Sociolinguistics
For those interested in the study of relationships between language and society
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@pauljmeighan.bsky.social
@katespowage.bsky.social
Critical interdisciplinary sociolinguist working on the politics of language, capitalism, and colonialism. Shamelessly plugging Language as Statecraft, which thinks about all those things. Lecturer at the University of Leeds.
@javiermoreno.bsky.social
Academic | Research Manager | Language Access | Law & Language | International & HR Law | UNESCO Expert Consultant PhD, University of Cambridge 📍 NYC | Cambridge | Spain
@richardsmithelt.bsky.social
Professor of ELT & Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick http://warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmith History of language learning & teaching; Decentring ELT; Research by teachers for teachers (and their students); English language teacher education
@drchloecastle.bsky.social
Psycholinguist + sociolinguist interested in multilingualism, L3/Ln acquisition and heritage and community languages • 🇦🇺➞🇳🇴 ➞🇸🇬 Cohost of @whenlanguagesmeet.bsky.social 🧠👄🎙💻🔍 www.chloecastle.com
@jennycz.bsky.social
Sociophonetician & Associate Prof @ Georgetown. Linguistics, cats, DC, science, quips. She/her.
@anotherlinguist.bsky.social
Sociolinguist, dialectologist, person who has uttered the phrase "chain shift" too many times.
@ajvilleneuve.bsky.social
Optimist.e & sociolinguist.e | Personal posts en français and in English. 💜🐕🐶💚 (elle/she/her)
@vickyloras.bsky.social
Educator and linguist since 1997. #firstgen PhD researcher at @UZH_en. Canadian-Greek 🇨🇦🇬🇷Researching Canadian English/Indigenous Englishes. Read my Meet the PhDs newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/vickyloras
@meow-factor.bsky.social
Furensic Linguist | Independent Researcher | 🐈⬛ Writing about Cat-inspired Language | 🐾 Author of "Purrieties of Language" 🎓 PhD in Dialectology | en de it fr ru writing: Edith + Murrli K. for https://meowfactor.hypotheses.org
@pbaquedano-lopez.bsky.social
Linguistic anthropologist & educational linguist: Interest in & commitments to Indigenous thought & languages across Turtle Island; critical language & literacy work; language & social justice
@inesvano.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. of Spanish & Linguistics @FraminghamU |#AcademicMama | Hispanic Ling. PhD @GC_CUNY | Former @GCTLC & @MellonFdn Graduate Fellow (ella/she/her)
@linguistolive.bsky.social
Linguistics Ph.D.: sociolinguistics, linguistic landscapes, language access Just an olive that loves languages! 🫒
@johnnyunger.bsky.social
he/him, linguist, critical discourse analyst, tea anarchist extraordinaire, dadcore, vegan, foodie, ❄️, dad, intersectional feminist, D&D nerd (not necessarily in that order) Latest publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2023.101825
@hmking-linguist.bsky.social
sociolinguist 🗣💬 (senior lecturer #English language; PhD applied linguistics): #multilingualism | transnational & multilingual identities | discourse | space & place | multilingual #picturebooks -> @multilinglibrary.bsky.social 💙📚
@mgartziarena.bsky.social
Hizkuntza gutxituak | Eleaniztasuna | Jarrera linguistikoak | Erabilera | Irakas-ikuspegiak. EHUn irakasle. Minority languages | Multilingualism |Attitudes | Use | Teaching approaches. Assistant professor at UPV/EHU. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0614-6129
@rowimperial.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics (TESOL), Trinity College Dublin. DPhil in Education, Oxon
@jadolfoh.bsky.social
PhD Student at Stanford Linguistics working on sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and computational linguistics.
@mpmilans.bsky.social
Professor of Language, Discourse and Communication and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics @University College London | Critical ethnographer
@ellabarakos.bsky.social
Austrian in London. Lecturer & Researcher @Vienna University & @IOE UCL Sociolinguistics | Applied Linguistics |Language in education and business | Elite multilingualism | Discourse Studies | Ethnography | Language Policy www.elisabethbarakos.com
@pittprofdude.bsky.social
Professor of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh. Sociolinguist, Linguistic Anthropologist, Discourse Analyst. Language, GENDER, and Sexuality. Trying and failing to keep up with just about everything. GENDER: Ambivalent masculine Assigned male at birth
@susannemohr7.bsky.social
Linguist, prof @ NTNU (Trondheim), currently on maternity leave: sociocultural/anthropological linguistics, multimodality, language & tourism | 1st gen | Book lover | she, her | views my own https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/susanne.mohr
@giuliasulis.bsky.social
Senior postdoc at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz || Language learner and teacher psychology || Multilingualism
@stephenlucek.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Head of Linguistics at UCD. Main research interests include: Sociolinguistics, Language Regard, Irish English, Mediatised Representations, Multilingualism and many more! Brewer of "drinkable" beers.
@phkraemer.bsky.social
(Multi)Linguist, Creolist, Romanist Professeur de linguistique française (VUB) Citoyen européen, Saarlandberliner, Bruxellois er/il/he/hij
@jaetakeuchi.bsky.social
Ph.D, Japanese sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, JFL learning & teaching. 博士号、日本語社会言語学、応用言語学、外国語としての日本語教育。趣味はピアノ。she, her Indiana University; https://www.jaedibellotakeuchi.com/
@accesseasyenglish.bsky.social
Our team develop content to Easy English. It is for the 44% of Australian adults with low literacy. Plus many more people who need it every day. Our services include content creation, training, webinars, organisational support #SLP #speechie #inclusion
@belvelvet.bsky.social
Linguistics Student @ PUCP #CogSci enthusiast 🧠 • QTPOC • #ActuallyAutistic ♾️ • fr/eng/esp • follow @secuenciando_pe on Instagram for Conversation Analysis content!!
@ladybenko.net
Software engineer and game developer https://ladybenko.net. 🏳️🌈 She/Her. Escribo ci-fi y fantasía en https://benkoalbeza.com
@seamorphus.bsky.social
#nft collector and generative artist buy my art: https://opensea.io/collection/seamorphus-lt-suns #bitcoin #ethereum
@larshinrichs.site
UT Austin sociolinguist, anglicist, creolist | German, American, son, husband, father, violinist, guitarist, swimmer, humorist
@mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social
Sociolinguistics, digital communication, digital Interculturality, Newcastle University, mendesdeoliveira.com
@verenaplatzgummer.bsky.social
Sociolinguist, Gaeilge learner, nature lover, Langschläferin
@dpmontgomery.bsky.social
Living and learning in Astana. Proud papa. Adopted Kazakh Kúıeý Bala. Researching and teaching multilingual education, “academic” writing, and critical language policy at Nazarbayev University. dpmontgomery.wordpress.com
@abdulbasitling11.bsky.social
Not simply a Linguist who is interested in the potential of expression and limits to it but studies language when it talks and works mysteriously. Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics. Lecturer@department of English, University of Karachi
@yinlintan.bsky.social
Linguistics PhD candidate at Stanford; sociolinguistics, sound, semiotics. She/her. https://yinlintan.github.io/
@malwinagudowska.bsky.social
Author & Linguist. MOTHER TONGUE TIED: On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism (Footnote Press, 2024); PhD researcher: emotions of mothers raising multilingual children; language & emotion. Motherlingual on Substack & Instagram. malwinagudowska.com
@kwebek.bsky.social
Professeur à l’Université de Sherbrooke, directeur du CRIFUQ (@crifuq.bsky.social) et responsable du Fonds de données linguistiques du Québec (@plateformeFDLQ.bsky.social). Recherche en #sociolinguistique #histoiredelalangue #linguistiquedecorpus
@drolelz.bsky.social
High school teacher of French and English language (linguistics), year level coordinator, PhD holder, L2 motivation, interested in translating research into practice, lover of tennis
@kamrank.bsky.social
Director of MOSAIC research at the University of Birmingham | Borders, CVE, surveillance and multilingualism | Security, Citizenship Testing, Race and Language
@eloibelles.bsky.social
Professor de Filologia Catalana a la @uib.cat | Lecturer in Catalan Linguistics at the @uib.cat. Mostly interested in (historical) sociolinguistics, language & politics, and language policies.
@kpabst.bsky.social
Sociolinguist who loves baking, dogs, and all things language.
@fmoncomble.tract-linguistes.org
Maitre de Conférences en linguistique anglaise - Senior Lecturer in English linguistics, Université d'Artois | morphosyntaxe & pragmatique | Linguiste atterré @tract-linguistes.org | engagé handicap, autisme | 🚴 | ☘️ 🔗 https://linktr.ee/f_moncomble
@jessgrieser.bsky.social
Sociolinguist, novelist, photographer, quilter, saxophonist and Boglehead. Associate Professor of Linguistics at UMich.
@dalaigrama.bsky.social
Sociophonetician in the Sociolinguistics Lab at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Interested in language variation and change, phonetics, dialect (typology), ethnolects, life-span change, Hawaiʻi, creoles, and prehistoric fauna. Proud papa. he/him
@drswissmiss.bsky.social
Multilingual, multicultural, multilovely. Professor of Sociolinguistics at Cardiff University 🇨🇭🏴🇺🇸 Currently studying varieties of Welsh English She/her
@kleonichka.bsky.social
Linguistic anthropologist / sociolinguist at Duke University; beach lover, runner. Research focus on language & migration, narratives, memory; and critical analysis of anti-LGBTQ+ nationalist discourses. Enjoys art, food, travel, music, and photography.
@jtillman.bsky.social
he/him 🏳️🌈 IBS linguist, editor Jewish and Quaker upbringing. from outside of North Philadelphia. studying EdM at Teachers College, Columbia University BA NYU, MA HKU. foreign languages. sings in piano bars and plays video games.
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@ikererdocia.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Dublin City University. Funded Investigator, Science Foundation Ireland ADAPT Centre. Researching language, policy & politics
@meryenda.bsky.social
Applied Linguist & Educator |CALL|TBLT|SLA| PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Hawai’i www.calico.org Wanderer | Nature & food lover | Previously at Stanford, UH, or SPSCC. Next station…tbd
@jsolerc.bsky.social
Professor of English Linguistics, Stockholm University. Linguistic justice, Global English, language policy, higher education, minority languages.
@naashia.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in TESOL at The University of Auckland researching issues of identity, power, and equity in language education policy and practice.
@gbalirano.bsky.social
Professor of English Linguistics @ University of Naples L'Orientale. President of the Italian Association for the Study of English (AIA). Director of the University Language Centre. Rector's Delegate for Lifelong Learning, E-Learning and Multimedia.
@justynaolko.bsky.social
Indigenous history, linguistic diversity, multilingualism, decolonial research, lang reclamation, ERC grantee #MULTILING-HIST Professor at University of Warsaw, director of the Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity www.jolko.al.uw.edu.pl
@jasonelt.bsky.social
Teacher educator, author, researcher at the University of Warwick (Applied Linguistics) and birder. www.jasonanderson.org.uk Views are my own. He/him.
@e-l-p.bsky.social
Sharing knowledge and building international networks to support language revitalization and documentation. https://endangeredlanguages.com
@tzulli.bsky.social
Professor of English Language and Linguistics University of Chieti-Pescara Director of the Language Centre
@salconsoli.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Language Education at The University of Edinburgh • Associate Editor of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (Elsevier) • Co-Editor of Cambridge Elements in Research Methods.
@drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social
Sociolinguist. Assistant Professor at University of St Andrews & IOE, UCL. Visiting research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
@caoimhinsmo.bsky.social
Gàidhlig; Gaeilge; coimpiutaireachd Multidict: https://multidict.net/multidict Clilstore: https://multidict.net/clilstore Bunadas: https://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/teanga/bunadas
@evangelia.bsky.social
Linguist, Senior Researcher at CNRS, Paris — New books📙ENDANGERED LANGUAGES, MIT press https://bit.ly/3WdDmra 📘 UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE CONTACT, Routledge
@emmachados.bsky.social
(she/her) wannabe PhD wrangler | Sociothings and discourse analysis enthusiast | Exploring queer linguistic identity at the University of Salamanca | Fueled by cats and cinema | ES/EN
@sertolcay.bsky.social
Language teaching, teacher education, classroom interaction, #EMCA. Works at Mälardalen University, Sweden. Father of two multilingual kids. Writes in English, Turkish, Swedish. Editor-in-chief: Classroom Discourse (T&F) https://olcaysert.net/about
@drannlopez.bsky.social
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy. Anti-racist, anti-colonial, decolonizing education https://drannlopez.com/ My Personal Views 🇯🇲🇨🇦
@jlschissel.bsky.social
Energetic Educational Linguist AMELI: Asociación Mexicana de Evaluación de Lenguas Indígenas ALTECA-DR: Assoc. of Lang. Teachers for Classroom Assessment in the Dominican Republic Editor TESOL Forum Associate Professor UNCG JamieSchissel.com
@ccunninghamyork.bsky.social
Applied Linguist, ecolinguist, associate prof, mama, acapella singer
@celiagr.bsky.social
Lectures in #TESOL & #LanguageEducation @StrathEdu & Senior Fellow @UCL | Member @BAAL LLTSIG @TELSIG @IATEFLReSIG #AppliedLinguistics #CALL #Plurilingualism #Emotions #Identity LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/d2dcr8n4
@kristofsavski.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, Prince of Songkla University, applied sociolinguist working on language policy, language education. PhD from Lancaster University. Website: www.kristofsavski.org
@gigiluk.bsky.social
Professor at @mcgillu.bsky.social Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology. Interested in multilingualism in development, learning, cognition, education, communication & neuroscience.
@dylanburton.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Georgia State University. MSU and Lancaster alum. My research focus is on language testing and assessment Learn more about me here: https://dylanburton.hcommons.org
@agib.bsky.social
PhD, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics & TESOL @ Macquarie University ⭐️ linguistic inclusion ⭐️ teacher trainer ⭐️ runner ⭐️ watercolour enthusiast
@professorliwei.bsky.social
Director and Dean, UCL Institute of Education, University College London’s Faculty of Education and Society. Fellow of British Academy, Academia Europaea, Academy of Social Sciences (UK), Royal Society of Arts (UK). Professor of Applied Linguistics.
@ashleyrmoore.bsky.social
Critical applied linguist at OISE, University of Toronto, researching inclusive language education, multilingualism, and linguistic dissociation. he/him
@michellenic.bsky.social
Leòdhasach. Gaelic Professor and Dean for Impact and Engagement at University of Aberdeen. Interested in languages and cats.
@dtitone.bsky.social
language & cognitive scientist at @mcgill.ca; co-founder of @wicscanada.bsky.social; Editor of @cjep.bsky.social; she/her
@ethnopoetics.bsky.social
linguistic anthropologist, linguistic relativist, philologist, humanist, kayaker, tree grower, midwesterner, purdue alum
@deroomat.bsky.social
Ph.D. Languaging and Literacies. Immigration. Musings on my interdisciplinary academic life, pop culture, and politics. 双语 who loves travel (views my own)
@conab.bsky.social
Sociolinguist and senior lecturer in education at Uppsala University. Multilingualism, minoritised languages, language reclamation and identity. Knitting wannabe, Welsh Springer Spaniel owner, garden lover. She/her.
@danielrisbell.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, specializing in language assessment. Associate Editor at Language Learning journal (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679922). Views own.
@friederikelupke.bsky.social
Linguist. Multilingualism researcher. Africanist. Learner of Finnish. Professor of African Studies at the University of Helsinki and chair of AfriStadi.
@clrnance.bsky.social
Professor of Phonetics at Lancaster University. Gàidhlig, Phonetics, Sociophonetics, Bilingualism, Articulation, Sociolinguistics. Otherwise in the mountains. She/her https://clairenance.github.io/
@joshprada.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at Centre for Language and Cognition @rug.nl - Heritage language education, translanguaging, critical approaches
@sidneygjwong.bsky.social
黃吉贊 ~ Queer Cantonese advocate from Aotearoa & PhD researcher @ Canterbury, NZ. he/any Computational Sociolinguist. Place ~ Identity ~ Language. Fulbright 24/25 @ Champaign-Urbana, IL. Views my own. https://linktr.ee/sidneygjwong
@kbyers.bsky.social
Developmental Psych | prof @Concordia | Language acquisition | Bilingualism | Infants & toddlers | Open science | R | Women in science
@multi-ling-mat.bsky.social
We are an independent publisher based in Bristol, UK. We publish titles on applied linguistics, multilingualism, second language acquisition, language education and translation. We also like bunnies and cake. https://www.multilingual-matters.com
@bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007. Bylines at the Guardian, Open Democracy, Herald, DeSmog, Bella Caledonia, Sunday National.
@mathematiguy.bsky.social
Indigenous language technology. PhD candidate at McGill University in Montreal. Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu.
@rturne17.bsky.social
Transdisciplinary PhD candidate working with queerness, discourse & Montreal. ลูกครึ่ง // สายกิน // ทาสแมว // นักเรียน What’s the best that could happen?
@sarahling.bsky.social
Linguist, anthropologist, all around mouthy person. Queen’s U, Kingston, ON. Opinions represent me and only me.
@acharityhudley.bsky.social
Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor & Associate Dean of Education @Stanfordeducation.Bsky.social. Af. Am. Studies & Linguistics by courtesy. PI of the @StanfordBADLab.Bsky.social
@ethankutlu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Cognitive Scientist| Associate Editor | he,him
@nabelew.bsky.social
Linguist (revitalization, documentation, sociolinguistics) but also not a professional account so I’m gonna say cuss words 🤷♀️ she/her
@languageonthemove.bsky.social
Linguistic diversity in social life By Ingrid Piller, author of "Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice" "Intercultural Communication" and "Life in a New Language" https://www.languageonthemove.org/
@iancushing.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
@globalvoices.org
The first global community-based newsroom. We build bridges and global understanding. Read our stories here: https://globalvoices.org
@geraldroche.bsky.social
AuDHD & PhD. anthropology, language, power. he/him New book: The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777783/the-politics-of-language-oppression-in-tibet/ ORCiD: 0000-0002-2410-351X