Cynthia Lukyanenko

(she/her) assistant prof of linguistics. language acquisition, morphosyntax, academia, birding, gardening, whatever else I feel like sharing

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

@DrLearnasaurus She was pretty great 🧡

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

We said goodbye to Maia, the most wonderful and ridiculous critter-cat that ever was, this afternoon.

[Charles B. Chang @CharlesBChang]

We @BULinguistics are hiring in child language acquisition! (Note: letters of rec do not need to be submitted by the deadline to be considered.) I'm on the search committee and happy to answer ?s. Please consider applying and/or spreading the word 🙏

https://t.co/GzZeuzvLLw

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

@LenaMBlott To be fair, I should acknowledge her important contribution of large quantities of cat hair to the project

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

Finished a quilt yesterday that I've been working on sporadically for 3 years!

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

Not thrilled with the quilting I did on this one, but very pleased with the way the design and colors worked out

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

We're also starting to get real cooing, which is adorable

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

One parenthood surprise: how much I've enjoyed hanging out with marginally animate potato (affectionate)

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

We're rapidly exiting the potato stage though, he's aware of and reacting to more and more things every day

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

Husband: *breezing out of the kitchen as I come into it this morning*
Him: Make your own coffee!
Him: [pause] The noun not the imperative.
On the counter: hot milk in my favorite mug and a shot of espresso, not yet combined.

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

@yEvb0 Yes, to both I think, and also not mischievous or silly/cute. Dolphins are at least a little crittery, so are large cats.

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

@yEvb0 But more in the spirit of your question, prototypical critters are raccoons and opossums. Least crittery animals I can think of are maybe blue whales and hippos.

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

@yEvb0 My long-haired cat is a critter, her short-haired sister is not. And that's mostly a personality thing, not appearance.

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

I'm trying out the other site, same handle.

I'm mostly not cross-posting, but that's just because the baby tends to distract me before I get to it, so it'll probably happen some.

Here he is last week, apparently trying to get better reception with his toes

[Melissa Baese-Berk @MtwoBtwo]

Remember when I said I had a paper coming with @perj44? It’s here, and whoooo did it make a reviewer really have a lot of big feelings. I’m really, really proud of this project and am so glad it’s in the world. https://t.co/uHvWy2pVBm

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

@betsysneller Sounds great! Looking forward to exploring. Thanks!

[Cynthia Lukyanenko @clukyanenko]

Not sure if the current overnight baby-duty system is sustainable for A, but I've been loving starting my day with a morning feeding/birdwatching session on our deck

[BostonU ConfLangDev @TheBUCLD]

#BUCLD48 Full Schedule and Abstracts are now live on our website! Check them out here: https://t.co/LiD9oF6H81