Rebecca Defina

Postdoc @unimelb @CoEDLang. Non-Indigenous Psycholinguist studying event representation, complex predicates, gesture, and acquisition of Pitjantjatjara. She/her

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@maephology @UniMelb Welcome from me too!

[LCNAU @LCNAU]

New job opportunity in Applied Linguistics @UniMelb @ArtsUnimelb Apply here: https://t.co/TBLgyemOGo

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@johnbasil Yes please

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@bkdalli @UvA_Amsterdam @UvA_Humanities Oh, wish I could see that! Any chance you'd be happy to share your slides?

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

I recently heard Wynton Marsalis' All Rise. A symphony in the form of a 12-bar blues. Astounding! And the liner notes are amazing, so much fun detail.
One highlight of many "Who doesn't love trains? From the joy train to the express train to the bullet train to John Coltrane"

[Jakelin Troy @JakelinTroy]

https://t.co/wvzck3OLUf this is what all Universities in Australia should be doing backing a YES vote for the Voice unconditionally. YES to embedding an Indigenous Voice in our Constitution is the beginning of the end to inherent racism in our founding document.

[Rachel Nordlinger @RachNordlinger]

All set for #puliima2023! Come and play with the #50Words project and maybe contribute your language!! ⁦@indiglang⁩

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@bulletproofling Congratulations!

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@LizWFab Oh my oh my, I won the jackpot! I have a lifetime supply of fancy biscuits from the Italian bakery near work.

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

OzCLO 2023, Round 1 is a wrap! We had 704 teams registered and competing from around Australia. This live location map doesn't do it justice, especially as it left out the Darwin teams. Thanks to all the teachers and teams, we hope you enjoyed the competition
@OzCLO #ozclo2023

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@SashaWilmoth @RachNordlinger Congratulations! And it's been an honour working with you too!

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

This is a thread of my favourite Aussie slang. It’s a mixed bag of widely known vs regional, brand-new vs outdated etc. I had a neighbour in Melbourne for 5 years who spoke almost entirely in slang from the ’60s (so shout out to Frances from Mentone for teaching me lots of them!)

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@bairdlet Sorry!

[Sasha Wilmoth @SashaWilmoth]

for people thinking about this in linguistics, especially Australian linguistics, I put together an annotated bibliography which I hope is useful for others ​​https://t.co/yGDN42vsF1

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@bulletproofling Oh my. And yes my guess was correct...

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@skyeakbar Oooh good luck!

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@skyeakbar And congratulations and Thank you to you for leading this paper. It was a joy to work with you on it.

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

Any D&D or digital art fans out there? My nephew has an artwork in this book 'Surf & Sabotage, set in the elemental world of Kylas, on the Opal Coast.'
Some very fun looking new subclasses and races there
Book and additional rewards via this Kickstarter. https://t.co/9m1RbyR5QH

[Rebecca Defina @RebeccaDefina]

@bulletproofling Yes I noticed that too. Though looking more into it, I think their calculator is a bit broke - they put quite a bit of weight on disability/chronic condition and single parent status. Gender of main income earner also plays a seemingly too large role.