@vzvzvz.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy
@vzvzvz.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy
@ergative-abs.bsky.socialIf u/IntrusiveGas can demonstrate that Geoff the turtle's native language contains contrastive voiced retroflex affricates, we have more to discuss than the pronunciation of Geoff the turtle's name.
@moderndaybartleby.bsky.social#NowReading2026 AMERICAN ENGLISH by Albert H Marckwardt via @oxfordunipress.bsky.social imbibed at Cotti Coffee #Kanda #神田 #Coffee #Books #CoffeeSky #BookSky #Linguistics #LingSky
@molaskes.comAfter a long while working on the Full Dictionary, I've created a new article for the World Language:
#conlang #conlanging #linguistics #language #economy #math #mathematics
@vrslinguist.bsky.socialDoes anyone know of a comprehensive book about x-bar theory in #Spanish?
#linguistics #x-barra
@hydezero-message.bsky.socialPaid guide: build a two-variant dialect model from its equations. Work through fixed points, stability and boundary width, then design tests of predictive performance. Includes teaching calculations and their assumptions.
https://note.com/hydezero/n/n97da02af59de?hl=en
#Physics #Linguistics
@hydezero-message.bsky.socialRead dialect change as a reaction-diffusion inverse problem. Separate survey-based map reconstruction from dynamics, then examine how migration and local conformity shape boundaries under a two-variant approximation.
https://note.com/hydezero/n/n7374522bd45f?hl=en
#Linguistics #StatisticalPhysics
@hydezero-message.bsky.socialWhy do dialect boundaries survive migration? Explore how moving people mix regional speech, while adapting to local usage can sustain differences. A guide to US vocabulary maps estimated from survey responses.
https://note.com/hydezero/n/nb3f4fa6ba6c3?hl=en
#Linguistics #Physics
@psicked2b3heard.bsky.social"Believe"
1. Be liev e
2. Belie (e)ve
Blindly? Or Blinded before the known?
SIDENOTE: Do you fucking know what you actually fucking utter???
@andrewcgrant.bsky.socialIs it AL-mond or AH-mond? It's both.
The story of "almond" involved adding an L to its spelling, losing it from its pronunciation, then adding it back in its pronunciation due to its spelling.
@itsme-ritab.bsky.socialIf any of my 3 followers are confused by the "I do be doing.."
I swear it's not me losing my marbles. It's an Irish /Hiberno English thing #Linguistics
@cambup-linguistics.cambridge.orgCheck in on the latest issue of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition:
📚 https://cup.org/4bB05W9
@helloworld.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy
@rsburdin.bsky.socialAbsolutely gorgeous and clear example of a NORTH/FORCE distinction here that will make it into my regular slide deck rotation on Eastern New England English
@opsis.bsky.socialWe just found out that a relative’s nickname, a short form of their surname, also happens to be an ethnic slur in English. That explains why websites rejected it as a username. How do multilingual benchmarks account for that ambiguity? #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
@gorgiaspress.bsky.social📢 🥳 📢 New Book News...
"I say it just Begins to live That day" Essays in Honour of Terry Falla, edited by Charbel El-Khaissi, Janet Dyk & Daniel King, is now in print! Order and save 20% www.gorgiaspress.com/i-say-it-jus... #festschrift #SyriacLanguage #lexicography #linguistics #NowInPrint
@johnbenjamins.bsky.social📣 John Benjamins will be virtually present at SLRF 2026, hosted by the University of Montreal, 2-4 October!
📚 Check out our promotional material and discount order form here: 👉 benjamins.com/conferences/...
#slrf2026 #sla #languagelearning #languageteaching #l2 #appliedlinguistics #linguistics
@isabeltranslates.bsky.social
@bnerlich.bsky.socialAI is in the news a lot and will be even more when Trump and Xi meet today. Have a look at the history of some of the metaphors and frames that are being used - race, pace, frontier: makingsciencepublic.com/2026/09/23/p... #AI #metaphor #linguistics #scicomm
@charmingentomancer.bsky.socialOh if anyone can inform me why it’s pronounced カレー and not カリー in japanese, please help me, I just wanna know if there’s a reason.