Latest posts tagged with #LINGUISTICS on Bluesky
IPRA 2027 is inviting you to Helsinki, Finland, in the summer 2027!
Call for papers is open!
Deadline fo panel proposals: June 5th 2026
Deadline for presentation and poster proposals: October 15th
#IPRA2027
#linguistics
#pragmatics
Map of Poland overlaid with "plask".
The sound of "wet strike" in Polish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
I remark there are SERIOUS works on the topic of Donald Trump's language which is QUANTIFIABLE as a subset of modern american english
Don't know if I have the time, but really, I will try to consult SERIOUS #linguistics works and related papers, on the subject: www.bloomsbury.com/us/linguisti...
Map of Peru overlaid with "jaja".
The sound of "laughter" in Spanish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
It would be great to have some #linguistics representation in these survey results! Attn @lingcomm.org
Map of Finland overlaid with "haha".
The sound of "laughter" in Finnish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
Map of Benin overlaid with "miam".
The sound of "biting" in French!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
#dodecadentgreatagainenglish #linguistics #humor
Forward retroactive greatness
YESTERDAY IT WAS GREAT WHAT WE DO
TODAY WE KNEW IT WOULD BE BAD
WHICH PROVES IT WAS GREAT YESTERDAY
ONLY WEAK DO NOT SEE
SAD
BEST-IN-HISTORY CONSISTENCY BUT CORRUPT FAKENEWS NEVERTRUMPERS NEVER SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT ME
#pun and #wordplay are related but NOT the same thing. This is part 1 of my deep dive into the #linguistics of #humour
They say "if you can't be funny at least be interesting" and hopefully I accomplish at least one of those things.
#language #humor
Dodecadent Great Again English
Language dialect spoken by/to the #Maga people #dodecadentgreatagainenglish #linguistics
The 12 uppercase primitives are believed to include
- GREAT
- BAD
- SAD
- FAKE
- WEAK
- ENEMY
- DISASTER
- VICTORY
- CORRUPT
- BEAUTIFUL
- DISGRACE
- BEST-IN-HISTORY (polysynth)
Map of Hungary overlaid with "böff".
The sound of "belching" in Hungarian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
Old-fashioned black and green text on a white background reads: Back in 2024, when I was training to volunteer with hospice patients, the coordinator kept referring to “Chux pads” left and right. I wasn’t sure what I was hearing. Chucks? Chuck’s? Was it some sort of specialized medical term? The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
Chux pads: brand genericization or anthimeria? Rejoice, linguistics nerds! And hospice nerds, I suppose. We'll discuss this and more in tomorrow's edition of The Columbarium. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
#deathpositive #newsletter #hospice #linguistics #etymology
🧵 5/5
What makes this particularly striking is how such language travels. Terms that originated in fringe online spaces are beginning to appear beyond them showing how linguistic innovation can move faster than the ideas it carries.
#langsky #linguistics #manosphere #looksmaxxing #digitaldiscourse
🧵 4/5
Physical attractiveness becomes a measurable hierarchy, women are objectified through technicalised labels, & relationships are discussed using gamified, optimisation language. In other words, ideology is embedded in lexicon.
#langsky #linguistics #manosphere #looksmaxxing #digitaldiscourse
🧵 3/5
This isn’t random internet silliness.
The vocabulary creates an in-group boundary allowing participants to recognise one another & build community identity. At the same time, the terminology reframes values.
#langsky #linguistics #manosphere #digitaldiscourse
🧵 2/5
Clavicular & his followers communicate through a dense insider slang:
• “mog” (to be more attractive than someone).
• “frame-mogged” (having a superior physique).
• “slaymaxxing” (sexual success).
#langsky #linguistics #manosphere #looksmaxxing #digitaldiscourse
🧵 1/5
His notoriety stems partly from controversy & shock-value behaviour, but the most revealing aspect is actually the vernacular surrounding him.
#langsky #linguistics #manosphere #looksmaxxing #digitaldiscourse
ottawa-valley wotd
peihol /pejhɔl/
• dialectal form of 'pie+hole'
Noun
- mouth. mostly informal /conveying unserious attitude to the discussion. affectionate unlike general 'piehole', the derogatory term being 'beak'
> stick att i' yer peihol!
#ottawavalley #dialect #language #canada #linguistics
Map of Denmark overlaid with "øh".
The sound of "pausing or thinking" in Danish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
Pseudoglyphs Review
#conlang #conscript #neography #constructedlanguage #language #linguistics #orthography #writingsystems #hangul #korean #mayan #hanzi #chinese #egyptian #hieroglyphs
(2/2) Anyone else obsessed with how fast internet dialects evolve? #AI #linguistics
Written since the 1980s for Interlisp-D, LFG Grammar Writer's Workbench is a graphical platform for linguistic research within the Lexical Functional Grammars theoretical framework.
www.researchgate.net/profile/John...
#interlisp #lisp #linguistics #retrocomputing
Map of Finland overlaid with "loiskis".
The sound of "wet strike" in Finnish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
What are interjections for "whoops" in other cultures?
#linguistics #sociology
(2/2) Does anyone else feel like our current architectures are still way too Eurocentric in how they 'see' meaning? #AI #linguistics
TEST BANK For A Concise Introduction To Linguistics 6th Edition By Bruce M Rowe Diane P Levine
#testbank #testbankforConciseIntroductionToLinguistics #Linguistics #6thedition #hackedexams
www.hackedexams.com/item/115968/...
Map of Armenia overlaid with "քա քա (ka ka)".
The sound of "laughter" in Armenian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
#ConlangApril hosted by @miwwdu-sitsom.bsky.social 1. Introduce your conlang. Who speaks it? 2. Purpose. Everyday? Lingua franca? Ceremonial? Magical? 3. Dialects and language family 4. Sources of inspiration? A priori or a posteriori? 5. Phonemic inventory. The sounds or gestures of your conlang. 6. Orthography. Script or transcription. 7. Weekly prompt: fog 8. Phonotactics 9. Allophonic variation and sandhi 10. Morphology. Analytic or synthetic? 11. Alignment. Nominative-accusative? Ergative-absolutive? 12. Tenses and aspects. How does your language conceive of time? 13. Word order 14. Weekly prompt: horn 15. Prosody 16. Questions, negations, orders 17. Dependent clauses 18. Formality and registers 19. Language evolution. Sound/gesture changes and semantic drift. 20. Common expressions 21. Weekly prompt: play 22. Borrowings from other languages 23. Words formed by mimicry (e.g. onomatopoeias) 24. Cultural influence/references 25. Taboos 26. Important texts or oral traditions 27. Individual speakers' idiolects 28. Weekly prompt: cut 29. Challenge: The North Wind and the Sun (translate as much as you can) – or free day! 30. Reflection
Hey fellow #writers and #conlangers! I hosted #ConlangNovember last year, and it's coming back, but as #ConlangApril! The prompt list, below, is mostly the same, but I made a few edits and changed the weekly prompts.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingQs #Conlangs #Linguistics
Map of China overlaid with "嗯 (èn)".
The sound of "pausing or thinking" in Chinese!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
west riding dialect word of the day: loin /lɔɪn/.
a lane.
from old english lanu. cognate with standard english lane
"when's t' caancil gunno fix all t' hoils i t' loin?"
#yorkshire #dialect #linguistics
