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Linguist | Sinologist Ideophones, onomatopoeia, iconic words @KU_Leuven ➡️ @NTU_TW ➡️ @HKUniversity ➡️ @KU_Leuven and @FWOVlaanderen thomasvanhoey.com
Day three of #IcoLL
In the blink of an eye it’s already over.
Here’s Pamela Perniss during the final keynote.
Day two of #IcoLL. It follows a great first day.
Today is cat day in Japan because it’s ninini ににに, reminiscent of the onomatopoeia for cat cry nyaaa にゃー
Opening of IcoLL
Opening of #IcoLL, *the* conference on iconicity in language and literature.
Looking forward to sharing and learning much. And of course reconnecting with and meeting new scholars. And all of this in Nagoya, Japan!
#ILL26 #IcoSem26 #IcoLL26
Huh? It's 2026 and I can't snap my line to a corner of a square in powerpoint? Make it make sense.
#ppt #powerpoint #whatsthepoint
Also, the world is quite dreary so find your pockets of goodness and cultivate them.
IPA is a magic spell that makes anyone who can read IPA make the noises with their mouth
19.01.2026 18:12 — 👍 32 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0This is awesome! I have been curating a list of #linguistics journals, with information on their publishing model (and also on whether they admit submissions created by LaTeX, a high-quality, professional Open Source way to produce scientific documents).
uni-duesseldorf.sciebo.de/s/BvRY0u3rDY...
I knew 8 of the 200+ editorial board members that mention linguistics, most of which probably have gotten stuck in this venus fly trap. At least we know they are "willing to uphold high editorial standards" and "[s]upport the ethos and vision of the journal" lol
09.01.2026 23:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ssshhht 🤫
😈😈🔥🔥🔥🔥
Well I can honestly say that the reviewer wasn’t me but I can say that I’ve seen a very similar paper at the end of last year (“style” and AI wise not content wise) and I’m happy to say the Editor followed the two reviewers’ advice to reject.
The mystery for me was how it even got through to revs…
Academia Wrapped 2025. It's here. Find out what 2025 had in store for me.
It's here! Read my #AcademiaWrapped at your own peril! It's funny, I promise.
#AcademiaWrapped2025
www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2025-1...
After passing through the focus group, here is the next exciting installment of my blog: Sunsets, spreadsheets, and languishing leaves.
Mostly pictures of the conferences I attended and presented at over the summer. Enjoy!
www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2025-0...
The real magic is ✨️regex✨️
15.10.2025 18:46 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1As I show in my new preprint, #Bayesian statistics is no longer just a niche tool. It’s becoming mainstream in linguistics research. A survey of journal articles shows a rapid rise in Bayesian regression over the past five years. Why?
#Bayes #Statistics #Linguistics
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
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Yikes. I forgot Academia.e d u is still at it!
18.09.2025 05:33 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I wish I didn’t like it lol.
07.09.2025 15:20 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Honoured to have given a plenary lecture at the #SLE2025 conference in Bordeaux!
I dicussed how modal constructions of necessity and obligation in #SingaporeEnglish are affected by contact phenomena.
📺 If interested, watch the full plenary here:
#linguistics
Thanks so much @lingucat.bsky.social !!
31.08.2025 11:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0But Thorn what about your exorbitant CO2 tarot and fountain pen footprint!! Not to mention the artisanal ink milked from fresh octopi 🐙
Think of the turtles 🐢 next time you take up the pen 🖊️
Can a study rightfully state its “effect is found ACROSS LANGUAGES” when it’s only two (in this case English and another well-studied one)?
What’s the minimum? Serious question.
#langsky #linguistics
We don’t need AI to solve questions like these, just logical thinking and basic programming skills. Great article!
www.bigeatersushi.com/stop-getting...
I know some East Indian Companies that would agree 🤣
21.07.2025 14:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Compared to the standard Gardnerian wardrobe, yes.
21.07.2025 14:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Guys, I can't explain it but I think #SquidGameSeason3
ends with Scarlett Johansson playing a Korean man
#SquidGame
Kids these days have poor file naming habits.
05.06.2025 07:47 — 👍 27 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 2Ik heb dat altijd met zeeën en ideeën
27.05.2025 20:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Over het fenomeen van 'kirakira' namen
kirakira キラキラ betekent 'glitteren' en is een #ideofoon.
#ideophone
www.hln.be/buitenland/j...
Same song, Thorn’s version (acoustic)
26.05.2025 16:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some reflections about the AI hype cult.
#linguistics #aicon #genai #aiacademia #aiuniversity
www.thomasvanhoey.com/posts/2025-0...
📢 We’re pleased to announce IcoLL2026: Joint conference of IcoSem and ILL (21–23 Feb., Nagoya U., Japan). The conference will feature invited talks by Dr. Mutsumi Imai, Dr. Noburo Saji, Dr. Pamela Perniss, and Dr. Neil Cohn. We look forward to welcoming you to Nagoya!
🌐 ianjoo.github.io/icosem/4
