Really scary!!

The Language-on-the-Move team is inviting contributors to a workshop on Dec 14 @mqlinguistics addressing emerging languages, language technologies, and epistemic justice
languageonthemove.com/cfp-conceptual…

We wrote up our recent article showing earning more didn't protect mothers from being knocked out of employment during the pandemic.

But, it did help fathers.

Rather, access to telecommuting was key for mothers to stay employed.

More here!!!!

theconversation.com/being-the-main…

What are the policies and procedures that govern public communications with linguistically diverse populations?
Find out in the latest research by Alex Grey
languageonthemove.com/linguistic-inc…

Dr. Cho’s work is so important to uncovering information about interpreting that can be used in healthcare!

Bilinguals might have a memory advantage. Learning a language might improve your income. Multilingualism might prevent dementia. But the best reason to support multilingualism is that people have language rights. They just have them.

What Is Translanguaging and How Is It Used in the Classroom? bit.ly/3Yp5Ei6

Pretty proud of this one! Thank you to Language on the Move for highlighting this important area of research!

What exactly is meant by “complexity” here?? Didn’t we all learn in LING101 that there is no such thing as a language being more or less “complex” than another? This has really awoken the #LinguistTwitter hive.

We want you!!

Do you find your experiences are often underrepresented in research?

We are recruiting for a diverse range of parents to share their experiences of the mental load.

Would ❤️ ❤️❤️ to hear from you.

Link to short form below and here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1uGu6n…

Now the specific method of assimilation gets a bit more complicated and none of us ever agree on them, which is why

This ↓ is just a very *anti-jargon* infographic I made on sound changes that my students would be familiar with:

The patterns that children use to extend new meanings to known words are similar to patterns implicated in historical language change
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
👆 In both cases they are associated with cognitive advantages for learning, remembering, and understanding words

Confused about translanguaging?
Hear what it is and why it matters in this interview with Professor Ofelia García conducted by Dr Loy Lising MQ Linguistics on the sidelines of #ISB14
languageonthemove.com/translanguagin…

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*nods while reading nearly every comment*

A documentary film about children translating and interpreting for their families. An everyday practice all around the world.

Trailer and video freely accessible here: translatorsfilm.com

#translation #interpreting

Having a thread about a stone age girl going viral and having a thread about the fashion industry going viral makes me want to do a thread connecting both of these subjects to talk about one of my favorite prehistoric articles of clothing: the Lendbreen Tunic.

“Life in a new language” examines the language learning and settlement experiences of 130 migrants to Australia from 34 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America over a period of 20 years:
languageonthemove.com/scholarly-sist…
Emily Farrell @ISB14MQ #OpenResearch

An incredibly intriguing presentation by Associate Prof. Jie Zhang on the importance of Chinese sign language during the first covid-19 lockdown - and how advocacy began at the community level! Language on the Move @ISB14MQ