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Hello, world!Hello from Peru! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peru</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Hello, world!Hello from Italy! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Italy</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Court Cantrell will not comply<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a> that the word "transmogrify" has been around since the 1600s. And here I always thought Bill Watterson invented it just for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalvinAndHobbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalvinAndHobbes</a>. 😆<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transmogrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transmogrification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EtymologyNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EtymologyNerd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EtymologyForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EtymologyForever</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

abadideaI bring you the most important paper ever contributed to the especially crackpot-prone field of Minoan studies. A paper that will defeat Reviewer 2 once and for all. A paper that I definitely didn't write based on ideas I had while direly ill with a flu. academia.edu: <a href="https://www.academia.edu/128559713/The_Utterly_Unhinged_Elamo_Minoan_Hypothesis_April_Fools_" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.academia.edu/128559713/The_Utterly_Unhinged_Elamo_Minoan_Hypothesis_April_Fools_</a>clean direct pdf: <a href="https://0xabad1dea.github.io/bin/Utterly-Unhinged-Elamo-Minoan-Hypothesis.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://0xabad1dea.github.io/bin/Utterly-Unhinged-Elamo-Minoan-Hypothesis.pdf</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/minoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minoan</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aprilfools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aprilfools</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paper</a>

Glyn MoodyWhy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cantonese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cantonese</a> is Closer to Ancient Chinese than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mandarin</a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTpLcTigixs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTpLcTigixs</a> nicely done (v Language Log) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Hello, world!Hello from Uganda! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Uganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uganda</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotIf you don’t feel like pulling a prank for <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AprilFoolsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AprilFoolsDay</a> yourself, maybe you’d enjoy learning about some historical pranks and how they connect, surprisingly, to the Tom Collins cocktail: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OylCDk2Fcog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OylCDk2Fcog</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TomCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TomCollins</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cocktails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cocktails</a>

Brad Rubenstein “:verified:”Translating software apps. Interesting points by <a href="https://chaos.social/@rennerocha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rennerocha</a> on a meaningful way to contribute to open source application projects, even if you are not a software developer.And a niche area of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> that may deserve more attention.<a href="https://rennerocha.com/posts/things-i-learned-from-translating-free-software-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rennerocha.com/posts/things-i-learned-from-translating-free-software-projects/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/languagelovers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@languagelovers</a>

Hello, world!Hello from Bouvet Island! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/BouvetIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BouvetIsland</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

div-ling e.V.Wow! We hit 90 abstract submissions for our conference LILG2! 🥳Huge thanks to everyone who submitted - we are now diving into the review process and cannot wait to see the amazing presentations that will come out of this. Stay tuned! <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a>

Hello, world!Hello from South Africa! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Hello, world!Hello from Kenya! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kenya</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

JordiGHIs French grammatical number dying? I often hear native speakers from all around the world inflect both numbers in singular, even for words that supposedly have a different pronunciation in the plural inflexion.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#French</a>

Augier (fr & en) 🏴☭Was german really "awful"? — RobWords<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcekIrFjwe0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcekIrFjwe0</a><a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/vulgarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vulgarisation</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/%C3%A9ducPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#éducPop</a> <a href="https://diaspodon.fr/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Lianna (on Mastodon)I entered the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ComputationalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputationalLinguistics</a> field in 2018 by enrolling for a Bachelor's degree.Since then, a lot has changed. Almost all the things we learned about, programmed in practice and did research on are now nearly irrelevant in our day-to-day.Everything is <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLMs</a> now. Every paper, every course, every student project.And the newly enrolled students changed, too. They're no longer language nerds, they're <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> bros.I miss <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/CompLing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CompLing</a> before ChatGPT.<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#llm</a>

Dianora (Diane Bruce)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx3c4AjAO58" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx3c4AjAO58</a>I blame <a href="https://mastodon.social/@DEWLine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DEWLine</a> The weird thing is, my old H.S. Latin is still capable of understanding most of this!<a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Latin</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a>

Valannō LyoreIlōre Nelwa Gālwýs! Today New Moonyear!Zodiac: Cālas Celbeä Cīrwamāre Year of the Donkey, temperament: fire-spirited<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conlang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conlangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conlangs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/conlang" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@conlang</a>

Hello, world!Hello from Cook Islands! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CookIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CookIslands</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Daniil BaturinI have a fan theory about the Irish imperative mood. I wonder if actual linguists know of relevant papers on that subject.The theory is that there once was a particle for the positive imperative mood, in addition to the negative particle "ná" (as in "Ná habair é!").The particle was later forgotten, similar to how the past tense used to be marked with "do" (as in "do bhí mé ann") but is now marked just by lenition that "do" used to cause. The positive particle didn't cause any mutation, or caused gemination/aspiration, like the negative one.Here's the reasoning.Old Irish had absolute and conjunct forms for all verbs (conjunct = for use with particles). "Berthae libru" — "you all carry books" (absolute, 2nd pl). "Ní beirid libru" — "you all do not carry books" (conjunct, 2nd pl)."You all, don't carry books!" would be "Ná beirid libru" — "ná" is a particle and requires a conjunct form. But the positive imperative "you all, carry books!" was "Beirid libru!" — the form looks like a conjunct form, even though there's no particle.An alternative hypothesis is that conjunct forms evolved from imperative forms. However, there's an argument against that in the imperative forms of compound verbs. Old Irish compound verbs are kinda like English phrase verbs: "as-berid" is probably a combination of "as" ("from", "out of") and the verb "to carry" but the real meaning of "as-berid" is "you all speak". Their prefixes act like pseudo-particles: they require conjunct forms of the original verb, and remain unstressed, which is why those forms are called "deuterotonic" (second-[syllable]-stressed). When used with a normal particle, the stress shifts to the pseudo-particle and that mangles the original verb really hard: "you (all) do not speak" is not "ní as-berid" but "ní eprid". That "twice-conjunct" form is called "prototonic"."You all, speak!" is "Eprid!" — the form is prototonic, and we know it evolved from "as-beirid", which disproves the alternative hypothesis. It's more likely that people used to say something like "*Só eprid!" (random guess).But whether there's enough data anywhere to prove that a positive imperative conjunct particle ever existed is a different story.<a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/Gaeilge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaeilge</a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoDaoine</a>

Valannō LyoreWeek 13yūgethein [ 'ju:.ge.θeɪ̯n ] - to count, to calculate (intransitive verb) root: *jógh2aorist: eyũxathe perfect: yeyūgetharelated (same root): yunthes [ 'jun.θes ] - calculation, reasoning (noun, PART sg case: yuntheda)yūx [ 'ju:ks ] - 1. pebble, small rock; 2. number (noun, PART sg case: yūga)<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/conlang" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@conlang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conlang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conlangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conlangs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

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