Kirby Conrod

same, i love it

yeah, i don't think that that's a good *reason* for us to stop calling it grammatical gender (i have many other better reasons, lead among them "i wish we could stop doing confusing shit to undergrads") but it feels like possible downstream related factor

Graphic distribution of languages represented as dots in a two-dimensional space. X: AES (endangerment level, ranging from "extinct" to "not endangered" Y: MED (documentation level, ranging from "wordlist or less" to "long grammar"

Because I think better in pictures, here is a visualisation of languages according to documentation and endangerment status (I'm calling it glottocloud).

glottolog.org/langdoc/status

and like yeah it really doesn't capture the Affect. the good brainfeel

1. i think it's overly modality specific, 2. my syntax trees don't look the same from semester to semester! so the trees on a flier are *always* inaccurate, and 3. it's kinda spoilery because i make them invent the concept of syntax trees for a couple weeks first

anyways i keep waffling about whether this goes in the "the right doesn't care what a pronoun is" bucket for me, also

can i put "the feeling of soft redwood bark on your bare feet on a foggy morning in the woods" for syntax and for socio lets uhhhh let's go with "watching your phd advisor talk extensively to a cab driver on the way to a conference dinner to get him to show off that NCVS"

i don't think there will ever be an image/graphic that i find semiotically satisfying to put on a "hey, sign up for {syntax 1 / sociolinguistics 1}" flier

great news for a very specific set of linguistics nerds: they put IPA in your obsidian thingy that you like

man i really want a functioning government to give septa two billion doll hairs so they can buy these newfangled "trains that don't catch on fire"

gender reveal podcast makes me feel soooo smart and cool. npr for my people

Our CDT is based in the Edinburgh Futures Institute – the University of Edinburgh’s brand new hub for research, innovation and teaching focused on socially just artificial intelligence and data.

Please share!

We have a number of fully funded PhD studentships in "Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing". I'm a possible supervisor & I'd be keen to support projects on sociolinguistics-AI, e.g., accent bias in AI, language+gender/sexuality+AI.

www.responsiblenlp.org

It is the exact *opposite* of a disability aid.

It *induces* executive dysfunction by turning tasks into tasks where every smallest detail must be checked, edited, analyze for "is this just fucking nonsense?" Etc.

yeah i keep thinking like how do we shift terminology field-wide? no one is ready to release an updated textbook for just that. idk, thinking about how i wish Language had an opinion section. i cd just email linguistlist? idk!

wow, linguistics

i am having my problem where i want to be pedantic at you for zero reason. i know you already know the stuff i want to be pedantic about

hhhhhhhh

i really like the tune and havent encountered a version i dont enjoy, yeah

im kirby

book draft hit 69K words today

was said Go Birds to today

two men are pushing a small boat through the water . Alt: Three young men are on a rowboat when it capsizes and then they salute as the ship sinks

Look I know it'll shock you to know this, but we are almost out of archeologists AGAIN.

Do you know any archeologists? Are they willing to be matched with a LEGO team?

Please send 'em our way we need all hands on deck (STILL!)

We have had 585 requests for archeologists 🫠
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if i had the ability to just do a huge areal psychic broadcast i would make you all listen to my playlist of all the renditions of brenda stubbert's reel i could find on bandcamp

not yet

yeah it's like. i cannot uncritically recommend my friends and students jump into this without more information, hence decline to boost, i think

We're hosting this event at @unikent.bsky.social at the end of the month! So excited to hear all the goss about transcribing the House of Lords bickering! It's free and there is wine, so I'm in #linguistics #language

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Excited to talk to the Language Variation and Change research group on Monday about my ongoing work on style shifting and authenticity in trans speech! Join if you're around, UofE friends!

ppls.ed.ac.uk/linguistics-...

yeah it's maybe a sign that the dept does not have full autonomy over their job ads tbh

HI. It's me.

WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.

Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)