Onomatopoeia Odyssey: How do animals sound across languages? https://pudding.cool/2025/03/language/ #linguistics
For fellow #nerds - To the brain, Esperanto and #Klingon appear the same as #English or #Mandarin . #linguistics #neuroscience #Language #StarTrek #GoT https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-brain-esperanto-klingon-english-mandarin.html
One of my students refers to me in her thesis draft as "supervisor and provider of data"
which makes me feel like the sage in a fantasy novel.
I am The Provider Of Data!!!
Linguists, animal lovers, and infographic designers--this article is for you. A beautiful, scrolling animation providing a visual analysis of animal sounds across cultures. Meet: cat! duck! and pig! (if they spoke in IPA). https://pudding.cool/2025/03/language/ #linguistics #anthropology #design #animals #animation #cat
My phone just autocorrected "the shitposts are" to "the shitpost are" and uhh, are shitpost(s) a plurale tantum? 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurale_tantum
Happy #Holi to those celebrating! It seems like our video on all the colour words would be an appropriate thing to watch for the occasion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDc5J2LD08
Happy #PiDay! As has become traditional around here, we’re celebrating by sharing a video about our own particular brand of PIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oqTLtxqEo
When the world shifts, so must our words.
In an excerpt of her new book MY OCEANS: ESSAYS OF WATER, WHALES, AND WOMEN, Christina Rivera explores the sea of language, nature, intelligence, and the power of naming the ineffable.
(Publisher: Northwestern University Press)
Do people whose native language is a tonal language have greater difficulty with a verbal task if reading or writing when music is playing in the background?
Some light reading for a bit of a distraction, if you will: Vivian Li from @thepudding looked at how "cultures can hear the same physical sounds yet translate them into language so differently".
A brief history (and critique) of English spelling reform that I once wrote for @HistoryToday:
https://www.historytoday.com/brief-history-english-spelling-reform
Supplementary notes on the history of English spelling reform:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/the-history-of-english-spelling-reform/
The University of Arizona is gradually adding signage in Native American languages to university buildings, in collaboration with the tribes. We recently had a sign unveiling ceremony for the sign on the Health Sciences Innovation Building in Hia Ced O'odham. Hia Ced O'odham dancers performed. I'm proud of the role the Department of Linguistics has in this project together with the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI). #IndigenousLanguages #UniversityofArizona #linguistics #Tucson
The College for Social Sciences and Humanities, University Alliance Ruhr (Ruhr area, Germany) offers 6-month fellowships for senior academics from other countries to come do research here in tandem with local colleagues. The call is now open for fellowships in 2026/27: https://www.college-uaruhr.de/fellowship/application/call-for-applications
If anyone from #linguistics is interested, ping me.
#academia #fellowship #germany #rub
It’s #BarbieDay! Do you know where her name comes from? Here’s a short about its etymology! https://youtube.com/shorts/6JomSLg9uKQ
Happy #InternationalWomansDay! While it may seem like a slightly odd way to mark this day, our video about “Chauvinism” explores some of the origins of misogyny and the early roots of feminism. https://youtu.be/iLuJ-BUSNcI
In 30 minutes, Tongues and Runes turns back to the dragons and the wizards who use their language. Join me for a very special episode where we develop a ritual for the spell Find Familiar. #conlang #language #linguistics #dnd #ttrpg https://youtube.com/live/1bXdDN6jHlk @conlang
Banning swearing in Formula One could be bad for drivers – a linguist explains
The surprisingly connected origins of "shrove" and "carnival". https://youtube.com/shorts/g-qTw8ik1eA
