tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.comments2023-12-31T20:00:27.629-05:00Val SystemsJoFrhwldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758410674075401468noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-39302888310291076922016-10-10T17:41:34.355-04:002016-10-10T17:41:34.355-04:00This is great, you've really developed those s...This is great, you've really developed those scripts to perfection. Note that TF's father was a Philly native and her mother was born in Greece, so it makes sense that she would have acquired these features natively.Daniel Ezra Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01551801477498356203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-65286261559440643622016-10-10T10:38:22.950-04:002016-10-10T10:38:22.950-04:00plus her Sarah Palin and actual Sarah Palin, and n...plus her Sarah Palin and actual Sarah Palin, and now we're talking.JoFrhwldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758410674075401468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-1443253000845617442016-10-10T09:34:03.541-04:002016-10-10T09:34:03.541-04:00Compare this to Fey's ordinary speech, and you...Compare this to Fey's ordinary speech, and you've got an NWAV paper for next year. AJDhttp://ling.upenn.edu/~dinkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-39716953304480978642016-09-02T14:12:00.055-04:002016-09-02T14:12:00.055-04:00This is in reference to your preference for (1) ov...This is in reference to your preference for (1) over (2), which I have pretty strongly. "Fan of Rihanna's" seems pretty odd to me.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05119012138717085147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-341969817455735352016-09-02T14:10:51.779-04:002016-09-02T14:10:51.779-04:00My intuition is that "a fan of Rihanna" ...My intuition is that "a fan of Rihanna" is taken to mean 'a fan of Rihanna's music'. What do you think of the following?<br /><br />(15) Rihanna is my friend, and a wonderful and caring person. I guess you could say I'm a fan of Rihanna's<br /><br />Does it get better when it's clear you aren't only talking about her output, but rather her as a person? If the music is what's intended, then maybe #fan of Rihanna's in (2) is due to it being more like the coffee example.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05119012138717085147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-25083556292498303092016-09-02T14:09:21.990-04:002016-09-02T14:09:21.990-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05119012138717085147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-6112308549601102192016-09-02T14:03:34.161-04:002016-09-02T14:03:34.161-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05119012138717085147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-23483150968623836972016-02-19T10:28:31.016-05:002016-02-19T10:28:31.016-05:00It's true that the exceptionally tense mad, ba...It's true that the exceptionally tense <i>mad, bad, glad</i> need to be listed, but depending on how abstract you're willing to get, all of the other exceptionally lax words have some sort of explanation. Function words are apparently exempt from cyclic phonology, and <i>ran, swam, began</i> are all the output of morphophonological readjustment rules.<br /><br />Words like <i>exam</i> and <i>family</i> would be the remaining lexically lax class, but they can be accounted for by going a bit more abstract, like allowing for an underlying schwa that's deleted in <i>family</i> or underlying <i>examination</i>. <br /><br />I don't know if it's "simpler" to just posit an underlyingly lax <i>exam</i> but when I checked against the PNC, the only speakers who had a tense <i>exam</i> all had evidence of being influenced by the nasal system, or they were from King of Prussia.JoFrhwldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758410674075401468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-7227578517230139252016-02-17T09:21:45.972-05:002016-02-17T09:21:45.972-05:00Mmh. I don't think this shows that "exam&...Mmh. I don't think this shows that "exam" must be synchronically an abbreviation in Philadelphia—it proves too much. Philadelphia's vowel phonology already needs to be able to allow "mad" and "sad" to have different vowels, and to allow "and" and "can't" to have different vowels. This requires /æ/ and /æh/ to be different phonemes, and you don't need an etymological derivation to be a synchronic part of the grammar in order for a phoneme to appear in a word.AJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212125374163334242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-64336209024166819712015-10-29T18:50:13.169-04:002015-10-29T18:50:13.169-04:00During any given 20-minute talk period, 4 talks we...During any given 20-minute talk period, 4 talks were going on, right? So it may be 2-3 tweets per minute, but that's like 0.5 tweets per minute per talk. Or did you already correct for that?Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941876645696502697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-41494886139382126702015-10-29T12:26:38.704-04:002015-10-29T12:26:38.704-04:00this is awesome.this is awesome.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050141794720475269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-33877396735411897452015-10-29T12:09:26.931-04:002015-10-29T12:09:26.931-04:00Ah! Explains the drop off after 5 minutes even bet...Ah! Explains the drop off after 5 minutes even better.JoFrhwldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758410674075401468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-61477840977000292102015-10-29T12:03:22.991-04:002015-10-29T12:03:22.991-04:00Question periods were only 5 minutes!Question periods were only 5 minutes!AJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212125374163334242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-14913789384915274872015-10-26T07:13:16.312-04:002015-10-26T07:13:16.312-04:00I got here randomly while googling for tips on Fal...I got here randomly while googling for tips on Fallout Shelter (I've been playing it since it was released on Android a few months ago), and I found this post insightful. I never objected to the way the pregnant women run away from danger but like Anita said it is strange that pregnant women are hysterical in the game when faced with danger. I think their over-the-top reaction is in-line with the tone of the game, but it is annoying to see women portrayed stereotypically, because we're already considered hysterical/over-emotional/irrational.<br /><br />And the Professsor outfit isn't the only one that's male only - I counted 14 male-only outfits and 6 female-only outfits, not including Legendary Character outfits (which are limited to the sex of the character that they come with which I think is understandable). Some of them, like the Horror Fan outfit which is a Friday the 13th reference, are understandably limited to males, but the Soldier Uniform is female-only which I find strange. I don't mind the weird logic behind which outfits are limited to which sex, but more female-only outfits would be nice. And it is annoying when those outfits are stereotypical. Like... males get the Professor outfit, females get the Librarian outfit.<br /><br />I actually consider myself a radical feminist so I feel silly for not analyzing the game and catching these things.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070862670341200163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-5022326864598622912014-10-07T23:55:25.388-04:002014-10-07T23:55:25.388-04:00This Gawker behavior reminds me of Rush Limbaugh.
...This Gawker behavior reminds me of Rush Limbaugh.<br />Trying to be provocative and brash, but really being mean and petty.<br /><br />Gawker is the same organization that outed Reddit moderator Violentacrez as Michael Brutsch.<br /><br />It is one thing to mock the powerful, who often abuse their power and privilege, and who inspire others to abuse what little power and privilege they have.<br /><br />This current behavior shows who they have really become. They are the pigs of Animal Farm.<br /><br />Tony<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-18335819132739502412014-10-06T13:43:49.326-04:002014-10-06T13:43:49.326-04:00I would argue that most dialects worldwide are tie...I would argue that most dialects worldwide are tied to social and economic standing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-55168339019318341622014-10-04T20:02:16.738-04:002014-10-04T20:02:16.738-04:00My field being social psychology, I am amazed at t...My field being social psychology, I am amazed at those who so transparently project their self-disgust onto others. Self-haters always target those who have little chance of retaliating. Language's objective is communication, and variants of pronunciation, tone, word selection, and phrasing convey a wealth of information that cannot be communicated by words alone. Thus, those who reject another's accent are vocalizing their own internal self-loathing. In the same way racism is only an expression of the racists' defects.<br />That said, after uttering a few words in Edinburgh, I would be relegated to the social dust bin because . . . my family originates from . . . uh . . . Glasgow. Our traditional sparring has produced amusing ex-communications in soccer games and medical school education committee meetings. This was always a form of merriment, despite being the butt of a rather non-PC joke.<br />But then one day, a psychology subdean demonstrated true inner ugliness. He advised speech therapy. "Excuse me?" I said, hoping he hadn't said what I'd heard. He had, repeated it. Baffled, I did some mental work. People haven't the slightest idea where my accent is from, except it sure isn't anywhere near where I live. "You don't like my accent?!!" "Accent?! That's an accent?!" He didn't even know Glasgow was a town. After a geography update, he looked at my CV. "But you are from Minnesota." Right. Hearing that my family had moved to Minnesota from elsewhere, he said, "So your mother's from . . . . " <br />Things were going to get a whole lot worse. "Arkansas," I muttered. "But you said Gl . . . ." "T'is my father who . . . . . . any chance we could discuss teaching and research?!" <br />How can anyone thinking that badly, work as an educator and clinical psychologist? Yet they do. And even edit widely-read publications like Gawker.Cathie M Currie, PhDhttp://www.aitriz.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-65129434874985108222014-10-02T12:42:59.194-04:002014-10-02T12:42:59.194-04:00Here here!
It's hard to describe what region...Here here! <br /><br />It's hard to describe what regional accents mean to Americans when I'm in Europe, because it's all tied up to class in the US. I studied in Chicago and never heard the Chicago accent, but then I was just hanging out with students and profs. I'm from Indiana and people ask if Indiana has an accent, and it's hard to explain that I don't speak with that accent because I'm from a rich town but people from not 20 minutes away from where I grew up don't speak with the standard american accent.<br /><br />All to say that Gawker is doing what privileged folks have been doing for ages: calling the peasants repulsive for any habit associated with them.Alex Bollingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-4370810360834689952014-10-02T11:42:31.861-04:002014-10-02T11:42:31.861-04:00Thanks for this post! It's always about race/c...Thanks for this post! It's always about race/class/gender/social-standing - except when it's you (me) doing it, eh? Examining my own backyard as I write!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895340553633434933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-67923518723303001612014-10-02T02:56:10.198-04:002014-10-02T02:56:10.198-04:00Do you really want them to de-link? Those blue wor...Do you really want them to de-link? Those blue words may suggest some credence to the nastiness, but, for those who click and read, perhaps the links will prove a bromide, not in the sense of a boring cliche, but in the original sense of a calming anxiety reliever.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-77818363389590717922014-10-01T18:53:45.167-04:002014-10-01T18:53:45.167-04:00Thanks for your vote of support, Bill!Thanks for your vote of support, Bill!JoFrhwldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758410674075401468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-67417966449343898122014-10-01T16:21:20.901-04:002014-10-01T16:21:20.901-04:00Joe Fruehwald emerges here as a major spokesman fo...Joe Fruehwald emerges here as a major spokesman for good sense and good will. Right on.<br />Bill Labovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-12546642220889230912014-04-13T14:38:30.566-04:002014-04-13T14:38:30.566-04:00I don't know why I expected my angle brackets ...I don't know why I expected my angle brackets to come through. That should have been < n > -final names on the upward trajectory vs. < ne > -final names which are not.Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941876645696502697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-45563152052266292042014-04-13T14:36:32.196-04:002014-04-13T14:36:32.196-04:00Great stuff! I've been looking at this recentl...Great stuff! I've been looking at this recently as well, for the Linguistics of Names class I teach. It's neat to explore the tradeoffs between spelling and sound in naming. As their first homework assignment, I have my students compare the change over time in names that end in to the change in names that end in . -final names have been on an upward trajectory in both the US and the UK, but -final names have not. So it seems like it's not just ending in [n] that makes a name popular.<br /><br />There has also been a crazy rise in recent years in names that rhyme with 'Aidan', of all spellings and initial consonants. In 2010 there were 40 of these names among the top 1000 in the US, from Aaden to Zayden, compared to 1984 when Braden was the only one. And that's not even taking into account their phonological cousins Jaelyn, Layton, Mason, etc. Most of these are novel enough not to be in CMUdict, so I think the number of n-final names may be underestimated fairly substantially without some hand-transcribing, which I still haven't brought myself to do yet.Laurel MacKenzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232777626311457607.post-91436251709389964382014-04-13T12:22:34.429-04:002014-04-13T12:22:34.429-04:00Yeah, ER0# would correspond to those names and nam...Yeah, ER0# would correspond to those names and names like "Carter" etc (I can't take the blame for the coding scheme, that's just the CMU dictionary flavor of arpabet). At any rate these trends can't be due to the gain or loss of a very popular name, because they're not frequency rated. A billion babies could've been named "Alexander" one year, but "Alexander" would still just count as 1 of the 1000 most popular names that year. These are trends over names, not babies, so there would have had to have been a bunch of different ER0 names for it to show up as popular.JoFrhwldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758410674075401468noreply@blogger.com