo día 11 terá lugar na Facultade de Filoloxía e Tradución (Aula A5, ás 12:00). Esta palestra organizada por Alexandre Rodríguez Guerra, membro do iLingua, será impartida por Manuel Delicado Cantero, profesor da Australian National University
September 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Non perdas a conferencia que o próximo día 11 terá lugar na Facultade de Filoloxía e Tradución (Aula A5, ás 12:00). Esta palestra organizada por Alexandre Rodríguez Guerra, membro do iLingua, será impartida por Manuel Delicado Cantero, profesor da Australian National University
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Hoxe tamén estamos a gozar da palestra de Manuel Delicado Cantero profesor en The Australian National University. Hoxe está a falar sobre sintaxe histórica. Están sendo de moito interés os seus traballos sobre fenómenos gramaticais periféricos!
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Hoxe tamén estamos a gozar da palestra de Manuel Delicado Cantero profesor en The Australian National University. Hoxe está a falar sobre sintaxe histórica. Están sendo de moito interés os seus traballos sobre fenómenos gramaticais periféricos!
Three fully funded positions on multilingualism @usc.gal (ATRAE program), starting in 2026:
• 2 PhDs (multilingualism in Galicia & Gibraltar)
• 1 Postdoc (both regions)
Research includes fieldwork, corpora, social network analysis & pupillometry.
📩 m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Please share!
• 2 PhDs (multilingualism in Galicia & Gibraltar)
• 1 Postdoc (both regions)
Research includes fieldwork, corpora, social network analysis & pupillometry.
📩 m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Please share!
July 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Three fully funded positions on multilingualism @usc.gal (ATRAE program), starting in 2026:
• 2 PhDs (multilingualism in Galicia & Gibraltar)
• 1 Postdoc (both regions)
Research includes fieldwork, corpora, social network analysis & pupillometry.
📩 m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Please share!
• 2 PhDs (multilingualism in Galicia & Gibraltar)
• 1 Postdoc (both regions)
Research includes fieldwork, corpora, social network analysis & pupillometry.
📩 m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Please share!
BHL 2026- Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone world
🗓️ 12–14 January 2026
📍 Reading, UK & Online (yes, it's hybrid!)
📝 Deadline: 25 July 2025
Posters are in-person only! Virtual posters haven’t learned to stand up yet 😅
👉 linguistlist.org/issues/36/19...
bhlmultilingualism.wixsite.com/2026
🗓️ 12–14 January 2026
📍 Reading, UK & Online (yes, it's hybrid!)
📝 Deadline: 25 July 2025
Posters are in-person only! Virtual posters haven’t learned to stand up yet 😅
👉 linguistlist.org/issues/36/19...
bhlmultilingualism.wixsite.com/2026
LINGUIST List 36.1966 Calls: Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone World Conference (United Kingdom)
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
June 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
BHL 2026- Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone world
🗓️ 12–14 January 2026
📍 Reading, UK & Online (yes, it's hybrid!)
📝 Deadline: 25 July 2025
Posters are in-person only! Virtual posters haven’t learned to stand up yet 😅
👉 linguistlist.org/issues/36/19...
bhlmultilingualism.wixsite.com/2026
🗓️ 12–14 January 2026
📍 Reading, UK & Online (yes, it's hybrid!)
📝 Deadline: 25 July 2025
Posters are in-person only! Virtual posters haven’t learned to stand up yet 😅
👉 linguistlist.org/issues/36/19...
bhlmultilingualism.wixsite.com/2026
Day 2 of the BIP on Multilingualism featured an inspiring talk by Brechje van Osch on the key factors influencing bilingual acquisition, like age, input, and social context, and how we can measure them effectively.
bip-multilingualism.webs.uvigo.es
bip-multilingualism.webs.uvigo.es
June 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Day 2 of the BIP on Multilingualism featured an inspiring talk by Brechje van Osch on the key factors influencing bilingual acquisition, like age, input, and social context, and how we can measure them effectively.
bip-multilingualism.webs.uvigo.es
bip-multilingualism.webs.uvigo.es
The BIP on Multilingualism officially kicked off today!
A joint initiatatove by @uvigo.bsky.social, @leidenhumanities.bsky.social & U. do Minho, uniting students & scholars to explore multilingualism. Four more days online now, in-person in Vigo & Braga in mid June! bip-multilingualism.webs.uvigo.es
A joint initiatatove by @uvigo.bsky.social, @leidenhumanities.bsky.social & U. do Minho, uniting students & scholars to explore multilingualism. Four more days online now, in-person in Vigo & Braga in mid June! bip-multilingualism.webs.uvigo.es
June 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The BIP on Multilingualism officially kicked off today!
A joint initiatatove by @uvigo.bsky.social, @leidenhumanities.bsky.social & U. do Minho, uniting students & scholars to explore multilingualism. Four more days online now, in-person in Vigo & Braga in mid June! bip-multilingualism.webs.uvigo.es
A joint initiatatove by @uvigo.bsky.social, @leidenhumanities.bsky.social & U. do Minho, uniting students & scholars to explore multilingualism. Four more days online now, in-person in Vigo & Braga in mid June! bip-multilingualism.webs.uvigo.es
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A nosa investigadora, Rosa Alonso Alonso, ven de publicar un artigo no International Journal of Applied Linguistics sobre Adolescents’ informal exposure to English as a second language in the context of Galicia. Parabéns! ✨✨
ℹ️www.jbe-platform.com...
ℹ️www.jbe-platform.com...
May 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A nosa investigadora, Rosa Alonso Alonso, ven de publicar un artigo no International Journal of Applied Linguistics sobre Adolescents’ informal exposure to English as a second language in the context of Galicia. Parabéns! ✨✨
ℹ️www.jbe-platform.com...
ℹ️www.jbe-platform.com...
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Listen to our very own Dr. Steve Politzer-Ahles, who is the featured guest on the latest episode of the Language Neuroscience Podcast! langneurosci.org/podcast/
The Language Neuroscience Podcast
langneurosci.org
May 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Listen to our very own Dr. Steve Politzer-Ahles, who is the featured guest on the latest episode of the Language Neuroscience Podcast! langneurosci.org/podcast/
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Let's work together to ensure that the science of bi/multilingualism reflects the diversity and richness of the communities it serves! 🌐
📅 June 10, 15:30
📍 Room 10A – Kursaal Auditorium
🎟️ Register (limited spots!): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embracing-...
⚠️ Conference registration required to attend.
📅 June 10, 15:30
📍 Room 10A – Kursaal Auditorium
🎟️ Register (limited spots!): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embracing-...
⚠️ Conference registration required to attend.
Embracing EDI Practices in the Science of Bi/Multilingualism
Satellite event by Women in Cognitive Science Europe (WiCS-E) at the ISB Symposium – San Sebastián
(https://www.bcbl.eu/events/isb15/en/)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Let's work together to ensure that the science of bi/multilingualism reflects the diversity and richness of the communities it serves! 🌐
📅 June 10, 15:30
📍 Room 10A – Kursaal Auditorium
🎟️ Register (limited spots!): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embracing-...
⚠️ Conference registration required to attend.
📅 June 10, 15:30
📍 Room 10A – Kursaal Auditorium
🎟️ Register (limited spots!): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embracing-...
⚠️ Conference registration required to attend.
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🧵Follow this thread!
🌍 On the occasion of @isbilingualism.bsky.social
WiCS-E is organizing a panel discussion titled "Embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Practices within Bi/Multilingualism Science" to embrace research that reflects real-world diversity in bi/multilingualism
🌍 On the occasion of @isbilingualism.bsky.social
WiCS-E is organizing a panel discussion titled "Embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Practices within Bi/Multilingualism Science" to embrace research that reflects real-world diversity in bi/multilingualism
May 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🧵Follow this thread!
🌍 On the occasion of @isbilingualism.bsky.social
WiCS-E is organizing a panel discussion titled "Embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Practices within Bi/Multilingualism Science" to embrace research that reflects real-world diversity in bi/multilingualism
🌍 On the occasion of @isbilingualism.bsky.social
WiCS-E is organizing a panel discussion titled "Embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Practices within Bi/Multilingualism Science" to embrace research that reflects real-world diversity in bi/multilingualism
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FALAS HABITUALMENTE GALEGO❓
Unha alumna do Grao en Lingua e Literatura Galegas da Facultade de Filoloxía da @usc.gal está a realizar o seu TFG sobre a variación léxica no galego, polo que precisa persoas para realizar esta enquisa:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Anímate a participar!!
Unha alumna do Grao en Lingua e Literatura Galegas da Facultade de Filoloxía da @usc.gal está a realizar o seu TFG sobre a variación léxica no galego, polo que precisa persoas para realizar esta enquisa:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Anímate a participar!!
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
FALAS HABITUALMENTE GALEGO❓
Unha alumna do Grao en Lingua e Literatura Galegas da Facultade de Filoloxía da @usc.gal está a realizar o seu TFG sobre a variación léxica no galego, polo que precisa persoas para realizar esta enquisa:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Anímate a participar!!
Unha alumna do Grao en Lingua e Literatura Galegas da Facultade de Filoloxía da @usc.gal está a realizar o seu TFG sobre a variación léxica no galego, polo que precisa persoas para realizar esta enquisa:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Anímate a participar!!
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Reminder that we have this wonderful opportunity coming up! If you want to learn how the speaker’s and hearer’s knowledge affects grammar, and particularly if you work on an African language, consider applying! (deadline 17 May)
Online Masterclass in Epistemicity (Sept-Nov 2025)!
The MapLE project organises an online course on epistemicity: the expression of the speaker’s and hearer’s knowledge in the grammar. See the website for more information and how to apply!
The MapLE project organises an online course on epistemicity: the expression of the speaker’s and hearer’s knowledge in the grammar. See the website for more information and how to apply!
MapLE Masterclass
MapLE Masterclass Apply to participate in the online course by filling in this form. What is this course about?When people communicate, they not only exchange information, but they also indicate ho…
epistemicity.net
April 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Reminder that we have this wonderful opportunity coming up! If you want to learn how the speaker’s and hearer’s knowledge affects grammar, and particularly if you work on an African language, consider applying! (deadline 17 May)
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April 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"Codeswitching" by Anne L. Beatty-Martínez, M. Carmen Parafita Couto, Felix K. Ameka, and Enoch O. Aboh is now available.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"Codeswitching" by Anne L. Beatty-Martínez, M. Carmen Parafita Couto, Felix K. Ameka, and Enoch O. Aboh is now available.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Crossing Language Borders project hosts research partner Annie Beatty for a talk titled "Bilingualism reveals how experience shapes language and the brain."
🗓 April 4, 2025 | ⏰ 16: 00 – 17:30 CEST
📍 Attend in person (Bushuis, E1.02, Amsterdam) or online.
aclc.uva.nl/shared/subsi...
🗓 April 4, 2025 | ⏰ 16: 00 – 17:30 CEST
📍 Attend in person (Bushuis, E1.02, Amsterdam) or online.
aclc.uva.nl/shared/subsi...
ACLC Seminar | Annie Beatty-Martinez - ACLC
Dr Annie Beatty-Martinez is the guest speaker for this ACLC seminar. The title of this talk is: "Bilingualism reveals how experience shapes language and the brain."
aclc.uva.nl
April 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The Crossing Language Borders project hosts research partner Annie Beatty for a talk titled "Bilingualism reveals how experience shapes language and the brain."
🗓 April 4, 2025 | ⏰ 16: 00 – 17:30 CEST
📍 Attend in person (Bushuis, E1.02, Amsterdam) or online.
aclc.uva.nl/shared/subsi...
🗓 April 4, 2025 | ⏰ 16: 00 – 17:30 CEST
📍 Attend in person (Bushuis, E1.02, Amsterdam) or online.
aclc.uva.nl/shared/subsi...
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📚 Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in psych, neuro, or a related field?
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
Trainee Interest for Formative and Interactive Review (FAIR)
To participate in FAIR, you must be an early career researcher (undergraduate to post-doc) in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field.
We offer multiple ways to engage in FAIR, depending on your...
go.iu.edu
March 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
📚 Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in psych, neuro, or a related field?
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
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Zeg mij welke taal je spreekt, en ik zeg je wie je bent. Over het nieuwe boek van Khalid Mourigh.
neerlandistiek.nl/2025/03/ze-s...
neerlandistiek.nl/2025/03/ze-s...
Ze sprak haar naam uit als Fleuj
Zeg mij welke taal je spreekt, en ik zeg je wie je bent. Over het nieuwe boek van Khalid Mourigh.
neerlandistiek.nl
March 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Zeg mij welke taal je spreekt, en ik zeg je wie je bent. Over het nieuwe boek van Khalid Mourigh.
neerlandistiek.nl/2025/03/ze-s...
neerlandistiek.nl/2025/03/ze-s...
📢 Introducing the Galician MultiPic! A picture dataset that captures lexical variation.
📖 Out soon – for now, read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
@ilgusc.bsky.social @lvtc-uvigo.bsky.social @christoslab.bsky.social
📖 Out soon – for now, read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
@ilgusc.bsky.social @lvtc-uvigo.bsky.social @christoslab.bsky.social
Frontiers | The Galician MultiPic: a picture dataset that captures lexical variation
In psycholinguistic research, careful selection and control of stimuli are essential for gaining insights into cognitive processes. Within this field, pictur...
www.frontiersin.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📢 Introducing the Galician MultiPic! A picture dataset that captures lexical variation.
📖 Out soon – for now, read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
@ilgusc.bsky.social @lvtc-uvigo.bsky.social @christoslab.bsky.social
📖 Out soon – for now, read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
@ilgusc.bsky.social @lvtc-uvigo.bsky.social @christoslab.bsky.social
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Muy interesante este artículo de @irenevalmore.bsky.social Que, como de costumbre, ha dado en el clavo 📍Entre otras cosas porque 'saber lo que no sabemos es el preludio de cualquier avance' y otras reflexiones interesantes #sabiduría e #ignorancia #evidencia #científica #GlobalLib 🌎 @elpais.com
"Todo el mundo afirma tener sentido común y se muestra dispuesto a pregonarlo a diestro y siniestro [...]. Quizá lo realmente común sea despreciar otras formas de pensar y vivir convencidos de que la nuestra es la mejor y más cabal". Por Irene Vallejo
Lo que sabemos sobre la ignorancia | Tribuna
El error es valioso: puede hacernos conscientes de nuestras lagunas y abrir ventanas a lo nuevo e inesperado
elpais.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Muy interesante este artículo de @irenevalmore.bsky.social Que, como de costumbre, ha dado en el clavo 📍Entre otras cosas porque 'saber lo que no sabemos es el preludio de cualquier avance' y otras reflexiones interesantes #sabiduría e #ignorancia #evidencia #científica #GlobalLib 🌎 @elpais.com
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Esta gravación de unha nena de 11 anos sobre o Entroido de Laza podedes escoitala👂enteira no Arquivo do Galego Oral 🗣.
👀 ilg.usc.gal/ago/
@usc.gal #Entroido #Entroido2025
👀 ilg.usc.gal/ago/
@usc.gal #Entroido #Entroido2025
March 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Esta gravación de unha nena de 11 anos sobre o Entroido de Laza podedes escoitala👂enteira no Arquivo do Galego Oral 🗣.
👀 ilg.usc.gal/ago/
@usc.gal #Entroido #Entroido2025
👀 ilg.usc.gal/ago/
@usc.gal #Entroido #Entroido2025
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Hoxe é o #DíaInternacionaldaLinguaMaterna e os últimos datos do IGE sobre a transmisión interxeracional do galego non son nada alentadores, como analiza o 'Informe sobre a situación da lingua galega segundo os datos do Instituto Galego de Estatística de 2023', publicado pola Real Academia Galega.
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February 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hoxe é o #DíaInternacionaldaLinguaMaterna e os últimos datos do IGE sobre a transmisión interxeracional do galego non son nada alentadores, como analiza o 'Informe sobre a situación da lingua galega segundo os datos do Instituto Galego de Estatística de 2023', publicado pola Real Academia Galega.
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