My new book: Artificial Knowledge of Language. A Linguist's Perspective on Its Nature, Origins and Use. The central question that this volume seeks to answer is: What are the similarities and differences between how human beings know language and how artificial intelligence knows language? The […]

How are language and number knowledge related? In this new post, I link advances in neuroscience research on mathematical knowledge with linguistic theory to provide an answer to this question. Hint: syntax is important! […]

Just out of the press! https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.21633

El lunes que viene en el Ateneo de Madrid. Entrada libre.

📹¡Aquí os dejamos el vídeo resumen de nuestra última charla en #ConferenciasPsylex! 🗣️ Antonio Benítez Burraco 📄 «Los beneficios de la interdisciplinariedad en la lingüística: El caso de la lingüística histórica» 💻 Charla completa⬇️⬇️ 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=izAE...

RE: https://aus.social/@dgar/115569461147433926 Throwing the child with the bathwater?

📹Aquí os dejamos el vídeo resumen de nuestra última #charlaZL. 🗣️ José Luis Mendívil Giró (@jlmendivil.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy) 📑 "Un loro estocástico en la habitación china: ChatGPT y el conocimiento del lenguaje" 📺 ¡Puedes ver la charla completa aquí!: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rYv... ⬇️

I’m going to keep calling Charlie Kirk a fascist who should not be valorized. I am not capitulating to the climate of repression the Trump regime and its supporters have created. The only way to protect freedom to speak truth, is to keep speaking truth.

Don't stop me now Don't stop me 'Cause I'm having a good time, having a good time

An estimated 5.56 billion people have access to the internet. Across social media there are 5.24 billion individual accounts. But there's only a handful of platform owners. Something isn't adding up. This gap leaves room for all sorts of dodgy dealing […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

On dit souvent qu'Einstein aurait introduit la constante cosmologique pour sauver l’idée d’un univers éternel. La vérité est plus subtile et fascinante. Je l’aborde dans cet article 👇 https://theconversation.com/le-principe-oublie-deinstein-ou-la-naissance-de-la-constante-cosmologique-261698

On xenolinguistics: A thoroughly enjoyable and well-researched read. @linguistics https://aeon.co/essays/is-it-time-to-chart-a-new-path-for-xenolinguistics-through-sci-fi?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bd6783aeb1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-19d630b572-838141156

This chapter presents an introduction to the fundamental operations of the so-called Large Language Models (especially ChatGPT) for readers lacking expertise in computational linguistics. Additionally, it offers an introduction to the structure and defining characteristics of the human faculty […]

"Confirmation bias (tendency to believe what you already believe) + automation bias (tendency to believe what a computer says) + isolation + an AI chatbot that constantly reinforces whatever you say = an incredibly powerful recipe for psychological dependence and thus user retention and thus money".

We're hiring! A postdoc-level researcher position in NLP, focusing on generative approaches to event extraction, is open at the University of Oslo. The contract is for 30 months. Closing date 11 Aug. Come join us! […]

WTF!

Este artículo sobre por qué existen pseudociencias y teorías de la conspiración es maravilloso https://www.elsaltodiario.com/paradoja-jevons-ciencia-poder/la-lucha-contra-las-pseudociencias-y-las-teorias-de-la-conspiracion-ignorando-la-raiz-del-problema @ElSaltoDiario @KimeraGupta

Hablando de ChatGPT y el conocimiento del lenguaje en el Casino de Teruel. Mucha gente interesada, gracias por vuestra atención.

Feliz día del Corpus, lingüistas.

Roca en forma de barco frente al cabo de Pertusato en el extremo sur de Córcega, Francia. #francia #france

📢Nuestros #psylexeros @jlmendivil.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy, #Serrrano, @barbaramarqueta.bsky.social y @mamenhorno.bsky.social han sido consultores de la nueva edición de la Nueva Gramática de la Lengua Española. Ayer estuvieron en la presentación oficial en la RAE. 📸⬇️

📢¡Nuestros #psylexeros participarán esta semana en el XVI Congreso Internacional de Lingüística General! 📚🧠 🌎El #CILG2025 se celebrará en la @ua.es del 🗓️11 al 13 de junio. En este hilo 🧵 os contamos todas sus comunicaciones 👇

Cosa más bonita de examen

📢 Este viernes, nuestro #psylexero @alberhache.bsky.social participará en el congreso #Olinco2025 (The Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium) con su charla #plenaria: 🧾 "Motion events and conceptual transfer in a second language" 📍 #UPOlomouc, Chequia 📅 6 de junio +Info: 🔗 olinco.upol.cz

My new paper is out! I looked into how economic editorials structure their arguments and express opinions. Lots of criticism, subtle emotion, and careful storytelling. Language does a lot of heavy lifting here. #CorpusLinguistics #DiscourseAnalysis […]

Decidme una cosa; Si ya estamos viendo como cada vez más gente usa las IA para pedirle que le explique qué ropa le sienta mejor, qué debería hacer con su ex-novio, qué partes de su cuerpo se podrían mejorar o qué debe comer, qué ejercicios debe hacer, quién tiene razón en una discusión online o […]

📢¿Cómo se relaciona el conocimiento del lenguaje con el de los números? 📄 @jlmendivil.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy relaciona la neurociencia de la comprensión numérica y la teoría lingüística para dar una respuesta. ➡️ Respuesta corta: Tienen un origen común. 🔗 bioling.psychopen.eu/index.php/bi...

junior academic: internet is down 😱 senior academic: internet is down 🥳 #academicchatter

Would you like to know how language and number knowledge are related? In this new short essay, I link advances in neuroscience research on mathematical knowledge with linguistic theory to provide an answer to this question. Hint: syntax is important! @linguistics #linguistics #maths #philsci […]

Hoy me he vuelto a enamorar de la radio. Supongo que ha debido ser un caos hacerla internamente, pero encender el transistor a pilas y tener a @cas.al contando todo (y empalmando con La Ventana, Hora 25...) ha sido tranquilizador.

A must read. From: @minimalparts https://fosstodon.org/@minimalparts/114346639422252075

Public service announcement: this is *not* a dire wolf. It is a genetically modified grey wolf made to resemble an extinct species, so a bullshit company can raise more money for their bullshit projects. #Deextinction is a scam on so many levels I don't even […] [Original post on spore.social]

Everything wrong with the Wikipedia is something that is just generally wrong with working with humans. My experience with the Wikipedia included being harassed white nationalists because I edited their creepy "Race and IQ." A very ugly experience and I did not feel supported or protected by […]

Looking for a new challenge, e.g., teaching & researching English in a multilingual society & workplace? With a digital twist? Then come & work with us at the Department of Humanities in Luxembourg! We’re looking for a new colleague in English linguistics (Assoc or Full Prof)! #jobs #linguistics

#nature Convergent vocal representations in parrot and human forebrain motor networks https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08695-8 the parrot as an important animal model for investigating speech motor control and for developing therapeutic solutions for addressing a range of […]

Fresh from the press: a new chapter on the (short) history of Biolinguistics (the science that tries to uncover the biological basis of language). https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111293776-002/html#Harvard @linguistics #linguistics #linguistica #philsci

Massive result in Dutch parliament just now. They passed 10 separate motions to enhance digital resilience, run more of our own servers & reduce dependency on US cloud technology. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-parliament-calls-end-reliance-us-software-2025-03-18/

«The problem isn’t that the fediverse isn’t viable. The problem isn’t that it’s “too complicated.” The problem is that the giants of Silicon Valley have spent 20 years convincing us that anything outside their control isn’t worth our time. And that’s just not bloody true.» From: The Fediverse […]

📢Mañana, nuestra #psylexera @katiabs.bsky.social presentará "'Looking' at intra-typological variation from psycholinguistics " en el seminario: 📍#STL: Séminaire des doctorants de STL - PHD student seminar: Labo Savoirs, Textes, Langage (UMR8163) 🖼️⬇️