Jennifer Thorburn

Sociolinguist in @unil's English department. Passionate about all things pop culture. Bad at Twitter. She/her.

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

The LSA has been given an intensely problematic proposal from some big wig signatories. If you'd like to understand why this proposal, which claims to be about freedom of expression, is hostile and dangerous, check out this post by @JoFrhwld, who unpacks it eloquently.

[The Fruehwald @JoFrhwld]

Tweeting this so late at night won't get the reach I'd like, but I've written Medium post to try to reach the persuadable that "Freedom of Expression" may sound like an ideal they agree with, but they should reject the LSA motion. https://t.co/20Gtj6G97p

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

Super disappointed that the vote to ban face coverings (i.e. niqabs and burkas) passed and that I live in a canton that supported this measure, even if it was a slim majority.

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

This keeps coming up on my social media and I die every time so here it is for your viewing pleasure in case you've somehow missed it

[Anwen Kya 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Kyatic]

I just saw someone refer to mansplaining as 'correctile dysfunction' so please excuse me while I laugh hysterically for 6 hours

[Todd Snider @ToddTheLinguist]

Welp, the New York Times published some garbage about the LSA letter, so I felt the need to respond, paragraph by paragraph

How a Debate Among Linguists Became a Prop for Status Quo Champions

https://t.co/haOluwJaAB

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

This is a short, smart piece about bias against African American English speakers and how this contributes to systemic racism https://t.co/2fnnVLWHn6

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

@DrPaulFlanagan Cool! I'll keep an eye out for it. 😊

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

Great thread about "irregardless", much more eloquent than anything I would have put together myself

[Ariel Cohen-Goldberg @arielmc_g]

By now you've probably seen the vitriol against "irregardless" being considered a "real word". I wanted to discuss the actual science (linguistics) behind words like this because quite frankly, it's beautiful and a little surprising. 🧵

[Timo Roettger @TimoRoettger]

Wonder where to submit your linguistic papers?

Here is a list of platinum #openaccess journals in linguistics by @gwalkden

https://t.co/upagp8U52I

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

Too true...

[Rob Drummond @RobDrummond]

VICE - How Losing Your Regional Accent Affects Your Identity (featuring ⁦@hm_leach⁩!😊) https://t.co/QTMnopM6G1

[Joana Viana @JoanaFFPViana]

I'm done with the glorification of workaholism in academia. No, it's not ok that you work double of your contract hours, nights, weekends and annual leave. Can we all just stop pretending this is normal? We are in the middle of a pandemic. There are more important things in life.

[English Coronavirus updates for Switzerland @CoronaEnglish]

Starting tomorrow, #COVID19 tests are 100% free for people in #Switzerland. This has been decided by the council. #CoronaInfoCH

[GLAAD @glaad]

JK Rowling continues to align herself with an ideology which willfully distorts facts about gender identity and people who are trans. In 2020, there is no excuse for targeting trans people.

[Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr]

Lawyers offering pro bono services for arrested protestors. Minneapolis, Houston, New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles. I know there are far more doing the same thing in other cities please add them to this thread

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

I feel bad that they're losing their place but this video is an absolute delight

[Jennifer Thorburn @jennthorburn]

This is too close to home 😂

[Lucia Osborne-Crowley @LuciaOC_]

me trying to write words during lockdown