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Finally out our paper about #reduplication in #MandarinChinese: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725101047

Have fun!

#Chinese #Syntax #Morphology #Linguistics #Language #Grammar #HPSG

Finally out our paper about #reduplication in #MandarinChinese: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725101047

Have fun!

#Chinese #Syntax #Morphology #Linguistics #Language #Grammar #HPSG

Finally out our paper about #reduplication in #MandarinChinese: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725101047

Have fun!

#Chinese #Syntax #Morphology #Linguistics #Language #Grammar #HPSG

Finally out our paper about #reduplication in #MandarinChinese: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725101047

Have fun!

#Chinese #Syntax #Morphology #Linguistics #Language #Grammar #HPSG

Another entry in our popular series of rather free #movieTitleTranslations:

#MandarinChinese 狂野时代 kuang2ye3 shi2dai 'violent and tough times'
#English Resurrection

In this particular case, it could perhaps also be seen as an integral part of the movie title as it also figures in the Chinese release poster, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(2025_film)

Another entry in our popular series of rather free #movieTitleTranslations:

#MandarinChinese 狂野时代 kuang2ye3 shi2dai 'violent and tough times'
#English Resurrection

In this particular case, it could perhaps also be seen as an integral part of the movie title as it also figures in the Chinese release poster, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(2025_film)

Paper by Yanru Lu and me about #reduplication in #MandarinChinese is now (pre-)published:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725101047

#Linguistics #HPSG #Grammar #Morphology #fun #OpenAccess

Paper by Yanru Lu and me about #reduplication in #MandarinChinese is now (pre-)published:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725101047

#Linguistics #HPSG #Grammar #Morphology #fun #OpenAccess

Paper by Yanru Lu and me about #reduplication in #MandarinChinese is now (pre-)published:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725101047

#Linguistics #HPSG #Grammar #Morphology #fun #OpenAccess

Paper by Yanru Lu and me about #reduplication in #MandarinChinese is now (pre-)published:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226725101047

#Linguistics #HPSG #Grammar #Morphology #fun #OpenAccess

#compoundWatch: useful #MandarinChinese compound:
病友 bing4you3 illness + friend: 'friend made while being in a hospital', and also just 'wardmate'

#compoundWatch: useful #MandarinChinese compound:
病友 bing4you3 illness + friend: 'friend made while being in a hospital', and also just 'wardmate'

#compoundWatch: useful #MandarinChinese compound:
病友 bing4you3 illness + friend: 'friend made while being in a hospital', and also just 'wardmate'

Interesting: #English #inflectionalMorphology on a #MandarinChinese verb (or better Verb-Object construction), even if in meme context: 搬砖 ban1zhuan1 carry + brick 'do hard physical labor' + ing
Probably the fact that Mandarin Chinese also has progressive markers that follow the verb make this easier (?)
#borrowing #loanMorphology

Interesting: #English #inflectionalMorphology on a #MandarinChinese verb (or better Verb-Object construction), even if in meme context: 搬砖 ban1zhuan1 carry + brick 'do hard physical labor' + ing
Probably the fact that Mandarin Chinese also has progressive markers that follow the verb make this easier (?)
#borrowing #loanMorphology

Interesting: #English #inflectionalMorphology on a #MandarinChinese verb (or better Verb-Object construction), even if in meme context: 搬砖 ban1zhuan1 carry + brick 'do hard physical labor' + ing
Probably the fact that Mandarin Chinese also has progressive markers that follow the verb make this easier (?)
#borrowing #loanMorphology

@SusanneOpitz I am a linguist mostly interested in semantics, morphology, and the semantics/syntax interface. I nowadays mostly work on #English, other languages I have worked on include #German and #MandarinChinese. Methods range from corpus linguistics/distributional semantics to psycholinguistic experiments.

@SusanneOpitz I am a linguist mostly interested in semantics, morphology, and the semantics/syntax interface. I nowadays mostly work on #English, other languages I have worked on include #German and #MandarinChinese. Methods range from corpus linguistics/distributional semantics to psycholinguistic experiments.

Interesting language fact of the day: #English "kowtow" /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/ could, orthography-wise, be pronounced very closely to the current #MandarinChinese pronunciation of its origin word, 叩头 kou4tou4 [kʰoutʰou] (disregarding tone). Compare English "tow" v. 'to draw' with the US pronunciation /toʊ/.
#loanwords #orthography #

Interesting language fact of the day: #English "kowtow" /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/ could, orthography-wise, be pronounced very closely to the current #MandarinChinese pronunciation of its origin word, 叩头 kou4tou4 [kʰoutʰou] (disregarding tone). Compare English "tow" v. 'to draw' with the US pronunciation /toʊ/.
#loanwords #orthography #

Saw Jia Zhangke's "Caught by the tides" yesterday (thanks https://www.cineding-leipzig.de/). In Mandarin Chinese it is called 风流一代 feng1liu2 yi1dai4 'dissolute/loose generation', in my view a slightly better fit. Mostly because even the metaphorical usage of 'tide' irritates me given that the main role of water in the movie is played by the Yangtze which in the movie (and perhaps in general) is quite uninfluenced by tides.

Anyways, a great, slow movie :)

#TitlesInTranslation #English #MandarinChinese

Saw Jia Zhangke's "Caught by the tides" yesterday (thanks https://www.cineding-leipzig.de/). In Mandarin Chinese it is called 风流一代 feng1liu2 yi1dai4 'dissolute/loose generation', in my view a slightly better fit. Mostly because even the metaphorical usage of 'tide' irritates me given that the main role of water in the movie is played by the Yangtze which in the movie (and perhaps in general) is quite uninfluenced by tides.

Anyways, a great, slow movie :)

#TitlesInTranslation #English #MandarinChinese

Week 26, 2025: Top album languages found on @wikidata right now.

Mandarin overtakes German and Turkish to become the World's 15th Most Musical Language. 🥳🇹🇼🇨🇳🎉

For the complete list, see https://w.wiki/6TNS

📊 #Wikidata 🎶🎵 #ExMusica @querywikidata

#MandarinChinese #官话

Week 26, 2025: Top album languages found on @wikidata right now.

Mandarin overtakes German and Turkish to become the World's 15th Most Musical Language. 🥳🇹🇼🇨🇳🎉

For the complete list, see https://w.wiki/6TNS

📊 #Wikidata 🎶🎵 #ExMusica @querywikidata

#MandarinChinese #官话

Week 26, 2025: Top album languages found on @wikidata right now.

Mandarin overtakes German and Turkish to become the World's 15th Most Musical Language. 🥳🇹🇼🇨🇳🎉

For the complete list, see https://w.wiki/6TNS

📊 #Wikidata 🎶🎵 #ExMusica @querywikidata

#MandarinChinese #官话

Week 26, 2025: Top album languages found on @wikidata right now.

Mandarin overtakes German and Turkish to become the World's 15th Most Musical Language. 🥳🇹🇼🇨🇳🎉

For the complete list, see https://w.wiki/6TNS

📊 #Wikidata 🎶🎵 #ExMusica @querywikidata

#MandarinChinese #官话

Watching videos of Americans trying to pronounce Chinese words is confusing. On the one hand, it's nice to see them getting away from controlled media in the US. On the other, they have no idea how to pronounce xiaohongshu and haven't bothered to look it up.

Just for future reference the "x" in pinyin is similar to the "sh" sound, but English doesn't have it. Using an "sh" sound is a better approximation of the sound in Mandarin, rather than the random assortment of sounds that I keep hearing.

[ #XHS #tikTok #xiaoHongShu #pronunciation #mandarinChinese #Chinese ]

Watching videos of Americans trying to pronounce Chinese words is confusing. On the one hand, it's nice to see them getting away from controlled media in the US. On the other, they have no idea how to pronounce xiaohongshu and haven't bothered to look it up.

Just for future reference the "x" in pinyin is similar to the "sh" sound, but English doesn't have it. Using an "sh" sound is a better approximation of the sound in Mandarin, rather than the random assortment of sounds that I keep hearing.

[ #XHS #tikTok #xiaoHongShu #pronunciation #mandarinChinese #Chinese ]

Week 51, 2024: Top album languages found on @wikidata right now.

Some action at the bottom of the chart, Mandarin overtakes Cantonese for the last spot.

For the complete list, see https://w.wiki/6TNS

📊 #Wikidata 🎶🎵 #ExMusica @querywikidata

#官话 #官話 #Guānhuà #MandarinChinese

Week 51, 2024: Top album languages found on @wikidata right now.

Some action at the bottom of the chart, Mandarin overtakes Cantonese for the last spot.

For the complete list, see https://w.wiki/6TNS

📊 #Wikidata 🎶🎵 #ExMusica @querywikidata

#官话 #官話 #Guānhuà #MandarinChinese

Week 51, 2024: Top album languages found on @wikidata right now.

Some action at the bottom of the chart, Mandarin overtakes Cantonese for the last spot.

For the complete list, see https://w.wiki/6TNS

📊 #Wikidata 🎶🎵 #ExMusica @querywikidata

#官话 #官話 #Guānhuà #MandarinChinese

Week 51, 2024: Top album languages found on @wikidata right now.

Some action at the bottom of the chart, Mandarin overtakes Cantonese for the last spot.

For the complete list, see https://w.wiki/6TNS

📊 #Wikidata 🎶🎵 #ExMusica @querywikidata

#官话 #官話 #Guānhuà #MandarinChinese

Pronouncing “r” in Mandarin Chinese (can a native speaker confirm?)

You place your tongue on the roof of your mouth. It points almost upwards and is situated on the hard flat part of the roof.
* r at start of syllable: like pleaSure (a voiced “sh”) – e.g. 人 rén

In contrast, at the end of a syllable, “r” is pronounced exactly(?) as in English:
* r at end of syllable: like faiR – e.g. 二 èr

UPDATE: It looks like I’m right: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/1fgpgy8/how_to_pronounce_r_at_the_end_of_a_syllable_%E4%BA%8C%E5%84%BF/

#Mandarin #Chinese #MandarinChinese

Pronouncing “r” in Mandarin Chinese (can a native speaker confirm?)

You place your tongue on the roof of your mouth. It points almost upwards and is situated on the hard flat part of the roof.
* r at start of syllable: like pleaSure (a voiced “sh”) – e.g. 人 rén

In contrast, at the end of a syllable, “r” is pronounced exactly(?) as in English:
* r at end of syllable: like faiR – e.g. 二 èr

UPDATE: It looks like I’m right: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/1fgpgy8/how_to_pronounce_r_at_the_end_of_a_syllable_%E4%BA%8C%E5%84%BF/

#Mandarin #Chinese #MandarinChinese

Pronouncing “r” in Mandarin Chinese (can a native speaker confirm?)

You place your tongue on the roof of your mouth. It points almost upwards and is situated on the hard flat part of the roof.
* r at start of syllable: like pleaSure (a voiced “sh”) – e.g. 人 rén

In contrast, at the end of a syllable, “r” is pronounced exactly(?) as in English:
* r at end of syllable: like faiR – e.g. 二 èr

UPDATE: It looks like I’m right: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/1fgpgy8/how_to_pronounce_r_at_the_end_of_a_syllable_%E4%BA%8C%E5%84%BF/

#Mandarin #Chinese #MandarinChinese

Pronouncing “r” in Mandarin Chinese (can a native speaker confirm?)

You place your tongue on the roof of your mouth. It points almost upwards and is situated on the hard flat part of the roof.
* r at start of syllable: like pleaSure (a voiced “sh”) – e.g. 人 rén

In contrast, at the end of a syllable, “r” is pronounced exactly(?) as in English:
* r at end of syllable: like faiR – e.g. 二 èr

UPDATE: It looks like I’m right: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/1fgpgy8/how_to_pronounce_r_at_the_end_of_a_syllable_%E4%BA%8C%E5%84%BF/

#Mandarin #Chinese #MandarinChinese

My system for learning Mandarin Chinese
http://www.langtales.de/2024/09/chinese-learning-tips.html

#Chinese #MandarinChinese #Mandarin #LanguageLearning

My system for learning Mandarin Chinese
http://www.langtales.de/2024/09/chinese-learning-tips.html

#Chinese #MandarinChinese #Mandarin #LanguageLearning

My system for learning Mandarin Chinese
http://www.langtales.de/2024/09/chinese-learning-tips.html

#Chinese #MandarinChinese #Mandarin #LanguageLearning

My system for learning Mandarin Chinese
http://www.langtales.de/2024/09/chinese-learning-tips.html

#Chinese #MandarinChinese #Mandarin #LanguageLearning

Scan of a somewhat unsuccessful overhead projector slide of mine used in an intro to #English #linguistics class (in 2008) to illustrate the pitfalls of the comparative method. Results: some students refering to the relatedness of #MandarinChinese and #English in the final exam

Scan of a somewhat unsuccessful overhead projector slide of mine used in an intro to #English #linguistics class (in 2008) to illustrate the pitfalls of the comparative method. Results: some students refering to the relatedness of #MandarinChinese and #English in the final exam

This is just my opinion, and I have to qualify that I’m a natively bilingual English-Mandarin speaker from Singapore, whose linguistic intuitions may not align with those of a monolingual speaker in, say, Beijing, but “x” in Mandarin sounds to me like “sh” in English only if you are absolutely desperate to make any kind of comparison at all. Like calling smörrebröd ”Swedish Pizza”. #linguistics #mandarinchinese #Xitter (apparently?)

This is just my opinion, and I have to qualify that I’m a natively bilingual English-Mandarin speaker from Singapore, whose linguistic intuitions may not align with those of a monolingual speaker in, say, Beijing, but “x” in Mandarin sounds to me like “sh” in English only if you are absolutely desperate to make any kind of comparison at all. Like calling smörrebröd ”Swedish Pizza”. #linguistics #mandarinchinese #Xitter (apparently?)

Duolingo in Chinese is "多邻国”

多 duo = more
邻 lin = neighbour
国 guo = country

#languagelearners #langtoot #MandarinChinese

Duolingo in Chinese is "多邻国”

多 duo = more
邻 lin = neighbour
国 guo = country

#languagelearners #langtoot #MandarinChinese

I am having a little break from doomscrolling about covid all day, so I have started doing #Chinese revision on Duolingo. It has been about four years since I studied it. I still remember most of the words and grammar but I had forgotten so many of even the most basic of characters. I was previously studying for HSK4 (but never did the test). #languagelearning #mandarinchinese

Hello, this is my #introduction. I have been so focused on avoiding covid for the past few years that it is hard to remember what else I used to be interested in.

Adding a few hashtags as I think of things.

#languagelearning #langtoot
#chinese #mandarin #mandarinchinese

I have been learning Chinese on and off since 2011 when I moved to China for two years. I have also studied a bit of French and Farsi (Persian).

A great 3 hour introductory course to #MandarinChinese #Mandarin #Chinese #LearnChinese
Learn Chinese for Beginners: 30 Basic Chinese Lessons in 3 Hours | SUPER EASY Chinese Course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQOUSJOVHp8

How Chinese Tones Work in Chinese Songs #Chinese #LearnChinese #MandarinChinese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbfqPVjzX7E

Here are 3 ways to say 'astronaut' in Mandarin Chinese.
宇航员 [Yǔháng yuán]
太空人 [Tàikōng rén]
航天员 [Hángtiān yuán]
#Mandarin #MandarinChinese #Chinese #ChineseVocab

A Walk in a Chinese Wet Market - w/ English Subtitles - Intermediate Chinese - Chinese Conversation #Chinese #Mandarin #MandarinChinese #IntermediateChinese #LearnChinese
https://youtu.be/ZoYg34o8rqI

I just edited the following article adding some more baby animals words in Chinese. #Chinese #Mandarin #MandarinChinese
Ways In Which Chinese Is Easier Than English
https://mandarinportal.com/ways-in-which-chinese-is-easier-than-english/

Happy Chinese New Year = 新年快乐 【xin1 nian2 kuai4 le] #chinesevocab #chinese #learnchinese #mandarinchinese

I recently translated several photos of places in Taiwan for someone. I did it to be helpful but also because doing the translations really piqued my interest. I think that one of the best ways to get better in #Chinese is to read, watch, or study things that you are genuinely interested in. And why not try to translate something simple that you are really interested in? #mandarin #learnchinese #mandarinchinese

A useful video from a Korean girl who claims to have studied #Mandarin for only 6 months, yet is excellent in the #language. This video gives interesting tips for learning #MandarinChinese better.
How I Learned Chinese for 6 Months | Five Hacks for Mandarin
https://bit.ly/2Mxq3xr

I just found great YouTube channel for learning Mandarin "the hard way". That is to say, with no spoken English. It is similar to how Rosetta Stone software teaches language; basically teaching you as if you are a baby using only that language #mandarin #languages #chinese #mandarinchinese #mandarinimmersion
https://bit.ly/2zNbhiY

I believe one of the best and fastest ways to learn Mandarin Chinese or any language is to constantly immerse yourself in it. Moving to a Mandarin Chinese speaking country alone won't make you fluent in the language. In order to become fluent in Mandarin and truly master the language, you have to actively work at it and be genuinely interested in it. #languages #chinese #mandarinchinese