Jennifer M. Rains

English Linguistics; Corpus Linguistics; Language Change

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@fthorstensen This sounds very interesting. Good luck with your project!

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@haspelmath It certainly has given me something to think over. Thank you for your response!

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@haspelmath Thank you so much for your presentation, and I look forward to reading your paper.

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@SK_Mikhailov It sounds very exciting. Good luck with your fieldwork!

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@SK_Mikhailov How interesting! Do speakers ever make agreement errors with -en (accidentally using -en without agreement in salient usage or anaphoric with agreement)? Do native speakers make these kinds of mistakes? Thank you for your presentation!

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@demeco_project Interesting study, thank you for the link! Also, 'quick to' might also include an emotional connotation of 'eagerness' in addition to rapidity, perhaps?

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@tschfflr Yes, it is very small. Thank you for your response and good luck with your project!

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@tschfflr I notice in your chart that a few writers are even more formal in their tweets. Did these tend to be journalists, perhaps, or other professional writers? Great presentation!

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

English clippings

[Martin Hilpert @hilpert_martin]

Clippings are shortened words (doc < doctor). But how do speakers make a short word out of a longer one? Are there systematic patterns? Let’s try this ourselves. To shorten renovation, which clipping do you prefer: reno or renov? #linguistweets #lt0730 #clipping

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@brettrey3 Have you observed any traits of the overlapping pronouns/determiners? Why are they less distinct?

[Jennifer M. Rains @JenniferMRains1]

@fthorstensen Great project! What are you looking at besides cognates?