Map of Cocos (Keeling) Islands overlaid with "ha ha".

The sound of "stuttering" in Malay!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

How many have you read? Care to play Gatekeep?
#Bible #Source #Code #Cult #Conspiracy #Mythology #Linguistics #Cryptography #Propaganda

How can the same word be #offensive as a #noun but not as an adjective? Why does part of speech make it pejorative? Turns out the answer lies in #linguistics and #psychology

#language

I want for all of us to release superficiality and material obsessions at a much younger age, so that we can be in our worth and our power, and invest in the world the elders know we need to build.
#education #linguistics #endangeredlanguages #spirituality #languagerevitalization

Explore the open access articles published in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics:
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#linguistics

I think I'd like to learn an #AfroAsiatic language. One with nonconcatentaive root-template morphology.
Probably #Hebrew. Because of my Jewish heritage.
#language #linguistics #nonconcatenativemorphology

Study of 1,700 languages reveals surprising hidden patterns A massive new analysis of over 1,700 languages shows that some long-debated “universal” grammar rules are actually real. By using cutting-edge evolutionary methods, researchers found that languages te...

Study of 1,700 languages reveals surprising hidden patterns.
Languages may seem wildly different, but new research shows they follow surprisingly consistent—and deeply human—rules.

#language | #languages | #linguistics | #science

Map of Kazakhstan overlaid with "іңгә-іңгә (in'ga-in'ga)".

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

Comprehensive Analysis Confirms Predictable Patterns in Global Language Evolution A large-scale study conducted by an international research team from the Max Planck Society and Saarland University has revealed that languages, despite their apparent diversity, evolve in predictable and structured ways. By examining over 1,700 languages and 191 proposed grammatical universals using Grambank—the world’s most extensive database of grammatical features—the researchers found that roughly one-third of these universals hold up under modern statistical scrutiny. The study employed Bayesian spatio-phylogenetic analyses, a rigorous method that accounts for both historical linguistic relationships and geographic factors, to uncover these consistent structural patterns. Lead researcher Annemarie Verkerk explained that the results demonstrate that language change is not random; rather, deep underlying cognitive and communicative pressures shape the way humans organize grammar across cultures. The findings provide strong evidence for recurring tendencies in features like word order and sentence hierarchy that appear repeatedly across unrelated languages worldwide. Senior author Russell D. Gray noted that instead of viewing the results pessimistically—as many proposed universals being invalid—the team chose to highlight the powerful confirmation that shared human cognition influences linguistic design. This research narrows the search for universal linguistic principles and strengthens the idea that human communication operates within a set of enduring, biologically and socially driven constraints.

Comprehensive Analysis Confirms Predictable Patterns in Global Language Evolution

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#linguistics #grammar #languageevolution

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After seeing a number of profiles sharing content on the etymology of unusual words, I’ve decided to have a dabble myself. This is from my research and all 100% true

This is a strictly limited run of 6 episodes.

#ActorsLife #comedyreels #etymology #linguistics #CunkOnBritain

Study of 1,700 languages reveals surprising hidden patterns A massive new analysis of over 1,700 languages shows that some long-debated “universal” grammar rules are actually real. By using cutting-edge evolutionary methods, researchers found that languages tend to evolve in predictable ways rather than randomly. Key patterns—like word order and grammatical structure—keep reappearing across the globe. The results suggest shared human thinking and communication pressures shape how all languages develop.

This would be interesting for conlanging
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/2604050...

#linguistics

I’m going to put this out there - I have some funds to run lab experiments involving prosody and segmental articulation. I’m happy to collaborate with people who want to do this work but don’t have much funding, especially given the federal funding catastrophe.

#linguistics

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AI Masterclass by Henrik Kniberg, Obie Fernandez, and Andriy Burkov is the featured track on Leanpub!

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#DigitalTransformation #Gpt #Ai #SoftwareArchitecture #RubyOnRails #Textbooks #DataScience #ComputerScience #NeuralNetworks #DeepLearning #Linguistics

The village in #India whose residents use #songs for #names.

#language #NameExplain #music #anthropology #languages #linguistics #HumansAreCool

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Map of Puerto Rico overlaid with "tjum".

The sound of "coughing" in Spanish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Just noting that "I feel like I have closer views with liberals than more conservatives at this point" seems to be an example of an Escher sentence #linguistics

Oh My My Number Card I my me mine, I my me mine You your you yours, You your you yours He his him his, He his him his She her her her, She her hers I my me mine, I my me mine They their them theirs, They their them the…

I wrote a tiny essay about my-mying my My Number Card
#JapanSky #Japan #LingSky #Linguistics

moderndaybartleby.wordpress.com/2026/04/04/o...

Map of Finland overlaid with "loiskis".

The sound of "wet strike" in Finnish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Can You Say That? The aim of this project is to investigate the (im)possibilities of sentence structure in English and Danish, and the differences between the two languages. By contributing, you help further our unders...

Hey if you need something to do over this long weekend, have a go at my PhD student Anna-Merete’s survey. It’s sentences to rate, you just need to have any English variety as your first language, and it’ll take you 10–15 minutes. #linguistics

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Map of Brunei Darussalam overlaid with "trushh".

The sound of "wet strike" in Malay!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Mastering Japanese "Keigo" is like learning a whole new language just for respect—it's a complex honorific system that shows how deeply politeness is woven into the culture. #RandomFact #JapaneseLanguage #Keigo #Culture #Linguistics

Map of Andorra overlaid with "glup".

The sound of "drinking" in Catalan!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

5yo: I love them… they are so shapey!

#parenting #linguistics #langsky

Map of Andorra overlaid with "bzzz".

The sound of "bee buzzing" in Catalan!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

west riding dialect word of the day: forrard /ˈfɒɾəd/

forward, in direction; bold, impudent.

from old english foreweard.

"moast predators hev forrard facin een."
"tha's beein to forrard to him."

#yorkshire #dialect #linguistics

Map of Bulgaria overlaid with "туп (toup)".

The sound of "dull strike" in Bulgarian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

A Google Play screen showing an App called Root Words byPraveen Yuva.

Hey #Educators #Teachers #etymology #dyslexia this Roots App is fantastic. #Reading #SWI #morphology #linguistics I've been very happy with it when tutoring kids & adults w/dyslexia.

Map of Indonesia overlaid with "krok krok".

The sound of "frog croaking" in Indonesian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Das Schild or der Schild? Wrong answers only. #linguistics

Title page with abstract

🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT🚨
"Artifacts, Analogy, and Metaphor: Towards an Interdisciplinary Framework for Studying the Evolution of Analogy" out now in Cognitive Science (w/ Svetlana Kuleshova, @elizabethqingzhang.bsky.social, L. De Weyer & E. Boëda) doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
#language #linguistics 🧵⬇️ 1/