
Psycholinguist & aphasiologist @MMUHPSC, applying usage-based theory to aphasia & child language. Former Chair of the British Aphasiology Society (2019-2022)
Manchester, UK
Joined July 2017
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Eek. It's finally out. Actually feeling quite emotional to receive my free copies just now. This was a long journey!
#aphasia #usagebased #CognitiveLinguistics #linguistics @MMUHPSC @SLTatBCU @Nicholasgroom
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if you are a teacher and are interested in dismantling deficit thinking about language and designing linguistically equitable schooling then this summer school in Manchester might be just the thing for you 💃
💖 i am running a two day summer school on linguistic justice for school teachers, in Manchester on June 12 & July 4. places are free, and travel etc is all fully funded. full details here, including how to express an interest in participating: ahead.mmu.ac.uk/2025/01/16/l… 💖
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London’s endangered language communities to be mapped in new project | Language | The Guardian theguardian.com/science/2024…
Great start to the new series of @MCRLinguistics Research Seminars, with a fascinating talk by Marta Andersson and Dan McIntyre @danguage about whether ChatGPT can recognise politeness.
@ManMetUni
#linguistics #pragmatics #politeness
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📰New Scoping Review!
International author team, incl. @KaterinaHilari from @LabAphasia, described how successful conversations are currently measured with couples - with and without #aphasia
46 studies were included (24 with couples with aphasia & 22 with couples without)
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Deadline extended! HIRING a #PhD student to conduct research on #bilingual #aphasia in Barcelona under the 4-year #FPI Spanish PhD scholarship. Please send your CV and expression of interest as detailed here by Sept 13 @CATs_Aphasia 👇
#PhD Fellowship: Cognate Processing in Bilinguals with Aphasia
@ClaudiaNeuropsi 's lab is seeking a PhD student to work on "COG-BI-APHASIA" 🧠
🗓️Apply by Sept 13, 2024
🔗More info neurociencies.ub.edu/wp-cont…
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You can hear (from me and our service users) about Dyscover’s unique service for people living with #PPA email or DM me for the link
Our next #online #PPA Visitor session with @RosemaryTowns15 is coming soon. email [email protected] to sign up and hear about our #PrimaryProgressiveAphasia #services for more info visit our website: Visitor sessions - Dyscover Charity
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I‘m honored and humbled to be the new president of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association @DGKL_GCLA. DGKL has been my academic home ever since I attended my first DGKL conference in Freiburg in 2012, and I’m looking forward to working with such a wonderful board!
We have a new board! 🥳 Congratulations to Stefan Hartmann (@hartmast), who has been elected as our new president! Thanks to everyone for your participation and service for the cognitive-linguistic community! Details here: dgkl-gcla.de/2024/09/new-boa…
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And that's a wrap! The #dgkl2024 team says thank you for three unforgettable days spent with inspiring talks and in good company. See you in Bielefeld in 2026!
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Read our new #OpenAccess paper!
🗺 📊 A scoping review about Data Visualization & Decision Making in Adults with Acquired & Developmental Language Disabilities doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.13…
With @NiamhDevane,@botting_nikki,@MadelineCruice,@dalbersszafir,@jwoLondon & @stephwilsoncity
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BREAKING NEWS 📣 Registration is now open for UKSF 2024! 😁We're back in lovely Liverpool at the ACC from 3-5 December and we have a fantastic programme for you. You have less than 6 weeks to register at early bird rates. Run, don't walk, to: tinyurl.com/48uxtz76 #UKSF24

ALT An a4 poster titled "register now" to advertise the UK Stroke Forum. The poster is in UKSF brand colours, two shades of green, and has a circle with a photo inside of delegates from a previous year enjoying the conference. The poster says "The UK's largest multidisciplinary conference for stroke care professionals" and "3-5 December 2024, ACC Liverpool" with the hastag #UKSF24 and the URL: https://www.stroke.org.uk/professionals/uk-stroke-forum/uksf-registration
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First #CfP for the 17th International #CognitiveLinguistics Conference #ICLC17 in Buenos Aires. Note that compared to the previous announcement the dates of the conference have shifted slightly to July 14-18, 2025: iclc17.com/first-call-for-pa…
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Helsinki #sle2024 and Gothenburg #iccg13 have been truly great and full of nice people and constructive conversations. See you next week for more of that! 🥳
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🔓 Our systematic review comparing intervention techniques for SSD + #devlangdis (preschool)
Overseen by our awesome steering group @dharford79 @SophieFranksDLD @amer_meriem @EmmaBakerSLT bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/8…
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if you are starting a teacher education course next week, then don't let anyone tell you that your accent or way of talking is improper, unsuitable, in need of modification, or symptomatic of unacceptable teaching.
the way you talk is beautiful. 🩷
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Our friends at @LancsBabylab are looking for English-Portuguese bilingual children to take part in a new study! Check out the link if you are interested in taking part ✨
Excited to present our constructivist, usage-based analyses of noun phrases in aphasia (monograph under revision, co-authored with Prof. Elena Lieven) here at #SLE2024, University of Helsinki, this afternoon. Representing @MMUHealthAndEd #CognitiveLinguistics #aphasia #SLT
Full house for the brilliant talk on gender and the way-construction by @FlorentPerek and @TanjaSaily this morning at #SLE2024 Helsinki
Fascinating talk by @NinaJulich and Antje Quick here at #SLE2024 Helsinki - Metaphor use in German-English bilingual children
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SLE Helsinki talk this morning: "Morphological complexity is mostly due to element order rather than to complexification" zenodo.org/records/13351379 (conference link is here: societaslinguistica.eu/sle20…)




































