Have you been keeping up with the Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2023? If so, you will be looking forward to our 2024 Reading Challenge; and so here it…
Ingrid PillerDecember 17, 2023
(Image credit: Mana Akbarzadegan via Unsplash) When Muhammad* applied for admission to a postgraduate degree at an Australian university, he was asked to show evidence of his English language proficiency.…
Ingrid PillerJanuary 6, 2023
Time flies and it’s time for another Reading Challenge. The annual Language on the Move Reading Challenge is designed to encourage broad reading at the intersection of linguistic diversity and…
Ingrid PillerDecember 26, 2022
Prepositions are the unnoticed and underappreciated workhorses of language. They are "grammar words" that indicate relationships. Essentially, their job is to connect other words with bigger and more important meanings.…
Ingrid PillerDecember 12, 2022
Congratulations to Language-on-the-Move team member Dr Laura Smith-Khan, who is the winner of the 2022 Australian Academy of the Humanities’ Max Crawford Medal! The medal is considered Australia’s most prestigious…
Ingrid PillerNovember 28, 2022
Memorial for Kian Pirfalak at Isfahan University (Source: Twitter) In the Name of the God of the Rainbow, let’s today think about bilingual double vision. Double vision is a condition…
Ingrid PillerNovember 21, 2022
The 2022 Stanford list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists has just been released. It includes 335 linguists. So, I've done some quick number crunching to see who they are…
Ingrid PillerOctober 17, 2022
"Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" banner displayed by Bayern Munich soccer fans (Image credit: Archie Rhind-Tutt) Some recent images from around the globe: protest rally in Rome with a banner featuring the…
Ingrid PillerOctober 4, 2022
Official coronation portrait (Image credit: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2015) The Queen and the English language are both unique within their categories. The Queen enjoyed special…
Ingrid PillerSeptember 12, 2022
When Yu Qi (not her real name) discovered her son was falling behind in school, she had no way of finding out why or how she could support him. After…
Ingrid PillerAugust 26, 2022
Afghan-style mantu (Image credit: Wikipedia) One of our family’s favorite dishes is mantu. Mantu are steamed dumplings filled with minced lamb meat and served with a spicy lentil sauce and…
Ingrid PillerJuly 31, 2022
I am deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of my Doktorvater, Professor Hans Sauer. The German “Doktorvater” is usually translated as “PhD supervisor/advisor” but the literal translation “doctoral father” is…
Ingrid PillerJune 5, 2022
Top-10 countries producing linguistics research (Source: Scimago Journal & Country Rank) US- and UK-based scholars dominate linguistics Global academic knowledge production is dominated by the Anglosphere. In Linguistics, for example,…
Ingrid PillerMay 11, 2022
The logo on the side of the bus shelter Latin at the bus stop Recently, I was out for a walk when it started to rain. Seeking shelter in…
Ingrid PillerMarch 15, 2022
Mis dos voces (Image credit: Rayon Verde) Imagine this: you go out to a fast-food restaurant and order a burger. While you wait for your order to be filled, you…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 9, 2022
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