Linguistic Bytes

#Linguistics #student sharing bite-sized articles that I find interesting as a way to #learn. Run by @AChVoice #language #culture #sociolinguistics #education

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“#GenZ’s pref for #lowercase #letters is a small, deliberate rejection of traditional norms, signalling a more casual tone..resembles a ‘stream of consciousness’ rather than a polished, edited message, enhancing..sense of #authenticity": https://t.co/1nyWekbMEA via @CreativeBloq

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""Our awareness of #accents begins almost as soon as we arrive on the planet. “By about a year old, #babies have already figured out the #sounds that are prevalent in the #languages around them,” Fridland says.": https://t.co/Z8aJTJW1de via @guardian #SpeechDevelopment

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"“We learn to recognize other people as being like us through the way that they sound,” Fridland says. It happens early: studies suggest small #children, when choosing #friends, favor those who share their #accent.": https://t.co/Z8aJTJW1de via @guardian #accents #linguistics

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“The patients’ hippocampal neurons encoded specific semantic & #grammatical features of spoken words. They were tuned to the detailed architecture of #speech. Some fired [sent signals] for #nouns; some..for #verbs..”: https://t.co/OsXLHXgpHZ via @sciam #psycholinguistics

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"The Klingon #Language Institute publishes a quarterly journal. Fans hold weddings in #Klingon. Someone translated Hamlet into Klingon. You can find it on #Duolingo now.": https://t.co/zn4ObcNfm9 via @Go2Tutors

#LanguageLearning #linguistics

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"Whatever #process you use to #write your book, the encouragement I want to leave you with is this: Write your #book. Don’t let a process, or lack of process, stop you.": https://t.co/T3T87m9Lkd

#WritersLife #WritingTips

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"[#Linguists] decide on word order, develop case systems, create verb conjugations & establish phonetic rules. The resulting #languages function like natural languages, just without centuries of evolution behind them.": https://t.co/zn4ObcNNbH via @Go2Tutors #FictionalLanguages

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"The goal goes beyond recording #sounds. Researchers want enough context for #ArtificialIntelligence to spot patterns that could resemble words, grammar, or even #syntax.": https://t.co/za07PsjJ7J via @EarthDotCom #Whales #communication

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"In your #memoir, you are working with scenes and transitions. Each of these components relies on very different principles. If you use either component in the wrong way, your #book will not work.": https://t.co/eqbJIw6TqN by @JaneFriedman #WritingTips #WritingCommunity #writer

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"Sources for the #dictionary will range from Julius Caesar’s account of his conquest of parts of northern Europe to ancient memorial stones. It will include #words from about 325BC up to AD500.": https://t.co/F1GfuohrXk via @guardian

#linguistics #Celtic #language

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3 Established Agents Actively Seeking Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Kidlit, Memoirs, Fantasy & more: https://t.co/tw7QoSort8 via @EricaVerrillo

#publishing #NonFiction #PublishingAgents #WritingCommunity #writers

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"1st, there is far more #diversity among the world’s #languages than previously believed. 2nd, differences are often related to the patterns of #culture & #environment in which languages are traditionally spoken": https://t.co/d7oBTVomg1 via @_TCglobal #linguistics

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"He's poured a metaphorical can of #Australian beer over the novel by converting #Tolstoy's prose into a lingo that wouldn't sound out of place in the popular #Aussie sitcom Kath & Kim.": https://t.co/D2GtPBJI1X via @BBCWorld #BooksToRead #WarAndPeace

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"it’s time for #students to enter the drafting phase for their major #ResearchPaper tasks of the semester. Thus, let’s talk about #heading levels & how they work in #APA Style papers.": https://t.co/qCesthuqtt via @APA_Style #researcher

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"same challenge goes for #accents..invalidates nonstandard accents & solidifies the #accent prestige scale — a sad outcome for what I think r beautiful, powerful markers of #identity that deserve to be preserved": https://t.co/ji1qwawd3Y via @dailycal #linguistics #AI

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“These #dogs do not just memorize object names..They understand the meaning behind those labels well enough to apply them to new, very different-looking toys—by recognizing what the toys were for.””: https://t.co/YOlSvp7R1O from @YahooNews #linguistics #cognition #dog #DogLovers

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"This is more than a #cultural loss..As the world grapples with #ClimateChange & environmental degradation, the knowledge embedded in [the #Hadzabe #language] has never been more relevant.": https://t.co/9Pti3ooAOL via @UNESCO #linguistics

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"From #grammar rules to #publishing advice to personal narratives, these #books on #writing reveal in intimate detail the ins and outs of what it means to call yourself a #writer.": https://t.co/rmGkUPdhSf via @penguinrandom

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"An Em dash (or long dash) separates 2 thoughts or concepts. An En dash (or #dash) joins two thoughts or concepts. Using the correct #HTML entity is better for #ScreenReaders. #AI is not a good reason to change #punctuation practice.": https://t.co/zwTvLjIE5J via @TPGinteractive

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"[#Qlango] turns #LanguageLearning into play, with mini-#games, puzzles, word matching, and smart hints that guide you through each lesson." - Comes with lifetime deal! https://t.co/NtfGIrBgDf via @PopSci #Languages #SelfEducation