Sorry to all syntacticians, but my article just came out: "Fuck syntax and fucking syntax in the borrowing of swearwords for assessments in Danish" - the reviewers did not comment on the title!

It lets you know about what "fuck" and "fucking" is used for in interaction, and how they are distributed across different syntactic constructions and how those are used for different kinds of assessments, sequentially speaking.

Open access:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nordic-journal-of-linguistics/article/fuck-syntax-and-fucking-syntax-in-the-borrowing-of-swearwords-for-assessments-in-danish/5DC53ECDDA9525CB04C1AA276AD88DDE

#Danish #syntax #linguistics #EMCA

We’re hiring! PhD and postdoc positions in Futures of Language

Jobs! If you are interested in fundamental research at the intersection of language, interaction and technology, have a look at the PhD and postdoc positions we are advertising. We look forward to growing the Futures of Language team.

https://ideophone.org/were-hiring-phd-and-postdoc-positions-in-futures-of-language/

Me and Michael Mair (University of Liverpool) are running an Ethnomethodology Summer School 11-15 August, for interested applicants currently undertaking Masters or PhD studies in a social-sciences-relevant area. See link for detail: http://bit.ly/44xYwom

##ethnomethodology #sociology #emca

"Hva fanden" ('what the devil') is a #Danish swearing expression used as part of questions. The range of questions include word search and other-initiation of repair, but also genuine requests for information overlaid frustration. However, "hva fanden" is also very frequently used in reported speech (or thought), where its part of assessing, building on the previous uses but with a strong stance!

The article was just published in Gesprächsforschung📜

http://www.gespraechsforschung-online.de/fileadmin/dateien/heft2025/ga-soerensen.pdf
#EMCA #linguistics