Foxside, to linguistics

Hello, everyone! (Well, @taalumot... I have no other followers yet.)

I guess it's considered polite to introduce yourself.

My interests:
and (particularly for the humanities)




And I will chat endlessly with anyone about and

I play and love drills.

tamagotchipapi, to random

I never made an intro post so here goes!

I’m Daniel! I’m a gay cisgender male, and I use he/him/his. I’m finishing up a bachelor’s degree, with two majors in and ! In the fall, I will start working on my master’s degree in Japanese studies! In my spare time, I make music with and ! I also enjoy and (JRPGs typically) ~ 💖✨

maitxinha, to linguistics

She writes: “Writing in English frees me from the constraints imposed by the gender roles associated with my native language, allowing me to be the thinker, writer, and scientist that women in many languages do not have the opportunity to be.” @linguistics
‘The Power of Language’: 5 ways multilingual brains work differently https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/05/the-power-of-language-5-ways-multilingual-brains-work-differently

ShekinahCanCook, to art

Since there are many new people, it may be time for a new #introduction.

I'm a married mother of four adults, one of whom is #trans. I'm an #LGBTQAlly.

I'm a #SmallBusiness owner since 1993, doing #transcription work originally, then #bookkeeping & #nonprofit administration. I specialize in 990 forms & compliance.

My first degree was in #Architecture w/ Distinction, & my next one was in #Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude, with 2 minors: #Linguistics & #JudaicStudies. Later I received Smicha as a #Kohenet - a practitioner of eco- #feminism #kabbalah #mysticism via liturgy & ritual. I have a fledgling #art & #crafts side gig, creating Jewish & #FeminineDivine works.

I'm a Conservative (Masorti) Mashgiach at our shul, and was head of the kitchen from 2012 until 2020 (ie Covid).

Interests: #astronomy #geology #UrbanAg #gardening #Cooking #Sustainability #Urbanism

Advocacy: #WomensRights #ProChoice #ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity #BLM

Oppose: #WhiteNationalist #ChristoFascist #bigots

msquebanh, to languagelearning
@msquebanh@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

Four [ spoken by in are now according to the national literary & cultural agency Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Sarawak director, Abang Haliman Abang Julai, said that according to the , , & languages were now no longer in use.]

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/03/19/four-tribal-languages-in-sarawak-go-extinct

LinguisticDiscovery, to linguistics

Udi, a dying language with its own alphabet, sees a revival in this small Georgian town

https://theworld.org/stories/2022-12-15/udi-dying-language-its-own-alphabet-sees-revival-small-georgian-town

mzedp, to random
@mzedp@mas.to avatar

Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans | The Brink | Boston University

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/fallou-ngom-discovers-ajami-african-writing-system/

susannahkirby, to web
@susannahkirby@hachyderm.io avatar

A belated #introduction from a #birdsite escapee!

I’m a #FullStack #web #SoftwareEngineer. Zero-downtime migrations are my jam.

#Software is a 3rd #career after #MentalHealth & #academia (#linguistics). I’m holding the tech door open for other #women, #BIPOC, #LGBTQIA, & #PWD.

Being #Queer is an orientation & a worldview. Sharing information is a #LoveLanguage.

I’m militantly pro-#WorkLifeBalance. I love #powerlifting, #meditation, walking my #greyhound, #reading, #therapy, & #friendship.

skaeth, to conservative
@skaeth@writing.exchange avatar

I write fantasy novels with a touch of science fiction full of deep, immersive worlds, powerful characters, and magic that’s as organic as running or speaking. I draw a lot on #ecology with my secondary world setting, and I re-imagine traditional fantasy, building each culture from the ground up including #linguistics .

My stories often feature fierce sibling relationships, found family, strong friendships and light in the darkness.
What won’t you find? Very many swords, kingdoms, or knights.

tschfflr, to linguistics

🙋‍♀️ Re- to everyone new and old on the fediverse: I'm a professor for digital forensic linguistics at Ruhr-Uni Bochum. I work on social media data using corpus and computational methods. 👩‍💻 Current projects deal with , , linguistic and common ground, and .
🐈 I will fav all your cat photos!

divlingassoc, to linguistics German

Hi there!

This is the official account of the Association for Diversity in - Diversität in der e.V.

We were founded with the aim of promoting within linguistics. Diversity here means the promotion of diverse perspectives in linguistics & as diversity among linguists.

We are located in Germany and are thus somewhat focused on the German landscape. Nevertheless, we value international connections and welcome members from all over the world.

stancarey, to Korean

It's been months since I wrote something for Strong Language (the sweary blog about swearing). Finally researching a new post, on the phrase "swear like a trooper" – or a sailor, trucker, etc. There are so many variants, and more in other languages. But it's a fun one to dig into.

stancarey,

If you speak a other than English, and it has an expression equivalent to "swear like a ____", referring to a specific occupation like sailor, cart driver, etc., let me know! I've gathered a few examples, but the more data I get, the better.

GeorgeWalkden, to linguistics

Did you know? The Department of at the University of Konstanz @unikonstanz offers MA courses in Linguistics, Multilingualism, and Speech & Language Processing. These can be studied entirely through the medium of English! https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/en/studies/master-of-arts/ @linguistics

grammargirl, to books
@grammargirl@zirk.us avatar

I just moved to a new instance, so here's a new #introduction

I'm the host of the Grammar Girl #podcast. You may have hit my website searching for something like "semicolons." I love #writing books, #teaching online courses, and I founded the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.

I post about #usage, #editing, #etymology, #books, and other #wordnerd stuff. I'm a fan of #linguistics, #librarians, #podcasting, #journalism, #scifi, #fiction in general, and I'm on the #nanowrimo writers board.

Mamalafafala, to animals

Hoping to find a few like-minded peeps. Here are a few things that keep me happy.















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martinemussies, to languagelearning

@languagelovers :blobcatsurprised:

Dear folks from #LanguageLearning #LangToot #langtwt #languagelovers #languages and #linguistics 😍

Thanks to @larsibacken we now have our own group @languagelovers

Here we can chat about languages, share our struggles & our joys, ask questions and help each other out.

I hope that we will form a friendly & inclusive group, together. <3

To get the discussion started, I would like to ask you: What are your favorite resources to learn (about) languages?

outfrost, to Trains

Where was I? Oh, right! #introduction! 👋

I'm a #neurodivergent game #programmer ⌨️, now working at #Techland, as well as on my own #indiedev projects, such as Pillars of Anguish and Re:Placement. I've done 20+ #gamejam's.

Also a #trains 🚄, #Jrock 🎸, #Jpop, #metal and #foss enjoyer. Curious about #tech in general, #infosec, #urbanism, and #linguistics. I play #Valorant a lot atm. I love #pets 🐶🐱🐾

Happy to meet you! 😄

#gamedev #videogames #software #programming

Screenshot of a video game. Top left and top right: LCD screens with various game stats displayed, as well as the message from "Shift Supervisor": "When I get my desk pillow, should it be a shark or an octopus?". Top middle: an orange industrial robot arm. Centre: a dividing wall behind a rack with 5 buckets of device parts. Bottom: a conveyor belt with a device in the middle, and a device part (a rotary knob) floating above and to the left.
Screenshot of a 3D diorama of a city, late in the evening. Midrise buildings on the left and right, a railway viaduct behind them. A street passes between the buildings, making a 90-degree turn. Some windows in the buildings are lit. One storefront on the right has blueish light coming through the windows, and the Ludum Dare logo right above them. In front of the building on the left there are: a vending machine, a bench, a bin, a streetlamp, and some bicycle stands.
Photo of an elevated subway train station, with 2 platforms, and 2 tracks between them, with third rail electrification. Part of the platform length is covered by a triangular-shaped main canopy that also covers the tracks. Part of the station is uncovered. There are people waiting for trains on both platforms. Some midrise buildings in the background. Sun is shining from just behind the end of the station canopy.

joannaholman, to Eurovision
@joannaholman@aus.social avatar

Finally getting to an !

I'm Joanna. You might have known me on twitter as joannamuses. I live in Melbourne on the lands of the Kulin Nation.

I work in banking deceased estates (which is a stressful and morbid way to make a living) but am interested in a bunch of other things. I'm obsessed with , get a lot of joy out of trashy dance music and have been getting into lately. I'm always interested in non-fiction recommendations. I post quite a bit about things happening in and love discussing what might make this place better. I'm an amateur , mostly of and cute animals (instagram links in bio). Long walks through Melbourne make me happy. I'm also currently trying to learn to speak

Some other interests I probably won't post that much about but would be interested to follow discussions on are and spirituality, and Indigenous history and culture.

wintersweet, to queer
@wintersweet@wandering.shop avatar

Is the tag #introduction or #introductions? Anyway, my old one is obsolete, so:

:heart_sp_bi: Hi, I'm Clarissa; I write #queer #sciencefiction and #fantasy (and in-between things) as C. C. S. Ryan. You can read some of my short fiction online, but my focus is novels.

I also enjoy #drawing and do #graphicdesign, from book covers to theatre posters - follow me at @wintersweetdesign for art!

Currently I live in (upstate? central?) New York , because California was too expensive to survive in.

wintersweet,
@wintersweet@wandering.shop avatar

And here's that thing where you throw in hashtags for stuff you're about that might not show up in your bio or intro otherwise!

#GuildWars2 aka #GW2 #CoOpBoardgames #TTRPGs #IndieGames #gamewriting

#OFMD #DoctorWho #Ghostbusters2016 #AO3

#linguistics #writing #history #space #science #illustration

#SFWA #Codex #ViableParadise

#Taiwan

alecui, to scheme

Since I did the same on my old functional.cafe instance, thought I should have an intro here as well, it’s mostly stolen from there

insert [ since it seems those hashtags are popular or something]

My name is Ștefan (ș being sh or s if you’re English), 20 y.o., ♑, he/him, leftist and all that. I’m sadly living in Romania, I’m an undergrad in computer science and I’ve tried waaaay too many programming languages.

My usual speciality is programming, I prefer functional programming (and Lisps such as , and sometimes), math (mostly real analysis, calculus, number theory and geometric algebra).

I am also interested in (and NLP), post-WWII history (especially post-‘89), and (and generally low-level stuff), and , and (and stuff) and , and (don’t @ me) among many other things. I hope I’ll be welcomed here!

moonspider, to Archaeology

Been waffling over this for an hour so time to plunge in:

Hi! I'm Artemis and this is my post.

I'm a graduate student in , studying ceramics in particular, and I am fascinated by world and and always suffering under that grad school life.

I'm an avid reader and sometimes of . Lover of . I love space, robots, and speculative worldbuilding best.

, , and down to find other queer and asexual writers & fans!

ElenLeFoll, to mastodon

Finally getting round to writing a short for my new account:

My at Osnabrück University 🇩🇪 was in applied /English language teaching and I'm now a postdoc research fellow at the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics (CECL) at UCLouvain 🇧🇪. I like all things , & ! 🤓

I also work as a freelance conference interpreter (🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪), spend far too many hours on trains 🚄 and like tea 🫖, cake 🍰 & emoji! 😇

emilymbender, to random
@emilymbender@dair-community.social avatar

I am a professor of linguistics at the University of Washington, where I run our Master of Science in Computational Linguistics. I work on computational approaches to syntax and the syntax-semantics interface, the role of in , and on the societal impacts of language technology. On social media, I spend a lot of time debunking , for which I find linguistics very useful!

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