What's your favourite branch of phonetics? aboutlinguistics.com/explore/the-... #linguistics #phonetics

All the ways that the Proto-Indo-European word for ‘one’ surfaces in Modern English, in collaboration with @starkeycomics.bsky.social!

Here's how having some knowledge of linguistics can help you learn languages. aboutlinguistics.com/explore/how-... #languagelearning #languages #polyglot #linguistics

Talkie is a chatbot trained only on texts from before 1931. It’s not just playing a character from that time – it literally has no knowledge of anything that happened after 1930. And it’s wonderfully eloquent!

Some thoughts on language. aboutlinguistics.com/explore/lang... #language #linguistics #reflections #musings

We barely 'surf the web' anymore, we're just 'online'. And 'answering machines', 'pagers', and 'paying with a cheque' are things more likely to be heard in an episode of Friends than in your current friend group. aboutlinguistics.com/explore/lang... #linguistics #language

Check in on the latest issue of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition: 📚 https://cup.org/4bB05W9 #linguistics #bilingualism

Good for them 💚 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #linguistics #welsh #language #bilingual #wales

I like the transcription of "pollo" as [poźo] in this Argentinian restaurant in Poland, based on Rioplatense pronunciation 🐦🐦

'The horse raced past the barn fell.'  Did you have to read that again? So did I! https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/garden-path-sentences/ #linguistics #language #psycholinguistics

English Linguistics and the Age of Data: How Digitalization Is Rewriting the Rules', a new blog by Mikko Laitinen and Paula Rautionaho, author of DATA-INTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF ENGLISH 📚 https://cup.org/4bUboYr

Dialects are a natural result of how humans live with each other in communities, and they are a wonderful reflection of our history and sense of identity. #linguistics #language #dialects aboutlinguistics.com/explore/why-...

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’. #linguistics

Explore the most read research in Studies in Second Language Acquisition: 📚 https://cup.org/4pOpK1a #linguistics

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/ #linguistics #language

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...

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/ #linguistics

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: 📚 https://cup.org/49ny01S #linguistics

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: 📚 https://cup.org/3Yw9LK9 #linguistics

Psycholinguistics is the scientific study of how humans acquire, comprehend, and produce language. #linguistics #psycholinguistics #psychology aboutlinguistics.com/explore/what...

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

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

The essential principles Stephen Krashen identified that determine whether any learning method actually works. #linguistics #language #learninglanguages #languagelearning #polyglot aboutlinguistics.com/explore/the-...

Gesture a Slim Guide is available with a 30% discount code (AUFLY30) on the global.oup.com/academic website - for the hardcover (and it looks like it works for the very cute softcover too) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The first-ever monolingual Irish dictionary has been published www.joe.ie/news/launch-...

“They’ll tell you that the arts and humanities aren’t practical and then read poetry at funerals and weddings, cry over films and search for meaning in ancient philosophy. Surviving is one type of practicality, knowing why we bother is another.” — Joel Uili (quoted in Common Reader, 2025)

I may or may not have spent the last 20 minutes hypnotised by this

It's no surprise that language is in constant evolution, but what I find remarkable is how some words can mean one thing at one point in time and, years later, mean the complete opposite. aboutlinguistics.com/explore/7-wo... #linguistics #words #language #english

How does language learning actually work? aboutlinguistics.com/explore/the-... #linguistics #language #languagelearning

#Linguistics #Language & #Meaning

Auditory phonetics is the branch of phonetics that studies how humans hear and perceive speech sounds. https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/what-is-auditory-phonetics/ #linguistics #phonetics #sounds #hearing

Which of these words should we bring back into English? - Nim: To steal - Hob: A shelf in a fireplace - Caitiff: A cowardly person - Quail: To flinch or shrink back #linguistics #English #language

Switching between languages trains your brain to handle multiple tasks with ease.  https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/12-benefits-of-being-bilingual #bilingual #languagelearning #languages

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