Anissa Zaitsu

Linguistics PhD candidate @ Stanford. syntax + interpretation. she-her.

[Anissa Zaitsu @islandsensitive]

I'm really excited to share with you all my first ever publication, which appears in Glossa! The paper is on Why-VP clauses as in: Why (not) scroll on twitter all day? 😏

https://t.co/QWAR2V1Vxk

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Catch me at GLOW47 discussing Negative Concord—because apparently, saying no once just isn’t enough. https://t.co/Viz8FyrCvo

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Loved catching up with the UCSC Linguistics folks! Got to share what I’m working on in my dissertation and chat about all the highs (and lows) of research life.

Interview with Anissa Zaitsu https://t.co/74baq5jSTx

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Excited for WCCFL 42 🤩

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@morphologay if only! the intersection of people who are deeply invested in pop culture and linguistics is not very big i imagine!

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Dakota Johnson weighs in on fieldwork methodology: "isn't every sentence out of context out of context?"

[Carrie Wittmer 👻 @carriesnotscary]

THANK GOD FOR NEPOTISM i scream every time Dakota Johnson opens her mouth

[NYU Arts & Science @ArtsandScience]

NYU A&S linguist @champoll was called for semantics expertise in a Supreme Court deportation case. He led a team from @Stanford and @ucdavis reviewing an immigration statute where the words “not” and “or” combine for “a textbook case of ambiguity.” https://t.co/PohYWE6a3P

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Someone recently offered me their *linguistic* theory about why Japan and Germany allied in WWII ... their verbs both come at the end of the sentence 😰

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Good things about being a linguist: knowing some things about language

Bad things about being a linguist: talking to non-linguists who think they know things about language :/

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relevant as ever! esp when you consider the fact that topicalization creates islands 🏝️

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proud of this one (@ w)

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@kayaulai It's true. But I think there are a lot of advantages to having most of September off while most of the world has gone back to school. e.g., September is kind of the off-season for traveling!

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@HadasKotek I really struggle with writing! I’m slow and second guess myself at every turn. I can get to an end product that I’m satisfied with eventually, but it’s a real struggle. Do you have a specific process you implement when you write? I’d love to hear more about it!

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@schnitza_fars which generativists say these kinds of things ?? must be old guard.

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hello! is anyone aware of syntacticians working in the language/education policy space?

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@ToddTheLinguist As you should! This is GORGEOUS. I'm so glad I asked.

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Does anyone know of any examples of pretty semantics posters ?? it feels kinda impossible.

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@rhenderson Yes, please send! Thank you!

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@rhenderson WOW. I love it. Truly. Because it actually looks like a semantics poster, and doesn't try to imitate features of the prototypical experimental poster

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@tallinzen eat a lot, drink a lot, go to the east bay for some sunshine, hike in the marin headlands, ride a bike through golden gate park, see the conservatory of flowers. whatever you do, don't spend too much time in the south bay (palo alto) 🙃