Today, Yonatan Ungermann Goldshtein is defending his thesis "Outline of a Prosodic Theory of Stød" - however, we are in a too small room... #phonology
Playing around with this IPA vowel chart with audio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_vowel_chart_with_audio), and I'm a bit shocked to realize that I *don't* actually have [a] in my idiolect! I realize it as [ä]!
Now I'm wondering if that's a normal feature of SAE, or a personal oddity. (I.e., is that my idiolect, or my dialect?) Probably gonna be subtly listening extra-hard to everyone I talk to for the next few days. Maybe asking them if it's too hot, or how their fathers are.😉
#phonetics #phonology #linguistics
“There is no inherent connection between the rate of speech and levels of intelligence, truthfulness or kindness. Language use differs for all sorts of reasons, and differences are not deficiencies. “ - https://theconversation.com/why-somepeopletalkveryfast-and-others-take-their-time-despite-stereotypes-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-intelligence-210614 @linguistics #linguistics #speech #phonology
#linguistics #speech #phonology
Haket, Nina. (2021). Language Contact and the Phylogeny and Phonology of Early English. Journal of the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain, 1(1), 13–32. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8184070 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Linguistics #Phonology #Language #Languages #German #English #Phylogeny #Europe #Academia #Academic #Academics @linguistics
#europe #academia #academic #academics #german #english #phylogeny #openaccess #oa #journal #article #linguistics #phonology #language #languages
In our very first post, back in December 2014, @sesquiotic explored the phonology of cusswords:
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/phonology-of-cusswords-some-initial-observations/
#swearing #cursing #phonology #linguistics #swearwords
Leonard Bernstein – The Unanswered Question [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fHi36dvTdE&list=PLKiz0UZowP2V0mwtNv1lc1_zUSB2O65d7
#ycombinator #the #unanswered #question #1973 #musical #phonology #bernstein #leonard #norton #harvard
#ycombinator #the #unanswered #question #musical #phonology #bernstein #leonard #norton #harvard
Coghill, Eleanor. (2020). Neo-Aramaic. In Arabic and contact-induced change (pp. 371–402). Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3744533 #OpenAccess #OA #Linguistics #Language #Languages #Lexicon #Phonology #Morphology #Syntax @linguistics
#oa #lexicon #morphology #linguistics #languages #syntax #openaccess #language #phonology
My server-side web app instructor is a young Bostonian with a heavy accent and he pronounces "HTTP" as "aitch tuh duh pee" and I propose that become the universal pronciation #http #phonology #internet #webdev
#http #phonology #internet #webdev
I don't know why phonologists have decided to call it the rime instead of the rhyme, but the study of syllable structure is going to need to acquire a great many more mariners and albatrosses before I can get condone these types of jargony shenanigans.
(Next up: plotting negative UP in ERP graphs. Jeepers, what a load of baloney.)
#linguistics #phonology #jargon #nonsense #shenanigans
My book, "A model of sonority based on pitch intelligibility”, is out now on @LangSciPress (open access): https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/381
Read on the to see what it’s all about… (1/10)
#sonority #pitch #prosody #phonetics #phonology
@cogsci @cognition @linguistics @psycholinguistics
#sonority #pitch #prosody #phonetics #phonology
Tired: 'cot'/'caught' merger
Wired: 'cock'/'caulk' merger
Schrödinger's #vowel moments today reading the word "lido": l/aɪ/do and l/iː/do simultaneously came up in my head, and there's honestly no telling what I would say until I open my mouth (I did not)
Which #pronunciation do you use for #crayon and why are the others wrong?
#pronunciation #crayon #linguistics #phonetics #phonology #languagevariation
Have realized my name reads "full phonological system failure" in Manila. Instead of attempting my name, the poor stewardess went for "US passport going to Hong Kong", held up my passport and asked if it was me, and sent me on my way. #phonology #names
...And delinking from the [coronal] node.
Came across my first pseudo-#eggcorn on Mastodon: "precedence" for "precedent" in the #legal sense when talking about #ClarenceThomas and the #SCOTUS.
#linguistics #morphology #phonetics #phonology #lexicography #Thomas
#eggcorn #legal #clarencethomas #SCOTUS #linguistics #Morphology #phonetics #phonology #lexicography #thomas
While playing Quordle, I noticed the following fun set of presumably unrelated English words
come /kʌm/, but comet /kɔmɪt/
cove /kov/, but covet /kʌⱱɪt/
Not a hugely exciting observation, by any means, but it amused me enough to post this!
#linguistics #EnglishLanguage #phonology #ablaut #orthography
#linguistics #englishlanguage #phonology #ablaut #orthography
Seoul Sick 2023:
- I'm very proud to be on the impressive program of the forthcoming #HISPhonCog 2023 in Seoul: https://site.hanyang.ac.kr/web/hisphoncog/full-program-2023-
- And I can't wait to attend the forthcoming #SPaB (Speech Prosody and Beyond) workshop in Seoul: https://ukskprosodynetwork.github.io/
@linguistics #prosody #ProPer #intonation #phonetics #phonology
#hisphoncog #spab #prosody #proper #intonation #phonetics #phonology
When you used to be a linguist, and 2am suddenly seems like a perfectly reasonable time to find out if Optimality Theoretic #phonology is still a thing.
#OptimalityTheory #linguistics #RichnessOfTheBase #StarElephant
#phonology #optimalitytheory #linguistics #richnessofthebase #starelephant