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Shirley Dita

@DivineDITA

Linguist, Associate Professor at DLSU, Manila, Philippines

 Manila
dlsu.edu.ph/colleges/bagced/faculty/shirley-dita/
Joined January 2012
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Our article (w/ @SirQuintoFTW ), Imagined communities and English in Timor-Leste: exploring identity and nationhood among young professionals, is now out! Check this: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Imagined communities and English in Timor-Leste: exploring identity and nationhood among young...

Imagined communities and English in Timor-Leste: exploring identity and nationhood among young...

Southeast Asia has been a hotbed of studies on the role of English in indexing functional and sociocultural identities using the lens of imagined communities. However, a similar study that could in...

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I’ll be serving as chairperson of the ExeComm of @pssc_official for 2024-2026! Huge task!
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Awesome news! 😎
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Trending in #Linguistics: ooir.org/index.php?field=Lit… 1) Global Englishes Course Syllabi (@TESOL_Quarterly) 2) Second-language picture-prompted speaking & functional adequacy 3) The representation of agreement features in memory is updated during sentence processing 4) Unravelling translanguaging 5) Lexical skills in children with & without autism in the context of Arabic diglossia (@LangAcqJournal)
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icalle deal@icalle_deal20 Jul 2023
𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗦: 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗔 For submission instructions, go to icalledeal.org/cfp/colloquia
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Touchdown, CDO!
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#ICALLE2023 website is up! Visit us at icalledeal.org
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#ICALLE2023
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS AND SESSIONS Due to popular demand, we are reopening and extending the deadline for the 10th National Social Science Congress! 📌 Deadline for submission is on 31 Mar 2023 🔗 Visit for more information pssc.org.ph/nsscx #NSSCX #PSSC #CallForPapers
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Summer Course on Asian Englishes Aug 3-5, 2022 (via zoom) Reg here: bit.ly/AsianEnglishes_Partic…
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“Where is English in the Philippine Educational Landscape?” Free and open to anyone interested. Click to reg: forms.gle/JfQj5thz5BazhK3a9
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Leni Robredo
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𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖎𝖓 𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖆ñ𝖊𝖟 (@EdwinMontaez7) profile picture𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖎𝖓 𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖆ñ𝖊𝖟@EdwinMontaez77 May 2022
ATM, IN MAKATI! While walking somewhere in Makati to our new studio, saw this man (a consruction worker in a nearby bldg), making his own poster! I read what's written. The name... This is probably one of the most heart warming things I'll see today………… #MakatiIsPink
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#LinguistsForLeni
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#Ipana7oNa10ParaSaLahat #LeniForPresident2022 #LeniIsOurPresident #LeniRobredo #LeniLiwanagSaDilim
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Hi, sa mga kamampinks from South na pupunta bukas sa Makati. I’m driving from San Pedro, pwede kayong sumabay - up to six more people. Pickup at McDo Southwoods at 9am tomorrow. DM lang, mga kakampinks. 🌸
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#LinguistsForLeni
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Good place or better place? 🤔 The debate on the use of both terms, which started with VP Leni Robredo’s birthday greeting for Kim Chiu, caught the attention of netizens and critics. #LeniRobredo #KimChiu
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For context, “in a good place,” however, refers to being in a sound mental and emotional state, while “in a better place” is the euphemism used for those who have died. Check out Nadine Lustre and a linguistic expert’s takes below: bit.ly/3LiO8EE
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Two tables for today. One was shared by men with fragile egos to rant in a press conference. Another was shared by a strong woman with the farmers she continues to fight for.
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ARAL DLSU@aral_dlsu5 Apr 2022
The 6th International Congress on 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛, 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 will be on May 20-22! #ARAL2022 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡: 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 To register: bit.ly/3j9DRhy
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