Avonbourne A Level English Language

Language in Action for A Level students. Views expressed by others are NOT necessarily our own - We will aim for balance where possible.

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This is super useful!

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@RobDrummond @GMB @threadreaderapp unroll

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@Digbylj @threadreaderapp unroll

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Does anyone have a copy of 'War of the Words: Have we stopped making sense?' from The Spectator and referred to in Lexis episode 9 (link not working) please @LexisPodcast @EngLangBlog

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@bgzimmer @Meta @pardesoteric @WIRED @threadreaderapp unroll

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@EngLangBlog SO excited!

[Yungee @yungee__]

@fesshole https://t.co/G4G0xFLRuX

[Language Debates @LanguageDebates]

#Pronouns #They

[Language Debates @LanguageDebates]

Book review in today's Times is good for #Discourse on #Gender #Identity. It's also unashamedly biased against #Trans so good to pick apart for #Bias and #power.

[Tony Thorne @tonythorne007]

Tell-tale signs you're getting old - such as ordering a cappuccino https://t.co/7ADlEQClIj via @Femail

[Tony Thorne @tonythorne007]

'Can I see your parts list?' What AI's attempted chat-up lines tell us about computer-generated language https://t.co/OzDBzZB5dn via @ConversationUK

[Debbie Cameron @wordspinster]

New on Language: a feminist guide: let's talk about the word 'mistress' (inspired by the @APStylebook and featuring Arthurian legends, pop songs and #cashforcushions) https://t.co/cRmZI861xq

[Language Debates @LanguageDebates]

A good for discussing #LangChange #Orthography and #CLA

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#LangInTheNews

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#LangChange #Phonology #Orthography #MiddleEnglish

[The British Academy @BritishAcademy_]

"Language is both universal to our species and central to who we are. Linguistics tries to understand just what this fundamental aspect of ourselves is."
Professor @davidadger FBA explains the study of #linguistics: https://t.co/AccYINY7gB

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

Let’s make like…

8. A tree and leave
7. A Pokémon and go
6. A big hyphen and dash
5. A donkey’s dick and hit the road
4. A foetus and head out
3. A French execution and head off
2. My ex and move on
1. My dad and say we’re just nipping out for more beer but then never return

[Avonbourne A Level English Language @AVBEngLang]

@M_Zappavigna @LexisPodcast @Michellezappa @Team_English1 @EngLangBlog That's great. Thank you! Where could we direct her to read more please?

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Morning Twitter! Does anyone know of a resource that will help one of my students with the concept of ambient affiliation? (apart from the excellent @LexisPodcast ) @Michellezappa @Team_English1 @EngLangBlog

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@EngLangBlog @Team_English1 Awesome. Thank you! 😀😀

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I'm sure I saw a link/reference to Kerswill and MLE recently but can't find it...can anyone help me to locate it? Think it had a link to a website....Thank you @Team_English1 @EngLangBlog