Professor and Personal Chair of Sociolinguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Views are my own. No relation to @saydialect.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined March 2007
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It's online!!! @SociolingEm @robpodesva 🥳🥳🥳
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#sociolinguistics #socialtheory #thirdwave #indexicality #variation #change #linguistics #language #academia
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
Amazon: Stop censoring LGBT+ books! @amazon is blocking vital LGBT+ resources in some regions, silencing voices & denying access to critical stories. 🖊️ Sign the petition now to demand change! Together, we can stop this harmful practice. a.allout.org/s/vL1jn/
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William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97 nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/wi… via @NYTimes – at Dundee, Scotland
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
William Schabas, author of the 741-page textbook, "Genocide in International Law" - says it's a genocide in Gaza.
John Quigley, author of the 300-page book, "The Genocide Convention: An International Law Analysis" - says it's a genocide in Gaza.
@martinshawx, author of the books "What is Genocide?" and "War and Genocide" - says it's a genocide.
@dirkmoses, author of the 600-page book, "The Problems of Genocide" - says it's a genocide in Gaza.
Raz Segal, author of "Genocide in the Carpathians" - says it's a genocide in Gaza.
Amos Goldberg, author of books on Holocaust, says it's a genocide in Gaza
@bartov_omer, author of several books on Holocaust and genocide, says it's a genocide in Gaza.
@FranceskAlbs submitted two well argued reports on genocide to the UN.
@amnesty wrote a 300 page report concluding it is a genocide in Gaza.
@hrw wrote a 200 page report concluding it is extermination and genocidal.
But why to listen to the experts in law and genocide studies? Why to bother to read the extensive human rights reports?
Listen to @piersmorgan instead; he has a gut feeling.
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
We are hiring two tenure track Assistant Professors in linguistics - details and application link below! @LmsNtu
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Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
Absolutely appalling. Israel has struck a Lebanese civil defense center near Baalbek tonight, killing at least 12 rescuers. The center’s chief, Bilal Raad, is still under the rubble.
HRW has denounced Israel’s repeated attacks on medics in Lebanon as “apparent war crimes”.
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
Here is the photo of the victims from yesterday’s school massacre in Gaza, carried out by Israel, in which 12 Palestinian civilians were killed.
Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat reported that 11 of his relatives were killed in the school massacre in Gaza. “While burying my relatives, another massacre occurred in a building right next to us,” he stated.
Names of those who lost their lives in the school massacre:
1. Majd Moataz Adwan
2. Asmaa Alaa Shabat
3. Awni Yousef Shabat
4. Ruqayya Alaa Shabat
5. Mayar Awni Shabat
6. Mohammad Alaa Shabat
7. Sarah Awni Shabat
8. Iyas Awni Shabat
9. Rana Awni Shabat
10. Khansa Awni
11. Ruqayya Awni Shabat
12. Yousef Shabat
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
On the anniversary of genocide, security or facilities took down all posters calling for ceasefire and showing solidarity with Palestinians tho they’ve somehow left other posters up like the slice of watermelon one. I thought Edinburgh University was big on Academic Freedom? 🤡
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
1/8 @EdinburghUni has cancelled (for the 2nd time) a room booking I made for members and supporters of @revcommunists on campus to discuss the war on Gaza/Lebanon and how to resist imperialism today. This is politically motivated and is an attack on students' freedom of speech!
.@GovParsonMO, please do not let Missouri execute
@innocence @the_MIP client #MarcellusWilliams, an innocent person — where there is overwhelming evidence that his trial was constitutionally unfair — on 9/24. shorturl.at/K7jDT
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
9 years demanding justice. 2&1/2 years of public inquiry
Now Sheku's family are asking you to mobilise one more time for what could be one of the most important days of the inquiry
Join the vigil & pack the room with support. Register for hearings here: shekubayohinquiry.scot/atten…
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
Come along to the upcoming talk series "Linguistics and Philosophy of Manipulative Speech" in Edinburgh!
wuegaki.ppls.ed.ac.uk/talkse…
ALT Poster of the talk series at Uni Edinburgh "The linguistics and philosophy of manipulative speech", with link to the website with all the information: https://wuegaki.ppls.ed.ac.uk/talkseries/
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
Statement from the UCU branch at St Andrews on the removal of Stella Maris, the elected rector, from her positions on the university's governing body
Statement from the Branch Committee on the removal of the Rector from key positions:
(full alt text available here - docs.google.com/document/d/1…)
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
I’m telling you: these guys are weird.
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This is Éowyn. She taught herself sign language after living with her deaf human. 14/10
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
Today we hosted our promotion workshop. Our panelists (@dialect @profEmilySena @JliRobertson Szu-Han Wang @DrSarahLiu) shared valuable insights and advice on navigating the promotion process. Here's to many of us getting promoted in the next academic year! 🥂
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
Gentle reminder:
'The university is a critical institution or it is nothing'.
Stuart Hall
Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
South Africa on genocide: “the thwarting of humanitarian aid cannot be seen as anything but the deliberate snuffing out of Palestinian life. Starvation to the point of famine, obstructing aid in the face of famine, & killing of at least 200 aid workers.“
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Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] retweeted
Excited to announce that we will host a promotion workshop for the racialised academic staff at the University of Edinburgh on June 19 at 12:00pm at CMB!
Speakers include @profEmilySena, @dialect, Szu-Han Wang, @JliRobertson, and @DrSarahLiu.
Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
