"Are you are active in the European language industry, as a language professional, a member of a language department or language company, or as a student or trainer of future language professionals?
This is where you can share your expectations and concerns."

15: Talking and thinking about time Lingthusiasm Episode 15:  Talking and thinking about time When we talk about things that languages have in common, we often talk about the physical side, the fact that languages are produced by huma...

Happy Solstice!

On this longest/shortest day, here's an episode about how languages are influenced by the fact that they're all born on the same blue-white ball orbiting the sun

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

When it comes to language, context matters | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology New research shows our pragmatic language abilities — which allow us to understand nonliteral expressions like sarcasm or metaphors — can be grouped together based on what types of inferences they require. MIT researchers identified three clusters of pragmatic skills based on understanding social conventions and rules, how the physical world works, and differences in tone.

When it comes to language, context matters; MIT researchers identified three cognitive skills that we use to infer what someone really means.

All About AI How it’s affecting teaching, learning, employment, research, and more.

Will AI Replace Us? Not Really — But It Will Change Us stanfordmag.org/contents/all... #AIinEducation
#HumanCenteredAI #HigherEd #TeachingWithAI
#CriticalThinking #FutureOfWork #EthicsOfAI #StayingHuman with @viktsam.bsky.social 🔬 @vickyloras.bsky.social 👩‍🏫 @metafrasis.bsky.social 💻

Enduring patterns in world's languages: One-third of grammatical 'universals' stand up to rigorous testing Despite the vast diversity of human languages, specific grammatical patterns appear again and again. A new study reveals that around a third of the long-proposed "linguistic universals"—patterns thought ...

Enduring patterns in world's languages: One-third of grammatical 'universals' stand up to rigorous testing

The 'Tree of Justice' lights up at commemoration of the 2015 Paris terror attacks

Souvenir douloureux, mais aussi symbole de résilience et d’unité. #JamaisOublier #FluctuatnecMergitur #Bataclan #DixAnsDéjà #Paris #Fr avec @metafrasis.bsky.social 🙏🌹

Ten years since the darkness of 13 November 2015.
Paris remembers.

Fluctuat nec mergitur — Tossed by the waves, but does not sink.

💙🤍❤️🕯️🕊️
#13Novembre #Paris #FluctuatNecMergitur #ParisSeSouvient

🖌️ 1 by Chaunu
🖌️ 2 by Mathou

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😂 United Shaysh 😂

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What a woman!
I'll always remember this heartwarming goodbye hug when she brought the chimp back to his home in the jungle.

May you rest in peace, Jane Goodall 💔

#RIPjaneGoodall

"En mer, je retrouve ma langue maternelle: le silence."
Olivier de Kersauson, à Thessalonique, vivre en Grèce du Nord avec @metafrasis.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social @vickyloras.bsky.social @viktsam.bsky.social @alexanderca.bsky.social

#regards #thessalonique #skg #pause

"We are mediators between the spaces of #languages and #cultures; to do the work requires putting ego aside and accepting there is always something to learn from the other."

#translation #translators

The challenges of creating the new Irish dictionary: ‘There was no word for avocado’ Patrick Freyne speaks to the chief editor of the new monolingual Irish dictionary, due to launch in October

The challenges of creating the new Irish #dictionary: ‘There was no word for avocado’

#IrishLanguage #Language #Culture #Lexicography

Souvent les mêmes visages, les mêmes noms, les mêmes lieux, les mêmes phrases reviennent de l’un à l’autre, comme les motifs d’une tapisserie qu’on aurait tissée dans un demi-sommeil.
― Patrick Modiano
#lecoupdefoudre #ShakespeareandCompany #inspiration #littéraire #retour @metafrasis.bsky.social

Good morning friends 🦋

Today I want to share a poem with you.

Eyes closed
A world unfolds
Unbeknown,
yet somehow familiar
Smiles are bright,
faces are cheerful
A welcoming atmosphere
encompassing all

....

#poetry

Full poem below 👇🏼

Multilingual artificial intelligence often reinforces bias A new study from Johns Hopkins finds that multilingual AI privileges dominant languages, deepening divides rather than democratizing access to information

Multilingual artificial intelligence often reinforces bias

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How I Learned to Cycle Like a Dutchman In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.

In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.

How New Words Enter Our Language: A Linguistics Expert Explains From "yeet" to "social distancing," new words and phrases constantly emerge and evolve in American English. But how do these neologisms— ...

A linguistics expert has answers for you about how new words enter our language news.syr.edu/blog/2025/07... #Linguistics #SocioLinguistics #Language #WordsMatter #Neologisms #LanguageEvolution with @metafrasis.bsky.social 💻🐱 @vickyloras.bsky.social 👩‍🏫 🐝

Shameful

Think you’re using language to express your thoughts?
What if it’s the other way around—what if language is doing the thinking for you? Words don’t just describe reality. They shape it iai.tv/articles/lan... @metafrasis.bsky.social @vickyloras.bsky.social #Language #LanguageAndMind #WordsHavePower

"Action is the antidote to despair"

Joan Baez ✊️ 💙

Does your language’s grammar change how you think?

#Language #Linguistics #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #LanguageProcessing

#Harvard faculty deans and departmental administrators send messages of support for #internationalstudents after the #TrumpAdministration revokes the University’s ability to enroll them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
📸The #JohnHarvard statue, the crown jewel of the Harvard Yard

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