Samuel K. Akinbo

A community-engaged researcher with interests in grammaticalised iconicity, phonology, phonetics, African languages & language-based music.

[Samuel K. Akinbo @akinbosk]

New publication: Iconicity of grammatical tonal polarity and reduplication in Nigerian Pidgin

https://t.co/3N5lvYapKO

[UBC Linguistics @UBCLinguistics]

New open-access corpus! The Mandarin–English Language Interview (MELI) Corpus contains high quality acoustic data from interviews focused on language ideology w/ 51 bilingual speakers. Interviewee speech has been fully transcribed and force-aligned. https://t.co/WeVuVBKGoX

[University of Toronto @UofT]

4 #UofT faculty members receive Black Research Network fellowships ➡️ https://t.co/zbUStR6Xhe

[CUP Linguistics @CambUP_LangLing]

New Issue of Journal of Child Language now available
📚 https://t.co/X2iRGhyRwP

#psycholinguistics

[CUP Linguistics @CambUP_LangLing]

Interested in submitting your article to Phonology? Click here for more information.
📚 https://t.co/4CbWlcacIt

#linguistics

[CUP Linguistics @CambUP_LangLing]

New Issue of Journal of Linguistics now available
📚 https://t.co/MV1UIXUWT5

[Martin Haspelmath @haspelmath]

Version 1.0 of the Grammaticon is now finally online! Quite a few of the entries are still preliminary, but I hope to expand and improve it over the coming months and years. Comments are welcome! An intro text is here: https://t.co/XCsLeUl04g

[Samuel K. Akinbo @akinbosk]

@avzaagzonunaada @RohanMurti49297 I don't know of any, but I think @nwosuvincent might have a recommendation.

[Samuel K. Akinbo @akinbosk]

@cobbaltt @avzaagzonunaada All the ideophones we collected were targeted for verb derivation. Therefore, there is reason to believe that the majority of ideophones can undergo verb derivation. Also, the open-class lexical items in include both ideophonic and non-ideophonic forms (see this image).

[Samuel K. Akinbo @akinbosk]

New publication:

Iconicity and expressiveness of grammatical tones targeting ideophones in Mwaghavul https://t.co/8bmnmL9mCD

#iconicity #tone #Linguistics #distinguishability

[Samuel K. Akinbo @akinbosk]

@FemmyVickky I wonder whether this is a case of Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS)

[UCL Press @UCLpress]

Congratulations to Preeti Kumari, @DrShreyaMehta, @AnusuyaNayak11, @yangchenroy and @vyi_tweet! Their #OpenAccess #Textbook A Grammar of Gaddi published today. Read and download free at: https://t.co/piWYUh1Uvb #Gaddi #Linguistics #EndangeredLanguages

[Linguistic Society of America @LingSocAm]

Looking for opportunities in linguistics? Visit the LSA Job Board for the latest job postings & professional opportunities across the field. Whether you’re searching for your next role or ready to share your work, the Job Board is a great place to start. https://t.co/drgN5dKVIK

[University of Ibadan, Nigeria @ibadanuni]

Meet Our Products, B.A German and French, University of Ibadan. ❤️✨

[U of T Black Research Network @uoftbrn]

💡 Applications open: BRN Faculty Fellowship 3.0!

Advance your scholarship in any discipline and share knowledge across @UofT and beyond. $10K awards available for tenure and teaching-stream faculty. Apply by Feb. 26: https://t.co/4jH2mUmChG #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

[U of T Black Research Network @uoftbrn]

BRN IGNITE Grant project aims to preserve traditional Yorùbá recipes 💙 https://t.co/0CmVuljwaU #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

[CUP Linguistics @CambUP_LangLing]

New Cambridge Element, Colour Concepts from a Linguistic and Literary Perspective, by Kimberley Pager-­McClymont @kpager1, Suzanne McClure @Modernist_Lit and Amélie Doche @LaDoche, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
https://t.co/Mcf6drWk5Z
#languageandlinguistics

[CUP Linguistics @CambUP_LangLing]

Literature and Art as Cognitive Objects by Patricia Kolaiti
Bringing together ideas from linguistics, philosophy and cognitive science, this book sets out a revolutionary theory of literature and art.
📚 https://t.co/B9cLbmtkdN

[CUP Linguistics @CambUP_LangLing]

New Cambridge Element Issues in Metrical Phonology by Beata Łukaszewicz and Janina Mołczanow out now! Read Open Access at
https://t.co/WAlj8d7d94
#cambridgeelements #openaccess #languageandlinguistics

[CUP Linguistics @CambUP_LangLing]

#openaccess journal 'Computational Humanities Research' will be at @CompHumResearch's #CHR2025 in Luxembourg, 9-12 December. Find out more about the event - and about the journal! - here: https://t.co/NohtD0ISf6

#CHR #computationalhumanities
#computationalhumanitiesresearch