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After reading an interview with the author, I bought "How to kill a language" by Sophia Smith Galer. I must admit, it's starting off strong. #linguistics #language #multilingualism

Update. Adhari AlZaabi's thoughtful reflection on ways for non-native speakers of English to benefit from #AI to help compose English-language research articles while minimizing the risks of distortion and loss of agency.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2848649
(#paywalled)

"Uncritical AI use risks amplifying fluency at the expense of accuracy. In contrast, if AI is constrained to the role of translator, auditor, or compliance tool, it can instead reduce inequitable cognitive burden without compromising scientific judgment."

#Multilingualism #MultilingualResearch #ScholComm

I have been invited to give a keynote (my first one!) at the Transkribus User Conference this September. I wanted to attend this conference for a long time, so being able to join in this role is a special honor to me. Hope to see many of you in Passau at the TUC! #digitalhumanities #dh #multilingualism #multilingualdh #textrecognition #transkribus
Link: https://tuc.transkribus.org/programme/keynotes/keynote-aliz
Full program: https://tuc.transkribus.org/programme/
Are you an early career scholar (#PhD no more than five years ago) engaged with #multilingualism, #migration & processes of #cultural and #linguistic #exchange? Apply for the Hammer-Purgstall-Award from #UniGraz by June 30, 2026! https://multilingualism.uni-graz.at/de/unsere-forschung/zeiten/hammer-purgstall-preis/#c758160 Or Or nominate somebody for the life-time-achievement award #hammerpurgstallaward
Hammer-Purgstall-Preis - Mehrsprachigkeit, Migration und kulturelle Transformation

Are you an early career scholar (#PhD no more than five years ago) engaged with #multilingualism, #migration & processes of #cultural and #linguistic #exchange? Apply for the Hammer-Purgstall-Award from #UniGraz by June 30, 2026! multilingualism.uni-graz.at/de/unsere-fo... #HammerPurgstallAward

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F***ing Outlook turned autocorrect back on. Which means that I can't write emails in German anymore because it corrects my German to English.

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO ACCEPT THAT SOME OF US MIGHT WISH TO WRITE MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE.

#linguistics #multilingualism

Update. Alan Colin-Arce has written an excellent slide deck on multilingual publishing in the humanities and social sciences.
https://sisu.ut.ee/wp-content/uploads/sites/903/Humanities-and-SS-Commons.pdf

#Multilingualism #MultilingualResearch #ScholComm #SSH

Update. "Many [non-native writers of English] cannot confidently judge whether their original expression is better than the AI's suggestion. Some do not even suspect that their original phrasing might carry nuance worth preserving…Thus, AI does not affect all writers equally. Native speakers tend to use AI to clarify their writing while preserving their voice. Non-native speakers often use AI in a fundamentally different way: their voice is replaced by a standardized, fluent, but impersonal tone. In many cases, they do not even notice that this has happened. This difference is unfair, yet largely invisible."
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jep.70455

#AI #LLMs #Multilingualism #MultilingualResearch #ScholComm

"Having a bilingual brain boosts cognitive skills by 4-5 years.

Multilingual individuals process information more efficiently and have better problem-solving capabilities. They also tend to delay the onset of age-related cognitive decline.

As linguist Ellen Bialystok puts it, "The bilingual brain is a healthier brain."

What's the biggest advantage of speaking multiple languages in your opinion?

#LanguageAdvantages #BrainPower #Multilingualism"