π’This month, two new Ask a Linguist posts designed to be read together! From the myth of βmonolingualismβ to the social realities of multilingualism in South Tyrol. π£οΈ
ππΌLinks below.
Happy reading!
#LANGUAGE
π’ Letβs start the new year with two fresh blog posts! This month, youβll discover what schizophrenia can tell us about how language works, and how AI is changing the teaching and assessment of English.
ππΌLinks below.
Happy reading!
#LANGUAGE
π’ Two new blog posts on "Ask a Linguist" for a cozy read on these dark November evenings... Take a break, grab a cup of tea and enjoy! π΅π
Links below! ππΌ
#LANGUAGE
π’ Weβre excited to share two fresh blog posts: Discover how AI can help us analyse historical texts and what migratismo means!
Links below! ππΌ
#LANGUAGE
Photo of the SummerTrans 2025 opening.
Photo of the SummerTrans 2025 opening.
Photo of the SummerTrans 2025 opening.
π’The 9th edition of SummerTrans has kicked off at Eurac Research in Bolzano! β¨
Co-organised w/ @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social under the auspices of the International Academy for #Translation & Interpreting, this yearβs focus is on human & #machinetranslation w/ a focus on #legaltranslation!
π’ New release! "Teacher Questionnaire for Research on Plurilingual Education", a tool for researchers studying teachersβ plurilingual practices.
Get it hereππΌ hdl.handle.net/20.500.12124...
#plurilingualeducation #questionnaire #teachers #multilingualism #CLARIN
π Our very first #Interspeech2025 paper is out!
Weβre thrilled to share our initial step toward developing #speech translation technology for South Tyrolean.π€©
π "Speech transcription from South Tyrolean #Dialect to Standard German with Whisper"
π www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_...
Photo of Marta and Maria at the IMISCOE 2025 conference.
π©βπ«Last week at the 22nd Decentering Migration Studies conference in Paris! Maria Stopfner & Marta Guarda presented on teachers & students as mediators for social cohesion in postmigrant societies. More research needed to decenter #migrationstudies!
#LANGUAGE #IMISCOE2025 #plurilingualism
π’ LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR THE ENTIRE #SummerTrans IX by 15 July!
NB: Registration to single courses only has been opened and will be possible until 1 September
π
21β27.09.2025
π Bolzano/Bozen (I)
π Human vs Machine Translation (focus on legal #translation)
π Register now: lnkd.in/dGrPjxM9
βοΈ Quale plurilinguismo viene riconosciuto e valorizzato nelle nuove Indicazioni Nazionali per il primo ciclo di istruzione? Una riflessione alla luce delle pratiche e delle ricerche condotte in un territorio multilingue come lβAlto Adige/SΓΌdtirol.
#plurilinguismo
π www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/con...
Photo of Marta Guarda presenting at the conference.
Logo of the conference.
π©βπ« We are proud to participate in the 20th #ICML2025 conference on Minority Languages at the Universidad Externado de Colombia in BogotΓ ! Our Marta Guarda is talking about validating #heritagelanguages in the mainstream classroom from the lens of epistemic justice.
#minoritylanguages #LANGUAGE
Screenshot of the Eurac Research CLARIN Centre homepage.
π’ New in our #CLARIN repository!
5 datasets from the HELLO CAMPANIA project by the University of Naples exploring heritage languages spoken by immigrant communities in Italy's Campania region. ππ£οΈ
Our total now reaches 40 research datasets! π€©
π clarin.eurac.edu/repository/x...
#LANGUAGE #OpenData
Was heiΓt eigentlich #Muttersprache? Ein Begriff, der viel verwendet, aber selten eindeutig ist. Andrea Abel beleuchtet seine widersprΓΌchlichen Bedeutungen β zwischen #IdentitΓ€t, Kompetenz und #Ideologie. Lesen Sie ihr Editorial hier:
www.unibzmagazine.it/it/magazine/... π #Linguistik #unibz
How can language varieties be managed in #terminologydatabases? @natasciaralli.bsky.social will delve into this topic at #MDTT2025!π
π’ REGISTRATION TO SINGLE COURSES IS NOW OPEN!
π
When: 21β27 September 2025
π Where: Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
π― Target: you!
π Theme: Human vs Machine Translation with a special focus on legal translation
π Register now: lnkd.in/dkXTuXdd
Let the summer begin with two new blog posts! β±οΈβοΈ
Discover why plain language goes beyond just choosing the right words and learn what linguists actually do with massive amounts (or megabytes) of language data once a project ends.
Happy reading! Links below π
#LANGUAGE
Weβre now on BlueSky! The Italian Association for DH has just launched its official account!
π
This is the week of the #AIUCD2025 Conference in Verona:
aiucd2025.dlls.univr.it/en-gb/detail...
π‘ Weβll be sharing updates and highlights from the conference right here.
π See you soon in Verona!
βοΈThis month on our blog, we reveal some famous Italianisms around the world & provide surprising information on how different languages βlike Chineseβ deal w/ them. We also explain why it's so challenging to represent female designations in legal terminology DBs. Have fun!
Links below π
#LANGUAGE