#Linguistics

Gina Anne Tam 譚吉娜

DGTam86

One of the things I write about in Dialect and Nationalism in China is how designating particular local languages as "dialects" has much more to do with the construction and

Major Good Vibes

MikePerryavatar

"Language shapes thought" is kind of the cornerstone of linguistics, one of the reasons the US Army insists on active voice in all writing. In the US we use "community

#BLM , emily 🧬

starsjunhui

I would also like to tweet about aave, English linguistics is not my strong point nor do I know aave but stopping people saying certain words because of where they

b💧HANDONG LOCKDOWN

precisiyeon

(LEE'S) LINGUISTICS LESSON #5buckle up and enjoy!certain affixes (suffixes, prefixes and infixes) can only affect certain types of words. affixes have the ability to change the category of a word,

Lystrialle @ Skylight

Lystrialle

As someone with an educational background in linguistics/translation, and who identifies as an artist (in the musical/lyrical sense), I'm gonna lay it down for you right now: if you try

Sāmapriya Vasu | ḫa-am-ap-ri-a-ma-u-iš

samopriya

Linguists (and language enthusiasts in general), how did you get interested in your specific language(s) (or family) of expertise, especially if it's a language that's not your own first language?As

Venus (they/mx.) #SOGIEEqualityNOW 🏳️‍🌈

jp_aves

ON FILIPINX AND OUR NOT SO “GENDER-NEUTRAL” PH LANGUAGESProf. Tuting, UP Dep’t of Linguistics: “The absence of the gender grammatical category...does not mean that gender is unmarked in the Philippine

Gretchen McCulloch

GretchenAMcC

I want to talk a bit about the news cycle and why @lingthusiasm doesn't participate in it This is a threadhttps://twitter.com/lingthusiasm/status/1245885364541296643 We launched @lingthusiasm in 2016Anyone remember 2016? *hollow laugh*

Dr. Shiloh Drake

snd1101

Love it when machine learning re-discovers the field of linguistics every couple months.https://twitter.com/anthrocharya/status/1297288137761345536 Tbf I should also consider this thread; I’ve read the abstract three times (paywall + bein

Hydra 🐺

BrianJDennis

One time I had a blind date with one 2go babe back then in Uniport. We met at Jovit at Alakahia junction and she came with her friend when na

mimi🏴🚩

ameliamcd_

Finding out Michael Gove’s daughter cosplays as a working class real-life-Effy-Stonem London girl on tiktok has shook me into next week BRUH well apparently she’s racist lol https://twitter.com/ambatalks/status/1250065041665261574?s=21 https://twitte

Anna Bax, PhD

annastrikesbax

(cw: discussion of academic hiring)I am incredibly grateful to announce that I’m starting a position as an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at CSU Long Beach this fall! (thread)http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/linguistics/welcome-as

Paul Shapiro - SEO Edition

fighto

If I say, “I’m moving Monday’s noon meeting forward 2 hours”. What time is it (initial reactions only)? There are two different interpretations, and the one you choose says a

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kez_dispenserrr

Fun linguistics fact! MOST words don't have a perfect direct translation into other languages! The small differences in culture cause small differences in meaning with even super common wordshttps://twitter.com/Locksneedfartin/status/13

Alon Lischinsky

alischinsky

This comment about #BlackInTheIvory was a chilling realisation, and it's even worse in LinguisticsAs a tiny beginning to the long task of offsetting that, here are 20 #BlackLinguists and language

Mary Myatt

MaryMyatt

Just read @joenutt_author latest 'Teaching English for the Real World' via @JohnCattEd and it's stunning'Provoke children to think before they write down their thoughts'/1https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1912906953/re