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If machines are now becoming participants in linguistic environments, the big question may not just be how well AI imitates human language but how human & machine communication will begin to reshape one another.
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If machines are now becoming participants in linguistic environments, the big question may not just be how well AI imitates human language but how human & machine communication will begin to reshape one another.
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At the same time, as AI voices become more sophisticated, we may begin to recognise distinctly artificial styles of speaking as a new kind of register in their own right.
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Remove them & synthetic speech may become smoother but also less communicatively rich.
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Features we often treat as “messy” — pauses, hesitations, false starts, changes in rhythm — can carry meaning, identity & social information.
@perkinskeighley.bsky.socialThis piece by @celesterl.bsky.social asks us to think beyond whether AI can produce grammatically correct language & towards something much more human: how that language is actually experienced by listeners.
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@germanwordoftheday.bsky.socialDie Beispiele zeigen/machen deutlich… - the examples show/make clear Die Beispiele zeigen, dass es möglich ist, eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft zu schaffen. #deutsch #German #Languagelearning #Langsky #Edusky
@nimxilquddiem.bsky.socialニュースを話題に英会話練習 #langsky
Scripted AI roleplay
▷ Drone Test Cuts Island Delivery Time to 35 Minutes
離島医療を支える 最新ドローン実験 船で100分の距離を約35分で医療機器配送 北海道・稚内から利尻島へ
newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/2...
@slangzone-fr.bsky.socialcc
Deux lettres, et soudain ton écran a l’air d’attendre quelque chose. Ce minusc…
@slangzone-es.bsky.socialweno
Hay palabras que entran al chat con tanta suavidad que hasta el desacuerdo parece un abrazo. Esta tiene una w y cero ganas de discutir… 🫠
@slangzone-de.bsky.socialskill issue
Der Bosskampf ist vorbei, der Controller liegt unschuldig da. Und plötzlich steht eine ganz andere Frage im Raum… 🎮…
@erikhansson.bsky.socialDo the same animals speak different languages in different countries?
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
#wildlife #language #langsky
@yunod.sustainabletranslator.scotThe power of words and wallets: driving positive change in the language sector
by @josephinaworrall.bsky.social and Kate Stansfield
www.iti.org.uk/resource/the... #LangSky
@germanwordoftheday.bsky.socialMeiner Ansicht nach… - In my opinion... Meiner Ansicht nach sollte die Bildung kostenlos sein. #deutsch #German #Languagelearning #Langsky #Edusky
@erikhansson.bsky.socialLanguage-or-Dialect Debate Could Decide Fate of Greece’s Ancient Spartan Tongue
greekreporter.com/2026/10/08/g...
via greekreporter.com
#Greece #tsakonian #language #doric #langsky
@erikhansson.bsky.social‘Green, red, yellow, blue’? Beneath the surface, #diaspora #language is anything but Black and white
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
via @theguardian.com
#emigration #langsky
@erikhansson.bsky.socialThe Russian Language After the War: What Place Will It Have in Ukraine?
[congrats to the most irrelevant AI picture of the day]
www.lvivherald.com/post/the-rus...
#russian #language #ukraine #langsky
@erikhansson.bsky.socialFrom one Lingua Franca to many: How Eastern Europe is changing the languages it speaks
euneighbourseast.eu/young-europe...
via euneighbourseast.eu
#multilingual #langsky
@nimxilquddiem.bsky.socialニュースを話題に英会話練習 #langsky
Scripted AI roleplay
▷ Pro Soccer Players Teach Math with Soccer Skills
フロンターレ算数ドリル 児童と選手が実践学習〈川崎市宮前区〉
topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp/article/town...
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