Journalinguistics

The Twitter page for Journalinguistics, a blog exploring issues in politics and popular culture through the lens of linguistics

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

“Do you want to ring or shall I?” - Translation: You ring

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

A list of language & linguistics podcasts for #InternationalPodcastDay, from Lingthusiasm cohost @superlinguo: https://t.co/VvJG22Fped 🎧💚📜

[AllThingsLinguistic @AllThingsLing]

📷 Jean Berko Gleason, creator of the wug test, with a very large wug. https://t.co/IytNvlOTs5

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

"High thoughts must have high language" - Aristophanes, ancient Greek playwright #quoteoftheday #language

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

@sussexlinguist Thankyou!

[Linguistic Society of America @LingSocAm]

The Dictionary of American Regional English, which defined an era of linguistic fieldwork, has come to an end.
https://t.co/IjXA3ScVoW

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

New article tackling the metaphors we use to talk about issues and how dangerous they can be #linguistics #metaphor https://t.co/0t9RlE5cKG

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

New article tackling the metaphors we use to talk about issues and how dangerous they can be #linguistics #metaphor https://t.co/0t9RlE5cKG

[The OED @OED]

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath (in the Canterbury Tales) was slinging the insult ‘dotard’ over 600 years ago.

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

Some words more than others do bring out prescriptivist tendencies.. #linguistics #Dab https://t.co/n3CVMEm4aO

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

"Metaphors can kill" - George Lakoff, linguist and philosopher #quoteoftheday #linguistics #metaphor

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

#quoteoftheday

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

Fun etymology fact - 'Chai' is a Eurasian word for 'tea'. 'Chai tea' therefore literally translates to 'tea tea' #linguistics #tea

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

My findings on how #TheresaMay and #Corbyn dodged questions by Paxman in their back to back 2017 election interviews https://t.co/nC2493SBxt

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

The taxonomy of ways politicians dodge answering questions according to Dr Peter Bull's research. #linguistics https://t.co/nC2493SBxt

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

35 - The number of tactics politicians use to avoid answering questions. My article on how #TheresaMay & #Corbyn did https://t.co/DLIFc9xLti

[Language Log @LanguageLog]

C is for contrafibularity: Better late than never: https://t.co/pNP39unqfZ

[Journalinguistics @Journalinguist2]

Great Vox piece on how we treat hurricanes as war zones. Similar to conceptual metaphor we use when 'fighting cancer'https://t.co/KWQ7NJU8GW