Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Congratulations @mattgoldrick.bsky.social for winning the Elman Prize! Very well-deserved 140
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 21/12/2025New paper in Language and Linguistics Compass! I argue that we can't claim that consonant lenition follows directly from low-information, because many such processes would be be counter-optimizing. But indirect lenition via duration reduction is still possible. I argue for the opposite in my PhD. 100
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Linguists seem to believe that modeling an effect using random effects causes the estimation to be very different than using fixed effects, because random effects are assumed to be normally distributed. Usually, the estimates are (almost) identical, regardless of the actual distribution. 100
Reposted by Uriel Cohen PrivaCharles B. Chang @cbchang.bsky.social · 06/02/2025So sad to hear of Ian Maddieson's passing. He was an amazing linguist but also an inspiring instructor and a big part of why I went into phonetics. I've always been in awe of the depth and breadth of his knowledge of the most obscure languages and will miss his kindness and wit. RIP, Ian~ 🐦🐦 0305
Reposted by Uriel Cohen PrivaChristian DiCanio @cdicanio.bsky.social · 30/01/2025New #labphon publication out today. I was happy to help this one along. www.journal-labphon.org/article/id/1...journal-labphon.orgContrastive vowel length and segment duration in production and perception in DjambarrpuyŋuThis paper deals with segment duration and phonological length in production and perception in the Australian language Djambarrpuyŋu. It provides an acoustic phonetic account of vowel and consonant du... 071
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Her 8yo bilingualness: /hameil oʊnli χosemz et hakor/ 'the-coat only blocks+z ACC the-cold' That's a double decker code switch 020
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 12/12/2024You can now share our Linguist List post as well! Open area Visiting Assistant Professor at Brown, deadline February first linguistlist.org/issues/35-35...linguistlist.org LINGUIST List 35.3531 Jobs: General Linguistics: Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics, Brown University The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online. 000
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Brown's Program in Linguistics (that us!) is searching for a Visiting Assistant Professor (open field). One year appointment, possibly renewable, 2:2 teaching load, February 1st deadline Please apply / retweet / forward Email me if you have any questions apply.interfolio.com/160337apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 01310
Reposted by Uriel Cohen Privaandriescoetzee.bsky.social @andriescoetzee.bsky.social · 06/12/2024The search for new (co-)editor of Language has started! Please circulate widely. And do reach out if you have questions and/or are interested in applying. I did this job for six years — it was hard work, but also very rewarding.mailchi.mpJournal Language Seeks Next Co-Editor 11520
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 02/05/2024Goodness, you had to ruin this website too. 000
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 05/04/2024There's no symbol for uvular approximants in the IPA. How about /ᴙ/? 000
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 16/03/2024A student once had me prove to the entire class that schwa and ʌ are not the same. 010
Reposted by Uriel Cohen PrivaEleanor Chodroff @echodroff.bsky.social · 09/01/2024Incredible and comprehensive introduction to stats and R for linguists by Jessamyn Schertz! 👩💻📈 R bookdown link here: individual.utoronto.ca/jschertz/tea... 1208
Reposted by Uriel Cohen PrivaJames Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · 17/11/2023Exciting {quarto-webr} double feature update! 🚀 Changes (v0.3.8/9): 🚀 Turbocharged with webR v0.2.2 👋 No more `webr-*worker.js` 📦 Autoload packages 🌈 Colored STDOUT/STDERR output 🎨 CSS Classes 🔮 Prelim RevealJS support 👉 github.com/coatless/qua... #quarto #rstats #webr 🌟 263
Reposted by Uriel Cohen PrivaRachel M. Theodore @rachelmtheodore.bsky.social · 14/11/2023NSF is searching for a “rotator” Program Director for Linguistics. If you're interested in learning more about this opportunity to work with a fantastic team and serve language scientists across the country — reach out with questions! new.nsf.gov/careers/open...new.nsf.govBehavioral Scientist (Program Director)We seek a Program Director who can cultivate a portfolio that addresses all aspects of Linguistics and human language sciences, including language infrastructure and the science of documenting endange... 01513
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 10/11/2023Israel news item (related to politics, but isn't really). The situation in Gaza *increased* Israeli Palestinians' (that is, Arab Israeli citizens) identification with the state of Israel, by a huge margin. I just hope Israel doesn't squander that sentiment as it always does. The alt text translates. 012
Reposted by Uriel Cohen PrivaKyle Mahowald @kmahowald.bsky.social · 01/11/2023DEADLINE EXTENSION! If you wanted to submit to the special issue of Journal of Memory and Langauge on Language Models and Psycholing but just missed, good news: we will be accepting Stage 1 (one pager!) until Nov 15. sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...sciencedirect.comPage not found — ScienceDirect 133
Reposted by Uriel Cohen PrivaBetsy Sneller @betsysneller.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Cohen Priva & Gafter: the actuation of unstressed /a/-raising in Modern Hebrew Low vowels raise (centralize) when not stressed (/i/ and /u/ don't show a difference in F1-F2 by stress) #NWAV51 271
Uriel Cohen Priva @urielcohenpriva.bsky.social · 10/10/2023I should not have logged in to Bluesky today. I'd rather not know what some of you think. 000
![The R code shown is:
g <- 1:200 |> as.character()
g.x <- 2**rnorm(length(g))
n <- 10**4
y <- rnorm(n) + g.x
d <- data.frame(y, g)
m.lmer <- lmer(y ~ 0 + (1 | g), d)
m.lm <- lm(y ~ 0 + g, d)
cor(coefficients(m.lm), ranef(m.lmer)$g[,1])
and the result is 1 (the two perfectly match)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yl5f4m2lpahn2atochlk2p52/bafkreig2jcdk5ox6b4pxe2emjxe753pmsdtu5qfno6glfpzevipvd7xfeu)
![The following R code:
g <- 1:200 |> as.character()
g.x <- runif(length(g))
n <- 10**4
y <- rnorm(n) + g.x
d <- data.frame(y, g)
m.lmer <- lmer(y ~ 0 + (1 | g), d)
m.lm <- lm(y ~ 0 + g, d)
cor(coefficients(m.lm), ranef(m.lmer)$g[,1])
The result is again 1](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yl5f4m2lpahn2atochlk2p52/bafkreiaybwyj7ryradu5aai4gbpm4mi4tifidfylfgtyldqqvebx52fohe)
![R code:
g <- 1:200 |> as.character()
g.x <- c(runif(length(g)/2, 1000, 1100), runif(length(g)/2, 0, 100))
n <- 10**4
y <- rnorm(n) + g.x
d <- data.frame(y, g)
m.lmer <- lmer(y ~ 0 + (1 | g), d)
m.lm <- lm(y ~ 0 + g, d)
cor(coefficients(m.lm), ranef(m.lmer)$g[,1])
Again, the correlation is 1, despite the very non-normal distribution](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yl5f4m2lpahn2atochlk2p52/bafkreiedekfkuw7necivqbdq5ywulrcysnkownmnl2eir5ppqp4tvs373u)
