Check out the program! Big thanks to @genderedform for all the work putting this year's conference together -- we can't wait to be with many of you in Brighton!
There was this great twitter thread with a diachronic overview of the argument that „language change is bad“ through the centuries, and how its always the same argument that standard language is in danger, does anybody have it/know different resources on this?
#OTD 86 years ago, Gail Jefferson (1938-2008) was born 🎂 Sociologist and sociolinguist, one of the pioneers of Conversation Analysis and an expert on sociolinguistic analysis of laughter. She also transcribed the Watergate tapes.
#LinguisticBirthdas#Histlx#WomenInLinguistics
My friend is writing a corpus analysis on synonyms of d*ck, does anyone have recommendation for corpora? He’s using BNC so far but maybe there’s a corpus with more queer data
I have a crush on all of you after seeing your Spotify wrapped. I understand what you went through this year. You’re unique, you’re mysterious, you’re apparently all gay and moving to Berkeley with me.
Zusammenfassung letzte Wetten dass Folge Thomas hat wieder nur scheisse gelabert und war am Ende so „obviously kann ich nur scheisse labern also bin ich raus“, and I respect that
language is crazy even ur native one because you can use a word in a sentence, and then someone (same native language) is like “what does that mean” and ur like i actually don’t know. but it all makes sense.