BerLinguistin

BerLinguistin, 13 days ago to random

Here is a short summary of the talk on “German Beyond Its Native Speakers” I gave at the Austria Centre Leiden a few weeks ago!

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/05/dr.-naomi-truan-delivers-lunchtime-talk-at-austria-centre-leiden

#AcademicChatter #Talks #Sociolinguistics #NativeSpeakerism

BerLinguistin, 20 days ago to academia

Making sure student assistants do not engage in the toxic academic culture of overworking, one email at a time

#AcademicChatter #Academia

BerLinguistin, 1 month ago to academia

On positioning: Every time I do sociolinguistic fieldwork or conduct interviews, people assume I am a student 🙃 I could decide to be angry, and I am, at a structural/systemic level, but I think I also use it to my advantage to minimize inherent power hierarchies... Thoughts?

#Academia #AcademicChatter #Sociolinguistics #Fieldwork

BerLinguistin, 1 month ago to random

I don't even know the word for this bike thing but obviously it needs shoes, too 🥹

the tiny shoe, looking like a mini converse

vicgrinberg, 1 month ago to random

One on my regular stops on the bike ride home from work 😊

#AboutToday #minibieb #TinyLibrary

BerLinguistin, 1 month ago to random

Ready for my lunch talk at the Faculty Club of Leiden University 🥘🎬

selfie of a woman with lipstick, long wavy brown hair and glasses

BerLinguistin, 1 month ago to random

Tadaaaaaaa!!! In #OpenAccess soon!

#AcademicChatter #LanguageIdeologies #Sociolinguistics #Multilingualism

BerLinguistin, 1 month ago to academia

“We were surprised by how brazenly the male researchers described their priorities, for example that they actively didn’t respond to emails,” says Nanna Mik-Meyer, professor at Copenhagen Business School.

https://kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/women-end-doing-academic-housework

(article shared by @i_jayas on other social media platforms)

#Academia #Gender #Women

BerLinguistin, 1 month ago to academia

Save the date: On Tuesday 7 May at 16:00 I'm giving an online practical talk on #OpenScience: “Doing Open Science in the Humanities: From Public Discourse to Qualitative Data”.

It's open to everyone, you can join even if you're not from Leiden University!

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/open-science-community-leiden/events/oscoffee-2024-05-07

#OpenAccess #DigitalHumanities #OnlineTalks #Academia

BerLinguistin, 1 month ago to linguistics

Looking for literature on German in the Netherlands for a sociolinguistics class next semester!
I'm especially interested the German-speaking communities abroad (who is part of it, what languages do they speak) & language ideologies around German in the Dutch context. Thanks! ☺️

#German #Dutch #Linguistics #Languages #Academia #Teaching

BerLinguistin, 2 months ago to academia

🚨 Help needed: Are there here any (former) PhD students who did a cotutelle between the Netherlands and Germany (specifically these two countries) and could help me finalizing a contract for my PhD student?

Many thanks! 🙏

#AcademicChatter #Academia #PhD #Cotutelle #Germany #Netherlands

BerLinguistin, 2 months ago to academia

When reflecting on my PhD work, I miss the focus on ONE project. Post PhD life often feels scattered, with lots of (side) projects, supervision of very different topics, data from here and there, etc. I certainly do not miss the uncertainty & I am grateful to work on new things!

But I do feel that we would benefit from doing less. It's a weird thing—as you advance your career, it feels like the job never really gets easier but only fuller. Thoughts, anyone?

#AcademicChatter #Academia

BerLinguistin, 3 months ago to academia

love this so much—a word cloud of my papers' titles! doesn't produce as strong results as it could since I've been publishing in 3 languages for years, but still quite cool, don't you think?

you can try it here: https://scholargoggler.com

#Academia #Research

BerLinguistin, 3 months ago to academia

First lecture of the spring term and first feedback from the students 🌷

#Academia #Teaching #HigherEd #HigherEducation

BerLinguistin, 4 months ago to random

For anyone who may be into journaling and self-reflection in this timeless in-between, with no pressure and crazy new year goals, this set of free workbooks with some nice prompts and vibrant colors is worth it: https://www.susannahconway.com/unravel

#HappyNewYear #ByeBye2023 #Hello2024

BerLinguistin, 5 months ago to random

Genuine question: Every time I receive anonymous peer-review suggesting "major revisions", I find the revisions, in fact, really minor: Add a definition here, explain an argument more in detail over there, justify the choice for X, describe the data better. Usually much needed, but with no change in the overall argument, structure, etc.

Wondering if others feel the same way. Are we maybe afraid of being too lenient/not "academic" enough if the suggested revisions are not that big? #Academic

BerLinguistin, 6 months ago to linguistics

The slides for my invited lecture on “Whose Language Counts?” at the University of Groningen next Monday (27 Nov, 15:00-17:00) are ready (yes, always enough in advance to not be stressed ☺️)!

Join us onsite or online (meet.google.com/jfb-xucu-yvc) 🤩

#Sociolinguistics #Linguistics #OnlineTalks #Multilingualism

First slide of a powerpoint presentation: Whose Language Counts? German Through the Lens of Its Multilingual Speakers Naomi Truan, Leiden University n.a.l.truan@hum.leidenuniv.nl University of Groningen EUROCULTURE Lecture Series 27 November 2023, 15:00 - 17:00

BerLinguistin, 6 months ago to TodayILearned

My students will soon submit a (digital) poster presenting the results of a small empirical study. Any ideas how to invite everyone to take a look at all posters and foster productive discussions during the last session (in presence)?

Thank you!

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BerLinguistin, 6 months ago to academia

I have to say that the permanent enactment of academic business ("I don't have a minute for myself", "I cannot commit to any meeting in the next 6 weeks") is really depressing—as it shows how overworked everyone is AND how some like to glorify it.

#Academia #AcademicChatter

BerLinguistin, 6 months ago to random

Somehow I cannot download the following paper from my university library and I need to cite a specific page, can anyone help?

Dewaele, Jean-Marc. 2018. Why the Dichotomy ‘L1 Versus LX User’ is Better than ‘Native Versus Non-native Speaker.’ Applied Linguistics 39(2). 236–240.

BerLinguistin, 6 months ago to academia

Something we don't talk about enough when encouraging academics to say no and protect their time is how passive-aggressive the reactions of (While, old-ish, male) scholars can be when you refuse to follow their personal deadlines #Academia #WomenInAcademia

BerLinguistin, 6 months ago to linguistics

Linguists' everyday battles 🥲😤

#Linguistics #Multilingualism #NativeSpeakerism #Accents

Facebook comment: Linguistics professor speaking here: So so sad to invite a nonlinguist to such events who perpetuates damaging language ideologies such as native speakerism and accentism. There are DECADES of research in linguistics showing it actually hurts people! I really wish we would invite multilingual families to embrace all their resources and fluid repertoires without having 'native competence' as a goal.