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Apr 14, 2023

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language

On this day in 1828, 195 years ago, the 1st edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published. Enslavers, who banned antislavery books at the rate antiracist books are banned today, objected to Webster’s definition of "slave."

Ibram X. Kendi

Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍

HISTORY LANGUAGE ETHICS

Apr 13, 2023

Understanding Word and Sentence Embeddings

Learn the fundamental building block behind large language models: Word and sentence embeddings. Understand how to represent words and sentences in a way that neural networks can understand.

Santiago

Machine Learning. I run https://t.co/iZifcK7n47 and write @0xbnomial.

AI LANGUAGE

Apr 4, 2023

Literary Language 101

This blog post introduces the basics of literary language, covering terms such as anachronism, anthropomorphism, bildungsroman, circumlocution, and more.

Jamie Russo

Building https://t.co/XVXKXGoujR to $50k/mo. Tweets about the journey. Author of The Underdog Paradox.

LITERATURE LANGUAGE

Mar 27, 2023

Linguistics Education and its Application in the Workplace

This blog explores the results of an analysis of interviews with linguistics graduates, providing a breakdown of the domain-specific and transferable skills reported by participants. Learn more about linguistics education and its application in the workplace here.

Lauren Gawne

Linguist Senior Lecturer @latrobe gesture/grammar/#lingdata/✨emoji Mastodon: superlinguo@scicomm.xyz Podcast: @lingthusiasm Blog: https://t.co/1QoK2q5otQ She/her(/they)

EDUCATION LANGUAGE WORK

Mar 21, 2023

Analyzing the Metre of Bea Wolf

Bea Wolf, Zach Weiner's retelling of Beowulf as a kids graphic novel, is a great book and worth checking out. As a linguist, the author is excited to see it because alliterative Old English metre is a really cool verse form. This article looks at the first full page of Bea Wolf and analyzes the metre.

Gretchen McCulloch

Internet Linguist. NYT bestselling author of BECAUSE INTERNET. Cohost @lingthusiasm, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. she/her 🌈

LANGUAGE LITERATURE WRITING

Mar 15, 2023

Learning a Language: A Tale of Randomness and Outdated Technology

Have you ever had a random phrase or sentence indelibly etched upon your brain from learning a language? This blog tells the story of how one phrase, الامم المتحدة alamam almutahida, Arabic for "the United Nations", became the most useful phrase for the author. Bonus points for outdated technology!