Alessandro Basile
@alessandrobasile.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English linguistics at Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 🇫🇷 modality, language change, cognitive contact linguistics, World Englishes
Happy to share our new paper, “Ways of explaining meaning change in grammaticalization”, co-authored with Bernd Heine, Debra Ziegeler, Eric Mélac, and Seongha Rhee, and published in Lingua.
Available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Abstract below for a quick overview.
Available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Abstract below for a quick overview.
September 25, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Happy to share our new paper, “Ways of explaining meaning change in grammaticalization”, co-authored with Bernd Heine, Debra Ziegeler, Eric Mélac, and Seongha Rhee, and published in Lingua.
Available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Abstract below for a quick overview.
Available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Abstract below for a quick overview.
Reposted by Alessandro Basile
On my way home after a wonderful time at BICLCE-11 in Klagenfurt. Really enjoyed giving a talk with @alessandrobasile.bsky.social and all the constructive feedback. Wonderful scenery during the welcome (boat!) reception. Even got to see France play Paraguay.
And, oh my, the catering 👌👌
And, oh my, the catering 👌👌
July 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
On my way home after a wonderful time at BICLCE-11 in Klagenfurt. Really enjoyed giving a talk with @alessandrobasile.bsky.social and all the constructive feedback. Wonderful scenery during the welcome (boat!) reception. Even got to see France play Paraguay.
And, oh my, the catering 👌👌
And, oh my, the catering 👌👌
🎉 That's a wrap for the #MultiLingYUFE Conference at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris!
Over the past two days, I had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from across Europe for stimulating discussions on language variation and change.
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Over the past two days, I had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from across Europe for stimulating discussions on language variation and change.
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June 11, 2026 at 10:31 AM
🎉 That's a wrap for the #MultiLingYUFE Conference at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris!
Over the past two days, I had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from across Europe for stimulating discussions on language variation and change.
👇
Over the past two days, I had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from across Europe for stimulating discussions on language variation and change.
👇
📢 (Double) publication alert!
Proud to share two new papers I co-authored.
Proud to share two new papers I co-authored.
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
📢 (Double) publication alert!
Proud to share two new papers I co-authored.
Proud to share two new papers I co-authored.
Happy to share that the latest issue of English Language and Linguistics (CUP), which I co-edited, is now open access!
The issue, “Cognitive Approaches to Variation and Change in the English Modal Domain”, explores cutting-edge research on how English modals vary and change. ⬇️
The issue, “Cognitive Approaches to Variation and Change in the English Modal Domain”, explores cutting-edge research on how English modals vary and change. ⬇️
English Language & Linguistics: Volume 29 - Cognitive approaches to variation and change in the English modal domain | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - English Language & Linguistics - Volume 29 - Cognitive approaches to variation and change in the English modal domain
www.cambridge.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Happy to share that the latest issue of English Language and Linguistics (CUP), which I co-edited, is now open access!
The issue, “Cognitive Approaches to Variation and Change in the English Modal Domain”, explores cutting-edge research on how English modals vary and change. ⬇️
The issue, “Cognitive Approaches to Variation and Change in the English Modal Domain”, explores cutting-edge research on how English modals vary and change. ⬇️
Just back in Paris after a few weeks in China for the first edition of the #Grammaticalization vs. #DiachronicConstructionGrammar workshop at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, followed by some lectures at Capital Normal University (Beijing). Many thanks to my hosts for the kind invitation!
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just back in Paris after a few weeks in China for the first edition of the #Grammaticalization vs. #DiachronicConstructionGrammar workshop at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, followed by some lectures at Capital Normal University (Beijing). Many thanks to my hosts for the kind invitation!
📢 New paper alert!
Our new paper with Steven Coats, Cameron Morin & Robert Fuchs introduces a brand-new corpus of #SingaporeEnglish podcasts (available open access).
Check it out here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Our new paper with Steven Coats, Cameron Morin & Robert Fuchs introduces a brand-new corpus of #SingaporeEnglish podcasts (available open access).
Check it out here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
📢 New paper alert!
Our new paper with Steven Coats, Cameron Morin & Robert Fuchs introduces a brand-new corpus of #SingaporeEnglish podcasts (available open access).
Check it out here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Our new paper with Steven Coats, Cameron Morin & Robert Fuchs introduces a brand-new corpus of #SingaporeEnglish podcasts (available open access).
Check it out here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Honoured to have given a plenary lecture at the #SLE2025 conference in Bordeaux!
I dicussed how modal constructions of necessity and obligation in #SingaporeEnglish are affected by contact phenomena.
📺 If interested, watch the full plenary here:
#linguistics
I dicussed how modal constructions of necessity and obligation in #SingaporeEnglish are affected by contact phenomena.
📺 If interested, watch the full plenary here:
#linguistics
Societas Linguistica Europaea - 58th Annual Meeting26-29 August 2025, Université Bordeaux Montaigne
YouTube video by Université Bordeaux Montaigne
youtu.be
September 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Honoured to have given a plenary lecture at the #SLE2025 conference in Bordeaux!
I dicussed how modal constructions of necessity and obligation in #SingaporeEnglish are affected by contact phenomena.
📺 If interested, watch the full plenary here:
#linguistics
I dicussed how modal constructions of necessity and obligation in #SingaporeEnglish are affected by contact phenomena.
📺 If interested, watch the full plenary here:
#linguistics
Reposted by Alessandro Basile
😊 Happy authors, happy publisher!
🎉 Congratulations to our author Carmelo Alessandro Basile for winning the prestigious Eugenio Coseriu Award presented by the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) at their 58th Annual Meeting in Bordeaux. #SLE2025
🎉 Congratulations to our author Carmelo Alessandro Basile for winning the prestigious Eugenio Coseriu Award presented by the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) at their 58th Annual Meeting in Bordeaux. #SLE2025
August 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
😊 Happy authors, happy publisher!
🎉 Congratulations to our author Carmelo Alessandro Basile for winning the prestigious Eugenio Coseriu Award presented by the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) at their 58th Annual Meeting in Bordeaux. #SLE2025
🎉 Congratulations to our author Carmelo Alessandro Basile for winning the prestigious Eugenio Coseriu Award presented by the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) at their 58th Annual Meeting in Bordeaux. #SLE2025
Reposted by Alessandro Basile
In my latest research note, I assess the impact of an internet increasingly populated by AI-generated texts on linguistics and corpora.
corpling.hypotheses.org/4690
corpling.hypotheses.org/4690
Corpus linguistics in the LLM era – the changing nature of language data
The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has brought both opportunities and challenges to the field of corpus linguistics. These AI systems generate vast amounts of language output that often app...
corpling.hypotheses.org
November 27, 2024 at 12:22 PM
In my latest research note, I assess the impact of an internet increasingly populated by AI-generated texts on linguistics and corpora.
corpling.hypotheses.org/4690
corpling.hypotheses.org/4690
Reposted by Alessandro Basile
📢 Proud to share the publication of this special issue in CogniTextes
✅️ First time for me as a guest editor, it was a pleasure to have @gdlinguist.bsky.social & Dylan Glynn by my side!
✅️ First time for me as a guest editor, it was a pleasure to have @gdlinguist.bsky.social & Dylan Glynn by my side!
November 26, 2024 at 7:52 AM
📢 Proud to share the publication of this special issue in CogniTextes
✅️ First time for me as a guest editor, it was a pleasure to have @gdlinguist.bsky.social & Dylan Glynn by my side!
✅️ First time for me as a guest editor, it was a pleasure to have @gdlinguist.bsky.social & Dylan Glynn by my side!