Sharon Unsworth
sharonneke.bsky.social
Sharon Unsworth
@sharonneke.bsky.social
Linguist specialised in multilingualism @ Radboud University, science communicator, scientific director of Kletskoppen, creator and host of Kletsheads podcast, sewer, baker and lover of life
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A great way to kick off my bluesky journey: new publication out in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 🥳
with Susanne Brouwer, @sharonneke.bsky.social & @falkhuettig.bsky.social 👇🏻
May 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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An interesting insight from Ionica Smeets:
In Netherlands, one goal is to increase public trust in science.
Another is increasing the trust scientists have in the public.
Mutual trust.
#LingComm25
April 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Ross Perlin: Doing good LingComm means thinking about "the ratio of substance to sizzle".
From the panel discussion on Taking LingComm on the Road
#LingComm25
April 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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In the Lingcomm and Policy panel: Where will your work have the most impact? Onno Crasborn left a tenured job in academia to become a schoolteacher again because he could do more as a teacher than by working on policy.
#LingComm25
April 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social explains that by using an app like TikTok, you are agreeing to the constraints it imposes.
But all the same, "you should do what you like doing, and I really liked making those videos."
#LingComm25
April 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Linguist and educator Joao Costa in the LingComm and Policy panel: "The more voices we engage, the better the results."
#LingComm25
April 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"Linguistics contributes to the preservation of democracy," says linguist and educator Joao Costa in the LingComm and Policy panel. "We have to be aware that democracy is at risk. Language rights are human rights."
#LingComm25
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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#LingComm25 update: We're looking forward to a ✨plenary✨ from Dr Ionica Smeets @ionica.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy:
How do you know if your work is having any impact? Can you do better at reaching people?

Read more:
lingcomm.org/lingcomm25/s...

Register now:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intern...
LingComm25 Conference Programme
For most timezones, LingComm25 will run April 7-10, 2025, in a four-hour block each day beginning at 13:00 UTC.
lingcomm.org
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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If you've registered for #LingComm25, you get to repost this!

If you haven't, there's still time. Go here. It's going to be huge.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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#LingComm25 update: We're looking forward to a ✨plenary✨ from Prof @emilymbender.bsky.social: Lingcomm in the Face of Well-Funded Nonsense

Read more:
lingcomm.org/lingcomm25/s...

Register now:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intern...
The International Conference on Linguistics Communication 2025
The International Conference on Linguistics Communication (LingComm25) brings together lingcommers from a variety of backgrounds.
www.eventbrite.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Staking in #Nijmegen tegen de geplande bezuinigingen in het HO #woinactie DOE.HET.NIET.
March 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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#LingComm25 update: Feast your eyes on these posters.

Zines, African American language, trans language activism, bilingualism, Deaf outreach — and that's just Poster Session *one*

Read more:
lingcomm.org/lingcomm25/s...

Register now:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intern...
The International Conference on Linguistics Communication 2025
The International Conference on Linguistics Communication (LingComm25) brings together lingcommers from a variety of backgrounds.
www.eventbrite.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Have you ever got lost in a multi-storey carpark? That's what just happened to me. Except this was a multi-storey🚲 park! It has 3 levels, multiple lanes and space for 12,500 bikes. The biggest bikeshed in the world. I ❤️ my hometown, #Utrecht 😊
March 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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How do you use social media to embiggen your work?

A #LingComm25 panel discussion with
Ingrid Piller @languageonthemove.bsky.social
Danny Hieber @linguisticdiscovery.com
Jana Viscardi @janaviscardi.bsky.social
Daniel Midgley @becauselanguage.com

Register now!

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intern...
The International Conference on Linguistics Communication 2025
The International Conference on Linguistics Communication (LingComm25) brings together lingcommers from a variety of backgrounds.
www.eventbrite.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Omdat er weer wat nieuwe vlinders zijn, deel ik mijn lijst nog eens. Doe me een groot plezier en vul in, deel, wees mijn menselijke algoritme. Hartelijk dank! forms.gle/BL7ZUPKnZ3SF...
@onzetaal.bsky.social @martenvandermeulen.bsky.social @strr.bsky.social @sharonneke.bsky.social @ivdnt.bsky.social
Mini-onderzoekje 37: vaste combinaties en uitdrukkingen
Deze vragenlijst draait om mogelijke variatie in vaste combinaties en uitdrukkingen. Op het einde komen er twee vragen over de uitspraak van woorden. U krijgt een vijftal pagina's te zien. De eerste ...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Post-lunch stroll around campus 😎
January 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The best way to start 2025? Coming to Nijmegen!🇳🇱 Join us from 7 to 9 January for the Nijmegen Lectures 2025 given by @fernandaedi.bsky.social and Victor Ferreira Register here: www.mpi.nl/events/nijme...
November 28, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Nu in Heerlen: Kletskoppen festival 🎉🌞 #wetenschapscommunicatie #taal #meertaligheid
November 27, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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Maar schaf vooral vreemde talen af.
November 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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timeless
November 25, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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Willem Halfmann asks you to ask yourself a serious question.
See you all tomorrow in The Hague! ✊
m.youtube.com/watch?v=exxG...
Reminder: Be there
YouTube video by Willem Halffman
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November 24, 2024 at 7:26 PM
It might be 17 (!!!) degrees outside but it's still stir-up Sunday. Time to make this year's Christmas cake and (most likely) next year's mincemeat ⛄🌲😁
November 24, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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Sinds vrijdag is er een Discord-kanaal voor iedereen die zich bezighoudt met wetenschapscommunicatie over taal. Kom rondhangen met gelijkgestemden en praat mee over hoe je een blog/boek/podcast begint, hoe je impact meet en veel meer! discord.gg/xC7RK5N2 #taal
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July 1, 2024 at 7:50 AM