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By way of a #GoodFork...

#IF (and #IT's a #VeryBIG #IF) you also have a #PrideOrange #WarMachine AND a #TentInABox™️ AND also have a #TrailerTent™️, #IT's #Conceivable that you may also want to #Affix the #TentInABox™️ to the #FlatBed of your #PrideOrange #WarMachine...

#IF you want to #DoThat; #THEN... #DoThat... #IT's #Fine... #NoOneCares...

Are you #Ready for some #CampingOnArrakis...?

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#BTW: #IF (and #IT's a #VeryBIG #IF) you also have a #PrideOrange #WarMachine AND a #TentInABox™️ #IT's #Conceivable that you may also want to #Affix the #TentInABox™️ to the #FlatBed of your #PrideOrange #WarMachine...

You can #DoThat; there is #MoreThanEnough #StructuralRigidity in the #TentInABox™️ for that to #Happen - #IT's #ReallyWellMade... But...

And, #IT's a #BigButt... You'll #EndUP with a 3' #Overhang off the #Tailgate, which is #NotIdeal... For #AllSorts of #Reasons...

#TheLadder is #Great; #So, #Pop the #TentInABox™️ on #TheRoof and #StopBeingArseholes...

#YoureWelcome | #DontMentionIT...

#IT's a #CommunityThing with #Ambassadors and #Lanyards, and #FairyLights (#OhMy!)... #SortOf #LikeACult... But, with #GroovyMerch

Are you #Ready for some #CampingOnArrakis...?

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Getting ready to leave for #iclc16 in Düsseldorf, here a small teaser for my talk on Tuesday 14:45 on the #affix rivalry between -ity and -ness in #English:
Why to some adjectives take -ity (insular -> insularity), while others take -ness (red -> redness)? Many factors have been considered, I use #distributionalSemantics to explore the role of the adjective's meaning. Mapping the vectors on a two dimensional space with t-SNE, a dimensionality reduction technique, the resulting visualization shows that adjective meaning might indeed be a highly relevant factor. For example, even for adjectives with the same ending -ive, the bases of those taking -ity (e.g. narrativity) and those taking -ness (distinctiveness) fall into two clear clusters.
Looking forward to seeing some of you there :)
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Getting ready to leave for #iclc16 in Düsseldorf, here a small teaser for my talk on Tuesday 14:45 on the #affix rivalry between -ity and -ness in #English:
Why to some adjectives take -ity (insular -> insularity), while others take -ness (red -> redness)? Many factors have been considered, I use #distributionalSemantics to explore the role of the adjective's meaning. Mapping the vectors on a two dimensional space with t-SNE, a dimensionality reduction technique, the resulting visualization shows that adjective meaning might indeed be a highly relevant factor. For example, even for adjectives with the same ending -ive, the bases of those taking -ity (e.g. narrativity) and those taking -ness (distinctiveness) fall into two clear clusters.
Looking forward to seeing some of you there :)
#wordformation

Getting ready to leave for #iclc16 in Düsseldorf, here a small teaser for my talk on Tuesday 14:45 on the #affix rivalry between -ity and -ness in #English:
Why to some adjectives take -ity (insular -> insularity), while others take -ness (red -> redness)? Many factors have been considered, I use #distributionalSemantics to explore the role of the adjective's meaning. Mapping the vectors on a two dimensional space with t-SNE, a dimensionality reduction technique, the resulting visualization shows that adjective meaning might indeed be a highly relevant factor. For example, even for adjectives with the same ending -ive, the bases of those taking -ity (e.g. narrativity) and those taking -ness (distinctiveness) fall into two clear clusters.
Looking forward to seeing some of you there :)
#wordformation

Getting ready to leave for #iclc16 in Düsseldorf, here a small teaser for my talk on Tuesday 14:45 on the #affix rivalry between -ity and -ness in #English:
Why to some adjectives take -ity (insular -> insularity), while others take -ness (red -> redness)? Many factors have been considered, I use #distributionalSemantics to explore the role of the adjective's meaning. Mapping the vectors on a two dimensional space with t-SNE, a dimensionality reduction technique, the resulting visualization shows that adjective meaning might indeed be a highly relevant factor. For example, even for adjectives with the same ending -ive, the bases of those taking -ity (e.g. narrativity) and those taking -ness (distinctiveness) fall into two clear clusters.
Looking forward to seeing some of you there :)
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Also, as you can see, I am still interested in the #affix "-ness", and because the #BNC does not contain the plural form "oddnesses", here instead a rather nice example for its use from Ford's **Some do not ...**: "It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture."
#English #morphology #ness