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Did you know about the 'Great Vowel Shift'? This major change in the pronunciation of the English language occurred during the 15th to 18th centuries, drastically altering the sounds of long vowels! #Linguistics #EnglishLanguage #History
A linguistic map of Germany: According to the Ethnologue, Germany is home to 19 distinct languages. Map from SB Languages: sblanguagemaps.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/lin… #Germany #language #languages #linguistics
Congrats to Olamide for successfully defending her MA thesis! Title: Crosslinguistic Variability Judgement of Telicity and Telicity Diagnostics in English and Yoruba #UofULinguistics #linguistics
Is Sumerian truly a language isolate? or is it the first Indo-European language? Let's investigate! #linguistics #history#sumerian
New discovery reveals fascinating insights into John Wilkins' groundbreaking work on analytical language. #linguistics #JohnWilkins ift.tt/wAt5SCM
Fascinating discovery: "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" sheds light on a unique linguistic system from the 17th century, offering insight into early attempts at creating a universal language. #linguistics #JohnWilkins bit.ly/3QitlWh
Australian accents fans and sociolinguistic nerds! This video from 1967 is lots of fun for accent variation (bearing in mind two interviewees are drunk and one fails to understand the American interviewer)! #langtwt #linguistics youtu.be/esBLinbJydI?si…
Der deutsche Komplementierer "weil" hat sich aus einem Nomen mit der Bedeutung "Weile"/ "Zeit" entwickelt. #Deutsch #German #Linguistik #linguistics #Syntax #langtwt
While prevalent in English discourse, requests for information are predominantly confined to non-personal settings, indicative of a reluctance to delve into personal matters. Learn more: buff.ly/44faWja #smalltalk #culture #research #English #Chinese #linguistics
🚨📚Excited to share my latest preprint with @tmalsburg on German bracketing paradoxes!📚🚨 We find that strong semantic cues can override grammatical constraints (and how tall is a four-story homeowner). #linguistics #academicchatter #research Read here: osf.io/preprints/psya…
When Fingerspelling “Tinkrrbell” the L shape will be repeated as a slight slide because it appears at the end of the word. #ASL #DoubleLetters #Linguistics