Elena Mattei, PhD

What if language isn’t built into our brains at all? No innate rules, no fixed structures—just human language and cognition emerging from culture. If that’s true, it challenges everything we assume about the mind. Read D. Everett and decide for yourself.
doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics

16.01.2025 13:15 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 2

Front cover of Philip N. Cohen's Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists.

A few months ago I read @philipncohen.com's Citizen Scholar in proof. It's now available in print.

To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.

07.01.2025 05:13 — 👍 573    🔁 143    💬 12    📌 10

"AI" is fundamentally bad at social things, and language is social. Add to this that there's no profit incentive for language documentation and preservation, and you see that is a feel-good smoke screen. These companies do not care about marginalized people. They make money off of exploitation.

03.01.2025 19:38 — 👍 53    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 2

In academia & life, to write is to think.
And to learn to write, is to learn to think.
The evil (I use the word advisedly) "writing tools" now baked into operating systems on computers & phones, by supposedly helping us to write will make us forget how to think; or prevent us from learning how to.

27.12.2024 12:22 — 👍 28    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 1

Interested in cutting-edge research on Digital Humanities and translation? Come listen to our talk on 20th-century Italian tourism materials collection & database development at Ca' Foscari University, Venice📚🇺🇸🇮🇹Online registration here: shorturl.at/nvYs1 #annotation #corpuslinguistics #multimodality

03.12.2024 11:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📚 Literacy boosts memory, comprehension, & critical thinking, equipping individuals to combat misinformation & foster democracy. Training in these skills is essential for empowering subliterate communities. Learn more in this insightful study: doi.org/10.25189/267... 🧠✨

22.11.2024 11:56 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Follow us if you want to integrate multimodal theories and methods into your research ♥️

19.11.2024 17:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Definitely recommend

19.11.2024 16:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

How can we develop a professional online presence by relying on effective branding techniques and strategic use of AI for writing? #cafoscari #internationalcollege
#writingnetiquette #teaching #lovemyjob

18.11.2024 11:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wonderful conference ahead and a must one! We are waiting for you in beautiful Bergamo. Further info ⤵️

17.11.2024 09:57 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

12ICOM Groningen Submissions are open! | deadline 1 Dec '24 12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen

Hey 🦋 folks, I joined yesterday and already have things to say :D @neous.bsky.social, colleagues and I are planning the 12th Int. Conf. on #multimodality in Oct 2025 - consider submitting your abstract bit.ly/12ICOM! - a platform for comm / discourse studies | digi. humanities | computer science!

15.11.2024 13:41 — 👍 12    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1