Sam Hellmuth
@samhellmuth.bsky.social
languages & linguistics, mostly Arabic & mostly phonology, views my own, Prof @UniofYork [sæm ˈhɛlmʌθ] (she/her)
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Monica Lethbridge, our first MSci Linguistics student, has secured a fully funded PhD with the SAINTS CDT @saints-cdt.bsky.social to research the safety of AI speech systems. She's the first linguist to join the programme.
Learn more about SAINTS:
www.york.ac.uk/study...
Learn more about SAINTS:
www.york.ac.uk/study...
June 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Monica Lethbridge, our first MSci Linguistics student, has secured a fully funded PhD with the SAINTS CDT @saints-cdt.bsky.social to research the safety of AI speech systems. She's the first linguist to join the programme.
Learn more about SAINTS:
www.york.ac.uk/study...
Learn more about SAINTS:
www.york.ac.uk/study...
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If you missed it yesterday, here is the new episode. Lots of new MLE research and more. bsky.app/profile/lexi...
It's the new episode and it features our annual preview of the @yorktoolkit.bsky.social day in July at University of York. Devyani Sharma and Sam Hellmuth tell us more about what's happening, including some great new work on MLE and an old case study revisited.
open.spotify.com/episode/5Flf...
open.spotify.com/episode/5Flf...
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June 29, 2026 at 5:40 AM
If you missed it yesterday, here is the new episode. Lots of new MLE research and more. bsky.app/profile/lexi...
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100% of each sale goes straight to the Friends of the #LDV charity, or if you’d like to support their Corncrake fundraising campaign, books can be claimed as rewards – every penny counts with Aviva very generously matching each donation made 💰
communitiesfund.avivafoundation.org.uk/p/lower-derw...
communitiesfund.avivafoundation.org.uk/p/lower-derw...
Great to see our first review of the Birds of the #LDV in this month's Bird Watching magazine – much appreciated! If you haven’t purchased a copy yet but would still like to do so, please get in touch with us direct (via [email protected]) @yorkbirding.bsky.social
June 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
100% of each sale goes straight to the Friends of the #LDV charity, or if you’d like to support their Corncrake fundraising campaign, books can be claimed as rewards – every penny counts with Aviva very generously matching each donation made 💰
communitiesfund.avivafoundation.org.uk/p/lower-derw...
communitiesfund.avivafoundation.org.uk/p/lower-derw...
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🗣️"to believe that only STEM drives progress and economic growth reflects something wrong in education and our public culture, a remarkable degree of ignorance about how the world really works"
#STEM #EconSky #AcademicSky
#STEM #EconSky #AcademicSky
The myth of STEM only growth holds back the UK - LSE Impact
The view that STEM subjects on their own drive growth is misguided and presents a lopsided view of the value of the social sciences and humanities.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🗣️"to believe that only STEM drives progress and economic growth reflects something wrong in education and our public culture, a remarkable degree of ignorance about how the world really works"
#STEM #EconSky #AcademicSky
#STEM #EconSky #AcademicSky
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📣 Save the date: Friday 10th July 2026!
This year's FREE and fully hybrid York English Language Toolkit CPD workshop for teachers of English Language A level is on Friday 10th July 2026 10.30am-4.30pm, with talks on Multicultural London English and more. Registration from April. Pass the word!
This year's FREE and fully hybrid York English Language Toolkit CPD workshop for teachers of English Language A level is on Friday 10th July 2026 10.30am-4.30pm, with talks on Multicultural London English and more. Registration from April. Pass the word!
March 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
📣 Save the date: Friday 10th July 2026!
This year's FREE and fully hybrid York English Language Toolkit CPD workshop for teachers of English Language A level is on Friday 10th July 2026 10.30am-4.30pm, with talks on Multicultural London English and more. Registration from April. Pass the word!
This year's FREE and fully hybrid York English Language Toolkit CPD workshop for teachers of English Language A level is on Friday 10th July 2026 10.30am-4.30pm, with talks on Multicultural London English and more. Registration from April. Pass the word!
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New postdoc position with the LEVANTE project! We're looking for someone with language development / reading knowledge to help work on our international adaptations of language assessments. Please forward to interested candidates
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 PM
New postdoc position with the LEVANTE project! We're looking for someone with language development / reading knowledge to help work on our international adaptations of language assessments. Please forward to interested candidates
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last few days to support Robyn if you would like to she has made a lot of effort doing this and we cannot thank her enough.
her fundraising page is still open please give what you can. Thank you
her fundraising page is still open please give what you can. Thank you
January 22, 2026 at 1:33 PM
last few days to support Robyn if you would like to she has made a lot of effort doing this and we cannot thank her enough.
her fundraising page is still open please give what you can. Thank you
her fundraising page is still open please give what you can. Thank you
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Very happy to announce another article is out this week 🎉!
This paper took some time to get from my PhD to here, but I'm so happy it has now found a home in SSLA: doi.org/10.1017/S027....
Special thanks to my supervisors and co-authors @samhellmuth.bsky.social and Leah Roberts.
This paper took some time to get from my PhD to here, but I'm so happy it has now found a home in SSLA: doi.org/10.1017/S027....
Special thanks to my supervisors and co-authors @samhellmuth.bsky.social and Leah Roberts.
Written input and the encoding of L2 phonological contrasts: L1 Arabic learners of L2 English | Studies in Second Language Acquisition | Cambridge Core
Written input and the encoding of L2 phonological contrasts: L1 Arabic learners of L2 English
doi.org
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Very happy to announce another article is out this week 🎉!
This paper took some time to get from my PhD to here, but I'm so happy it has now found a home in SSLA: doi.org/10.1017/S027....
Special thanks to my supervisors and co-authors @samhellmuth.bsky.social and Leah Roberts.
This paper took some time to get from my PhD to here, but I'm so happy it has now found a home in SSLA: doi.org/10.1017/S027....
Special thanks to my supervisors and co-authors @samhellmuth.bsky.social and Leah Roberts.
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First paper of 2026 with Rhys Sandow, @jwgrieve.bsky.social, and Rose Stamp!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Lexical variation and change: Integrating lexis into variationist sociolinguistics | Language Variation and Change | Cambridge Core
Lexical variation and change: Integrating lexis into variationist sociolinguistics
www.cambridge.org
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
First paper of 2026 with Rhys Sandow, @jwgrieve.bsky.social, and Rose Stamp!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/19
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/19
Play Shuffalo: Friday, December 19, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
www.newyorker.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/19
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/12/19
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I’ve written a long blog here that comes out of various things that I’ve worked on with other people this term. It’s about accents... again! Sorry, not sorry.
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/pride-a...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/pride-a...
Survey of teachers and accents
EMC's Dan Clayton explores the implications of a survey looking at teachers and accents
englishandmedia.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I’ve written a long blog here that comes out of various things that I’ve worked on with other people this term. It’s about accents... again! Sorry, not sorry.
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/pride-a...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/pride-a...
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Since January 2022, we (me, 93% Club & SS) have been working a project that tackles accent bias in Higher Education, focusing on the 'elite' institution where we're based. Today, we're launching the project website which brings together all our work:
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Since January 2022, we (me, 93% Club & SS) have been working a project that tackles accent bias in Higher Education, focusing on the 'elite' institution where we're based. Today, we're launching the project website which brings together all our work:
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
Hi @lner.co.uk - can you contact your rail replacement contractor asap and ask them to ensure the coaches parked along Knavesmire Road this morning do *not* leave their engines running while parked up please? There are kids and families at football matches having to breathe the fumes. Thanks!
October 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Hi @lner.co.uk - can you contact your rail replacement contractor asap and ask them to ensure the coaches parked along Knavesmire Road this morning do *not* leave their engines running while parked up please? There are kids and families at football matches having to breathe the fumes. Thanks!
A nice one for #EnglishLanguage A level #accents and #diversity @englangblog.bsky.social
Source: BBC
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Source: BBC
search.app/8PnGp
'Why I speak with a Yorkshire accent despite being born deaf'
Gladiators star Jodie Ounsley says it is one of the questions she gets asked the most.
search.app
October 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A nice one for #EnglishLanguage A level #accents and #diversity @englangblog.bsky.social
Source: BBC
search.app/8PnGp
Source: BBC
search.app/8PnGp
Today I made this plot (among other things)
August 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Today I made this plot (among other things)
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The UCI Phonotactic Calculator: An online tool for computing phonotactic metrics. New work by my colleague Connor Mayer. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
The UCI Phonotactic Calculator: An online tool for computing phonotactic metrics - Behavior Research Methods
This paper presents the UCI Phonotactic Calculator (UCIPC), a new online tool for quantifying the occurrence of segments and segment sequences in a corpus. This tool has several advantages compared to...
link.springer.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The UCI Phonotactic Calculator: An online tool for computing phonotactic metrics. New work by my colleague Connor Mayer. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
@sustrans.bsky.social great trip this weekend 🌞 #BucketList
July 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@sustrans.bsky.social great trip this weekend 🌞 #BucketList
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Only one month to go till York English Language Toolkit 2025!
Friday 11th July 2025 10.00am-4.30pm englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops
Registration link: bit.ly/yelt2025work...
Friday 11th July 2025 10.00am-4.30pm englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops
Registration link: bit.ly/yelt2025work...
The York English Language Toolkit - Workshops
FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level
englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk
June 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Only one month to go till York English Language Toolkit 2025!
Friday 11th July 2025 10.00am-4.30pm englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops
Registration link: bit.ly/yelt2025work...
Friday 11th July 2025 10.00am-4.30pm englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops
Registration link: bit.ly/yelt2025work...
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We've just got a new episode in the can which will come out very soon. It's our annual preview of the @yorktoolkit.bsky.social teacher CPD event. Coming soon! Get signed up here if you haven't already: englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops
The York English Language Toolkit - Workshops
FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level
englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We've just got a new episode in the can which will come out very soon. It's our annual preview of the @yorktoolkit.bsky.social teacher CPD event. Coming soon! Get signed up here if you haven't already: englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops
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Please share widely: The dates for New Ways of Analyzing Variation 53 have changed to November 5-7, 2025, due to a late-breaking university calendar change.
Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)
Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)
UM | NWAV53
nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu
May 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Please share widely: The dates for New Ways of Analyzing Variation 53 have changed to November 5-7, 2025, due to a late-breaking university calendar change.
Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)
Abstracts due June 15. Visit us at nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu (also accessible via nwavconference dot org but BlueSky doesn't like redirects)
Yet another reason to use @ecosiasearch.bsky.social !
May 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yet another reason to use @ecosiasearch.bsky.social !
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“Desperation has reached unspeakable levels. Mothers are boiling grass to feed their families. Children are suffering unbearable hunger, trauma, violence, and abandonment.”
~Karol Balfe CEO ActionAid Ireland
Irish Examiner
~Karol Balfe CEO ActionAid Ireland
Irish Examiner
May 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
“Desperation has reached unspeakable levels. Mothers are boiling grass to feed their families. Children are suffering unbearable hunger, trauma, violence, and abandonment.”
~Karol Balfe CEO ActionAid Ireland
Irish Examiner
~Karol Balfe CEO ActionAid Ireland
Irish Examiner
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Would 100% recommend this.
The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and support A-level English Language teachers. #NATE www.nate.org.uk/2025/05/01/l...
Linguistic research and the classroom: the University of York’s English Language Toolkit - National Association for the Teaching of English
The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and sup...
www.nate.org.uk
May 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Would 100% recommend this.
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The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and support A-level English Language teachers. #NATE www.nate.org.uk/2025/05/01/l...
Linguistic research and the classroom: the University of York’s English Language Toolkit - National Association for the Teaching of English
The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and sup...
www.nate.org.uk
May 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and support A-level English Language teachers. #NATE www.nate.org.uk/2025/05/01/l...