#lingusitics — Public Fediverse posts

Sahan Journal: ‘Language carries many things’: How Minnesotans are preserving six rare languages . “Every four years, the U.S. Census Bureau releases state-specific language data, which highlights languages spoken at home. Last year, Sahan Journal reported on how this linguistic diversity reflects a changing state. But beyond numbers, the data also reflect Minnesotans’ efforts to preserve […]

Sahan Journal: ‘Language carries many things’: How Minnesotans are preserving six rare languages . “Every four years, the U.S. Census Bureau releases state-specific language data, which highlights languages spoken at home. Last year, Sahan Journal reported on how this linguistic diversity reflects a changing state. But beyond numbers, the data also reflect Minnesotans’ efforts to preserve […]

Sahan Journal: ‘Language carries many things’: How Minnesotans are preserving six rare languages . “Every four years, the U.S. Census Bureau releases state-specific language data, which highlights languages spoken at home. Last year, Sahan Journal reported on how this linguistic diversity reflects a changing state. But beyond numbers, the data also reflect Minnesotans’ efforts to preserve […]

Sahan Journal: ‘Language carries many things’: How Minnesotans are preserving six rare languages . “Every four years, the U.S. Census Bureau releases state-specific language data, which highlights languages spoken at home. Last year, Sahan Journal reported on how this linguistic diversity reflects a changing state. But beyond numbers, the data also reflect Minnesotans’ efforts to preserve […]

Sahan Journal: ‘Language carries many things’: How Minnesotans are preserving six rare languages . “Every four years, the U.S. Census Bureau releases state-specific language data, which highlights languages spoken at home. Last year, Sahan Journal reported on how this linguistic diversity reflects a changing state. But beyond numbers, the data also reflect Minnesotans’ efforts to preserve […]

I MEAN IS MY SOFTWARE TRYING TO TROLL ME? #linguistics #lingusitics

Second guessing myself bc Powerpoint is red-underlining the word "Linguistics" I mean thanks for digging into our known insecurities I guess? #lingusitics #linguistics #academicChatter

@SusanneOpitz @linguistics I would include #lingusitics since it's not like any of us can type our discipline

Dene (Athabascan) languages, a variety of angles. Lots of admin work these days though, so there's a lot of complaining about university structures as well

University of Exeter: University to work with global partners on unique translation project. “At 6,000 pages in length, the Spanish-language General Estoria (GE) is the largest universal history ever written in Europe, and attempts to summarise the entire history of humankind. Now, a partnership led by the University of British Columbia, Okanagan (UBCO), and supported by Exeter’s Department […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/university-to-work-with-global-partners-on-unique-translation-project-university-of-exeter/

More untypable words:
-coive
-subhect

#academicchatter #linguistics #lingusitics #untypableWords

#CfP Listening to the Past: Digital Approaches to the History of Sound and Language

📌 Workshop | for scholars with interest in #History, #Lingusitics and #DigitalHumanities
📅 March 19-20, 2026 | GHI in #Washington

Deadline: May 28, 2025

🔗 https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/aktuelles/calls/einzelansicht-calls/detail/News/call-for-papers-listening-to-the-past-digital-approaches-to-the-history-of-sound-and-language-dhi-wa.html

The multivalence of interjections - https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68886 "Interjections may be exclamatory, quizzical, condemnatory, laudatory, and so forth and so on. They may convey pain, delight, dismay; approbation, disapproval." #aha #lingusitics

List of untypeable words:
-lingusitics
-vowerl
-tenuer
and NEW NEW NEW
-intensitification
And by popular request
-langauge
And let us not forget
- cirriculum

#academia #linguistics #lingusitics
(periodic updates as I extend this list)

CSUN: VR Can Help Multilingual Students Retain More Information. “Assistant professor Ai-Chu Elisha Ding and doctoral student Eunkyoung Elaine Cha, both from the university’s Workforce Education and Instructional Technology school, found that using virtual reality as part of a middle-school science unit helped students retain more information. They tested both ‘immersive VR’ and desktop […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/26/csun-vr-can-help-multilingual-students-retain-more-information/

National Library of Finland: Cataloguing project of rare Yiddish literature launched. “Starting in January, the cataloguing project will boost the visibility of rare Yiddish-language material. The project will also enable the digitisation of the material, making it available for broader research use. The Yiddish-language collection of 1,500 volumes, which will be catalogued in the project, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/11/national-library-of-finland-cataloguing-project-of-rare-yiddish-literature-launched/

So when did we lose "might" as the past tense of "may"?

> If it hadn't rained, they might never have met.

> If it hadn't rained, they may never have met.

Only the first construction sounds correct to my ear, but I rarely read anything but the second these days. Is this a #BritishEnglish vs. #AmericanEnglish distinction? Is it just the language marching on and leaving me behind?

#English #grammar #language #lingusitics #usage

Linguist discusses the most beautiful sounding baby names, apparently....

"When it comes to the boys names, presenter Sarah McInerney becomes sceptical of the study, pointing out that Zayn is likely the post popular name for boys because of a certain pop star rather than how beautiful it sounds."

Suitably sceptical I'd say!

#aesthetics #lingusitics #zayn

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2022/1106/1333536-linguist-des-ryan-on-the-most-beautiful-sounding-baby-names/