ChrisTCollins
@christcollins.bsky.social
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A linguist specializing in syntactic theory, English syntax and African languages.
Let me remind people (and their advisors) applying to graduate school of this post:
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You can also visit my blog. Lots of interesting posts for prospective graduate students about life in the field.
ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com
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Writing a Statement of Purpose for Linguistics Graduate School
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2019/12/writing-statement-of-purpose-for.html
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Leonard Bloomfield Book Award Finalist (links)
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/leonard-bloomfield-book-award-finalist.html
about 1 month ago
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Congratulations: Bloomfield Award Finalist (notification letter)
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/congratulations-bloomfield-award.html
about 1 month ago
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It is that time of year again for linguistics students to start thinking of graduate school applications. In order to help them out, I wrote the following blog post. It is by far the most popular blog post I ever wrote.
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Writing a Statement of Purpose for Linguistics Graduate School
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2019/12/writing-statement-of-purpose-for.html
about 2 months ago
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How to write a syllabus for an introductory graduate level course in syntax. Comments welcome!
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Creating a Syntax Syllabus at the Graduate Level
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/08/creating-syntax-syllabus-at-graduate.html#more
4 months ago
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Languages I have Studied
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/07/languages-i-have-studied.html
4 months ago
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Linguistic Subfields and Genetics
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/07/linguistic-subfields-and-genetics.html
4 months ago
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On Foundational Work in Syntactic Theory
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/07/on-foundational-work-in-syntactic-theory.html
4 months ago
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Togo Diary (June July 2025)
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/06/togo-diary-june-july-2025.html
4 months ago
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Summer 2025 Fieldwork (Kpelegbe) by the Numbers
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/08/summer-2025-fieldwork-kpelegbe-by.html
4 months ago
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Togo Diary (June July 2025)
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/06/togo-diary-june-july-2025.html
6 months ago
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My blog is averaging about 200 hits per day (5,000-8,000 per month). If you are interested in posting, or responding to one of my posts, please let me now. Topics are: syntax and fieldwork, in the broadest sense. Let me know if you have ideas!
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Ordinary Working Grammarian
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/
6 months ago
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This is one of the most useful posts I have written, on collaboration in syntax.
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Collaboration in Syntax
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2017/07/collaboration-in-syntax.html
6 months ago
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Congratulations to John David Storment on successful dissertation defense.
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/05/congratulations-to-john-david-storment.html
7 months ago
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Top Likes and Dislikes of Working in Academics (Revised)
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/04/top-likes-and-dislikes-of-working-in.html#more
7 months ago
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New Horizons in Morphology as Syntax: My Three Published Papers
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/04/new-horizons-three-published-papers-on.html
8 months ago
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Concept map of Collins 2024:
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Principles of Argument Structure: A Merge-Based Approach (Concept Map)
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/02/principles-of-argument-structure-merge.html
10 months ago
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Some students have found this useful in writing their statement of purpose. Feedback welcome.
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Writing a Statement of Purpose for Linguistics Graduate School
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2019/12/writing-statement-of-purpose-for.html
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ChrisTCollins
Dr. JD
12 months ago
People who regularly use emojis, please choose the following sentence which is least acceptable. 1️⃣
🫵 are responsible for 🫵 own decisions
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🫵 are responsible for your own decisions
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You are responsible for 🫵 own decisions
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I have no judgments on this
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ChrisTCollins
Dr. JD
12 months ago
People who regularly use emojis, please choose the following sentence which is least acceptable. 1️⃣
Wow, 🫵 must really love 🫵self
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Wow, 🫵 must really love yourself
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Wow, you must really love 🫵self
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I have no judgments on this
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Dr. JD
12 months ago
People who regularly use emojis, please choose the following sentence which is least acceptable. 1️⃣
🫵 said that 🫵 would help me!
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🫵 said that you would help me!
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You said that 🫵 would help me!
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I have no judgments on this
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Concept Map of my Work (Lucid version)
A blog about natural language syntax. Topics will include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics, morphology, typology and syntactic fieldwork.
https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2024/11/concept-map-of-my-work-lucid-version.html
about 1 year ago
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Here is the next version of my concept map for my career in syntax.
about 1 year ago
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I am here now at Bluesky. I have not yet abandoned Twitter/X. This is my very first post (5:32am Wednesday). Hello everybody! I hope I find some linguists and syntacticians here.
about 1 year ago
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