div-ling e.V.

18 Nov 2024

Hi there, and thanks for following our association on Bluesky! Check out our talk series (div-ling.org/talks), learn more about us (div-ling.org), and consider becoming a member—it’s free! (div-ling.org/en/membership/) #linguistics #Linguistik

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Applications are now open for the 8th Forensic #Linguistics Short Course #FLsc! Join us in Düsseldorf at @hhu.de from 16 to 19 March 2027 for an international spring school on forensic linguistics, with a focus on recent developments in the field. Apply by 12 December 2026! div-ling.org/flsc

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dlvr.itSummer Schools: 8th Forensic Linguistics Short Course (FLsc)Focus: Latest developments in forensic linguistics; disputed meanings, linguistic indeterminacy and threats; linguistic approaches to deception analysis; computationally assisted authorship analysis; the discursive construction of expert evidence; and practical case analysis and presentations of findings. Description: The 8th Forensic Linguistics Short Course (FLsc) will take place in person from 16 to 19 March 2027 at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. Düsseldorf, the capital

Summer Schools: 8th Forensic Linguistics Short Course (FLsc)

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik

@queerlinguistik.bsky.social

7 Sept

Lavender Languages and Linguistics 33: We are beyond excited to announce that we will host #LavLang33 from September 8-10, 2027, in beautiful Hamburg (Germany). Stay tuned for keynote speakers and call for papers! @lavlang.bsky.social

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15 Aug

Es sind noch Plätze frei! Wer Ende September einen Einblick in die forensische #Linguistik gewinnen möchte, kann sich noch bis zum 28. August anmelden. First come, first served! Mehr Infos unter: div-ling.org/gfl

This is today! 🚨 Join us later for some very interesting talks!

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🚨 We have a programme! Learn about current research on name and identity, EFL, commercial signage as linguistic landscape and more! Find out more at div-ling.org/dltd Join us on Aug 11 via Zoom, no registration required!

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21 May

🚨Deadline extended!🚨 Ihr könnt euch nun bis zum 4. Juni zur Teilnahme an unserem Einführungskurs "Grundlagen der Forensischen #Linguistik" bewerben! Wir freuen uns auf euch! Mehr Infos unter: div-ling.org/gfl #blinguistik

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New event! Our first German introductory course to forensic linguistics! Werde Teil des 1. Einführungskurses Grundlagen der Forensischen #Linguistik am 28. + 29. September 2026 in Düsseldorf! Bewirb dich bis zum 21. Mai 2026! div-ling.org/gfl

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@danaroemling.bsky.social

8 May

The div-ling talk series is now the div-ling talk day! 🚨 It brings together linguists from all subfields and backgrounds. Submissions welcome from all career stages and theoretical perspectives. Deadline: 4 June 2026 More at div-ling.org/dltd #linguistics

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Dana Roemling

26 May

If you fancy learning something about German Forensic Linguistics in Düsseldorf in September, you should check out this short course below. You can apply until June 4th! Already looking forward to this! 😁

div-ling e.V.@div-ling.org

21 May

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19 May

Nicht vergessen! Wer Lust auf zwei Tage voller forensischer Linguistik hat, kann sich noch bis zum 21. Mai für unseren Einführungskurs "Grundlagen der Forensischen Linguistik" bewerben! #Linguistik #blinguistik

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dlvr.itSummer Schools: Grundlagen der Forensischen Linguistik - GFLFocus: Forensic Linguistics Description: Grundlagen der forensischen Linguistik ist ein Einführungskurs für Forschende, Studierende und Praktiker*innen, der linguistische Analyse, Recht und digitale Methoden systematisch miteinander verbindet. Nachdem der englischsprachige Forensic Linguistics Short Course (FLsc) über Jahre hinweg große Resonanz erfahren hat, wird am 28. und 29. September 2026 erstmals ein Einführungskurs in deutscher Sprache angeboten. Forensische Linguistik fungiert a

23 Mar

Summer Schools: Grundlagen der Forensischen Linguistik - GFL

21 Mar

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doi.org Die morphosyntaktische Integration neuer Gendersuffixe: Eine korpusbasierte Analyse deutschsprachiger Pressetexte | Gender Linguistics

🚨New article published in Gender Linguistics🚨 Ochs, S. (2026). Die morphosyntaktische Integration neuer Gendersuffixe: Eine korpusbasierte Analyse deutschsprachiger Pressetexte. Gender Linguistics, 2. doi.org/10.65020/061... #linguistics #Linguistik (1/9)

doi.org Die morphosyntaktische Integration neuer Gendersuffixe: Eine korpusbasierte Analyse deutschsprachiger Pressetexte | Gender Linguistics

the first large-scale empirical account of gender suffixes in German, the study contributes to ongoing theoretical debates and highlights both routinized, well-integrated patterns as well as peripheral areas characterized by variability. Rare constructions—such as extended (8/9)

singular noun phrases with gender symbols—can now be more clearly delineated as marginal phenomena, especially when contrasted with the otherwise routinized use of gender suffixes in professional journalistic contexts. (9/9)

doi.org Die morphosyntaktische Integration neuer Gendersuffixe: Eine korpusbasierte Analyse deutschsprachiger Pressetexte | Gender Linguistics

while feminine agreement appears less frequently (23.5 %). The data also reveal considerable variation in the realization and combination of gendered modifiers. While there is a general tendency toward the use of the same gender symbol both in the heads and the dependents (jede*r (6/9)

Bürger*in), mixed patterns occur (jede/r Fotograf:in). On the semantic level, the study provides initial empirical insights into the referential properties of singular forms: only 5.6 % refer explicitly to non-binary individuals, suggesting that most uses are hyperonymical. By offering (7/9)

doi.org Die morphosyntaktische Integration neuer Gendersuffixe: Eine korpusbasierte Analyse deutschsprachiger Pressetexte | Gender Linguistics

often result in ungrammatical formations—the majority of forms conform to the rules of German derivational morphology. Productivity measures indicate that gender suffixes have already established routinized patterns, while also displaying expansion into new lexical bases. Language users tend (4/9)

to avoid complex syntactic embeddings, favoring plural forms (97 % of tokens) and bare singular noun phrases (38.3 % of singulars). When extended singular noun phrases are used, modifiers are marked by a gender symbol in the majority of cases (37.8 % of singulars), (5/9)

doi.org Die morphosyntaktische Integration neuer Gendersuffixe: Eine korpusbasierte Analyse deutschsprachiger Pressetexte | Gender Linguistics

This study presents corpus-based empirical insights into a phenomenon that has largely been discussed on a theoretical level: the morphological and syntactic behavior of new gender suffixes in German. Drawing on a large, manually annotated dataset of personal nouns with word-internal gender (2/9)

symbols (22,407 types; 225,255 tokens), it systematically examines their morphosyntactic integration. The analysis supports the suffixal status of -*in from a distributional perspective, as it almost exclusively attaches to derivational bases. With the exception of slash variants—which (3/9)

14 Dec 2025

🚨 If you missed the application window for the Forensic Linguistics Short Course in March, here is some welcome news: the deadline has been extended from today, 13 Dec, to 17 Dec. Further details about the #FLsc and the application process are available at div-ling.org/flsc #linguistics

div-ling e.V.@div-ling.org

Applications are now open for the 7th Forensic #Linguistics Short Course #FLsc! Join us in Düsseldorf from 17 to 20 March 2026 for an international spring school on forensic linguistics, with a focus on digital methods and hands-on casework. Apply by 13 December 2025! div-ling.org/flsc

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13 Nov 2025

There is now just one month left to apply for the 7th Forensic Linguistics Short Course #FLsc! Applications close on 13 December 2025 – don't miss your chance to join us in Düsseldorf for four days of forensic linguistic discovery. #linguistics #forensiclinguistics

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13 Nov 2025

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dlvr.itFYI: New journal: Gender Linguistics - Editorial Mission Statement PublishedWe're pleased to announce the launch of Gender Linguistics, a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the intersections of language and gender. Our editorial team has just published the journal's mission statement, outlining scope and values: https://doi.org/10.65020/dr8xah93 We look forward to engaging with the community and are welcoming submissions.

20 Oct 2025

FYI: New journal: Gender Linguistics - Editorial Mission Statement Published

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11 Oct 2025

New #GL publication! 📄 What is gender #linguistics? Our new editorial statement defines the field and the aims of our journal. Now published in Gender Linguistics: gender-linguistics.org/index.php/jo...

11 Oct 2025

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13 Sept 2025

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dlvr.itSummer Schools: 7th Forensic Linguistics Short Course (FLsc)Focus: Latest developments in forensic linguistics, disputed meanings and their role in legal cases, theories of idiolect and approaches to authorship analysis, stylistic and manual methods, computationally-assisted authorship analysis, and case analysis presentations in which participants apply methods to real-world material Description: The 7th Forensic Linguistics Short Course will take place in person at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. Düsseldorf, the capital of North Rh

15 Sept 2025

Summer Schools: 7th Forensic Linguistics Short Course (FLsc)

13 Sept 2025

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14 Aug 2025

One highlight of LILG 2025: the official launch of the new open-access journal Gender Linguistics! Published by our association, the journal will be a space for research at all linguistic intersections of language and gender. Learn more: gender-linguistics.org #linguistics #journal #launch

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dlvr.itFYI: Gender Linguistics: launch of new open-access journalWe are pleased to announce the launch of Gender Linguistics, a new open-access journal dedicated to diverse linguistic perspectives on the intersections of language and gender. The journal is published by the Association for Diversity in Linguistics (div-ling e.V.). Gender Linguistics welcomes original research from all areas of linguistics, as long as it offers insights into the relationship between language and gender in its broadest sense, without favouring any specific theories or approac

18 Aug 2025

FYI: Gender Linguistics: launch of new open-access journal

The editorial team – Samira Ochs, Anne Rosar, Jeff Roxas, Aline Siegenthaler, Simon David Stein, Lena Völkening and Dominic Schmitz – is now inviting submissions. What we publish: Original research offering insights into the relationship between language and gender.

14 Aug 2025

We understand gender in its broadest sense, and we do not favour specific theories or approaches. What to expect: Double-blind peer review, no fees, and all articles published open access under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Submissions currently accepted in English and German.

14 Aug 2025

Thank you to everyone who joined LILG 2025 in person and online – you made these two days truly inspiring! A special thank you to @hhu.de for hosting us in such a welcoming space. Here's to more conversations at the intersections of language and gender! #linguistics

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Sol Tovar

@soltov.ar

13 Aug 2025

I have sadly not taken any fotos, but this is basically me after two wonderful days of the second edition of Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender (organised by @div-ling.org and @hhu.de). I am extremely grateful to the organisers and the students assistants, who have done an amazing job 💜

9 Aug 2025

You can still register for online participation – until August 10! Join us for exciting talks and posters on gender and language in a time when this intersection is increasingly instrumentalised by far-right politics. Don't miss out! Register at: lilg.div-ling.org/registration #linguistics

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🎉 Registration now open! Join us at LILG 2 – Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender. Date: 12-13 August 2025 Location: Düsseldorf @hhu.de & online Register here: lilg.div-ling.org/registration/ We look forward to seeing you there!

29 July 2025

Don't forget - you can still register for online participation until August 10th! Register at: lilg.div-ling.org/registration/ Find the programme at: lilg.div-ling.org/programme/ #linguistics #gender #language

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21 July 2025

Join us at LILG 2 – Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender! There are still 2 spots left for in-person participation & plenty for online participation - register now! Date: 12-13 August 2025 Location: @hhu.de & online Register here: lilg.div-ling.org/registration #linguistics

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