Jonathan Kasstan
@jrkasstan.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in French and Linguistics, Westminster | Research on language in society | Associate Editor, Journal of Sociolinguistics | Research Notes Editor, Journal of French Language Studies.
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Jonathan Kasstan
@jrkasstan.bsky.social
· Jun 20
🔓 An inter-pandemic project that has *finally* appeared! We propose a community-based model of digital #language #revitalization for #Francoprovençal that can be applied to other minoritized contexts. #edusky #langsky muse-jhu-edu.uow.idm.oclc.org/pub/24/artic... @languageonthemove.bsky.social R/T!
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the curriculum and assessment review is 197 pages long and does not make a single reference to multilingualism. in England's schools, ~20% of children (~2 million children) are multilingual. this is just another example of how multilingual identities and knowledges get erased in policy and practice.
Proud of the wide support the Curriculum and Assessment Review has attracted from across the educational spectrum.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
the curriculum and assessment review is 197 pages long and does not make a single reference to multilingualism. in England's schools, ~20% of children (~2 million children) are multilingual. this is just another example of how multilingual identities and knowledges get erased in policy and practice.
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We have an early draft of the Android app version to share with you, to thank you for your donation!
Please donate now to get it early!
gofundme.com/f/sylheti-dictionary-app
Please donate now to get it early!
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Donate to Sylheti dictionary app, organized by Sylheti Project SOAS in Camden
After ten years, the wait is over (somewhat)! We're releasing an updated version… Sylheti Project SOAS in Camden needs your support for Sylheti dictionary app
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We have an early draft of the Android app version to share with you, to thank you for your donation!
Please donate now to get it early!
gofundme.com/f/sylheti-dictionary-app
Please donate now to get it early!
gofundme.com/f/sylheti-dictionary-app
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Not sure I've ever published something so blatantly personal -- and it's a book review, of all things! I even cited my mom's book! Here's to normalizing the practice of positionality statements. Thanks to the editors and authors for the opportunity. #inclusion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Book Review: Inclusion in Linguistics - Lauren Hall-Lew, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Not sure I've ever published something so blatantly personal -- and it's a book review, of all things! I even cited my mom's book! Here's to normalizing the practice of positionality statements. Thanks to the editors and authors for the opportunity. #inclusion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#NWAV54 !! Bravo @julieauger.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#NWAV54 !! Bravo @julieauger.bsky.social
And for context: www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
And for context: www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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Also hearing that today is the day Kent is sending out the latest wave of redundancy letters - around 150, mostly to non-academic staff.
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Also hearing that today is the day Kent is sending out the latest wave of redundancy letters - around 150, mostly to non-academic staff.
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In her #NWAV53 plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody!
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In her #NWAV53 plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody!
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Truly awful news. Ruthless, short-sighted and ill-informed. I remember working at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social about a decade ago and the University taking great pride in being one of the biggest languages departments in the country… Where’s that pride gone?! www.bbc.com/news/article...?
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Truly awful news. Ruthless, short-sighted and ill-informed. I remember working at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social about a decade ago and the University taking great pride in being one of the biggest languages departments in the country… Where’s that pride gone?! www.bbc.com/news/article...?
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solidarity with all colleagues and students at Nottingham who are having their jobs and degrees destroyed by management. the relentless annihilation of language provision in UKHE is something that *every* academic should be calling out and pushing back against.
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
solidarity with all colleagues and students at Nottingham who are having their jobs and degrees destroyed by management. the relentless annihilation of language provision in UKHE is something that *every* academic should be calling out and pushing back against.
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This is horrifying! I have a degree in German and Russian from Nottingham. And I went there because it was in many respects a leading light in modern languages. This is incredibly short-sighted and idiotic.
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is horrifying! I have a degree in German and Russian from Nottingham. And I went there because it was in many respects a leading light in modern languages. This is incredibly short-sighted and idiotic.
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
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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
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111426280/html
#Linguistics #Syntax #Sociolinguistics #EnglishLinguistics @laurelmack.bsky.social @inthelemonlight.bsky.social @linguistlaura.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
💡 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
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111426280/html
#Linguistics #Syntax #Sociolinguistics #EnglishLinguistics @laurelmack.bsky.social @inthelemonlight.bsky.social @linguistlaura.bsky.social
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November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Coming to NWAV? Just NWAV curious? Check out all the talks and abstracts on our Oxford Abstracts program!
You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions.
Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon!
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...
You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions.
Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon!
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...
OA Virtual conferences
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October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Coming to NWAV? Just NWAV curious? Check out all the talks and abstracts on our Oxford Abstracts program!
You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions.
Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon!
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...
You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions.
Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon!
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...
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So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
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NEW FROM 54(4)
"Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization" by @geraldroche.bsky.social & Jessica Kruk
#Deglobalization #Sovereignty #Neoliberalism #Coloniality #Securitization
doi.org/10.1017/S004...
"Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization" by @geraldroche.bsky.social & Jessica Kruk
#Deglobalization #Sovereignty #Neoliberalism #Coloniality #Securitization
doi.org/10.1017/S004...
Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization | Language in Society | Cambridge Core
Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization - Volume 54 Issue 4
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW FROM 54(4)
"Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization" by @geraldroche.bsky.social & Jessica Kruk
#Deglobalization #Sovereignty #Neoliberalism #Coloniality #Securitization
doi.org/10.1017/S004...
"Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization" by @geraldroche.bsky.social & Jessica Kruk
#Deglobalization #Sovereignty #Neoliberalism #Coloniality #Securitization
doi.org/10.1017/S004...
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Have you checked out our new Interview series yet? 🌟 Don't miss Mie Hiramoto talking to Momoko Nakamura about her influential career in Japanese sociolinguistics—exploring language, gender, and sexuality, and the importance of bridging academic research with public life.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Have you checked out our new Interview series yet? 🌟 Don't miss Mie Hiramoto talking to Momoko Nakamura about her influential career in Japanese sociolinguistics—exploring language, gender, and sexuality, and the importance of bridging academic research with public life.
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Interesting #BBC #Radio4 bit this morning on the importance of reading to infants. One recommendation was to ‘commit to the accent’ (drawing on an ex in Cockatoos). Those working on accent bias and socialisation in early childhood - I was thinking of your work and about your reactions to this 😂
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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📣 Nos étudiantes et diplômées dans les médias !
Gabrielle Girard et Alexandra Dupuy viennent de publier un article dans La Conversation sur le décret récent du gouv. visant à interdire l’utilisation de certaines formes de rédaction inclusive.
📰 : tr.ee/5u-JzqU30H
#linguistique #français #langsky 🗣️💬
Gabrielle Girard et Alexandra Dupuy viennent de publier un article dans La Conversation sur le décret récent du gouv. visant à interdire l’utilisation de certaines formes de rédaction inclusive.
📰 : tr.ee/5u-JzqU30H
#linguistique #français #langsky 🗣️💬
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📣 Nos étudiantes et diplômées dans les médias !
Gabrielle Girard et Alexandra Dupuy viennent de publier un article dans La Conversation sur le décret récent du gouv. visant à interdire l’utilisation de certaines formes de rédaction inclusive.
📰 : tr.ee/5u-JzqU30H
#linguistique #français #langsky 🗣️💬
Gabrielle Girard et Alexandra Dupuy viennent de publier un article dans La Conversation sur le décret récent du gouv. visant à interdire l’utilisation de certaines formes de rédaction inclusive.
📰 : tr.ee/5u-JzqU30H
#linguistique #français #langsky 🗣️💬
Postdoc in #sociolinguistics jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Postdoctoral position in Sociolinguistics at TRANSITION – Center for Changing Urban and Rural Lives (Center of Excellence), University of Copenhagen
jobportal.ku.dk
October 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Postdoc in #sociolinguistics jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Alliance Française Leeds are offering free online French lessons as part of Leeds City of Languages. If you would like to find out more about them and how to sign up check our website: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/onlin... #leedscityoflanguages #french #languages
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Alliance Française Leeds are offering free online French lessons as part of Leeds City of Languages. If you would like to find out more about them and how to sign up check our website: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/onlin... #leedscityoflanguages #french #languages
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In Belfast, a bilingual street sign was recently attacked with an angle grinder — the Irish-language portion deliberately cut away. It’s just one of more than 300 incidents of vandalism against bilingual signage in Northern Ireland over the past five years.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Irish language: Street sign rhetoric 'emboldens' vandals
An Irish language campaigner condemns the use of an angle grinder to damage a bilingual street sign.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In Belfast, a bilingual street sign was recently attacked with an angle grinder — the Irish-language portion deliberately cut away. It’s just one of more than 300 incidents of vandalism against bilingual signage in Northern Ireland over the past five years.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Please join me on 12th November at my @universityofleeds.bsky.social professorial inaugural lecture on ‘Language Diversity and Social (In)justice’. More info here, including a link at the bottom to book a ticket (which is free but we need to track numbers): ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/even...
Professor Julia Snell's Inaugural Lecture: 'Language diversity and social (in)justice'
Drawing on research conducted over 20 years, Prof. Julia Snell interrogates the assumption that modifying children's speech will lead to educational success and social mobility.
ahc.leeds.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Please join me on 12th November at my @universityofleeds.bsky.social professorial inaugural lecture on ‘Language Diversity and Social (In)justice’. More info here, including a link at the bottom to book a ticket (which is free but we need to track numbers): ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/even...