Once in a blue screen, I see a bumper sticker that literally makes me laugh out loud. This is one of them.

Sharing is caring ;-) UZH: PhD Assistantship in English Historical Linguistics jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen…

Do you happen to know a talented linguist with knowledge of Basque who might be interested in getting a PhD from UZH? We’re looking for a team member of our interdisciplinary SNF project. Please share (deadline now 30.09.2022). drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/SZ…

The scroll of truth!

I plead guilty! #learningprocess

We had the pleasure of welcoming the inspiring Thomas H Bak to our lab yesterday #SLAZurich

We're looking for a postdoc in Computational Linguistics (full time, 02/2023–01/2025) to be based in Computational Corpus Linguistics @ FAU at FAU Germany. Come work with Prof Michaela Mahlberg and me on the future of concordancing in corpus linguistics! Apply or RT, please. 😃 jobs.fau.de/jobs/postdocto…

If you last checked in on AI image makers a month ago & thought “that is a fun toy, but is far from useful…” Well, in just the last week or so two of the major AI systems updated. You can now generate a solid image in one try. For example, “otter on a plane using wifi” 1st try:

The only linguist I got all funny around when they walked by. Happy birthday, William Labov!

The new #ChatGPT has me hooked! The prompt I tried: Give me a morphology worksheet with exercises and solutions. Part of what I received:

Me with glottal stops

ChatGPT is changing the game, and I want to share real things you can do with this AI system today. Please save this thread and start testing this technology NOW so you’re ahead of the curve.

Don't miss this amazing workshop for MA- PhD and PostDocs w/ Simone Pfenninger➡️Measuring language attitudes ⏰ Thu 16 Feb 2023 Registration:📩 [email protected] 📍PLH-105 (City Campus), Plattenstrasse 47, Zürich 🔗drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/b9… 🔗drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/9i…

Job alert: We are looking for a Research Fellow in #corpuslinguistics to work with Stephanie Evert & me on an Arts and Humanities Research Council / DFG public | @[email protected] -funded project developing super exciting new methods, tools & theories. * Do apply or RT * 🙏 jobs.ac.uk/job/CWZ304/res…

#ChatGPT & Co. machen #Computerlinguistik begreifbar. Am 9. März laden wir zum Podium: Was bedeutet diese Technik langfristig für die Forschung und Lehre an der Universität Zürich? Anmeldung: cl.uzh.ch/de/aboutus/eve… #NLP #NLProc

Second Language Acquisition and Lifelong Learning – a new book by Julia Festman, David Singleton and myself that offers a comprehensive review of language learning across the lifespan in both theory and application. routledge.com/Second-Languag…

History proves young women are the true linguistic innovators of the English language bit.ly/3T5lPys

🥱 Breaking News: «Studentinnen wollen lieber einen erfolgreichen Mann als selber Karriere machen». Eine Studie der Universität Zürich macht gerade Schlagzeilen. Das Problem dabei ist aber nicht die Studie selbst, sondern das, was Medienhäuser daraus machen: ellexx.com/de/themen/gese…

Meet Whinter (whinter.online), a user-friendly interface using OpenAI’s Whisper, removing the need for prior programming knowledge. With just a few clicks, users can upload audio files, choose model settings, and receive transcriptions as any programmer would Sarah Baur