they/them 🏳️‍⚧️ linguist; educator; grad student in the Trans Research in Linguistics Lab at UCSB http://montrealbenes.chhttps://bsky.app/profile/montreallx.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/montreallx.bsky.social/post/3mid7lfzbi22kWhat do you call this and where are you from? I just learned a new word for it and am wondering if it's regional, or what...31 Mar 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:wzun5l4tznwt5dj4isxdtwkc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mid7lfzbi22khttps://bsky.app/profile/montreallx.bsky.social/post/3megvanftgc2j'Uptalk, Personae, and the Structure of Social Meaning in the Indexical Field' is out now in the Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social! Find out how Americans perceive uptalk in English when told the talker is a girlboss, Valley Girl, stoner, twink, or butch 👀 Free link: tinyurl.com/cj8w556w https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/PEEXWCU8PBTWWXZ38ZNH?target=10.1111/josl.7001209 Feb 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:wzun5l4tznwt5dj4isxdtwkc/app.bsky.feed.post/3megvanftgc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/montreallx.bsky.social/post/3lvlwbwoxrc2oIsaac made it out of the DRC to Kenya! Is anyone in/does anyone know people in or near Nairobi? Please get in touch -- he's still looking for work and could really benefit from local knowledge/connections [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:wzun5l4tznwt5dj4isxdtwkc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlwbwoxrc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/montreallx.bsky.social/post/3lp5rtcnkjk2zReminder this is happening in 4 min! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:wzun5l4tznwt5dj4isxdtwkc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5rtcnkjk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/montreallx.bsky.social/post/3loeu23cwas2lMy collaborators and I are hosting an upcoming LSA webinar on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 13:00-14:00 EDT (UTC-4) about methods of measuring gender in linguistics! If you came to our workshop at the 2024 LSA annual meeting, this will be very similar. Details here: https://www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=5/14/2025&eventid=9804 May 2025 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:wzun5l4tznwt5dj4isxdtwkc/app.bsky.feed.post/3loeu23cwas2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/montreallx.bsky.social/post/3lkbwtgiw322aMy friend Isaac needs $500 to leave the DRC (where the rebel group M23 has taken control of his town). The money will pay for passage across the border and establishment of refugee status after crossing. It would mean a lot to both of us if you were able to contribute to getting him to safety ❤️13 Mar 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:wzun5l4tznwt5dj4isxdtwkc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbwtgiw322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/montreallx.bsky.social/post/3libngljajk2pthe DOCTOR @mzhukova.bsky.social got this great picture of me working the Science in Action table at the MOXI museum, collecting data for an experiment with @drlearnasaurus.bsky.social :)16 Feb 2025 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:wzun5l4tznwt5dj4isxdtwkc/app.bsky.feed.post/3libngljajk2p