#Linguist

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Iulian68

Sorin Paliga, Romanian Slavicist & historical linguist:"As the Bulgarian thracologists have long proved, Albanian is a Neo-Thracian idiom with a consistent set of Romance elements, the best proof that a

Chris Jones

clinpsychris

I use Twitter to learn and being exposed to succinct ideas while I was busy training as a clinical psychologist was invaluable. An area of deep contestation in mental health

Richard Magrath

RichardMagrath

Today is the commemoration of John Calvin. Lots of people have strong opinions about Calvin, sometimes (I suspect) without even having read him.I’m not an expert, but here are three

Jessica Cantlon

CantlonLab

The main problem with Pinker is that he used his status at Harvard and position as a linguist in a twisted legal assist for Jeffrey Epstein — a defense that

Dr Hyelander 🇦🇲 🌋

Helioprogenus

Ւ's tumble toward obscurity, a sad fate for such a fine letter.Ւ (hyun) is the 34th letter of the Armenian alphabet. Its independent role has essentially disappeared from the reformed

Samantha Shannon

say_shannon

I’ve been trying to figure out how to express my discomfort with a certain thing I saw a few times before PRIORY with published. I think it’s time to give

New-Cleckit Dominie

ncdominie

As a peace-offering between my Gàidhlig-speaking and non-Gàidhlig-speaking friends, a thread. (Corrections welcome.)*If* your starting point is English spelling, you may find Gàidhlig spelling tricky. That's OK.The problem isn't

EngLangBlog

EngLangBlog

Some language in the news stuff about the use of the full-stop in messaging. Note the framing of this from The Sun and Mail Mail (second part of

ryden⁷

jinsmerized

adding my 2 cents as a linguist in training:korean is actually spoken in a higher pitch than american english, but he finds it more comfortable to speak in what i

Gregg Favre

GreggFavre

This #MemorialDay I remember Navy Senior Chief Shannon Kent, killed by a suicide bomber in Syria, 2019.Kent -a mother of 2 & a member of our IW Community- spoke 7

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Sheshapatangi

RajaRamMohanRoy, what we know about him?He abolished Sati which was an inhuman practice followed by Hindus & he established Bramho Samaj.In other words, all these years, WE learnt things which

MMitchell

mmitchell_ai

I really appreciated this article, but there are a couple things that keep nagging at me (thread)...1/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-21/google-ethical-ai-group-s-turmoil-began-long-before-public-unraveling -I'm characte

Aris M Clemons

ClemonsAris

This is a tweet to announce that I am officially on the job market. I am a scholar of language, race, and identity in institutional contexts (one of which is

Ernest Ming-tak Leung 梁明德

ernestleungmt

1/7 Hard to imagine now, but North Korea once had a dapper cabinet - revolutionary "Mad Men" no less. Taken from a 1946 NK publication confiscated by the US Army

Ol’ Last Real Rez Dog

DeadDogLake

Shit cousins, all jokes aside, I’m going to share a tiny thread about how lonely and sad languages revitalization is. I’m just really sad right now and going to tweet

GullahMuseumSC

GullahSc

In 1931, Dr. Lorenzo Dow Turner recorded a 5-line song by a Gullah Geechee woman named Amelia Dawley of Harris Neck, GA. It was one of many recordings he made