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But the same technology is also lowering the barriers for communities to build their own language tools.
#langsky #linguistics #AI #artificialintelligence #language #languagepreservation
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But the same technology is also lowering the barriers for communities to build their own language tools.
#langsky #linguistics #AI #artificialintelligence #language #languagepreservation
@perkinskeighley.bsky.socialLarge language models work best for languages that are well represented online, which means minority & Indigenous languages can be poorly supported, misrepresented or excluded altogether.
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#langsky #linguistics #AI #artificialintelligence #language #languagepreservation
@springer.springernature.com#InternationalTranslationDay: From cognition and theory to the impact of new technologies, explore the changing field of translation studies.
'New Thoughts on Translation' brings together the latest ideas from leading translator Jun Xu: bit.ly/4hkwYsS #Linguistics 💙📚🧠💬
@stefanmuelller.lingo.lol.ap.brid.gyRob Malouf
Professor of Linguistics
Chair, Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages
San Diego State University
The #Sa Diego State University Department of #Linguistics and Asian/Middle
Eastern Languages seeks to hire a tenure-track assistant professor with […]
@blackpageturners.bsky.socialAn African American linguist explores the origin, history, and usage of one of English's most charged words. 📚🗣️ Wassup, My Nigga delves into context, identity, and language evolution through slave narratives and social media. A vital, groundbreaking work! #Linguistics #AfricanAmericanHistory #New
@vethur.bsky.socialPast, Present and Future tenses with negation and question particles of my conlang
@harrietsheppard.bsky.socialThe final USP Linguistics webinar is on today 30 September, 4pm Fiji/Kiribati time (UTC +12). The session is on community led initiatives for language(s), literacy and learning. All welcome! Zoom link in alt text. #PacificLanguages #Linguistics #PNG #SolomonIslands #Vanuatu #Fiji
@andrewcgrant.bsky.socialCarrier syllabics: the writing system residential schools nearly erased
It's an overhaul of Cree syllabics adapted to the #Dakelh language, tripling the number of basic shapes and adding systematic design features.
#Linguistics #WritingSystems #IndigenousLanguage #TruthAndReconciliation
@dirkfensty.bsky.socialWhispering difficulty: a new way to categorize words. Turns out some sounds are just trickier to tiptoe around than others. Starting with the basics, naturally. #asmr #linguistics
@amaliaskilton.bsky.socialAt the request of an editor:
If you use tone numbers (rather than letters or diacritics) what is your preferred way to render them?
A. Same size as segments, eg ma2na4 ‘maybe’
B. Superscript
C. Something else
If your answer is A, interested to know language family/area #linguistics
@cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org"A richly detailed empirical exploration of how machine translation is actually used in public services in the UK"
Translate: Multilingual Access to Critical Services in the Age of AI by Lucas N. Vieira, Out Now and #OpenAccess
@glossa-linguistics.bsky.socialFrasson, Alberto & Klimek-Jankowska, Dorota & Żak, Andrzej & Mocniak, Antonina. 2026. A story of perfect agreement in Latvian. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 11(1), 1–40. DOI: doi.org/10.16995/glo...
#linguistics #DiamondOpenAccess
@glossa-linguistics.bsky.socialRosemeyer, Malte & Heine, Julia. 2026. Subjective syntax: Fronted and non-fronted French de nouveau (‘again’). Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 11(1), 1–46. DOI: doi.org/10.16995/glo...
#linguistics #DiamondOpenAccess
@glossa-linguistics.bsky.socialMurujosa, Marisol & Gattei, Carolina A. & Shalom, Diego E. & Sevilla, Yamila. 2026. The subject/object asymmetry revisited: Comprehending relative clauses with psychological verbs in Spanish. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 11(1), 1–37. DOI: doi.org/10.16995/glo...
#linguistics
Annie's Origin of Words and Phrases
"His Name is Mud"
#etymology, #wordorigins, #linguistics, #languagehistory, #wordnerd
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Even phrases made entirely from English words can carry traces of Welsh influence, showing how language contact can leave its mark in subtle & unexpected ways.
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Some are direct borrowings from Welsh while others reflect Welsh structures and expressions that have shaped the way English is spoken in Wales.
@perkinskeighley.bsky.socialWords cannot describe how much I love this.
The latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary includes six words and phrases from Wales, among them "twpsyn", "bwbach" and the wonderfully contradictory "now in a minute".
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@achronicvoice.com"This is what social scientists call traditional #ecological #knowledge – information about the #environment that’s woven into #culture and #language and handed down from generation to generation.": buff.ly/8cWEDBf
via @theconversation.com
#linguistics #fishermen #OceanLife #gaelic #Scotland