Registration is open until tomorrow if you fancy a trip to Southampton on Friday!

The York English Language Toolkit returns on 10 July 2026. This free hybrid CPD workshop for A-level English Language teachers features talks from Prof Devyani Sharma, Prof Paul Kerswill, Prof Sam Hellmuth and Dr Kobin Kendrick. Save the date.

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Join us in Southampton!

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I also kept thinking of Whitney from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. I remember thinking she uses sooo many features in speech of what I think she thinks is "TikTok language" but is actually AAVE. And I found it particularly cringy bc they didn't feel accurate/authentic

Plus anyone that teaches sociolinguistics should really read it. So many of my students have wanted to talk about TikTok language and we've had discussions about how influential it is (or isn't).

How could I spot any errors when I'm so engrossed in the content?!?

I loved it! I really liked how you both framed yourselves within the research and the impact that could have. And I'm not surprised to see how many features of "TikTok language" are AAVE, but it's great to have the evidence

‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’ Sociolinguistic research has long documented the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) across media including film, music and advertising. In this article, we add to this body o....

And kicking this off with a new paper by @christianilbury.bsky.social and @riannawalcott.bsky.social on The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’

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I'm going to try and read a new article or chapter every (work) day. Hopefully this will help keep research at the forefront of my mind.

I'm mostly putting it here for accountability, but if anyone has suggestions/things I should add, let me know!

We are delighted to announce this year's winner of the Judith Baxter Award. Congratulations, @peterbrowning.bsky.social. Join us in Southampton (on 10 April) to hear more about Peter's research. See info to register.

How does the meaning of the word 'just' change the way we say it? A new study by Dr Ben Gibb-Reid explores the link between pragmatic function and phonetic reduction in British English. Read his findings in English Language and Linguistics.

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📣 Save the date: Friday 10th July 2026!

This year's FREE and fully hybrid York English Language Toolkit CPD workshop for teachers of English Language A level is on Friday 10th July 2026 10.30am-4.30pm, with talks on Multicultural London English and more. Registration from April. Pass the word!

Public talk on accent bias in HE, led by Christian Ilbury from the University of Edinburgh, at the University of Birmingham, UK, at 6pm on 29th April.
I have long been aware that our students (and staff) who speak with local accents experience discrimination.
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Ah I've just realised I have also used these resources but I never clicked the name and (digital) face! This makes it feel like such a small world, in a nice way! Thank you for your resources @joeystanley.com !

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

The only time they even mention women’s sports is in their efforts to try to legislate trans women out of public life. Once they are successful at that they will then begin efforts to legislate cis women out of public life with them.

Prof Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) will deliver the 2026 Robert Le Page Lecture on 12 March 4-5 PM UK time (GMT). He will speak on "Universal Multilingualism: From Creolistics to Theoretical Linguistics". Register to attend online or in person.

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With more than 80 participants already registered, there is still a bit of time to sign up to join us on Wed for an event on publishing in language, gender and sexuality. @lucyjones.bsky.social and @lexiwebster.bsky.social will help us navigate the publishing process. There'll be time for questions

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 We’re hosting the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference in Edinburgh this year!

If you work on queer linguistics topics, please submit an abstract, we’d love to see you there!

Conference dates: 2nd-4th September

Submission deadline: 28th March

CfP: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

Thank you very much Barbara

Hey, I'm in this!

Call for LavLang32 now on Linguist List. Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

It is amazing that the party who insist removing confederate monuments is erasing history also insist on removing monuments commemorating the enslaved people those confederate leaders were fighting to keep in bondage

Publishing in Language, Gender and Sexuality We’re pleased to announce our next online seminar will take place on Wednesday 18th February at 2-3pm. This event will focus on publishing journal articles and books in language, gender and sexuality ...

We are excited to announce our FREE seminar on academic publishing, on Wed 18th Feb at 2pm. We’ll be joined by @lucyjones.bsky.social (an ed. of Bloomsbury Studies in Queer Linguistics) and Dr Lexi Webster (an ed. of Gender & Language). Register here: forms.gle/CKzA9HywyQUk...

Publishing in Language, Gender and Sexuality We’re pleased to announce our next online seminar will take place on Wednesday 18th February at 2-3pm. This event will focus on publishing journal articles and books in language, gender and sexuality ...

Are you a PhD student or ECR in language, gender & sexuality? Join me (an ed. of Bloomsbury Studies in Queer Linguistics book series) and Lexi Webster (an ed. of Gender & Language journal) for a FREE @lgas-baal.bsky.social online seminar on publishing (2pm 18 Feb) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Honestly my absolute favorite conference!

Battlefield Linguistics is finally out there in the world! We packed this volume with cutting-edge scholarship on language and gender/sexuality across diverse linguistic contexts.

Together, our authors meet the reactionary transantagonistic moment with inspiring & brilliant resistance!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Back side of a pair of white and blue hand-made mittens with Alice in Wonderland images on them

Thumb side of a pair of white and blue hand-made mittens with Alice in Wonderland images on them

Just to show that I do other things in life than linguistics, thought I’d show off a recent knitting finish. Very proud of these!

Judith Baxter Award The BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG was founded in 2005 by Judith Baxter and Jane Sunderland. Judith sadly passed away in February 2018 but her legacy lives on through the SIG. The Judith B…

We have just published the info about the Judith Baxter Award 2026. Deadline 30 Jan 2026.

Info here: baalgensex.wordpress.com/judith-baxte...

For the application form, please do contact us and we'll send it to you!