Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Rereading Comrie on typology, and in the chapter on nominative/accusative vs ergative/absolutive languages, I’m wondering if it was strictly necessary for *every* example to be about domestic abuse. It’s literally “the man hit the woman and came here” “the woman was hit by the man and came here.” 110
Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 05/02/2025What scientific inquiry can be done w/out the words “equality,” “inequality,” “discriminate,” “minority,” or “majority”? Certainly nothing in STEM, you’ve ruled out algebra, linear or otherwise. Can you you build an electric car without talking about “polarization”? Asking for a granting agency 030
Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I took a moment to compile some thoughts and memories of Bill Labov. He’ll be missed. Sex, Death, and Moral Outrage: remembering Bill Labov youtu.be/1hPpCD0orCUyoutu.beSex, Death, and Moral Outrage: remembering Bill LabovYouTube video by languagejones 041
Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Reading Bill Labov z”l discuss the respect afforded to the dead, and the ways we (sometimes) feel like we can still communicate with them, is an emotional rollercoaster. 140
Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 12/12/2024“Man” historically meant “person” and “were” (as in “werewolf”) meant “man.” Now, it’s become so semantically restricted, that older fossilized forms are being replaced because they’re perceived as unnecessarily gendered. Language change is fascinating 161
Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I stopped using ChatGPT not just because it wastes two gallons of water per prompt (!) but also because I still have to just write whatever I asked for by myself. 040
Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I’m not an expert but I was under the impression christmas happens AFTER thanksgiving 040
Reposted by Dr. Taylor JonesJack Grieve @jwgrieve.bsky.social · 10/10/2024New paper on the language of fake news with Bashayer Baissa and Matteo Fuoli doi.org/10.1177/1750...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 052
Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 14/11/2024The entire book is like this. When the next generation says that singular they for a specific, named referent doesn’t feel unnatural, they grew up on this. And notice that it’s not a gender thing. If anything, it’s an animacy thing 040
Dr. Taylor Jones @thelanguagejones.bsky.social · 14/11/2024The entire book is like this. When the next generation says that singular they for a specific, named referent doesn’t feel unnatural, they grew up on this. And notice that it’s not a gender thing. If anything, it’s an animacy thing 020