A new series of Stori'r Iaith, the S4C programme that explores the history of the Welsh language, starts today. Ep 1 was filmed at Jesus and features several of Oxford's Celtic scholars. Watch the programme live at 9PM or on catch-up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n1q6c0 Subtitles available.
Tweetolectology has family! Postdoc/doctoral positions in language variation/change available on Curlew: Census of Urban & Rural Lang in England & Wales with @davidbritain.bsky.social @david1willis.bsky.social, @adrianleemann.bsky.social @paulfoulkes.bsky.social in Bern/Oxford/York www.curlew.info
Some results from our Tweetolectology project with @adrianleemann.bsky.social
Welcome to 2026 everybody! Hope you had fun at New Year. Or should that be at New Years?
More of the Curlew team in action!
David Britain, Paul Foulkes, David Willis and I have been awarded 2.5M CHF by SNSF & AHRC for CURLEW – the first major survey of English dialects in England & Wales in 75+ years. Starts: 2026 – posts to come. Outputs: papers + a public dialect atlas 🗺️ 📸 Drafting the proposal, Bern, Jan 2025.