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The Catalan language has a past tense built with the verb ‘go’.
So instead of using simple past, in #Catalan you can say:
vaig menjar - ‘I go eat’
meaning: ‘I ate’
It’s called the periphrastic past, and it’s unusual among Romance languages because it uses ‘go’ rather than ‘have’.
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Explore the most read research in Studies in Second Language Acquisition:
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What are auditory illusions in speech perception?
#linguistics #phonetics #auditoryphonetics
The Irish language doesn't have words for 'yes' or 'no'.
Instead, the verb from the question is repeated with or without a negative particle.
For example:
Ar chuala tú é? ‘Did you hear it?’
Chuala. ‘(I) heard.’
Níor chuala. ‘(I) did not hear.’
#linguistics #language #Irish
If you have ever misheard the lyrics of a song ("All the lonely Starbucks lovers" - Blank Space, Taylor Swift, anyone?), you have experienced an auditory illusion.
#linguistics #phonetics
The principle of “comprehensible input” was popularised by Stephen Krashen, whose Input Hypothesis has become one of the most influential ideas in language acquisition.
https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/the-5-essential-bases-of-language-learning-you-need-to-know/
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Lovely, thanks for the recommendation!
Well said!
that's really sweet :)
If people talked about English the way they talked about other languages
Hi all! Does anyone have any good linguistics book recommendations? I'm always looking for new books to read 😊
#linguistics #books #bookrecommendation #reading
Japanese has special verbs just for giving and receiving things.
For example, あげる (ageru) means ‘to give,’ while もらう (morau) and polite いただく (itadaku) mean ‘to receive.’
#linguistics #languages #japanese #wordnerd
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.
It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
I love this reply! haha
It's amazing how some words can mean one thing at one point in time and, years later, mean the complete opposite.
https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/7-words-you-use-that-now-mean-the-opposite-of-what-they-used-to/
#linguistics #etymology
When we listen to speech, our brain interprets information quickly, using linguistic knowledge, context, expectations, and past experiences to build what we ultimately hear.
https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/auditory-illusions-in-speech-perception-definition-and-examples/
#linguistics #phonetics
Some benefits of metalinguistic awareness:
- It makes reading easier and more enjoyable
- It improves language learning speed
- It makes conversations more efficient because you're using your words carefully
https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/what-is-metalinguistic-awareness/
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A new study looks at how the brain organizes and interprets information about speech as it unfolds in real time, showing that our brains process both multiple words and multiple types of information (phonetic, syntactic, semantic, etc.) in parallel.
Check in on the latest issue of Studies in Second Language Acquisition:
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Speech is a physical event, and as such, it can be broken down into measurable parts like vibrations, airflow, and sound energy.
Blog post: aboutlinguistics.com/explore/what...
#linguistics #phonetics #acousticphonetics
Check out the latest research on emerging trends and hot topics in Natural Language Processing:
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Psycholinguistics is the scientific study of how humans acquire, comprehend, and produce language.
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Auditory illusions in speech perception: When our brain misinterprets acoustic information, making us understand something different from what was said.
#linguistics #auditoryphonetics #phonetics
Beneath all language learning recommendations lie some core principles that have revolutionised how we understand language acquisition.
aboutlinguistics.com/explore/the-...
#linguistics #language #languagelearning
The word ‘disaster’ comes from Latin disastrum:
dis-: ‘bad’, ‘ill’, or ‘unfavourable’
astrum: ‘star’
Stars were associated with fate. When something bad happened, it was because the stars weren't 'aligned'.
That's also why we also have words like 'ill-starred'.
#linguistics #words #wordnerd
Is it weird to love the International Phonetic Alphabet? Asking for a friend
#linguistics #phonetics #IPA
What do you think about elongated silences in conversations?
https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/when-silence-becomes-awkward-in-conversation/
#linguistics #silence #conversation #awkward
Stephen Krashen and language learning
https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/the-5-essential-bases-of-language-learning-you-need-to-know/
#linguistics #language #languagelearning
a stack of 3 hard cover copies of the book Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory, edited by Jennifer Nycz and Lauren Hall-Lew as part of Oxford Surveys in Phonology and Phonetics.
3 copies of a hardcover book standing on their edges, with two cats nearby
a tabby cat with his paw placed on a copy of a book titled Sociophonetics
a tabby cat standing next to a copy of a book titled Sociophonetics and gnawing on the top corner
Hard copies of my new OUP book with @lhlew.bsky.social have arrived! Kaz gives it five stars for being smooth, shiny, easy-to-hide-behind, and delicious #linguistics
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