In real-life settings, this is rarely the case—most language use, whether it’s with people or with generative language models includes *context*.

#Pragmatics 101 tells us that we are always looking to the relevant parts of the discourse when we interpret what is being said. Do LLMs do the same?

Project Hail Mary is in theaters—but do the linguistics work? https://arstechni.ca #projecthailmary #dr.bettybirner #Linguistics #pragmatics #Features #andyweir #language #Culture #GRACE #movie #rocky

IPC20 Call for Papers - International Pragmatics Association

IPRA 2027 is inviting you to Helsinki, Finland, in the summer 2027!

Call for papers is open!

Deadline fo panel proposals: June 5th 2026
Deadline for presentation and poster proposals: October 15th

#IPRA2027
#linguistics
#pragmatics

Marcelo Dascal, the Israeli philosopher and linguist known for his work on pragmatics and argumentation, honed his intellect at the University of São Paulo—a hub for thinkers challenging linguistic norms. (Q6756540) #Pragmatics #PhilosophyOfLanguage

Morphology in action: Diminutives in Brazilian obstetric and gynecological consultations | Language in Society | Cambridge Core Morphology in action: Diminutives in Brazilian obstetric and gynecological consultations - Volume 55 Issue 1

NEW FROM 55(1)

"Morphology in action: Diminutives in Brazilian obstetric and gynecological consultations" by @ana-ostermann.bsky.social, Chase Wesley Raymond, Paul Drew

#Portuguese #Brazil #Gynecology #Obstetrics #Morphology #Pragmatics #Granularity #Methodology #CA
doi.org/10.1017/S004...

RFK Jr the rare politician who when asked "have you stopped snorting cocaine off of toilet seats?" will reply "yes" #pragmatics #linguistics 🐦🐦

💡 Mid-week inspiration for ELLRA members:

Revisit past webinar & WebFestival recordings in the members’ area.

Today’s pick: Anders Myrset’s 2025 WebFestival talk on L2 pragmatic instruction from learners’ perspectives.

#ELLRA #Pragmatics #LanguageLearning

poster for conference on address forms at UCLouvain, Belgium

From 20 till 22 May, we're hosting a colloquium on #address forms at UCLouvain. We'll include and are interested in multiple perspectives ( #didactics, #translation studies, professional language, #pragmatics,...).
You can send in an abstract till 16 February.

www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts...

Very excited to share my wonderful colleague Marcella Caprario's new book on #ELF - a resource for students, teachers, and researchers!

#pragmatics #sociopragmatics #English #linguafranca #communication

A fresh take on modal expressions like “necessary” or “possible” — blending logic, pragmatics & ontology to resolve long-standing semantic puzzles. 🔍✨
Essential reading for anyone into philosophy of language or modal logic.
brill.com/display/ti...
#ModalLogic #Pragmatics

On the Minnesotan #pragmatics of “X were not planning to let Y do Z”

#linguistics

Just registered for this one. Looking very much forward to this talk! #pragmatics #communication

"When it comes to using laptops/iPads please do so only at the bars"

intriguing topicalisation
#topicfocus #pragmatics #FSP

Some key features of the Journal of #Pragmatics:
- Once accepted for review, submissions receive a DOI, making them #preprints.
- Reviewer and Editor comments are made publicly available online.
- Diamond #OpenAccess – no fees for authors or readers.

#cogSci #xPhi #language

🙏 @uclpress.bsky.social

The Double Empathy Workshop Series (4th Workshop Join us for the fourth in our series of online workshops showcasing presentations related to chapters from the Double Empathy Reader

Lately I’ve been so disheartened that I forgot to share here that my piece on “Reframing Social Communication through the Double Empathy lens” was published in The Double Empathy Reader, curated by Damian Milton - we’ll present it online today, here 👇🏼

#autism #DoubleEmpathy #pragmatics

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Crucially, these clusters held up across two large participant groups and were independent of general intelligence or basic auditory ability, suggesting that they reflect distinct underlying language processes rather than broad cognitive skill.

#langsky #linguistics #language #pragmatics

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Intonation-based inferences: Using tone, emphasis & prosody to infer meaning — such as what is implied when stress falls on a particular word.

#langsky #linguistics #language #pragmatics

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World-knowledge inferences: Drawing on shared knowledge about how the physical & social world works to interpret meaning.

#langsky #linguistics #language #pragmatics

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Social-context inferences: Understanding social norms and conventions — for example, indirect requests, irony, or polite refusals.

#langsky #linguistics #language #pragmatics

When it comes to language, context matters 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 req...

A study from MIT explores pragmatic language ability: our skill at inferring what people really mean when their words don’t align with their literal meaning.

🔗 tinyurl.com/s5wb8jsy

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#langsky #linguistics #language #pragmatics

Dive into how emotions shape human communication with Dr Tim Wharton. Discover the science behind connection: scitube.io/dr-tim-whart... #pragmatics #emotion @drtimwharton.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social
@cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org @ehcsjournal.bsky.social

6 Nov 3:30 PACIFIC time
Dr. #WeiLinMelodyChang
"Navigating interpersonal relationships in #Chinese social interactions: what can we offer as a pragmatician?" #linguistics #pragmatics #China
link to register: www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...

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I am delighted that our edited volume "Second Language #Pragmatics and Young Language Learners - #EFL #Primary #School Contexts in #Europe" is now available www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/.... We are very gratetful to our contributors who accompanied us on this journey!

BabyLMs Show Limited Gricean Pragmatic Understanding

BabyLMs trained on under 100 million tokens beat those trained on under 10 million, yet both fall short of children and a 3‑trillion‑token model in recognizing Gricean maxims. Read more: getnews.me/babylms-show-limited-gri... #babylms #pragmatics #grice

[Incantatory power of #energy #futurology : from cosmotechnical homogenization to #pragmatics of the futures]

One month ago I defended my master thesis with Sophie Gosselin, Francis Chateauraynaud and Sylvia Fredriksson concluding my study at @ehess.fr

Probabilistic Modeling of Conversational Implicatures

A new paper extends Bayesian tools to relevance‑theoretic accounts of conversational implicature, formalizing inferential steps with probability distributions. The article is available via its DOI link. getnews.me/probabilistic-modeling-o... #bayesian #pragmatics

Speech Acts in English: Corpus Insights from Past to Present In recent decades, speech act use in English has received considerable attention, producing a substantial body of research drawing on both historical and ...

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Call for papers for Corpus Pragmatics special issue "Speech Acts in English: Corpus Insights from Past to Present", ed. by @racheledf.bsky.social, Christine Elsweiler & me.
Abstract submissions due: 1 November 2025
link.springer.com/collections/...
#Pragmatics #Linguistics

Registration is now open for the #SKYSymposium2025: Meaning in Language, Machines and Humans.

This is your chance to visit the most attractive city in Finland (www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...) in October in its autumn colours.

See you in Tampere!🍂

#linguistics
#meaning
#semantics
#pragmatics

4th publication of the year:

#Sport #sponsoring in times of ‘polycrisis’. A #discourse #analyzis of three contemporary crises

#Disclose #onomastics #naming #applied #linguistics #discourse #economics #semantics #pragmatics #language

@vernarrtinwissen.bsky.social

www.narr.de/names-in-tim...