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Why Do Dialects Develop? 5 Key Factors Dialects appear due to geographic isolation, linguistic contact, social identity, historical shifts, and the way languages change over time.

Dialects are a natural result of how humans live with each other in communities, and they are a wonderful reflection of our history and sense of identity.

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The Catalan language has a past tense built with the verb ‘go’.

So instead of using simple past, in #Catalan you can say:

vaig menjar - ‘I go eat’
meaning: ‘I ate’

It’s called the periphrastic past, and it’s unusual among Romance languages because it uses ‘go’ rather than ‘have’.

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Explore the most read research in Studies in Second Language Acquisition:
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Auditory Illusions in Speech Perception: Definition and Examples - About Linguistics Auditory illusions in speech perception are perceptual errors where your brain hears something different from the sounds produced.

What are auditory illusions in speech perception?

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The Irish language doesn't have words for 'yes' or 'no'.

Instead, the verb from the question is repeated with or without a negative particle.

For example: 

Ar chuala tú é? ‘Did you hear it?’

Chuala. ‘(I) heard.’

Níor chuala. ‘(I) did not hear.’

#linguistics #language #Irish

Auditory Illusions in Speech Perception: Definition and Examples - About Linguistics Auditory illusions in speech perception are perceptual errors where your brain hears something different from the sounds produced.

If you have ever misheard the lyrics of a song ("All the lonely Starbucks lovers" - Blank Space, Taylor Swift, anyone?), you have experienced an auditory illusion.

#linguistics #phonetics 

The 5 Essential Bases of Language Learning You Need to Know Learn the five principles Stephen Krashen says every successful language learner needs: comprehensible input, confident output, memory boosts, an open mindset, and pattern recognition.

The principle of “comprehensible input” was popularised by Stephen Krashen, whose Input Hypothesis has become one of the most influential ideas in language acquisition.

https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/the-5-essential-bases-of-language-learning-you-need-to-know/

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If people talked about English the way they talked about other languages

Hi all! Does anyone have any good linguistics book recommendations? I'm always looking for new books to read 😊

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Japanese has special verbs just for giving and receiving things.

For example, あげる (ageru) means ‘to give,’ while もらう (morau) and polite いただく (itadaku) mean ‘to receive.’

#linguistics #languages #japanese #wordnerd

How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

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7 Words You Use That Now Mean the Opposite of What They Used To It's remarkable how some words can mean one thing at one point in time and, years later, mean the complete opposite.

It's amazing how some words can mean one thing at one point in time and, years later, mean the complete opposite.

https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/7-words-you-use-that-now-mean-the-opposite-of-what-they-used-to/

#linguistics #etymology

Auditory Illusions in Speech Perception: Definition and Examples - About Linguistics Auditory illusions in speech perception are perceptual errors where your brain hears something different from the sounds produced.

When we listen to speech, our brain interprets information quickly, using linguistic knowledge, context, expectations, and past experiences to build what we ultimately hear.

https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/auditory-illusions-in-speech-perception-definition-and-examples/
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What is Metalinguistic Awareness? Metalinguistic awareness is the ability to pause and reflect about language instead of just using it automatically. Learn about its 5 components and how to develop it.

Some benefits of metalinguistic awareness:

- It makes reading easier and more enjoyable
- It improves language learning speed
- It makes conversations more efficient because you're using your words carefully

https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/what-is-metalinguistic-awareness/

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A new study looks at how the brain organizes and interprets information about speech as it unfolds in real time, showing that our brains process both multiple words and multiple types of information (phonetic, syntactic, semantic, etc.) in parallel.

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Speech is a physical event, and as such, it can be broken down into measurable parts like vibrations, airflow, and sound energy.

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Check out the latest research on emerging trends and hot topics in Natural Language Processing:
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What is Psycholinguistics? Explore psycholinguistics: how humans acquire, comprehend, and produce language. Learn about its applications, research areas, and fascinating insights into the mind and language.

Psycholinguistics is the scientific study of how humans acquire, comprehend, and produce language.

#linguistics #psycholinguistics #psychology

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Auditory Illusions in Speech Perception: Definition and Examples - About Linguistics Auditory illusions in speech perception are perceptual errors where your brain hears something different from the sounds produced.

Auditory illusions in speech perception: When our brain misinterprets acoustic information, making us understand something different from what was said.

#linguistics #auditoryphonetics #phonetics

The 5 Essential Bases of Language Learning You Need to Know Learn the five principles Stephen Krashen says every successful language learner needs: comprehensible input, confident output, memory boosts, an open mindset, and pattern recognition.

Beneath all language learning recommendations lie some core principles that have revolutionised how we understand language acquisition.

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The word ‘disaster’ comes from Latin disastrum:

dis-: ‘bad’, ‘ill’, or ‘unfavourable’
astrum: ‘star’

Stars were associated with fate. When something bad happened, it was because the stars weren't 'aligned'.

That's also why we also have words like 'ill-starred'.

#linguistics #words  #wordnerd

Is it weird to love the International Phonetic Alphabet? Asking for a friend

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When Silence Becomes Awkward in Conversation Awkward silence is what we call a longer than usual gap in the flow of speech between two or more people.

What do you think about elongated silences in conversations?

https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/when-silence-becomes-awkward-in-conversation/

#linguistics #silence #conversation #awkward

The 5 Essential Bases of Language Learning You Need to Know Learn the five principles Stephen Krashen says every successful language learner needs: comprehensible input, confident output, memory boosts, an open mindset, and pattern recognition.

Stephen Krashen and language learning

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a stack of 3 hard cover copies of the book Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory, edited by Jennifer Nycz and Lauren Hall-Lew as part of Oxford Surveys in Phonology and Phonetics.

3 copies of a hardcover book standing on their edges, with two cats nearby

a tabby cat with his paw placed on a copy of a book titled Sociophonetics

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Hard copies of my new OUP book with @lhlew.bsky.social have arrived! Kaz gives it five stars for being smooth, shiny, easy-to-hide-behind, and delicious #linguistics