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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Check out my latest substack, Lost in Transcription, where I share a #sociolinguist's take on the inherent shortcomings of #voice #AI jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/lost-in-tr...

Woman happily talking into a device, using speech-to-text technology

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Here's my latest Substack article on thinking about different justifications for using, or not using, #AI jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/the-ai-pro...

Picture of women with a thought bubble, thinking "Use your own brain!"

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Check out my latest substack: Dear #ChatGPT, please study #sociolinguistics! Language learners have had enough already! open.substack.com/pub/jaetakeu...

Image of AI-brain-body sitting at a desk studying with topics floating around its head.

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

There's so much hype surrounding #AI I decided to write about it in my latest substack "the AI Propaganda Machine, don't believe the hype" jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/the-ai-pro...

Image of article about genAI with blog title superimposed "the AI Propaganda Machine, don't believe the hype"

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Check out my latest on substack re #AI and #thinking. (for the record, my substack is (and always will be) free, you can subscribe for free or read without subscribing.) open.substack.com/pub/jaetakeu...

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Figuring out the downsides of AI

What do we lose when we farm out the work of thinking?

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Just asked my library to purchase this book! You should do the same! #appliedlinguistics #accent

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I just sent an email asking our Linguistics librarian to purchase this for our library! Really looking forward to reading it!

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

This article makes a good case for not relying on digital tools when writing. But as someone who works in #appliedlinguistics, I also see it as a testament to the role of #language in crafting and performing #identity. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...

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Opinion | Don’t Throw Your Dictionary Away

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Thank you!! It looks awesome! I was actually wondering what those tables look like when printed (I only read online so far). Anyway, I am definitely adding this article to my socioling class next time! :)

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I’m really looking forward to reading this new article by @scriptingjapan.bsky.social article about #linguisticideologies and #katakana

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

My 2023 book is coming out in paperback in Sept. Use discount code DELPA30 for 30% off when you order from the publisher's website. Title: Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy: Native Speaker Bias in Japan. Here's the flyer. #AppliedLinguistics #Japanese #L2 #sociolinguistics #SLA

Flyer with discount code DELPA30 for 30% off when you order my book "Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy: Native Speaker Bias in Japan."

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

There's something satisfying about seeing genAI struggle with 文字化け。

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

FYI in case anyone would like to consider hosting the 2026 #SecondLanguage Research Forum I did not submit to present at SLRF 2025, but I am going to try to attend, given that the last time I went to SLRF, it was really great. #SLRF #Linguistics #L2 #appliedlinguistics

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

New book coming out July15 2025! My chapter is on #L2 #Japanese Speakers and #Language #Ideologies, I examine the impact of #Monolingual bias on beliefs about unwanted #CodeSwitching .Use discount code ICJ50 & get 50%off @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social here: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...

Flyer with 50% off discount code ICJ50, for book titled "Ideologies of Communication in Japan."

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Does anyone have a go-to "here's what AI is & here's how it works" type article? Also looking for more recent "pros/cons of AI in #academia" or "pros/cons of AI for #writing" articles. I'm updating my #AI activity for #linguistics class & what I used before is now old. Pls let me know of any recs!

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This is helpful, esp. for anyone new to peer review. "If you think the topic is not worthy of study, you should decline to do the review" Exactly! It can be helpful to remember that editors don't send it out if it doesn't have any chance of getting published. tl;dr: don't be a jerk when reviewing!

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Here's something I don't often share on my BlueSky profile: me playing the #piano. All work and no play makes Jae a dull girl, after all. Wind, by Brian Crain. youtu.be/o1P-K4gAQtw

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Wind (by Brian Crain)

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Was looking thru my 2011 MA thesis on #codeswitching & noticed something... Each excerpt is 4 lines: Line 1 is the utterance; Line 2 is the gloss, Line 3 is English. Line 4 is paraling info. Lines 1-3 are in the same font, line 3 is in italics and Line 4 is .... wait for it.... in Comic Sans. 😅

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

This term I’m teaching 2 courses on #Japanese #sociolinguistics. On the 1st day I asked students to tell me what questions they have. One asked “What problem does sociolinguistics solve?” I’ll definitely be asking them this at the mid-point & again at the end of the semester! How would you answer?

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

There are definitely arguments for making linguistics a standalone dept. But having linguists in depts w/ non-linguist colleagues also has lots of benefits. I do Japanese sociolinguistics and I’m in dept of East Asian Languages & Cultures, w/ colleagues across disciplines, and it’s really great!

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Really want to make this my winter break OOO message!

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Yay!!! Super happy to see you here!! :)

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The problem is, whoever is doing the fact checking has to know enough to spot any errors. If I'm hiring a lawyer, it's because I don't know enough to do it myself, so I'm less likely to be able to successfully fact check, or error-check, the AI output.

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

素敵な音楽をシェアしてくださりありがとうございます！

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Ugh, so now if I hire lawyer, I’m going to also have to figure out a way to ensure that they themselves read (& write) all the stuff I would be hiring them to read (& write), not farm *any* of it out to AI. I can screw up with AI on my own, if I’m hiring a human, I want the human to do it.

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

If only I knew. They’re terrifying.

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Everyone who works in academia should be reading this...

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This is (unintentionally I assume) an argument for serif fonts. On my phone,the main different b/w kuchi & ro is size. On my computer, you can see the serifs, so one is clearly kanji &the other clearly katakana. Using MSWord, compare MS Mincho w/ MS Gothic or ud digi kyokasho & see the differences

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Here's what I'm reading this morning. Among other important points the author makes, I like this one in particular: ""writing isn’t really something you learn or teach—it’s something you practice" Nnext we need the #languagelearning version of this article. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)

Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I've noticed that too. Japanese-language users aren't really leaving twitter, and my feed here at BlueSky is primarily English-medium.

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I don’t find that convincing. Especially since English is my L1…. Obviously an N of 1 isn’t sufficient for making any conclusions. But it’s fun to think about! 6/6

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

What else would I have written? “learner-learner interaction” or “learner-to-learner interaction”? Ok wait, I take that back. 同士　is shorter and faster to write than “to-learner” So is that it then? It was easier for me to write 同士 and that motivated the codeswitch? I don’t know, 5/

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Here you see #language #variation but not social interaction, so I would still group it w #sociolinguistics and of course #appliedlinguistics broadly defined. Oh and re code-switching motivated by cognitive burden, that explanation doesn’t quite make sense here, I think. Because 4/

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

These were notes I wrote for myself, which I was writing in response to an English-medium webinar (subject wasn’t Japanese). Interesting to think about what motivates that kind of #codeswitching. Also brings to mind the debate about what counts as #sociolinguistics 3/

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I know there’s a fair amt of research on written code-switching, but the work I’m familiar w focuses on written interaction, e.g., chat or online contexts, IOW interlocutors interacting. 2/

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Was looking thru notes I took while listening to an English-lang. webinar and saw that I wrote “learner 同士のinteraction.” I don’t have any recollection of #code-switching and I doubt I would have done this if I were typing (bc of the extra step required to switch input method). 1/ #appliedlinguistics

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Optimist: the cup is half full. Pessimist: the cup is half empty. Japanese language learner: コップ？カップ？グラス？ガラス？どっち？？ (FYI both koppu & kappu refer to different kinds of cups, gurasu is for drinking glasses & garasu refers to material, e.g., glass as opposed to plastic) #Japanese #languagelearning

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I agree. “Lackadaisical” doesn’t exist in my spoken lexicon. “Laxadaisical” does, altho I ever explicitly think to spell it that way. Like February. & also 雰囲気 in Japanese (dictionaries say pronunciation is “fun-i-ki,” common spoken pronunciation is “fu-in-ki”) Prescriptivism is irrelevant.

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Looking forward to listening to this!!

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

And we thought Reviewer 2 was bad…

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Jae DiBello Takeuchi @jaetakeuchi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“If everyone in the world miraculously started speaking in exactly the same way overnight, it would be because we had all been hooked up to the matrix and had our brains sucked out of our heads.” FIFY 😉

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