Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
119 followers · 311 posts · Server h4.io#ZipfsLaw makes it hard to study #lexical #variation in #language, but some features would be difficult even with very large #corpora due to being homophonous with a more frequent feature. One I've come across lately is "I hate it" where the #demonstrative "that" is more common, e.g. in response to seeing a scary clown image.
#linguistics #languagevariation #syntax #morphology #pronouns
#zipfslaw #Lexical #variation #language #corpora #demonstrative #linguistics #languagevariation #syntax #Morphology #pronouns
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
107 followers · 237 posts · Server h4.io
Spotted "inventor extraordinary" rather than "inventor extraordinaire" in #Spiderman c1965. I was quite surprised to see there was a shift to the latter in American #literature and that it was relatively recent (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=inventor+extraordinaire%2Cinventor+extraordinary&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3). Interesting case of #syntactic #borrowing where the #lexical borrowing lagged behind the post-nominal placement.
#languagechange #languagevariation #languagecontact #syntax #Marvel #comics
#spiderman #literature #syntactic #borrowing #Lexical #languagechange #languagevariation #languagecontact #syntax #marvel #comics
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
107 followers · 237 posts · Server h4.ioSpotted "inventor extraordinary" rather than "inventor extraordinaire" in #Spiderman c1965. I was quite surprised to see there was a shift to the latter in American #literature and that it was relatively recent (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=inventor+extraordinaire%2Cinventor+extraordinary&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3). Seems like a good example of #syntactic #borrowing via #lexical borrowing given the post-nominal placement but dropping the #French form.
#languagechange #languagevariation #languagecontact #syntax #Marvel #comics
#spiderman #literature #syntactic #borrowing #Lexical #french #languagechange #languagevariation #languagecontact #syntax #marvel #comics
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
97 followers · 191 posts · Server h4.io@JoFrhwld Small caps maybe? I've seen that in #semantics papers where there's a need to distinguish more levels of #lexical #abstraction.
#semantics #Lexical #abstraction
chiarascuro · @chiarascuro
17 followers · 112 posts · Server fosstodon.org#Synesthetic word of the day: Stupid
Tastes like: the red parts in bacon
Smells like: the taste of raw carrots and cabbage
#lexical-gustatory #synesthesia
#synesthetic #Lexical #synesthesia
Guy Emerson · @AngloPeranakan
230 followers · 12 posts · Server lingo.lol#Introduction with #Hashtags
#Hi, I work on #ComputationalLinguistics (#CompLing): I develop models of human #LanguageLearning and #LanguageUse, and I test them on #RealWorldData. One focus of my work has been on #Lexical #Semantics, looking at how a word's #Meaning can be learnt from #Context, and indeed what kind of #MeaningRepresentation to use in the first place. This work is #Interdisciplinary, drawing on #Linguistics #PhilosophyOfLanguage #CognitiveScience #MachineLearning
#introduction #hashtags #hi #computationallinguistics #CompLing #LanguageLearning #LanguageUse #RealWorldData #Lexical #semantics #meaning #Context #meaningrepresentation #interdisciplinary #linguistics #philosophyoflanguage #cognitivescience #MachineLearning