I'll say it again: every #linguistics program should have a colloquium course where you just read and talk about grammars and typology papers.

Got into CorpusPhon this year! I will also attend LabPhon to check out the programme 😊 More details on my talk on Korean Corpus analysis to come~ #linguistics

Map of Japan overlaid with "きゃあ (kyaa)[jpn 9]".

The sound of "shriek" in Japanese!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

ottawa-valley wotd:
wrastle/wrassle
/rásl/

• from Middle-English 'wrestlen/wrastlen'

Verb
- wrestle

> quit wrastlin ye!

#ottawavalley #dialect #language #canada #linguistics

The way The #PrincessBride uses "inconceivable", it means so much more than you think it means. It's a subtle joke that informs the #character of Vizzini and actually teaches us something about how #language change works.

#linguistics #quotes

Map of Bulgaria overlaid with "ссс (sss)".

The sound of "snake hissing" in Bulgarian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Today’s #Quintalist is brought to you by the characters carrying way too much of the English language on their backs. Can you name the five that matter most?
Play: quintalist.com

Repost this and one lucky reposter will win access to all our archived games!

#Wordle #Trivia #Linguistics

‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language

Good for them 💚

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

#linguistics #welsh #language #bilingual #wales

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Brazil has 250+ languages beyond Portuguese, but most LLMs only train on a fraction of them. Freitag et al. propose a structured linguistic data platform to build a truly inclusive Brazilian AI. doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics

Sociophonetics: Opportunities for phonology and phonetics Abstract. This chapter provides a broad overview of the field of sociophonetics, and argues that sociophonetic research provides a crucial empirical basis

📗More book promotion: for the next month, you can download and read Chapter 1 of my & @lhlew.bsky.social 's new book, Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory, for free! #linguistics academic.oup.com/book/61815/c...

Map of Vietnam overlaid with "chụt".

The sound of "kiss" in Vietnamese!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Me stood in front of my slides, discussing diversification strategies in German, using the examples of the gender star (e.g. Expert*in 'expert').

Presented at BCUR (undergraduate conference) hosted by @glasgow.ac.uk yesterday!

I spoke about gender-fair language in German - a general overview of the topic and my exploratory study into degendering

Grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to more engagement work! #linguistics #gfl #gil

Map of Aruba overlaid with "klink".

The sound of "sharp strike" in Dutch!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Vibe-coding spaghetti: Unpacking an AI metaphor for biology I recently saw a post on Bluesky just saying “Coconuts”. Intriguing! Underneath was a screenshot of a tweet which was even more intriguing. The tweet said: “A techbro told me that biolo…

Today we have two posts, one by me where I try to understand #metaphor understanding, and one by Barbara Renzi and Giulio Napolitano on AI metaphors in Italian and English #AI, #linguistics, #AIMetaphorObservatory makingsciencepublic.com/2026/04/03/v... and makingsciencepublic.com/2026/04/03/a...

Map of Estonia overlaid with "tuks tuks".

The sound of "heart beating" in Estonian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Read the most cited research published in Signs and Society:
📚 https://cup.org/3Mc7wJh

#linguistics

Euphemisms For The Algorithms: How We Use Algospeak on Social Media in 2026 Or how we censor ourselves to avoid getting banned online

Social Media has definitely altered the way we express ourselves online. See how we've censored ourselves and how we've creatively adapted to various algorithmic rules. medium.com/language-lab...

#Linguistics #Langsky #Illustration #Writesky #Writingcommunity #Languages #algospeak

Map of Poland overlaid with "ała (stressed on the last syllable)".

The sound of "scream" in Polish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Map of Czech Republic overlaid with "bé bé [bɛːbɛː]".

The sound of "baby crying" in Czech!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

World’s oldest tortoise drinks coffee with milk and socks

#psycholinguistics #linguistics

An informational graphic for the journal Cadernos de Linguística, featuring a public review excerpt. Layout and Design The background is a solid cream color. At the top, a thin dark horizontal line separates a header that reads: "PUBLIC REVIEW | CADERNOS DE LINGUÍSTICA" in dark brown, all-caps text. In the bottom left corner, there is a minimalist logo consisting of five stylized radiating lines. Central Content The main text is housed within a large, vertically oriented rounded rectangle in a light lilac color. The text inside is dark brown and organized as follows: Heading: "PUBLIC REVIEW¹" in bold, all-caps. Reviewer Name: "MARIA DA CONCEIÇÃO GOMES DA SILVA DÉRIO" in bold, all-caps. Quote: A central paragraph states: "The study is relevant and brings the need for a better understanding of the functioning and meaning effects of this linguistic phenomenon in public documents that forge themselves as neutral." Footnote: At the bottom of the lilac box, a small footnote reads: "¹ Excerpt from the review of the article Discursive Modalizers in the Genre of Pedagogical Project of a Higher Education Course, by Silva (2025)."

A study of 6 Higher Education Pedagogical Projects shows that these "neutral" documents are built on strategic argumentation. Vanessa Santos da Silva identifies how modalizers like "must" or "capable" guide reader conclusions.
Read more: doi.org/10.25189/267...
#langsky #linguistics

Here's an overview of the sectors of CRAL. Stay tuned for individual posts on the sectors, where you will get to find out more about what they do!

#uoncral #language #languagelearning #languageuse #research #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon #linguistics

Chomsky: your brain has a mechanism to understand a new sentence that was never uttered before in human history

#linguistics

Go ahead and do your best impression of what this means in the comments. #versuswolves #supereyepatchwolf #woolievs #japan #language #linguistics #pancakes #mickeymouse

Map of Estonia overlaid with "atsihh".

The sound of "sneezing" in Estonian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Map of Poland overlaid with "dup".

The sound of "falling strike" in Polish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

oh no I just over-simplified prescriptive rules and tense/aspect to the point where I basically said 'anything you say is right'

which I suppose I am fine as a position with but I know the listeners of bbc bristol will have just heard me say 'don't worry there are no rules!'

#linguistics

Map of South Korea overlaid with "응애-응애 (eung'ae-eung'ae)".

The sound of "baby crying" in Korean!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Semantic Change in Adults Is Not Primarily a Generational Phenomenon > Using language model-based word sense induction methods, we identify different senses of each word, and then model the prevalence of each of these word senses as a function of time and speaker age. > We find that most words show a small but statistically significant effect of speaker age; across almost 140 y of Congress, older speakers typically take longer than younger speakers to follow changes in word usage, but nevertheless do so within a few years.

📰 Semantic Change in Adults Is Not Primarily a Generational Phenomenon (A ✨NEW✨, free, 10-page article)

Tags: #Linguistics #Aging #SocialIntelligence

Map of Albania overlaid with "shh".

The sound of "hushing" in Albanian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps