Marián Sloboda
@mariansloboda.bsky.social
Sociolinguist / linguistic anthropologist at Charles University, Prague | language(s) and social interaction, ethnomethodology, language management, linguistic landscape, multilingualism, minorities, Slavic languages, Vietnamese
Curious to know if they have coped somehow with the ethnomethodological indifference principle…
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Curious to know if they have coped somehow with the ethnomethodological indifference principle…
You might be interested in this older piece: alternative-democracy-research.org/2015/06/10/r...
Rationalizing the unreasonable: there are no good academics in the EU
Jan Blommaert Attracting external funding has become, everywhere, one of the main priorities of academics, and writing funding application has consequently also become one of their main tasks. The…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
You might be interested in this older piece: alternative-democracy-research.org/2015/06/10/r...
I can’t imagine we would translate slogans that went global (like MeToo or Je suis Charlie into Czech JáTaky or Jsem Charlie), that would sound disconnected. / The “organic apple” is sth different, right, English here perhaps indicates the global movement and/or is due to “organic” being a loanword
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I can’t imagine we would translate slogans that went global (like MeToo or Je suis Charlie into Czech JáTaky or Jsem Charlie), that would sound disconnected. / The “organic apple” is sth different, right, English here perhaps indicates the global movement and/or is due to “organic” being a loanword
English is quite often used for slogans, in Europe at least. “Fight plastic” seems like one, like a principled statement of an international eco movement. The use of English instead of a national language sort of emphasises the slogan here
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
English is quite often used for slogans, in Europe at least. “Fight plastic” seems like one, like a principled statement of an international eco movement. The use of English instead of a national language sort of emphasises the slogan here
It may be something European - some of us try to avoid plastic packages for food because they release microplastic particles etc. If you are into “bio”, then you tend to care about this, too
October 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It may be something European - some of us try to avoid plastic packages for food because they release microplastic particles etc. If you are into “bio”, then you tend to care about this, too
It only means you are a presumably well-known bearer of the name “Anne”
October 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It only means you are a presumably well-known bearer of the name “Anne”
What is a ‘sticky object’ and what is a ‘happy object’, please? I have read the abstract, but still have no clue what the paper (that looks interesting as well as enigmatic) focuses on…
October 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What is a ‘sticky object’ and what is a ‘happy object’, please? I have read the abstract, but still have no clue what the paper (that looks interesting as well as enigmatic) focuses on…
Or send it to them in advance to print out their copy if they want or to work on the electronic version on their device (some prefer the latter)
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Or send it to them in advance to print out their copy if they want or to work on the electronic version on their device (some prefer the latter)
:) Apropos, there is a specialised bistro here in Prague that sells meat and meat products, with windows decorated, for example, with hanging smoked pork legs etc., a nightmare for a vegetarian, and the people who queue there are Korean tourists. Wondering how come they are such meat eaters
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
:) Apropos, there is a specialised bistro here in Prague that sells meat and meat products, with windows decorated, for example, with hanging smoked pork legs etc., a nightmare for a vegetarian, and the people who queue there are Korean tourists. Wondering how come they are such meat eaters
No image of how to actually eat such thick burgers? :)
September 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No image of how to actually eat such thick burgers? :)
Still it’s a good sign you are not afraid that you might cause problems to that neighbour of yours by posting this publically. In some authoritarian regimes, they would get into trouble in this way
September 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Still it’s a good sign you are not afraid that you might cause problems to that neighbour of yours by posting this publically. In some authoritarian regimes, they would get into trouble in this way
It isn’t (in my language: not-is “není”)
September 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It isn’t (in my language: not-is “není”)
Thank you, I didn’t know
September 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thank you, I didn’t know
It also took the land and its wealth from the First Nations
September 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It also took the land and its wealth from the First Nations
For that, he’ll get the Nobel Prize in Economics
September 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
For that, he’ll get the Nobel Prize in Economics
Authoritarian regimes do not say they murder or beat “civilians”. They present the persons as saboteurs, typically as groups sold-out to a foreign power, demonstrations as staged and orchestrated by such groups and they beat or kill them
September 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Authoritarian regimes do not say they murder or beat “civilians”. They present the persons as saboteurs, typically as groups sold-out to a foreign power, demonstrations as staged and orchestrated by such groups and they beat or kill them
The same here. Just while the notion of resistance is known, the major motivation in my environment seems to be to keep one’s managerial position, hence compliance (managerial work here is done by some academics at some point in their career)
September 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The same here. Just while the notion of resistance is known, the major motivation in my environment seems to be to keep one’s managerial position, hence compliance (managerial work here is done by some academics at some point in their career)
A nice historical exposé. I think it’s is also the specific Russian combination of machismo with inferiority complex and envy that is at play here
August 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A nice historical exposé. I think it’s is also the specific Russian combination of machismo with inferiority complex and envy that is at play here
Yes, if I remember well, the communist rule in my country fell only after a general strike
August 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yes, if I remember well, the communist rule in my country fell only after a general strike
Oh I see, that’s a pity. I saw someone reporting having seen a scholar’s homepage with a section with such “homeless” manuscripts, so this is existing solution. What about working paper series? They would possibly attract more readers
August 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Oh I see, that’s a pity. I saw someone reporting having seen a scholar’s homepage with a section with such “homeless” manuscripts, so this is existing solution. What about working paper series? They would possibly attract more readers
Why not? Or in a working paper series somewhere? (I usually start writing with a journal in mind - choose in advance. The result is that I write from the perspective of one of the disciplines and sort of extend to others). There are very many journals nowadays, I hope you’ll find one in the end
August 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Why not? Or in a working paper series somewhere? (I usually start writing with a journal in mind - choose in advance. The result is that I write from the perspective of one of the disciplines and sort of extend to others). There are very many journals nowadays, I hope you’ll find one in the end