Robin Edds 🏳️🌈
@reddsreads.bsky.social
PhD candidate in linguistics at Uni Tübingen, looking at the semantics of evidentiality in Hexagonal French. Recovering philosopher, ex-bookseller, and literary non-hottie. he/them
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The next Henry Sweet Society (@henrysweetsoc.bsky.social) Colloquium will be held on 2-4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social).
Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas
CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c...
#Histlx
Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas
CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c...
#Histlx
Cfp: Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2026
The 2026 annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will be held on 2–4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham, UK. Confirmed plenary speaker: Cécile V…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The next Henry Sweet Society (@henrysweetsoc.bsky.social) Colloquium will be held on 2-4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social).
Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas
CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c...
#Histlx
Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas
CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c...
#Histlx
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Opening for PhD position (3.5 years) on
Language Evolution | Computational Modeling | Primate Communication
Joint project with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social & @elmanubohn.bsky.social at @unituebingen.bsky.social in CRC "Common Ground".
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Language Evolution | Computational Modeling | Primate Communication
Joint project with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social & @elmanubohn.bsky.social at @unituebingen.bsky.social in CRC "Common Ground".
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PhD Researcher (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 75%)
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October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Opening for PhD position (3.5 years) on
Language Evolution | Computational Modeling | Primate Communication
Joint project with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social & @elmanubohn.bsky.social at @unituebingen.bsky.social in CRC "Common Ground".
Share, apply, or reach out for details!
tinyurl.com/y2av9hhd
Language Evolution | Computational Modeling | Primate Communication
Joint project with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social & @elmanubohn.bsky.social at @unituebingen.bsky.social in CRC "Common Ground".
Share, apply, or reach out for details!
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has anyone written about the process of conversational repair in analog games? specifically thinking about stuff like:
- "i move my meeple 5 spaces" "i think it's 6 spaces"
- "oh, last turn i should've given you an extra 3 tokens. do you want them now?"
- "it's too late now, but for next time..."
- "i move my meeple 5 spaces" "i think it's 6 spaces"
- "oh, last turn i should've given you an extra 3 tokens. do you want them now?"
- "it's too late now, but for next time..."
October 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
has anyone written about the process of conversational repair in analog games? specifically thinking about stuff like:
- "i move my meeple 5 spaces" "i think it's 6 spaces"
- "oh, last turn i should've given you an extra 3 tokens. do you want them now?"
- "it's too late now, but for next time..."
- "i move my meeple 5 spaces" "i think it's 6 spaces"
- "oh, last turn i should've given you an extra 3 tokens. do you want them now?"
- "it's too late now, but for next time..."
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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
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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
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I wrote about the decision myself and other authors took to withdraw from the longlist of the Polari Book Prizes for LGBTQ+ writers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I wrote about the decision myself and other authors took to withdraw from the longlist of the Polari Book Prizes for LGBTQ+ writers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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corporations on july 1st:
July 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
corporations on july 1st:
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Our large-scale interdisciplinary research initiative @unituebingen.bsky.social on "Common Ground" now has a website: uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
We are also hiring! Check out recent postings here and the continually added job ads here:
uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...
#linguistics + friends
We are also hiring! Check out recent postings here and the continually added job ads here:
uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...
#linguistics + friends
CRC Common Ground
uni-tuebingen.de
July 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our large-scale interdisciplinary research initiative @unituebingen.bsky.social on "Common Ground" now has a website: uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
We are also hiring! Check out recent postings here and the continually added job ads here:
uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...
#linguistics + friends
We are also hiring! Check out recent postings here and the continually added job ads here:
uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...
#linguistics + friends
There's a new Collaborative Research Center focusing on the common ground at the University of Tübingen (where I did my MA), with a variety of really cool looking PhD and postdoc opportunities in linguistics starting in October: uni-tuebingen.de/en/283575
Job advertisements
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July 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
There's a new Collaborative Research Center focusing on the common ground at the University of Tübingen (where I did my MA), with a variety of really cool looking PhD and postdoc opportunities in linguistics starting in October: uni-tuebingen.de/en/283575
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'BRITISH PLATFORM'
'PUBLIC HOUSE COFFEE'
'Travelcard' and more here on this cold coffee brand which links Britain, subways, travel, and coffee in ways I find a bit surprising. All part of the coffee #LinguisticLandscape of Korea!
'PUBLIC HOUSE COFFEE'
'Travelcard' and more here on this cold coffee brand which links Britain, subways, travel, and coffee in ways I find a bit surprising. All part of the coffee #LinguisticLandscape of Korea!
June 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
'BRITISH PLATFORM'
'PUBLIC HOUSE COFFEE'
'Travelcard' and more here on this cold coffee brand which links Britain, subways, travel, and coffee in ways I find a bit surprising. All part of the coffee #LinguisticLandscape of Korea!
'PUBLIC HOUSE COFFEE'
'Travelcard' and more here on this cold coffee brand which links Britain, subways, travel, and coffee in ways I find a bit surprising. All part of the coffee #LinguisticLandscape of Korea!
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Wolfram: “the best studies are those that combine quantitative study and case studies, because we don’t want to lose the people who tell us what’s going on in their lives” ❤️ #NWAV52 #linguistics
November 9, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Wolfram: “the best studies are those that combine quantitative study and case studies, because we don’t want to lose the people who tell us what’s going on in their lives” ❤️ #NWAV52 #linguistics
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In a move surprising Probably No One, I have written about syntax pedagogy! This time for COZIL's blog: here's my five quick tips on how to make your syntax #linguistics classroom more LGBTQ+ friendly!
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...
Make your theoretical syntax classroom more LGBTQ-friendly with these 5 quick tips!
Theoretical linguistics is not necessarily a space that excludes queer linguists outright — hell, we named our LGBTQ Linguistics award after Arnold Zwicky, a prolific syntactician (among othe…
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October 20, 2024 at 12:19 AM
In a move surprising Probably No One, I have written about syntax pedagogy! This time for COZIL's blog: here's my five quick tips on how to make your syntax #linguistics classroom more LGBTQ+ friendly!
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...
Trying to explain to my partner why I find the sentence "In my opinion, can you really mess up sushi?" (uttered in a podcast by Saoirse-Monica Jackson) so interesting, and realising I'm making zero sense to him 😅
October 17, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Trying to explain to my partner why I find the sentence "In my opinion, can you really mess up sushi?" (uttered in a podcast by Saoirse-Monica Jackson) so interesting, and realising I'm making zero sense to him 😅
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Pius Akumbu, in the roundtable on decolonization in linguistics at #SLE2024:
"If funding agencies are funding an outsider PhD student to do work on a minoritized language, they could also be funding -- and linguists could be pushing for this -- training for a community member in linguistics."
"If funding agencies are funding an outsider PhD student to do work on a minoritized language, they could also be funding -- and linguists could be pushing for this -- training for a community member in linguistics."
August 22, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Pius Akumbu, in the roundtable on decolonization in linguistics at #SLE2024:
"If funding agencies are funding an outsider PhD student to do work on a minoritized language, they could also be funding -- and linguists could be pushing for this -- training for a community member in linguistics."
"If funding agencies are funding an outsider PhD student to do work on a minoritized language, they could also be funding -- and linguists could be pushing for this -- training for a community member in linguistics."
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I did some math last night and if @skypeascientist.bsky.social sells 5000 advent calendars, between our other fundraisers and patreon, we would fully fund our program for 2025.
It’s a lot…but I’m going to attempt to do it.
Get one here, tell your friends 👇🏻
Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
It’s a lot…but I’m going to attempt to do it.
Get one here, tell your friends 👇🏻
Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
August 19, 2024 at 2:04 PM
I did some math last night and if @skypeascientist.bsky.social sells 5000 advent calendars, between our other fundraisers and patreon, we would fully fund our program for 2025.
It’s a lot…but I’m going to attempt to do it.
Get one here, tell your friends 👇🏻
Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
It’s a lot…but I’m going to attempt to do it.
Get one here, tell your friends 👇🏻
Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
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New on Language on the Move: the communication challenges faced by autistic people and why they result in lower life expectancy, by @geraldroche.bsky.social
And why are applied linguists generally not interested in autism?
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
www.languageonthemove.com/im-dying-to-...
And why are applied linguists generally not interested in autism?
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
www.languageonthemove.com/im-dying-to-...
April 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM
New on Language on the Move: the communication challenges faced by autistic people and why they result in lower life expectancy, by @geraldroche.bsky.social
And why are applied linguists generally not interested in autism?
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
www.languageonthemove.com/im-dying-to-...
And why are applied linguists generally not interested in autism?
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
www.languageonthemove.com/im-dying-to-...
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Hey, I'm finally recruiting for a paid study! This is for anyone over 18 and fluent in English who uses neopronouns (like "xe," "fae," "thon," etc) as their personal pronouns. If you're interested, you can sign up to receive more information at the link below! Please share far and wide!!
Neopronouns interview study interest form
This form is to express interest in participating in an interview study conducted by Professor Kirby Conrod at Swarthmore College.
Completing this interest form is just to give us a way to contact ...
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February 7, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Hey, I'm finally recruiting for a paid study! This is for anyone over 18 and fluent in English who uses neopronouns (like "xe," "fae," "thon," etc) as their personal pronouns. If you're interested, you can sign up to receive more information at the link below! Please share far and wide!!
No spoilers, but really fascinated by the density of logophoric reflexives that come up at the Round Table in The Traitors UK. Just in the last few minutes it's been:
-I'm voting for yourself
-I've had suspicions about yourself
-You've been spreading rumours about myself
-I'm voting for yourself
-I've had suspicions about yourself
-You've been spreading rumours about myself
January 28, 2024 at 12:48 PM
No spoilers, but really fascinated by the density of logophoric reflexives that come up at the Round Table in The Traitors UK. Just in the last few minutes it's been:
-I'm voting for yourself
-I've had suspicions about yourself
-You've been spreading rumours about myself
-I'm voting for yourself
-I've had suspicions about yourself
-You've been spreading rumours about myself
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Hey Science feed! 🧪 I'm doing a #linguistics study that requires a *lot* of people, especially from places I don't normally have access to. It's volunteer (unpaid) only at this stage, but if you've got 10-30(ish) minutes, I'd really appreciate if you took the survey and told me about people's names!
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December 6, 2023 at 10:31 AM
Hey Science feed! 🧪 I'm doing a #linguistics study that requires a *lot* of people, especially from places I don't normally have access to. It's volunteer (unpaid) only at this stage, but if you've got 10-30(ish) minutes, I'd really appreciate if you took the survey and told me about people's names!
Sitting in Spanish class, idly wondering what the agreement with the syntactic subject of the particple in passive constructions (but not active) tells us about the syntax of agreement, and what people have already written about it
November 3, 2023 at 11:13 AM
Sitting in Spanish class, idly wondering what the agreement with the syntactic subject of the particple in passive constructions (but not active) tells us about the syntax of agreement, and what people have already written about it
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The missile knows where it is
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ML202662641 Reddish Egret Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML202662641; © Nancy Maciolek Blake; Galveston, Texas, United States
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October 3, 2023 at 4:38 PM
The missile knows where it is
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I think the best response I've seen to AI anything has been, "Why should I bother reading something that nobody could be bothered to write"
October 1, 2023 at 4:26 AM
I think the best response I've seen to AI anything has been, "Why should I bother reading something that nobody could be bothered to write"
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Spread the word about this new program from University of Toronto Linguistics!
(Open to students applying to any ling dept, not just U of T)
forms.gle/wUvE4J9RAt4U... 🐦🐦
(Open to students applying to any ling dept, not just U of T)
forms.gle/wUvE4J9RAt4U... 🐦🐦
September 27, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Spread the word about this new program from University of Toronto Linguistics!
(Open to students applying to any ling dept, not just U of T)
forms.gle/wUvE4J9RAt4U... 🐦🐦
(Open to students applying to any ling dept, not just U of T)
forms.gle/wUvE4J9RAt4U... 🐦🐦
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Leonora Carrington's Cactus Cow, 1974
Lithograph on Arches paper.
Lithograph on Arches paper.
September 25, 2023 at 8:11 PM
Leonora Carrington's Cactus Cow, 1974
Lithograph on Arches paper.
Lithograph on Arches paper.
"Ok, but this one's definitely to be relevant, for sure"
September 21, 2023 at 11:30 AM
"Ok, but this one's definitely to be relevant, for sure"