If you can, please contribute to
As the name implies, you'll find there online dictionaries, but you can also download and cook your own !
Definitely recommended !
If you can, please contribute to
As the name implies, you'll find there online dictionaries, but you can also download and cook your own !
Definitely recommended !
The sound of "flatulence" in Arabic!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
"don't use too much tongue"
and
"a paper plate with two chickens"
are the sort of non-canonical countability shifts I analyze in this just now published paper. I argue for a wide range of contextually enabled shifting operations in "Shifting interpretations: Count and mass in linguistic categorization" http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/8840
#linguistics @linguistics
Florida State University: On-screen and now IRL: FSU researchers find evidence of ChatGPT buzzwords turning up in everyday speech. “New research from Florida State University’s Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Mathematics is revealing notable evidence that AI buzzwords overused by chat-based large language models aren’t just […]
Digitale Lexikografie trifft Pandemieforschung: JProf. Dr. Susanne Kabatnik stellt sich im neusten #DGfS macht Schule Video unseren Fragen dazu, wie Pandemien den Wortschatz beeinflussen und wie man das im Schulunterricht besprechen kann.
The surprisingly connected origins of "helicopter" and "wallet".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #helicopter #wallet #turning
The surprisingly connected origins of "helicopter" and "wallet".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #helicopter #wallet #turning
When you think you don't need a translator for a simple 2 words phrase.
Seen in "Alien: Earth".
Nouvelle contribution à un vieux débat sur l'existence phonétique du schwa en français : Mathilde Hutin, Mélanie Lancien et Noam Faust ont constitué un nouveau corpus, une vingtaine de jeunes personnes de la région parisienne, et la réponse à partir de ce corpus c'est : Walou, ya R, nada.
Autrement dit, ce qu'on note traditionnellement comme un schwa (souvent appelé e caduc ou e instable), est réalisé comme un "e" ouvert (comme dans peur) ou comme un "e" fermé, (comme dans "jeu"), selon les contextes, mais il n'y a pas (plus? plus dans cette région? très vieux débat) de troisième voyelle distincte 1/2
#phonetique
https://www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_2025/hutin25_interspeech.html
The sound of "sneezing" in Italian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
Internet Gods Willing, I will be streaming in about an hour (8am CT) with more Tongues and Runes. We're still working out some constructions in the Sylvan dialects before moving on to the koineization stage. #conlang #language #linguistics #dnd #ttrpg https://youtube.com/live/ix9-_Sr2oF0?feature=share
studying ancient languages be like: today I read eight sentences. unprecedented productivity #linguistics
Reminder! Application deadline for incoming researchers (PhD students & postdocs) is August 31st!
If you want to come work with us in Bielefeld, apply for one of our scholarships. We would love to have you! More infos here https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/sfb/sfb1646/projekte/rtg/
Oh, wow, Japanese is officially going with Hepburn-style romanization
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/panel-hepburn-style-romanization/
This long article on the passive is very much worth a read as there is some confusion about what a passive exactly is.
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2922
* The passive is not an undesirable feature limited to bad writing; it's a useful construction often needed for clear expression, and every good writer uses it.
* The passive does not always involve a use of be.
* The passive does not always involve masking the identity of the agent—it can be used to put the spotlight on the agent.
Nut to Nert to Nerd: How "nerd" went from geeky insult among students to Dr Seuss to mainstream
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/20/nx-s1-5507053/nerd-dr-seuss-word-of-week
When you struggle to find the equivalent of a word or phrase in another language, do you sometimes find yourself opening Wikipedia, searching for it then navigating to the "languages" section to get its title in the other language?
Well, I do, and I got tired of it, hence:
I wonder what he would think about Å, Ä, Ö?
They're definitely weird but not goth weird? It's on the tip of my tongue, tell me what they are
@linguistics @linguisticsmemes @humour
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Inside the Pirahã World: Deciphering the Amazon’s Most Enigmatic Language | SLICE | FULL DOCUMENTARY - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tKbVBePxyU