Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social Linguist, PhD (language proficiency, semantic knowledge), university lecturer, Tampere University, Finland
Researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/maija-tervola
Chair of the Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) @linguistics.fi
Amateur translator LT>FI
Nicolas Diaz Ferreyra @nicolasediaz.bsky.social Senior Researcher and Lecturer at SoftSec@TUHH 🏫 Ph.D 🎓 Computer Scientist 🖥 #usablesecurity #HCI #EmpiricalSoftwareEngineering Argentinian in Germany 🇦🇷🇩🇪
🌎 https://www.ndiaz-ferreyra.com/
Council for Global Anthropological Linguistics @theglocal.bsky.social This is the official profile of The GLOCAL,The global council for Anthropological Linguistics
Larry La Fountain @larrylafountain.bsky.social Professor at the University of Michigan. Author of Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance (2021) + Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora. Coeditor Keywords for Latina/o Studies. On sabbatical this year. 🇵🇷 🌈
College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University @liberalartsosu.bsky.social Home of the 4-year graduation guarantee, CLA is @oregonstate’s third-largest college.
English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social Award-winning charity supporting English and Media teachers with publications, CPD, consultancy + conferences. Putting curiosity + pleasure at the heart of learning.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
https://www.instagram.com/engmediacentre/
@larissacos.bsky.social @larissacos.bsky.social
Till Woerfel @woerfel.bsky.social Professor of Didactics of German as a Second Language | @phzuerich.bsky.social
Bilingualism🔹SLA🔹heritage languages🔹Turkish🔹language contact🔹language education 🔹digital transformation
🔗 https://tillwoerfel.de
@herkunftssprachen.bsky.social
Martin Serif Derince @martinderince.bsky.social Postdoc I Universität Hamburg
Multilingualism, Heritage language education, Language policy, Bilingual education
Ingrid Piller's Alexander von Humboldt Professorship Team
Forschungszentrum LiDS
Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft
https://uhh.de/ew-lids
Antonio Ascanio @antonioascanio.bsky.social English teacher studying how language shapes our thoughts.
MA student → PhD candidate | Cognitive linguistics, CDA, meaning & metaphor addict. University of Córdoba (Spain).
Scriptwriter when I have time.
Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics & Director of EDI for PPLS at University of Edinburgh.
he/him
LVC, digital (queer+youth+popular) cultures, 'MLE', & accent bias/linguistic discrimination - Edinburgh/London.
https://cilbury.wordpress.com/
Dr Kate Steel @katesteel.bsky.social Linguist • Conversation analyst 💬 Researching: first response interactions in domestic abuse policing; human-AI interaction • Senior lecturer in #forensiclinguistics @ UWE Bristol (she/her)
JeminaNapier.bsky.social @jeminanapier.bsky.social Jemina Napier, PhD, FaCSS, FAHA, FASLI
Associate Director, @Scottish Graduate School of Social Science & Professor & Chair of Intercultural Communication @HeriotWattUni feminist, EDI, sign languages, mediated communication, research methods. Views my own
Ibrar Bhatt @ibrar-bhatt.bsky.social Linguistics, Education, Postdigital
https://ibrarspace.net
Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2026-2029.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social PhD Candidate - Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University. Sociolinguistics | Linguistic Landscape | Intercultual Communication
Writer and podcast host on www.languageonthemove.com
Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics at Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, Australia
Professor Karen McAuliffe @profkmca.bsky.social Professor of Law & Language at Birmingham Law School. Irish. Interested in law & language, EU law, sociolegal research, multilingual law, arts & law.
Fatma Said @fatmasaid.bsky.social Sociolinguist/Applied Linguist|Assistant Prof @Zayed_U| Early childhood bilingualism|Multilingualism|Arabic العربية|Family lang policy|lang. development|Early Childhood|Rare 📚|All views mine
Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social Neapolitan language activist, Writer, Lecturer and English Teacher at Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, Scotland.
www.canzanella.net
Piers Kelly @pierskelly.bsky.social Linguistic anthropologist at the University of New England, and the Australian Museum, Sydney
Graphic codes in Australia, Southeast Asia, West Africa
Book: The Last Language on Earth
Research project:
https://messagesticks.com.au/
Emily Pacheco @empacheco.bsky.social Coda 🤟🏽 PhD Candidate 📚
ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreter
RID Certified & NAATI Recognised Practicing
Master of Research in Linguistics from Macquarie University 🎓
Esther Monzó-Nebot @monzoneta.bsky.social 1G grad, PhD & Prof. People over capital. #LanguageRightsMinorities 9% of my demographic attend university. #TranslationInterpretingStudies Work against class & gender inequality & discrimination
If at first you don’t succeed, so much for skydiving
Sara Hillman @sarapatra.bsky.social Associate Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University
applied linguistics, اللغويات التطبيقية، sociolinguistics, multilingualism, linguistic landscapes, language policy and planning, teaching and learning, intercultural communication
Nora Duggan @noraduggan.bsky.social Deaf geographer. Irish migrant living in Sweden. Assistant professor in Linguistics at Stockholm University. Research interests: deaf studies, multilingualism, sociolinguistics.
Agi Bodis @agib.bsky.social PhD, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics & TESOL @ Macquarie University ⭐️ linguistic inclusion ⭐️ teacher trainer ⭐️ runner ⭐️ watercolour enthusiast
Dr Alia Amir @draliaamir.bsky.social Research Associate, SOAS, University of London
#linguistcs
Dave Sayers @davesayers.eurosky.social Cheese consumer, sociolinguist, immigrant 🇬🇧 👉 🇫🇮
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-7132
Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social Je préfère ceux qui n'y arrivent pas pour la bonne et simple raison que je n'y arrive pas très bien, moi-même.
Emily Farrell @emilyjfarrell.bsky.social Sociolinguist at heart. All things Open Research at Taylor & Francis.
James McElvenny @jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social Linguist and intellectual historian.
www.jamesmcelvenny.net
Emanuela Moretto @emanusydney.bsky.social In Sydney🇮🇹🇪🇺🇦🇺 languages - sociolinguistics - teaching - humanity - Pelù
Rizwan Ahmad @zabanwala.bsky.social I am a sociolinguist interested in Urdu, Arabic,Hindi & English. Language identity and discrimination!
@petterilai.bsky.social @petterilai.bsky.social
Johanna Ennser-Kananen 🍉 @johannaennser.bsky.social Associate Professor of English at JYU; Academy of Finland Research Fellow (2020-2025); PI of WhoKnows and KnowledgesInTransition; epistemic, linguistic, environmental justice; language (in) education; she/hän/sie; views my own.
Marco Santello @marcosantello.bsky.social Applied linguist at the University of Turin #multilingualism | language & migration
Check out my new book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/constrained-multilingualism/D716E81D0C1D09EF51A7A3946F8C66AC
Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social Sociolinguist. Assistant Professor at IELLI, University of St Andrews & IOE, UCL. Visiting research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social postdoc in english linguistics @hhu.de | co-president of @div-ling.org | editor-in-chief of gender linguistics | dmncschmtz on all platforms | dominicschmitz.com | he/him 🏳️🌈
SustainLANG project @University of Turku @sustainlang.bsky.social Implementation of sustainable development goals in language teaching and learning. Our aim is to promote change in language education theory and practices. Funded by the Research Council of Finland. https://sites.utu.fi/sustainlang/en/
Elena Sánchez @lna.bsky.social Professora del Departament de Filologia Catalana de la U. d'Alacant. Fraseòloga. Entre la lingüística, la traducció and anything in between.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1235-8301
Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus @medericgc.bsky.social Linguistique, langue française, Marseille, #Motchus & jeux de mots compulsifs.
(et aussi MCF en sociolinguistique à Aix-Marseille Université, 🎙️chroniqueur radio 📚éditeur & linguiste atterré.
Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social Interested in Linguistic Landscape, Ethnography, Foriegn Language Teacher Identity, Academic Publishing, Walking as a Methodology, and lots more!
Bizzario @rbizzario.bsky.social Senior Lecturer. Teacher & academic development; Applied linguistics; Education. Forest dweller 🌳🌱
Toitū te Tiriti. Free Palestine.
Views are mine & other disclaimers apply.
Humboldt-Stiftung @humboldt-foundation.de Die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung fördert Wissenschaftskooperationen zwischen exzellenten ausländischen und deutschen Forschenden. https://www.humboldt-foundation.de
Eva Malessa @evamalessa.bsky.social Researcher @University of Turku https://sites.utu.fi/sustainlang/en/ #languages, #sustainability, #ethics educational linguistics &technology and #LESLLA (Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults), https://www.leslla.org/
Sarah McMonagle @sarahmcm.bsky.social Internationalisation, interdisciplinarity & innovation in higher education I Multilingualism, multimodality & multitasking I
EN - DE - GA
Nicole Marinaro @nicolemarinaro.bsky.social Italian-German sociolinguist @Uni Hamburg | dog, film and salsa enthusiast
Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social Reader in Sociolinguistics, Westminster | Research on language in society | Associate Editor, Journal of Sociolinguistics | Research Notes Editor, Journal of French Language Studies.
https://sites.google.com/view/jonathan-kasstan/home
Language on the Move @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/
Mara Kyrou @marakyrou.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Universität Hamburg- Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation Across the Lifespan, Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship
EU project ‘Your Language Counts!’ coordinator
Sociolinguist, Educator & Workshop Facilitator
she/they
📍Hamburg
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social English lang & ling academic @UNamur & @KU Leuven. THE LANGUAGE OF MEMES out now https://www.cambridge.org/languageofmemes. He/him. https://www.unamur.be/en/profil/lvdlanot
Jenia (Женя) Yudytska @schenior.bsky.social Ukrainian & Austrian, Linguistics PhD 🤓 Applied sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language technology. Admin of two Ukrainian-refugees-in-Austria online communities. Mainly post about books and politics, in Eng, Ger, and Rus.
[ˈʐɛnʲə] - she/her
Queermany Hamburg @queermanyhamburg.bsky.social 🏳️🌈queer 🚺feministisch🔥bewegungsübergreifend👇
✊gegen Faschismus, Queer-, Trans & Frauenfeindlichkeit
🌱queerfeministische Protest- & Kampagnenbewegung
🌍verwurzelt in Klima & neurodiversen Kämpfen
Ortsgruppe in Gründung, aktiv werden? Schreib uns!
Phonetics & Phonology Group @ Newcastle University @phonncl.bsky.social Phonetics & Phonology Research Group at Newcastle University. Researchers uniting around language and sound. For enquiries, please contact us at phoneticsphonology.ncl@gmail.com. Our website: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phonphon/
ReDICo @redico.eu ReDICo: Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively. redico.eu
An interdisciplinary project exploring intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces and beyond.
Join our research hub: hub.redico.eu
Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com The official account for Oxford Academic, featuring Oxford University Press's academic news and insights.
Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social The Linguistic Society of America supports the scientific study of language and shares interesting linguistic stories. Join the LSA today!
Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org Our publications, research, and higher education solutions spread knowledge, spark curiosity and aid understanding around the world.
View our social media commenting policy here: https://cup.org/38e0Gv2
Cadernos de Linguística @cadlin.bsky.social A #DiamondOA journal sponsored by the Brazilian Linguistics Association (Abralin), promoting responsible research practices, collaboration, diversity, inclusion, and openness in academia.
🌐 cadernos.abralin.org
🌐 linktr.ee/cadlin
Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social Linguistics PhD Researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Co-producer and frequent host of the Language on the Move Podcast. Big fan of languages.
She/her.
#Sociolinguistics #AppliedLinguistics
https://www.languageonthemove.com/podcast/
Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social he/him • Doctor of Physics • Worldbuilder & Conlanger • Fan of Fantasy • Whovian • Amateur Enthusiast of Linguistics, Archaeology, Classics, and many other things
📍 Britain • 📖 Whitewalls • 📺 Trotters' Flat
Sandra Richter @sandrarichterdla.bsky.social Literary scholar, DLA Marbach, University of Hamburg
Gerald Roche @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
Matt Greene @arealmattgreene.bsky.social Van Occupanther Party Liaison. New novel, THE DEFINITIONS, coming 2025 with Dead Ink / Henry Holt
https://linktr.ee/arealmattgreene
New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social The Academic Audio Library. 30,000+ interviews with experts and authors on new scholarly, non-fiction, and literary books. New episodes every day! Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts
https://linktr.ee/newbooksnetwork
Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
Dr Loy Lising @loylising.bsky.social Sociolinguist.
Researches on the intersection of multilingualism and migration.
International Advisory Panel member for TUFS’ Migration Linguistics Initiative.
Writes for Language on the Move.
Multilingual Matters @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
Universität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de Hier postet die Social Media-Redaktion der Abteilung Kommunikation und Marketing der Universität Hamburg. | Impressum: uhh.de/impressum
Berlin University Alliance @berlinualliance.bsky.social Offizieller Account der #BerlinUAlliance.
#DasOffeneWissenslabor für die großen Transformationen unserer Zeit.
Impressum: https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/legal-notice/index.html
Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Offizieller Account der Freien Universität Berlin;
Beiträge aus der Stabsstelle Kommunikation und Marketing.
Impressum: http://fu-berlin.de/impressum
Mastodon: https://berlin.social/@freieuniversitaet
Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social Linguistische Forschung und Lehre an @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
http://dcl.fu-berlin.de
Posts: @teapotlinguist.bsky.social
Impressum: http://fu-berlin.de/impressum
Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social Linguist
Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
gesture/grammar/✨emoji/#lingcomm
Podcast: @lingthusiasm
Masto: superlinguo@scicomm.xyz
Blog: superlinguo.com
She/her(/they)
Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics! By @gretchenmcculloch.com and @superlinguo.bsky.social
"Fascinating" -NYT
"Joyously nerdy" -Buzzfeed
lingthusiasm.com
Not sure where to start? Try our silly personality quiz: bit.ly/lingthusiasmquiz
Lina Who Lina How Lina… (侯詠絮) @linasigns.bsky.social Soaking in the magic of languages, pushing back boba liberalism, thinking about the legacies we leave on this planet.
Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social assistant prof in linguistics at swarthmore; phd in linguistics from u washington; sociosyntax; they/them or ey/em.
Lauren "Hope is Praxis" Lastname @verbingnouns.bsky.social academic (derogatory); psycholinguistics/cogsci; disability; generative flexible syntax+phonetics; R & stats & dataviz; art & craft & textile & nature; reluctant immigrant to normal island; nj; she|they; not funny (earnest); ai apologists go away; דאיקייט
Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social Linguist, reader, knitter, video gamer, Canadian (in no particular order). Thinks a lot about auxiliaries and pronouns, Stardew Valley, and books with magic and/or spaceships and/or kissing in them. Experimenting with context collapse. (she/her)
Dr Monika Pleyer @linguisticisms.bsky.social PhD in linguistics. Researching Impoliteness in children's fiction, and metaphors in virtual health discourses (esp. on dementia). 🩷💜💙 they/she
Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social High school ELA & linguistics teacher. A justice-centered, culturally responsive pedagogy must include the study of linguistics. hslinguistics.com. LSA, NEATE, NCTE. Venmo: @AmyPlackowski
Laura Bailey @linguistlaura.bsky.social Linguistician. Syntactician. All-round awesome person.
Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Linguistics, UC Santa Cruz. {Neuro/psycho}linguistics, syntax, and South Asian languages. He/him 🏳️🌈.
Sometimes: Horror movies, video games, cats.
www.lingdustin.net
Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com A show about linguistics, the science of language. Your hosts (in order of coolness): Hedvig Skirgård, Daniel Midgley, and Ben Ainslie (tie for 2nd). patreon.com/becauselangpod
Language Science Station at Planet Word @langscistation.bsky.social We do language science research and engagement with the public! Find us at the Planet Word museum in Washington D.C., and here: https://go.umd.edu/LanguageScienceStationAtPlanetWord
Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social & @fritinancy.bsky.social
Anna Belew @nabelew.bsky.social Linguist (revitalization, documentation, sociolinguistics) but also not a professional account so I’m gonna say cuss words 🤷♀️ she/her
Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social Psycholinguist @UCDavis. Made in Portugal, raised in Canada, living in California. Author of "Psycholinguistics: A Very Short Introduction" from Oxford University Press, published in January 2025.
Jessi Grieser @jessgrieser.com Sociolinguist, novelist, photographer, quilter, saxophonist and Boglehead. Associate Professor of Linguistics at UMich.
Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Linguistics at Berkeley. Language, identity & prosody, esp. in politics & human-computer interaction. Trivia person and marathoner. LA & the Bay. No one is illegal on stolen land. Views are my own.
https://nicolerholliday.wordpress.com
Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social Linguist, nature appreciator, big fan of sambal & soursop. All things Austronesian & NW New Guinea. Swarthmore/Philly. She/sie/lei/dia/andi.
Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social Editor, writer, lapsed biologist in Ireland
Copy-editing, writing: https://stancarey.com
Language: https://stancarey.wordpress.com
Strong language: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
🎞 https://letterboxd.com/stancarey
🦣 @stancarey@mastodon.ie
Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social Writer of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ČR/UK.
Website: dannybate.com
Inquiries: jaime@jpmarshall.co.uk
Pic: J. Kovalík
Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social Slang Lexicographer.
https://greensdictofslang.com
https://thetimelinesofslang.tumblr.com
https://jonathongreen.substack.com
Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com Lexicographer. The F-Word (new edition Nov. ’24!), sfdictionary.com, ex-OED, coder (mainly Perl and Python), Threesome Tollbooth #cocktail bar manager, adjunct @ Columbia. "Appealingly obsessive" — NYT
Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social linguist
a less cruel world is possible
neurosomething (autistic)
all posts reflect private opinions
Martin Haspelmath @haspelmath.bsky.social comparative linguist, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig); https://www.eva.mpg.de/linguistic-and-cultural-evolution/staff/martin-haspelmath
Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social Writer, linguist. Slips of the tongue, uh & um (amzn.to/40GCOM3); hyperpolyglots (bit.ly/3AXLtAe); first & last words (bit.ly/4kN0PKa). NEW: An anthology, THE LANGUAGE BEAT (Apple: https://apple.co/4fK71SA; Google: https://bit.ly/4wARdY2)