Woman are 'exceptional leaders' former education minister tells Sarnia-area conference Eliminating the gender gap in leadership roles leads to better decisions, the Lambton Women’s Leadership Conference was told.

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PhD student Melika Hashemi and Wikipedia Congratulations to UWaterloo English PhD candidate Melika Hashemi, who has been chosen as a Rungh Wikipedia Scholar. She will be participating in a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to add content about artist…

Congratulations to UWaterloo English PhD candidate Melika Hashemi, who has been chosen as a Rungh Wikipedia Scholar. tinyurl.com/4pcztfdw

Rhetoricon poster with image of man with exposed brain in a sphere. Information available via the link.

The Rhetoricon Symposium: Figures & Constructions; Constructions & Figures features leading scholars presenting on rhetorical stylistics and grammatical constructions. May 28 and 29, University of Waterloo. tinyurl.com/62aha2sx

Group photo: winners of the 2025-2026 English Awards.

Congratulations to all our 2025-2026 English Award winners! Winners' names and photo gallery: tinyurl.com/ysmf7c2z

Figures and Constructions, Constructions and Figures: A Rhetoricon Symposium Calling all UWaterloo English students and faculty! You’re invited to the Figures and Constructions, Constructions and Figures symposium, held May 28–29th, 2026 at the Davis Centre. This gathering …

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Constructions = grammar in action: social, rhetorical, meaningful. Excited for this conference, hosted by none other than @randyallenharris.bsky.social!

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Constructions and Figures Symposium at the University of Waterloo 28 & 29 May 2026 featuring Jeanne Fahnestock, @adelegoldberg.bsky.social and @congramqueen.bsky.social. #rhetoric, #linguistics, #constructiongrammar @uwaterlooarts.bsky.social @uwaterloo.ca @uw-english.bsky.social

It came across as enthusiasm more than anything; really enjoyed it.

Another great podcast, with one of my favourite historians of linguistics. ... I never knew Brigitte Nerlich was so charming. It's lovely to hear the joy she has in her work.

Poster for book launch. Information available via the post link.

UWaterloo English's Dr. Paul Ugor is holding a launch for three (!) books he has co-edited. March 19, 11am-12:30pm, DWE 3516 and online. tinyurl.com/muu55jss

CBC award for undergrad Alicia Wang Congratulations to Alicia Wang, soon to graduate from the University of Waterloo’s honours arts and business program with a degree in English, rhetoric and professional communication. She is one of…

Congratulations to ARBUS/UWaterloo English student Alicia Wang, who has been awarded a 2026 CBC News summer scholarship for emerging journalists. tinyurl.com/r6r7dp4r

It’s been a delight & an education working with @randyallenharris.bsky.social on this paper in @rhetstm.bsky.social POROI on LLMs ability to synthesize rhetorical figures & linguistic constructions. Worth saying nothing I poast should be construed to reflect the views of my employer or supervisor!

Great new article by @geryon.bsky.social. "Rhetorical Figures, Grammatical Constructions, and Form/Meaning Alliances in Pretrained Language Models," #rhetoric, #constructiongrammar, #linguistics
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I wouldn't have even come close to finishing my dissertation without ILL, forty years ago, and even today, at well-funded, top-tier research university, in a country where such institutions are not being persecuted, I still use it a dozen times a year. Viva ILL! Viva librarians!

Podcast episode 42: Randy Harris on the Linguistics Wars In this interview, we talk to Randy Harris about the controversies surrounding the generative semantics movement in American linguistics of the 1960s and 70s.

I did my homework.
Very informative.
Thanks ! @randyallenharris.bsky.social @hiphilangsci.bsky.social

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Photos featuring some of our proud UWaterloo English MA and PhD grads who received their degrees this Saturday. Congratulations!

The newly minted Dr. Kyle Gerber and sidekick. @uwaterlooarts.bsky.social @uw-english.bsky.social

Great new article by Geoff Pullum on Post, Chomsky, and the roots of generative grammar, written with his customary verve, depth, and precision. doi.org/10.1075/hl.0.... #histlx #Linguistics #LangSky

Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

Episode 49 of our podcast is out 🤩

James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviews Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) about linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

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Podcast episode 48: A History of Modern Linguistics In this interview, Randy Harris interviews James McElvenny about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.

A new podcast episode 🤩

Randy Harris (@randyallenharris.bsky.social) speaks with James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.

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For one thing, don’t report every individual piece of shit or the most colourful & flaming piece of shit. Report the themes, with examples, & always report the context, especially what is being flooded out by the shit. Never let the audience lose sight of what the shit is meant to distract it from.

UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
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Calling all linguists, esp. corpus folks, and digital researchers, One of my students wants to research a grammatical cx on Twitter/X, but the Musk regime restricts searches. Would anyone who has Enterprise or Research access be willing to help? #linguistics #corpuslinguistics #academicbluesky

Once again: the GOP is a #fascist party. The CPC contains these elements. There is a tsunami of #reactionary politics on the horizon, because the weaponization of young men in particular goes largely unnoticed (because it's online). Crush them now, or we are in for generations of authoritarianism.

Trump suggests teaching migrants how to run away from alligators Donald Trump has suggested teaching migrants how to run away from alligators as he toured a new migrant detention center in Florida known as “Alligator Alcaratz”. The US president visited the facility...

When a president promotes sadism and abuse you know that the abuses will quickly get worse.
In a few short months the US has moved from kidnapping people off the streets to building concentration camps.
There will be much darker days ahead.

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How better to roll back the clock?