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Sol Tovar
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🎓 Doktorandin @ Uni Heidelberg
🧑🏻‍🏫 LfbA des Sprachkompetenzzentrums @ BHT Berlin
🌈 Doing research on language, gender and sexuality
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Sol Tovar @soltovar.bsky.social · Sep 17
By the way, the public version of the zine can be found here! 👀
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Qué bendición existir al mismo tiempo que existe Rosalía 🛐✨

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ROSALÍA - Reliquia (Official Lyric Video)
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November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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linguistlist.bsky.social
Books: World Englishes in the 21st Century: Rüdiger, Neumaier, Leuckert and Buschfeld (eds.) (2025)
Books: World Englishes in the 21st Century: Rüdiger, Neumaier, Leuckert and Buschfeld (eds.) (2025)
Twenty years after Edgar W. Schneider’s publication of the Dynamic Model, the field of World Englishes is as vibrant as ever. The further spread and entrenchment of English around the world as a result of globalisation but also localisation tendencies and, in particular, the spread of the language and its multiple varieties through the new media, has led to even further dispersion and contact scenarios, many of which challenge early conceptualisations of the World Englishes paradigm. This volume
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August 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
soltovar.bsky.social
Düsseldorf has a (very big and nice) public library right next to the train station and I think it's the best idea in Civil Engineering ever 😍.
August 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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dmncschmtz.bsky.social
Only 10 days left until the final abstract submission deadline – don't miss your chance to join us!

#linguistics #Linguistik
dmncschmtz.bsky.social Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social · Jun 14
🚨 Call for Papers: Tracing patterns across modalities – similarities and differences in speaking, writing and signing

24-27 Feb 2026 @ Uni of Trier, Germany

We're looking forward to your submissions! Find more info at tracingpatterns.phil.hhu.de

#linguistics #CfP #linguistik #sprachwissenschaft
A share pic with the following content: 48. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft Tracing patterns across modalities – similarities and differences in speaking, writing and signing 24-27 February 2026, University of Trier, Germany Call for Papers Language production involves close interplay between central cognitive processes and peripheral signals, influencing speaking, writing, and signing. This workshop explores cross-modal similarities and differences, inviting research bridging modalities and highlighting language production as a unified cognitive phenomenon. Papers are invited on the interplay between central cognitive processes and peripheral signals in language production. Contributions exploring speaking, writing, or signing – individually or across modalities – are welcome. Organizers Dr. Julia Muschalik Dr. Dinah Baer-Henney Dr. Dominic Schmitz Submission deadline 24 August 2025 tracingpatterns.phil.hhu.de
August 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
soltovar.bsky.social
I have sadly not taken any fotos, but this is basically me after two wonderful days of the second edition of Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender (organised by @div-ling.org and @hhu.de). I am extremely grateful to the organisers and the students assistants, who have done an amazing job 💜
Sylvanian families bunny figure dresses in a red polkadot nightgown and lying in a single wooden bed bed on its tummy. One of the arms is hanging down the bed and the figure seems to be staring at the camera. The room has white, soft carpet floor and dusty pink wallpaper.
August 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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tmalsburg.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
I'm offering a 3-year PhD position with benefits at the University of Stuttgart (1-year extension possible). Research topic is open but broadly in incremental sentence comprehension. If you're into eye-tracking, even better! No teaching obligations until Summer 2027, some light teaching after […]
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July 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
soltovar.bsky.social
My legacy: being the one that all students and former classmates text even years after leaving a university to ask about admin stuff.
July 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
soltovar.bsky.social
A big big thank you to all the students who participated in the workshop yesterday! 🤗✨
Collage of pictures from the workshop with the phrase "thank you" in the center.
June 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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swachter.bsky.social
Last call: are you interested in the governance of emergent tech?

Come & work w/me @bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social

We are looking for 3 Post Docs in
Law: tinyurl.com/4rbhcndp
Ethics: tinyurl.com/yc2e2km4
Computer Science/AI/ML: tinyurl.com/yr5bvnn5

Deadline is June 15, 2025
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation
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June 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
soltovar.bsky.social
Really excited to facilitate this workshop next week! 🤗
englishinhd.bsky.social English Linguistics Heidelberg @englishinhd.bsky.social · Jun 11
🖍Join us for a hands-on zine-making workshop for linguists with @soltovar.bsky.social.

✂ We'll dive into zine-methodologies and then get crafty creating a collaborative linguistics-themed zine.

🗓 17.06 13:00-16:30
📍Room 114
✨ Open to all students. Just come ready to create and have fun!
info zine workshop, with details on time and place
June 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
soltovar.bsky.social
Qué lengua noble el alemán que nos da palabras tan buenas y necesarias como "Spaßgetränk" 🙏
June 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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emrem.bsky.social
I like languages and I like the way humans use them, I’m glad we have languages
June 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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dmncschmtz.bsky.social
Weils offensichtlich immer noch so viele nicht verstehen: das ist queer Pride.
Bild mit zwei regenbogenfarbenen Kreisdiagrammen. Über dem oberen Diagramm steht "was viele Leute sich leider weiterhin unter Pride vorstellen". Das Diagramm ist in Hälften geteilt, welche mit "Regenbogen" und "Paraden" beschriftet sind. Darunter die Überschrift des zweiten Diagramms: "was Pride tatsächlich ist". Dieses Diagramm hat 16 Teile, beschriftet mit: es ist okay, nicht geoutet zu sein, wenn das sicherer ist; Alltagstrott als wahres Ich; ein soziales Netz haben; sich frei fühlen; sich selbst lieben können; Diskriminierung durchstehen; Regenbogen; akzeptiert und respektiert sein; Gendereuphorie; junge queere Menschen beschützen; Kampf um gleiche Rechte; die ehren, die vor einem schon gekämpft haben (insb. PoC); sich in sich zu Hause fühlen; intersektionelle Bestätigung; queerer Sex; Feiern. Unter dem Diagramm steht "...und noch so viel mehr". Ganz unten ist angegeben, dass das Original von blessthemessy stammt; die übersetzte und angepasste Version von dmncschmtz.bsky.social.
June 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
soltovar.bsky.social
CfP for the workshop “Queer Linguistics at the interface between grammatical and social structure”, which will take place as a part of the 49. Österreichische Linguistiktagung (Austrian Linguistics Conference, ÖLT) in Klagenfurt, Austria, from December 5 to 8, 2025.

#linguistics
May 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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dmncschmtz.bsky.social
One chapter deserves special mention: it's based on the fantastic course work of my students in a class on gender linguistic methods @hhu.de.

In "Form identity & gendered associations", we explore how similar forms influence gender associations across L1/L2.

Huge thanks to my brilliant co-authors!
div-ling.org div-ling e.V. @div-ling.org · May 19
The volume brings together chapters based on talks and posters from LILG 2023, alongside additional contributions submitted through an open call.

It is edited by @dmncschmtz.bsky.social, @terrorstein.bsky.social, and Viktoria Schneider from @hhu.de.

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May 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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mortegaandres.bsky.social
New chapter with @lvplo.bsky.social!! "Theoretical and empirical basis for gender-fair language use: The case of Spanish"
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
Theoretical and empirical basis for gender-fair language use: The case of Spanish
Theoretical and empirical basis for gender-fair language use: The case of Spanish was published in Linguistic intersections of language and gender on page 173.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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div-ling.org
🚨 Just published: "Linguistic intersections of language and gender" – an edited volume born from the very first edition of our conference of the same name!

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

#linguistics #gender #openaccess

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Linguistic intersections of language and gender
Linguists have been interested in the relation of language and gender for a long time, yet only recently has the field diversified extensively in both its research questions and its methods. However, ...
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May 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
soltovar.bsky.social
"Linguistic intersections of language and gender. Of gender bias and gender fairness" is finally out! 🥰

Thanks to editors Dominic Schmitz, Simon David Stein and Viktoria Schneider 💜

@div-ling.org @dmncschmtz.bsky.social @hhu.de

🔗 My contribution:
doi.org/10.1515/9783...

#linguistics
Understanding (mis)gender(ing) and pronouns from a politeness theory standpoint
Understanding (mis)gender(ing) and pronouns from a politeness theory standpoint was published in Linguistic intersections of language and gender on page 83.
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May 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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amazonchique.bsky.social
Yes, we can all laugh at this, but it also demonstrates the entire point of the AI push: They want to make you dependent on it to inform you, and then control what it tells you. It’s why they buy newspapers and social media, too.

Elon is showing the billionaire playbook in the dumbest way possible.
jimpjorps.bsky.social the gabagool miracle of 1927 @jimpjorps.bsky.social · May 14
apparently Elon's gotten so mad about Grok not answering questions about Afrikaners the way he wants, xAI's now somehow managed to put it into some kind of hyper-Afriforum mode where it thinks every question is about farm murders or the song "Kill the Boer"
Keir Starmer: I've already returned over 24,000 people with no right to be here. And I won't stop there. twitter user: @grok Is this post misleading? Grok: The claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly debated. Some evidence, like reports of farm attacks and political rhetoric, suggests violence against white farmers... a user asks Grok to translate Chinese text on a photo, and it responds with a translation of "Kill the Boer" into Urdu a user asks if something shown in a video is an effective way to clear sinuses, and Grok says the query is unrelated to "the provided analysis on white genocide in South Africa"
May 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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vijayramjattan.bsky.social
Myths of meritocracy infiltrate many aspects of language learning.

For example, if you do not achieve "native-like" pronunciation, it was because you did not try hard enough (rather than the fact that few people can live up to such an unrealistic standard).
May 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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de-deutschland.bsky.social
Dozent und TikTok-Star macht Video zum ESC

https://www.europesays.com/de/103727/

Düsseldorf. Nach seinem erfolgreichen TikTok-Video bringt der Düsseldorfer Uni-Dozent „Phonobro“ am Montag ein neues Video zum ESC raus.…#de #deutschland
Dozent und TikTok-Star macht Video zum ESC - Deutschland
Düsseldorf. Nach seinem erfolgreichen TikTok-Video bringt der Düsseldorfer Uni-Dozent „Phonobro“ am Montag ein neues Video zum ESC raus. Was hinter der Aktion
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May 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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div-ling.org
🎉 Registration now open!
Join us at LILG 2 – Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender.

Date: 12-13 August 2025
Location: Düsseldorf @hhu.de & online
Register here: lilg.div-ling.org/registration/

We look forward to seeing you there!
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April 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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vijayramjattan.bsky.social
My very first book is available for pre-order!

Workable Accents explores how international teaching assistants conceptualize accent in relation to academic labor.

Please ask your (university) library to order a copy: shorturl.at/KUC4R

@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
@bloomsburyling.bsky.social
This is a screenshot of the front cover of the book. The top half contains the title, "Workable Accents: How International Teaching Assistants Vocally Fashion and Contest Academic Labor," and my full name, Vijay A. Ramjattan. The bottom half contains a multi-coloured speech bubble with multiracial hands reaching out to it from four corners.
May 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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unfortunatalie.bsky.social
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
A business woman in a grey skirt suit, pointing a rifle at a boxy 90s PC
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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evpok.love
yeah but Wikipedia is overwhelmingly made by humans trying their best and genai is machines designed to generate stuff that's plausible. not true: *plausible*
eugenevinitsky.bsky.social Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · Apr 26
Some of the anti-AI stuff feels a bit like when people would say "don't use Wikipedia as a source." It's just like anything else, a piece of information that you weigh against multiple sources and your own understanding of its likely failure modes
April 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM