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New Study Reveals Language Evolves in Predictable, Weather-Like Patterns, Researchers Say

Language is ever evolving—from ancient dialects to modern slang, the words and accents people use are…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #AU #Australia #culturallinguistics #dialects #JamesBurridge #language“weathermap” #languagechange #languageevolution #languagemapping #linguisticpatterns #regionalaccents #sociolinguistics #Statisticalphysics #UniversityofPortsmouth #wordspread
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/660727/

@serpicojam Most of the arguments for "y'all" that I've seen over the past ten years are based on the perception that "you guys" is sexist. Weird that nobody in the article mentions that.

My dad was from Texas, and he maintained some of his accent, but I don't remember him ever saying "y'all." I think that's why I associate the word with the other aspects of Texas he rejected: racism, sexism, homophobia, religious bigotry, and general intolerance.

#yall #linguistics #sociolinguistics

"Said contends that words are not merely passive figures but vital agents in historical and political change"
#Humanism

#ExplanatoryCritique

#CriticalRealism

#Emancipation

#AcWri

#AppliedLinguistics

#SocioLinguistics

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/humanism-and-democratic-criticism/9780231122641

https://archive.org/details/history-of-nko

The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons by Dianne White Oyler; Arnold Odio

Topics
#NKo, #NKoscript, #ߒߞߏ, #literacy, #literacyinAfrica, #Mande, #Mandelanguages, #Mandeculture, #WestAfrica, #Guinée, #Guinea, #Kankan, #education, #educationinAfrica, #CôtedIvoire, #IvoryCoast, #Mandediaspora, #PanAfricanism, #SouleymaneKanté, #ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, #languagestandardization, #sociolinguistics

Dianne White Oyler discusses the creation of the N'ko alphabet, based on the Maninka language, by Souleymane Kanté (1922-1987) in 1949 in Haute Guinée (Guinea). She carefully documents N'ko's dissemination by a grassroots literacy campaign that started with Kanté and continues to the present. Her analysis shows the importance of language in transnational identity and the cultural nationalism of Mande-speaking people in West Africa. Oyler also discusses Kanté's and Nko's relationship to Pan-Africanism.

Due server migration, I’m reposting my #introduction. 👋

I'm a PhD student in #sociolinguistics at the University of Tartu. My dissertation explores how #multilingualism manifests itself in #youthlanguage (on the example of 🇸🇪 🇪🇪 teens). 💬 My other interests include #internetlinguistics & #conlangs. I also work as a content creator, #language editor and an #Estonian teacher.

I'd love to connect with people doing #linguistics, #internetresearch, #sociology and #scicomm. 🤗

@linguistics

Time for my own #introduction 👋

I'm a PhD student in #sociolinguistics at the University of Tartu. My dissertation explores how #multilingualism manifests itself in #youthlanguage. Specifically, I'm looking at Swedish Estonian teenagers' interactions. My other interests include #internetlinguistics & #conlangs. I also work as a (freelance) content creator, language editor and a teacher of Estonian.

I'd love to connect with people doing #linguistics, #internetresearch, #sociology and #scicomm 🤗