Spotted a (exaggerated?) representation of the #Southernvowelshift in a #HauntofFear issue c1950s: "can't" as [keɪnt] rather than [kænt].

#comics #horror #linguistics #sociolinguistics #languagechange #phonetics #phonology #dialectology

Despite being an American I’ve always pronounced Baptist as [ˈbæp̚.tɪst] (that’s voiceless unaspirated [t] not [tʰ]) but recently I’ve heard family members (especially those with Southern roots) pronounce it as [ˈbæːb.ⁿdɪst]. After listening to other Southern preachers pronounce it in the second way, I’ve come to conclude that this must be a very Southern American form of pronouncing it that has migrated to the North through families and churches.
#linguistics #phonetics #dialectology #baptist

Since learning the South Jutlandic dialect of Danish from my wife, I've always been aware that – compared to standard Danish – many final syllables are omitted, so they rely much more on tone and length to distinguish words.

I've recently found a verb that is conjugated entirely through tones and lengths. ‘at vende’ – ‘to turn’:

vende – /vɛ̌nː/
vender – /vɛ̂n/ or /vɛn̰/
vendte – /věːn/
vendt – /vêːn/ or /vḛːn/

#linguistics #dialect #dialects #dialectology #IPA #sønderjysk #dialekt #dialekter

"Fii uses across Arabic varieties"
Dr. Margherita Pallottino from the University of Geneva is going to speak about the multifunctionality of the particle fii, its geographical distribution and possible correlations.
When? 05 JUNE 2024 AT 18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Where? https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84282442460?pwd=NHVhQnJXOVdZTWtNcWNRQllaQWFnQT09

https://www.ofai.at/events/lectures2024spring

#Linguistics #Arabic #LanguageResearch #Dialectology

#dialectology
determined by geography

maps are valuable in linguistics 😍
now we see Switzerland

I was interviewed in @WillametteWeek about the @pop_vs_soda map I made a million years ago: https://www.wweek.com/drink/2024/04/18/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/

I guess it's about time to create a Mastodon account for that project...

#PopVsSoda #LinguisticGeography #LinguisticCartography #dialectology #maps #cartography #PNW #PDX

The epic linguistic map came up in conversation at work today, so today is one of those days to regularly to pause and spend some time admiring this map of North American English dialects by Rick Aschmann:

https://aschmann.net/AmEng/

#linguistics #LinguisticGeography #cartography #OutsiderArt #NorthAmerica #maps #dialect #dialectology

To "throw a rock in a haystack". This is a new #saying for me, and I can't find any references to it in Google books or on the web in general. #Crawford is from #Omaha, so maybe it's a saying in #Nebraska considering the state's #agriculture activities. It implies to me that one is making a commotion to get whatever it is one wants to come out and talk.

https://youtu.be/0at0kzeiPKA

#linguistics #semantics #languagevariation #dialectology #boxing

I've recently noticed a pronunciation in American English of auxiliaries/modals ending in [d] with a cliticized negative particle, where the [d] is dropped and the negative particle is pronounced with a schwa-like sound – so, for example, _couldn't_ is pronounced /'kʊnət/, _didn't_ is pronounced /'dɪnət/, and so on. I'm wondering whether this is a new thing or whether I've just never noticed it (it seems to be rare). Anybody familiar with AmE #dialectology know more about this? @linguistics

Title: Crowdsourcing for Purrieties - Participatory Culture in Dialectology

Review Result of the Program Committee: Congratulations! This contribution has been accepted to the DH2023 Conference Program.
#DigitalHumanities #linguistics #DH2023 @dh #cats #dialectology

TIL that some speakers inflect the “on X's behalf” construction for plural, labiodental voicing and all, and it's truly blown my mind

#BritishEnglish never ceases to amaze #morphology #syntax #dialectology #LanguageVariation #linguistics

fluff compress: refers to a cat applied in case of headache

#purrieties as used by @devezer

#meowlogism #linguistics #cats #dialectology

In case you were wondering, about me and cats: well, I have combined my love of cats and linguistics in my upcoming publication: "Purrieties of Language: How We Talk about Cats Online", which is due out at the end of February. It's available for preorder here: https://www.cambridge.org/at/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/purrieties-language-how-we-talk-about-cats-online?format=PB 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈

#cats #linguistics #sociolinguistics #digitalspaces #purrieties #book #dialectology #lexicology

If you are interested in feline-inspired words 🐈 across social media platforms, check out my blog. I have uploaded my Google Sheets file with keywords and variants. Cat-related linguistic data available now on my blog now: https://meowfactor.hypotheses.org/3655

#purrieties #cats #linguistics #sociolinguistics #dialectology #DigitalSpaces

I love it when people tell me they DO NOT have an accent... #linguistics #dialectology #variation #linguisticvariation #sociolinguistics #denial @linguisticsmemes @linguistics

An ancestor of mine, Archpriest Francesco Paulo Caputi did one of the first studies in #dialectology in #Basilicata, looking at the same story told in each #dialetto from the 5 villages in the upper Agri Valley. The differences in each reflect the very different political histories of each village. #storiaitaliana #storia #ItalianHistory #histodons #linguistics #italia

Citizen #linguistics!

https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/z2ztal/how_many_glaswegian_accents_are_there/

#dialectology #Scottish #Glasgow #accent #sociolinguistics

@justjessphd

#Barbados
#dialectology
#MariaEdgeworth
#JaneAusten
#Jewish studies

Here’s my #introduction. I’m a #linguistics #nerd who specializes in #LVC ( #language #variation and change) #sociolinguistics #rstats and #dialectology. I am especially interested in the #English language in the #Maritimes in eastern #Canada. I teach at #universityofoxford. I also love #cooking #ukulele #litrpg and am super #gay @linguistics

I just heard an American using the word *pianist*, and it only had two syllables! 🙀

I’m used to someone, like me, who plays the /ˈpʲæ.no/ being called a /ˈpi.ə.nɪst/ #BrE

But – and I don’t know how I’ve never heard this before – now I know that an American might call me a /ˈpʲæ.nɪst/ #AmE

Not sure what would happen to words like pianism and pianistic though 🤷‍♀️

#dialectology #phonology