Bodo Winter

Bodo Winter

@bodowinter.bsky.social

Professor of Linguistics and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at University of Birmingham, UK 🌈 ❤️ Iconicity, R, open science, yoga, techno

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For several years now, @timoroettger.bsky.social and I have been working on an online course on how to effectively communicate data. It's shaping up nicely and we can't wait to share it soon. Sign up for our mailing list to not miss the launch: making-numbers-meaningful.github.io

making-numbers-meaningful.github.ioMaking Numbers MeaningfulGet updates about when and where we launch our online course on data communication.
Timo B. Roettger@timoroettger.bsky.social

What does Semmelweis's story mean for how we present data today? That's exactly what @bodowinter.bsky.social and I will discuss in our planned course on “Making Numbers Meaningful”. Get updates and be the first to know when the course launches 🧵5/5 making-numbers-meaningful.github.io

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New paper out. My favorite finding is the distributional semantic comparison of "hundred/thousand/million/billion etc." to indefinite hyperbolic numerals ("gazillion", "umpteen" etc.) ⬇️ And: Did you know that jigsaw puzzles are lying to you? 👀

Greg Woodin@gregwoodin.bsky.social

How precise are numbers? Our new article in Language and Cognition (with @bodowinter.bsky.social and @lordlorson.bsky.social) finds that round numbers are used more approximately at higher magnitudes. (1/5) 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The first WoReLa was really exciting - second one coming up next year in Cologne, woohoo!

Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪@elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

Right, enough complaining about academia, let's make things better! A small step, but my colleagues and I are organising the Second Workshop on Replication in the Language Sciences (WoReLa 2) in July 2027 in Cologne: https://sites.google.com/view/worela2. The call for abstract is now open […]

This one is for comics lovers and language lovers alike! A fun and inspiring read at the forefront of the multimodal language curve. Even works as intro to linguistics course book as it teaches a lot of core linguistic concepts really well, and in a modality-general manner. I can highly recommend!

Neil Cohn@neilcohn.bsky.social

Happy Book Day! My graphic novel Speaking in Pictures is finally out in the world! I planned this book for over 20 years and spent 7 years writing and drawing it, so I hope everyone enjoys reading it as much as I did creating it 🥳 www.visuallanguagelab.com/sip

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This new paper in Science is also accompanied by a cool perspective piece by @mperlman.bsky.social & @bodowinter.bsky.social! #language #linguistics www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

science.orgIn search of meaningThe origins of language are not found in the bouba-kiki effect
Simon Fisher@profsimonfisher.bsky.social

“Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords kiki & bouba with spiky & round shapes, respectively...We tested the bouba-kiki effect in baby chickens. Similar to humans, they spontaneously chose a spiky shape when hearing a kiki sound & a round shape when hearing a bouba.”😲🧪

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Prospective graduate students: Purdue Linguistics is having a virtual open house on Friday, Nov 7 at 12:00pm EST. You can sign up here: lnkd.in/g8XimXcG Please note that I am not recruiting any new graduate students but several of my wonderful Purdue colleagues are.

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All of us (@kanishka.bsky.social @kmahowald.bsky.social and me) are looking for PhD students this cycle! If computational linguistics/NLP is your passion, join us at UT Austin! For my areas see jessyli.com

jessyli.comJessy Li
Kanishka Misra@kanishka.bsky.social

The compling group at UT Austin (sites.utexas.edu/compling/) is looking for PhD students! Come join me, @kmahowald.bsky.social, and @jessyjli.bsky.social as we tackle interesting research questions at the intersection of ling, cogsci, and ai! Some topics I am particularly interested in:

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UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨ Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21. Please share widely! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

recruit.ucdavis.eduAssistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive NeuroscienceUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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How to quantify the impact of AI on long-run cultural evolution? Published today, I give it a go! 400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!

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Our department is hiring! We're looking for a cognitive/developmental psychologist who uses computational approaches to study human cognition and behavior to address learning, development, and education. Feel free to reach out with questions!

Micheal Dent@mdent.bsky.social

We are hiring! Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.

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📣new and exciting paper alert! 📣 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Ever wonder what's the rhythm of speech -- across languages? 1/10 W/ Maya Inbar and Eitan Grossman, we analyzed over 650 recordings from 48 languages, focusing on intonation units—short prosodic phrases that structure speech in time.

pnas.orgA universal of speech timing: Intonation units form low-frequency rhythms | PNASIntonation units (IUs) are a hypothesized universal building block of human speech [W. Chafe, Discourse, Consciousness and Time: The Flow and Displ...

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📆 Reminder! Application deadline for incoming researchers (PhD students & postdocs) is August 31st! If you want to come work with us in Bielefeld, apply for one of our scholarships. We would love to have you! More infos here 👉 www.uni-bielefeld.de/sfb/sfb1646/... #BLinguistik #linguistics

uni-bielefeld.deRTG - Universität BielefeldDer SFB setzt sich für eine qualitativ hochwertige Ausbildung von Doktoranden und Postdoktoranden ein und bietet Nachwuchswissenschaftlern ein Umfeld, das es ihnen ermöglicht, ihr Potenzial voll zu en...