If you pronounce "dour" to rhyme with "sour", instead of like "doer", or "quai" like "kay" instead of "key", well, I don't know what to say.
#languageChange #wordsOnlyRead
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I feel like the character #Rizzo in the opening of The #Muppets #Christmas Carol has a name that takes on a different meaning these days.
#rizz #film #films #linguistics #languagechange #semantics
https://youtu.be/Y3n_T3SiMyM?si=rPewWpKFxzocK4gQ
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New research shows how Chinese words change when they enter Mongol-ic languages, picking up new sounds and endings to fit the local grammar. A great example of languages shaping each other. scitube.io/how-chinese-... #Linguistics #LanguageChange
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#EACL2026 #LChange #LanguageChange #LanguageVariation #ComputationalLinguistics #SemanticChange #DigitalHumanities #NLP #HistoricalLinguistics
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Study Finds Older Adults Quickly Adopt New Word Meanings
Analysis of 7.9 million U.S. Congressional speeches (1873‑2010) finds older speakers adopt new word meanings about two to three years after younger colleagues. Read more: getnews.me/study-finds-older-adults... #languagechange #olderadults #semanticshift
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OED case study about semantic change research, with an image of a chameleon to illustrate
🌐 Words evolve — but how?
Professor Chris Smith (Université Caen Normandie) explores the fascinating world of semantic change and how meanings shift over time.
🔗 Dive in: oxford.ly/4nVZpxB
#Linguistics #LanguageChange
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Ever wondered who really fuels language change? 🔗 www.mpi.nl/news/young-c... with @metafrasis.bsky.social @vickyloras.bsky.social @ceciletamura.bsky.social #LanguageChange #Linguistics #MaxPlanck #LanguageEvolution #SocialChange #AdolescentsSpeak #LanguageInnovation
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So, who else is going to #UKLVC15 this week?? 🥳
wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/
#linguistics #variation #languagechange #language #change #sociolinguistics #LVC #conference #academia #follow
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He has now written a great post on language models and language change!! #LLM #linguistics #languagechange
seantrott.substack.com/p/language-m...
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WhatsApp's new AI feature for grammar fixes and tone changes can be useful, sure. But do you trust its creators enough to let it on the conversation? I guess they're already there anyway...
#AIwriting #LanguageChange
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I keep hearing tech people in podcasts consistently using "phenomena" as the singular. ngram (below) shows it's marginal. any idea how that happened?
#langsky #etymology #languagechange
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We had an incredible Forum Lecture last Sunday with Joan Bybee (University of New Mexico)! ✨
She gave a fascinating talk on Usage-Based Theory and Language Change.
Thanks to everyone who joined talk
#LSA2025 #Linguistics #ForumLecture #JoanBybee #LanguageChange #UsageBased
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Archaeoethnologica: Approches to Celtic Linguistics - Book / Abordagens da Linguística Céltica - Livro
+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/07/abor...
#Linguistics #celticstudies #celticlinguistics #philology #celticlanguages #languagechange #palaeolinguistics #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Approches to Celtic Linguistics - Book / Abordagens da Linguística Céltica - Livro
+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/07/abor...
#Linguistics #celticstudies #celticlinguistics #philology #celticlanguages #languagechange #palaeolinguistics #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Approches to Celtic Linguistics - Book / Abordagens da Linguística Céltica - Livro
+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/07/abor...
#Linguistics #celticstudies #celticlinguistics #philology #celticlanguages #languagechange #palaeolinguistics #books #openaccess
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Join the July 13th Forum Lecture by Joan Bybee!
"Usage-Based Theory and Language Change"
#LSA #LSA2025 #SummerInstitute #ForumLecture #JoanBybee #Usagebased #languagechange #linguistics
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Examples: “Kleenex” for tissues, “Band-Aid” for adhesive bandages, “Thermos” for insulated flasks. Some companies actively fight genericide to protect trademarks; language habits often win. #LanguageChange #Etymology
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Looking forward to the second priming session at #ISB15 starting now with a talk on the fascinating connection between #CLI and #priming as potential #psycholinguistic mechanisms of contact-induced #languagechange.
@isbilingualism.bsky.social
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research I propose a “Min-Max” theory of language behavior that can account for a variety of linguistic patterns crosslinguistically. #languagechange #processing #efficiency #evolution #historical #linguistics #nlp 5/6
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Words change over time—now there's a smarter way to track it. Associate Professor Nina Tahmasebi uses AI to detect shifts in meaning at scale. Listen here: www.scipod.global/associate-pr... #LanguageChange #AI
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#LSA #LSA2025 #Linguistics #Bayesian #BayesianInference #LanguageEvolution #ProbabilisticModels #QuantitativeMethods #Statistics #R #LanguageChange #Typology #LanguagePhylogenies
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Remember when HR was just “the folks with the pay slips”? Dive into a Swedish blogger’s funny & thoughtful take on the evolution of HR.
www.tjamedia.se/2025/04/17/h...
#tjamedia #HRtalk #workculture #languagechange
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A panel from a Captain America story in Tales of Suspense where Red Skull is swimming under water and someone is saying that "he dived right down."
Spotted in a #CaptainAmerica story in #TalesofSuspense c1966: "he dived" rather than "he dove" to describe the actions of #RedSkull. As far as their use in literature, the latter only became more common in the 1980s ( […]
[Original post on h4.io]
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Excellent song by #WillHaven, Finest Our, but the title's play on words only works for those who pronounce "our" as [aʊəɹ] rather than [aɹ]. I use the latter even in stressed positions, which my students tell me is weird now, but this album was recorded over 20 years ago, at which time I assume […]
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Once a legendary hunter in the Bible, nimrod became an insult thanks to Bugs Bunny roasting Elmer Fudd. Language is wild. #Nimrod #WordOrigins #LooneyTunes #Linguistics #LanguageChange #Etymology
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A panel from Haunt of Fear where a southern character repeatedly says "cain't".
Spotted a (exaggerated?) representation of the #Southernvowelshift in a #HauntofFear issue c1950s: "can't" as [keɪnt] rather than [kænt].
#comics #horror #linguistics #sociolinguistics #languagechange #phonetics #phonology #dialectology
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#LSA #LSA2025 #Linguistics #FirstLanguageAcquisition #LanguageContact #Perception #Production #Productivity #ComputationalModeling #Phonetics #Phonology #Typology #LanguageChange #TheoreticalFrameworks #BiPhon #Praat
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