@a_a_viswanath Charles Boberg has done lots of work on foreign <a> in Canadian English in relation to US and UK. Generally Canadians prefer TRAP historically and US prefer LOT, possibly bc of the LOT-THOUGHT merger. The UK uses a mix, and Canada is shifting toward LOT https://t.co/28uoU5QKKg
Big favor:
For internal purposes, I want to know which university courses/modules are using my #rstats book.
If you are an instructor or student where the book has been required or recommended reading, could you contact me in DM and let me know which course at which uni it was?
VIENNA: Beer Party is polling at 12%.
Policies include:
���� A beer fountain for Vienna
🍺 New 50% tax on Radlers and "other atrocities"
🍺 Monthly barrel of beer to Austrian households (50L per adult, 20L per child)
🍺 Radler buyback programme, exchanging Radlers for real beer
My department is hiring!!! Tenure-track, assistant prof. position in Austronesian languages and linguistics. We encourage scholars who are members of Austronesian language communities to apply! Feel free to DM with questions. https://t.co/WBlBVDleIp
PLEASE FILL OUT OUR SHORT NEW SURVEY ON NAMING ANIMALS!
https://t.co/IJgeuAOg1r
You can also help by sharing this survey from @AarhusUni linguist Míša Hejna and I as far and wide as possible, so we can get as diverse a set of respondents as possible.
Linguists! We're hiring an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in phonology (secondary specializations welcome) at McGill linguistics, deadline November 6. Come work with us!
https://t.co/DNdt87XUCF
I’m currently recruiting Canadian participants to take part in a 30 min study as part of my doctoral studies! Please consider joining or sharing with your friends 📷 (link: https://t.co/buvxAvY97j, participation requires a computer and headphones or a quiet space)
📢Job alert 📢
https://t.co/4sTbblbomT
Part-time one year RA post on the Generations of London English project, suitable for a late stage PhD student (1-2 days per week). **Please share!**
Deadline: 13th September
@UoYLangLing@QMULLinguistics
(maybe a little niche but) do you like the look of Praat Pictures but have been annoyed with fiddling with them and having to make them in Praat before importing them into Rmd's or slide decks in R? OH BOY have I got something exciting for you!
https://t.co/cprzDYSvMD
🎉 Our paper on analytical flexibility in the speech sciences is finally out 🥳
Read "Multidimensional signals and analytic flexibility: Estimating degrees of freedom in human speech analyses." #OpenAccess at AMPPS:
https://t.co/8rdmTE9Pih
Hey there, anyone who's going to ICPhS 2023 and still looking for accommodations? I have a hotel room reservation that I'm considering transferring. It is a 6 nights' stay at B&B hotel Prague city (Aug 6-12), single room. Let me know if you are interested! @icphs2023 #icphs2023
Yiddish ad for Doritos, based on Ashkenazi folklore about the feudal landowner torturing his subjects. These ads are not to be seen between TV programs, but as productions in themselves, to be sent around on groups. Hence their length, and structure as a complete mini-movie.
Professors! 🧑🏫
Is some aspect of emoji part of your course syllabus?
How are emoji are relevant to your particular domain, discipline, class topic?
Extra credit if you can share required "emoji adjacent" readings that are part of your curriculum.
Thanks for sharing!