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Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
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Scientific American - What’s the World’s Oldest Language?

I get why this is the sort of story publications want to run with, but it's really not a meaningful question in , and trying to make it more answerable by basing age on with is not the greatest message as it implies that many of those unwritten they mention have less value.

scientificamerican.com/article

#scicomm #linguistics #language #languages #writing #endangeredlanguages #languagechange #historicallinguistics #orthography #writingsystems

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Irene · @elmerot
71 followers · 731 posts · Server mastodon.nu
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Andrew Hardie "has been working on something for a while", and I need a Swedish new compound for this: VILLHÖVER! (EN translation: mundave, from need + must have.)
"Mortal VARD" is a Linux command line software that offers easier post editing of Early Modern English, specifically Shakespearean language. Perfect for variants of a language, but of course one needs to tweak it to one's needs. Code not out yet, but may be.



#corpuslinguistics #historicallinguistics #cl2023

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Irene · @elmerot
70 followers · 723 posts · Server mastodon.nu
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Anne O'Keeffe presents an on her first slide o the second day of 😃


@corpuslinguistics

#historicallinguistics #corpuslinguistics #cl2023 #oghamstone

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Encyclopedia Briannica · @E_Briannica
110 followers · 90 posts · Server sfba.social

Has anyone blogged about how cool the mashup of Old English/Middle English spelling is in Ancient Hyrulean in : Tears of the Kingdom yet? Did someone legit consult on the project? It's truly delightful. 1/?

#zelda #totk #historicallinguistics #minorspoilers

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Scott D. Strader · @sstrader
52 followers · 666 posts · Server masto.ai

@jentrification What an amazing--and amazingly rare (?)--opportunity for historical linguistics studies! Usually you can only study these changes across large groups over time and not from a single family's phonetic/phonological changes. I wonder where else there are similar examples. Maybe small Appalachian communities? neat

#linguistics #historicallinguistics

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
256 followers · 213 posts · Server toot.community

#nationalcartoonistsday #freecomicbookday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #marvel #comics

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
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Happy ! Did you know that ‘museum’ and ‘music’ are related words? We got into that in our video on Music, but we talked about the early history of museums in this Endnote: youtu.be/tbvvu2NDL-A

#museumloversday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #museum

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
256 followers · 211 posts · Server toot.community

#birdday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #birds

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
256 followers · 211 posts · Server toot.community
The Endless Knot - Episode 9: The Force Awakens — The Endless Knot

#StarWarsDay #maythefourth #lukeskywalkerday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #starwars #podcast

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
255 followers · 209 posts · Server toot.community

#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #historicallinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #king #Coronation #genealogy

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
255 followers · 208 posts · Server toot.community

Happy ! We actually have an appropriate video, that covers the origins of life insurance: youtube.com/watch?v=ejaOKvarqk
It’s actually the third in a series about insurance and mathematics and coffee, if you’re looking for more!

#nationallifeinsuranceday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #insurance #math

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
255 followers · 208 posts · Server toot.community
YouTube - Labour Unions: Surprisingly Connected Etymologies

Happy ! Solidarity to those on strike and thank you to the unions fighting for workers’ rights. Here are some labour-related etymologies to celebrate: youtube.com/watch?v=9f2o__MMn8

#mayday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #labourday #laborday #union

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
251 followers · 202 posts · Server toot.community

#arborday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #trees

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
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It’s ! You can trace the history of the superhero back to long before the comicbook characters we think of now – and we do that, while looking at related words, in our video on Avenger: youtube.com/watch?v=_ebdtmBqkI

#nationalsuperheroday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #superhero #avengers

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
252 followers · 202 posts · Server toot.community
YouTube - Coerce/Exercise #etymology

#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #historicallinguistics #language #words #coerce #exercise

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
245 followers · 196 posts · Server toot.community

#WorldBookDay #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #evolution #book

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
245 followers · 195 posts · Server toot.community

Happy ! For a look back at the origins of this language, here’s our video on looking for the Earliest English Word: youtube.com/watch?v=F5QxjzaL1W

#englishlanguageday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #englishlanguage #historyofenglish

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
245 followers · 194 posts · Server toot.community

Happy ! Why not celebrate by making it Weird – with our video about the history of that word, and its connections to Fate, Shakespeare, and witches: youtube.com/watch?v=CYPoTrHTXV

#shakespeareday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #shakespeare #weird

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
245 followers · 193 posts · Server toot.community

Happy ! To celebrate, here’s our video about the Food Web, and how it’s a better model for ecosystems than the food chain. We made it for our friend the @RvingNaturalist’s channel, and she has a lot more videos there about nature and ecology that you should check out! youtu.be/OxKvcA4NpaQ

#EarthDay #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #foodweb #foodchain

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Alliterative/Endless Knot · @AllEndlessKnot
245 followers · 193 posts · Server toot.community
YouTube - Kenspeckle, Beau, Bedizened: Quick & Quirky Words

Hey, it’s ! Surprisingly, few of our etymological videos centre on big words, but we’ve done a couple of shorts about some bigger words, like Kenspeckle and Bedizened: youtu.be/rpFH70CPMWA

#bigwordday #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #words #language #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #kenspeckle #bedizened

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