Daniel · @schoudaan
61 followers · 401 posts · Server autistics.lifeNausea is nautical. The word "nausea" is derived from the Greek word "naus", which means ship. It originally referred to seasickness. The meaning was broadened to include all instances of the symptoms of seasickness, regardless of the cause.
#language #etymology #languagechange
Daniel · @schoudaan
61 followers · 396 posts · Server autistics.lifeThe pronoun "you" used to refer to multiple people only. It was used for singular persons as a sign of respect, and eventually replaced the original singular pronoun "thou" in most varieties of English. Now words like "y'all" have arisen to remove the resulting ambiguity.
Amusingly, standard Dutch has gone through this same process and come out the other side.
#etymology #language #languagechange
Hari Tulsidas :verified: · @haritulsidas
316 followers · 1581 posts · Server masto.ai
Do languages become less complex with more new adult speakers? A new study challenges this assumption and shows that it’s not that simple. Grammatical structures of 37 languages reveal that the number of new adult speakers did not affect the complexity, but rather the type and source of the speakers did. Language change is influenced by many factors, such as social, historical, and cognitive contexts.
#languagecomplexity #newspeakers #languagechange
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
146 followers · 468 posts · Server h4.io
I get why this is the sort of story #scicomm publications want to run with, but it's really not a meaningful question in #linguistics, and trying to make it more answerable by basing #language age on #languages with #writing is not the greatest message as it implies that many of those unwritten #endangeredlanguages they mention have less value.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-the-worlds-oldest-language/
#languagechange #historicallinguistics #orthography #writingsystems
#scicomm #linguistics #language #languages #writing #endangeredlanguages #languagechange #historicallinguistics #orthography #writingsystems
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
145 followers · 459 posts · Server h4.ioThis looks to be a pretty interesting #study, but not interesting enough for the general public I guess since the reporter felt the need to abruptly add #Martians to the discussion. lol Apparently #science isn't science if it's not about #space.
#linguistics #languagechange #sociolinguistics #phonetics #research #antarctica #sciencejournalism
https://www.iflscience.com/scientists-witnessed-the-birth-of-a-new-accent-in-antarctica-70287
#study #martians #science #space #linguistics #languagechange #sociolinguistics #phonetics #Research #antarctica #ScienceJournalism
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
141 followers · 433 posts · Server h4.io
In #Xmen c1966, #Cyclops says "what say we" rather than "what do you say we". My first impression was that this sounds antiquated, and indeed, the latter has become far more frequent over time in American #literature (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=what+say+we%2Cwhat+do+you+say+we&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-US-2019&smoothing=3).
#Marvel #comics #Americanliterature #linguistics #languagevariation #languagechange #syntax
#xmen #cyclops #literature #marvel #comics #americanliterature #linguistics #languagevariation #languagechange #syntax
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
140 followers · 431 posts · Server h4.io
Spotted in #Xmen c1966: #Ogre saying "sneaked off" rather than "snuck off". The increased use of the latter is apparently a very recent development in #American #literautre (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sneaked+off%2Csnuck+off&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-US-2019&smoothing=3).
#Marvel #comics #linguistics #languagechange #morphology #sociolinguistics
#xmen #ogre #american #literautre #marvel #comics #linguistics #languagechange #Morphology #sociolinguistics
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
136 followers · 418 posts · Server h4.io
Spotted in #FantasticFour c1966: "brag of" rather than "brag about". Apparently this was rare in American #literature even by the 60s (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=brag+of%2Cbrag+about&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-US-2019&smoothing=3#).
#Marvel #comics #Fantastic4 #FF #linguistics #syntax #languagechange #Americanlit #Americanliterature
#fantasticfour #literature #marvel #comics #fantastic4 #ff #linguistics #syntax #languagechange #americanlit #americanliterature
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
125 followers · 348 posts · Server h4.ioJust learned that "tarp" is short for "tarpaulin". Who on Earth says that latter?? As far as #English #literature is concerned, almost no one these days: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tarp%2Ctarpaulin&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-US-2019&smoothing=3
#linguistics #lexicography #languagevariation #morphology #languagechange
#english #literature #linguistics #lexicography #languagevariation #Morphology #languagechange
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
122 followers · 319 posts · Server h4.io@grvsmth @maitxinha @linguistics It wouldn't be hard to quantify for the features that have been studied -- just count how many times the conclusion has been that it's a change from below vs not -- but it would be difficult to generalize to all #languagechange from there since #languagevariation/#sociolonguistic studies pretty much never use random sampling. But when the conclusion is the same for feature after feature in community after community, it becomes easier to say the claim is accurate
#languagechange #languagevariation
Lauren Hall-Lew · @dialect
650 followers · 489 posts · Server mastodon.scotAnyone on Mastadon coming to #UKLVC14? Registration is open! 🎉🎉🎉 https://uklvc14.ppls.ed.ac.uk/
#variation #linguistics #languagechange #sociolinguistics #conference #Edinburgh #UKLVC
#uklvc #edinburgh #conference #sociolinguistics #languagechange #linguistics #variation #uklvc14
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
119 followers · 309 posts · Server h4.io
Spotted #Hawkeye saying "black as pitch" in #Avengers c1965. I never even realized "pitch" was a substance despite using the phrase "pitch black" all my life. There has been a shift in #literature of the former becoming somewhat less frequent and the latter more (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=black+as+pitch%2Cpitch+black&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-US-2019&smoothing=3).
#Marvel #comics #linguistics #lexicons #syntax #languagechange
#hawkeye #avengers #literature #marvel #comics #linguistics #lexicons #syntax #languagechange
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
103 followers · 220 posts · Server h4.ioI love #MMO #lingo. "Toon" was used to refer to your character in the early 2000s but has since mostly gone out of use, so now it has social meaning in signaling that you've been playing since the early days.
#linguistics #sociolinguistics #languagechange #lexicons #MMORPG #MMORPGs
#mmo #lingo #linguistics #sociolinguistics #languagechange #lexicons #mmorpg #mmorpgs
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
103 followers · 208 posts · Server h4.io
Spotted "my dating" instead of "me dating" in #Xmen c1966. I was surprised to see the former more frequent at all times in #American #literature (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=my+dating%2Cme+dating&year_start=1900&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3), but I'm guessing "dating" is less reliant on the #verb "date" than, say, "doing", and in fact, the pattern flips for "my doing" vs "me doing" (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=my+doing%2Cme+doing&year_start=1900&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3).
#Marvel #comics #linguistics #morphology #syntax #languagechange
#xmen #american #literature #verb #marvel #comics #linguistics #Morphology #syntax #languagechange
Andrew Abdalian · @abdalian
1 followers · 2 posts · Server lingo.lolI guess it’s time for an #introduction!
I’m a PhD candidate at Tulane University, focusing on #LanguageRevitalization, #LanguageChange, #LanguageDocumentation, and #SecondLanguage teaching. I work with the Tunica Language Working Group on Tunica, an #IndigenousLanguage in Louisiana.
I’m also interested in #CorpusLinguistics, language and the law, #DoubleModals, and #Humor.
Outside of linguistics, I’m relearning the piano, keeping my two cats happy, and honing my trivial skills.
#introduction #LanguageRevitalization #languagechange #languagedocumentation #SecondLanguage #IndigenousLanguage #CorpusLinguistics #doublemodals #humor
Cerstin Mahlow · @CerstinMahlow
299 followers · 264 posts · Server qoto.org@true_mxp OTOH I somehow missed the point when we switched from "I'm sorry I exluded you" to "I'm sorry if you feel excluded."
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
88 followers · 119 posts · Server h4.io
"We've too many" spotted in #Avengers c1965, as opposed to "we have too many". This might just be part of #StanLee's #idiolect. The former has never been more common in American #literature (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=we+have+too+many%2Cwe%27ve+too+many&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3), which could be a prescriptive aversion to contractions, but it also shows far fewer results in a Google search.
#Marvel #comics #linguistics #languagevariation #languagechange #morphology #syntax
#avengers #stanlee #idiolect #literature #marvel #comics #linguistics #languagevariation #languagechange #Morphology #syntax
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
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Spotted in #NickFury c1966: "But me no buts." I've never heard an "X me no Xs" expression, but apparently it was a thing long ago (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/X_me_no_Xs#English). The only one that still seems to show up in #literature today to any degree outside of #Shakespeare quotes is the "but me no buts" version (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=but+me+no+buts%2Cprize+me+no+prizes%2Cgrace+me+no+grace%2Cuncle+me+no+uncle%2Cproud+me+no+prouds&year_start=1930&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3).
Also... "tonsorial"? I've gotta wonder if this is a word that's actually heard in #barbershops.
#nickfury #literature #shakespeare #barbershops #marvel #comics #syntax #languagechange