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De Gruyter Brill Linguistics @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social · Jun 30
📘 The new Mouton publications catalog is out!

💚 Thank you to all our authors and editors for their wonderful work and collaboration!

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#linguistics #semiotics
Cover image of the 2025 De Gruyter Mouton publications catalog
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What does English spoken in the Kingdom of Tonga sound like?

Danielle Tod’s monograph is the first book-length #linguistic description of #Tongan #English, documenting the sound, structure, history, and status of this English variety in the South Pacific.

🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Book cover of the monograph "Tongan English", written by Danielle Tod.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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This #turkey from Conrad Gessner‘s „Historiae Animalium“ wishes you a happy #Thanksgiving! If you are as bedazzled as we are by the works of this 16th-century polyhistor, check out these two DGB books on Gessner:
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November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Happy #WorldLinguisticsDay from Berlin, Germany! 💚
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Happy World Linguistics Day! Celebratory days take off when groups of people decide to make them happen so... let's see how many different locations we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!
Green background with three white globes showing different aspects of earth (top to bottom Asia/Oceania, North and South America, and Africa and Europe). Around each globe are the words 'Happy World Linguistics Day! November 26th'.
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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🥂 Congratulations to Eleonora Serra on the publication of her monograph on linguistic prestige in 16th-century Italy.

🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111242811/html#overview

#Linguistics #Sociolinguistics #Italian
Book cover of the monograph "From Attitudes to Usage: The Dynamics of Linguistic Prestige in Early Modern Italy", written by Eleonora Serra.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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A new book launch date in Toronto. This time around at my Alma Mater (OISE - University of Toronto) on December 8 at 3:30 pm. If you are around, come and join me to celebrate this accomplishment in the company of those who have seen my work grow.
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A poster for a presentation of Dr. Yecid Ortega's Book Pluriversal Applied Linguistics. December 8 at 3:30 pm
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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What a great book launch yesterday. Thanks to all who attended.

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November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Good times
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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🎁 It's that time of year – the holidays are just around the corner! Whether you're looking for gifts or want to treat yourself, take advantage of our #HolidaySale and get 40% off our #books and #eBooks! Offer valid through Dec 11.

Start browsing now: 🔗 marketing.degruyterbrill.com/DGB_Sale_EN?...
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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💚 Hate is never the answer.

📗 Learn how experts in #Linguistics and #Law can – and should – work together to explore the linguistic and legal underpinnings of #HateSpeech.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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If you are in Toronto this Friday, join me to launch my book. Also, use this code to get 40% discount until December 11.
DGBHOLIDAY40
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November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The latest issue of the Indo-Iranian Journal (IIJ) is out now!

More details here: brill.com/view/journal...

#SouthAsia

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November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Learn how to #present your research with confidence in this free #webinar with industry experts Gareth Dyke and Scott McCleary. Register for free today: https://marketing.degruyterbrill.com/Webinar_CommunicateYourResearchwithConfidence
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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New issue of Journal of Greek Linguistics Vol.25, No. 2 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... #openaccess @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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🎧 This month on Sustainability Matters, we discuss whether external #research #promotion has any tangible effects. Can media attention translate into academic #citations? Does choosing the "right" journal matter? And do we risk distorted outcomes from over-incentivizing citations?
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Warum brauchen wir heute noch ein Studienbuch – im Zeitalter von Online-Ressourcen und KI?

Und: Wie holen wir das Beste aus dem Format heraus?

In der letzten Folge unserer Mini-Serie zum neuen Studienbuch #Linguistik beantworten die Autor*innen diese zentralen Fragen:
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Neue Themen, mehr Seiten – das neue Studienbuch Linguistik ist noch wertvoller geworden.

Ein Highlight: das Kapitel „Empirische Methoden“ – bis Ende des Jahres frei zugänglich: vist.ly/4dawv

Die Autor*innen erzählen, wie das Buch Studierende durchs gesamte Studium begleitet:
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Transforming precious old books into a modern digital #archive requires patience, precision – and the occasional kitchen utensil. Join our resident archivists Katinka Bratvold and Florian Hofbauer as they share the joys and surprises of preserving #scholarship for future generations.
Visual showing piles of books. Text below: New Blog Post! De Gruyter Conversations. How to Digitize 68,000 Books without Losing Your Sense of Humor
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Vielfältig, aktuell, lebendig – das neue Studienbuch Linguistik ist da!

Mehr als 30 Jahre nach der ersten Auflage blickt es auf eine Disziplin im Wandel.

Wie hat sich die #Linguistik seitdem verändert – und wie spiegelt sich dieser Wandel im neuen Studienbuch wider?

Die Autor*innen antworten:
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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How do Filipina domestic workers in Spain navigate their multilingual lives and agency in migration? Drawing on three years of fieldwork, this book offers a postcolonial lens on language, inequality & transnational care work. Read now in #OpenAccess!

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November 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🍁If you’re in Toronto on November 21, don’t miss @yecidortega.bsky.social's book launch!

📕Yecid will present his monograph 'Pluriversal Applied Linguistics': www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111242880/html

#Linguistics #AppliedLinguistics #GlobalSouth #LanguageTeaching #Ethnography
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Launching my book this coming November 21st in Toronto. If you are around here, please join me. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-of-...

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November 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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💡 Where generative syntax meets variationist sociolinguistics.

🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111426280/html

#Linguistics #Syntax #Sociolinguistics #EnglishLinguistics @laurelmack.bsky.social @inthelemonlight.bsky.social @linguistlaura.bsky.social
Book cover of "English Sociosyntax", edited by Daniel Duncan and Mary Robinson.
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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SERRANO-DOLADER, D.: “Parasynthesis in Romance”, en Müller, Olsen, Rainer (eds.): Word-Formation, De Gruyter Brill (Serie Mouton Reader), 2025, vol. 2, capítulo 1, pp. 1-15.
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Word-Formation – Special Patterns and Restrictions
This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 2 concentrates on select aspects of word-formation processes and t...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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If you are curious about Plastic Mandarin, feel free to check out my new paper: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

#phonetics #linguistics #citationtone
Plastic Mandarin tones: regional identity in prosody
Local differentiation and innovation in spoken Mandarin are now ubiquitous in metropolises in China, accelerated by the widespread promotion of the national lingua franca Standard Mandarin. This paper...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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How do the phonologies of varieties of #Portuguese differ?

Amanda Macedo Balduino explains the differences between São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese and Brazilian and European Portuguese.

📕 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111705798/html

#Phonology #Phonetics #LanguageVariation
Book cover of "Portuguese Phonology in Context" written by Amanda Macedo Balduino.
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Our recommendation for #OAWeek addresses anyone interested in #LanguageAssessment:

@dima403.bsky.social, Matthew Poehner and Ari Huhta collected the latest research on dynamic and diagnostic approaches to language assessment: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/9783111233918/html#bibliographicData
Book cover of "Dynamic and Diagnostic Language Assessment" edited by Dmitri Leontjev, Matthew Poehner, and Ari Huhta.
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM