#HistoricalLinguistics
June is #NationalSoulFoodMonth, and if you’re interested in the origins of Soul Food, we’ve got an endnote that talks about early African American cookbooks: https://youtu.be/QbuABBPej9E #SoulFoodMonth
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #SoulFood #Cookbooks
It’s #WorldOceansDay – so it’s a good time to learn more about the seas, and efforts to clean them up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kKFrUr9Ffk
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Oceans #Sea
The surprisingly connected origins of "pride" and "represent".
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #represent #pridemonth
To mark #WorldEnvironmentDay, here’s our video about the word “Tree”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-WunKwjrY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Tree
If there are writers out there who need to brush up on obscure collective nouns, or ones in use from a long, long time ago, I just came across a site that does just that, thanks to one Daniel Myers.
A lot of work has gone into it: the database in PDF form is some 153 pages.
It is over at https://sites.miamioh.edu/meyersde/the-collective-noun-catalog/ if you want to check it out yourself.
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#Writer #WritingCommunity #Linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #EnglishLanguage
Happy #DinosaurDay! Our video about the history of paleontology has all sorts of fun dinosaur trivia for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yNwRBlKtU
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Dinosaur #Fossil #Paleontology
Apparently it’s #NationalOliveDay? Well, if you want to learn a bit about the etymology and historical importance of olive oil, we cover that in, surprisingly, our video on “Linoleum”! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5fkezJx7A
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Olive #Linoleum
The surprisingly connected origins of "mow" and "aftermath". #NoMowMay
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mt8WiTpGvRs
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #mow #aftermath
@jentrification What an amazing--and amazingly rare (?)--opportunity for historical linguistics studies! Usually you can only study these changes across large groups over time and not from a single family's phonetic/phonological changes. I wonder where else there are similar examples. Maybe small Appalachian communities? neat
Happy #Shavuot! If you’re preparing to celebrate, or just want to know more about the holiday and some of its unexpected connections, you could watch our video about the word “Sabbath”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kB0ShV8IDU
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Sabbath
Happy #SherlockHolmesDay! One of our earliest videos was all about Holmes – and his connections to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGJ1fdAdn5w
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #SherlockHolmes #Holmes #Gawain
It’s #NationalRiverCleanupDay – so here’s our #TeamSeas video about cleaning up waterways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kKFrUr9Ffk
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Sea #River
Happy #FlowerDay! Here are some lovely etymological blooms to help celebrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Dpzgcm9jY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Flowers
Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! Celebrate with this short video about the early history of museums: https://youtu.be/tbvvu2NDL-A
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Museum
The surprisingly connected origins of "occasion" and "cheat".
https://youtube.com/shorts/bjf8WlWbGPE
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #occasion #cheat
Happy #DinosaurDay! Time to dig back into our past videos, for the early history of fossil hunting and paleontology’s roots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yNwRBlKtU
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Dinosaur #Fossil #Paleontology
Happy #LoveATreeDay! Have an arboreal etymology to celebrate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-WunKwjrY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Tree
It’s #WorldCocktailDay! So what better time to pour yourself a drink and settle in to learn all about the history of the cocktail, and some of the fascinating connections of some iconic drinks, with our Cocktail playlist! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlDwZNRMgsJK9YKaDhE7Gl-xQ_O2Ur8ZC
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Cocktail
Happy #LimerickDay! In lieu of a (bad) limerick of our own, we’ll point you to our video about Verse, which talks about the basics of poetic form, including the limerick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxFzgH0y9Jw
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Limerick #Verse #Poetry
The surprisingly connected origins of "chaste" and "castle".
#ytshorts
https://youtube.com/shorts/l57YLzhpd4Q
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #chaste #castle
Happy #NationalCartoonistsDay! And tomorrow is #FreeComicBookDay! So here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics, to celebrate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi314
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Marvel #Comics
Happy #MuseumLoversDay! Did you know that ‘museum’ and ‘music’ are related words? We got into that in our video on Music, but we talked about the early history of museums in this Endnote: https://youtu.be/tbvvu2NDL-A
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Museum
It’s #BirdDay! So here are some bird etymologies to celebrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITkoa7q5J0
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Birds
Happy #StarWarsDay! #MayTheFourth be with you!
We have several podcast episodes about Star Wars movies: The Force Awakens http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2016/1/14/i2k30txxe8x86bcc3tyvx56w42gjjf, Rogue One http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2017/1/13/episode-26-rogue-one, and Rise of Skywalker http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2020/6/1/episode-81-the-rise-and-fall-of-skywalker #LukeSkywalkerDay
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #StarWars #Podcast
The surprisingly connected origins of "king" and "genealogy". https://youtube.com/shorts/QMbkklWeEdY
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #king #coronation #genealogy
Happy #NationalLifeInsuranceDay! We actually have an appropriate video, that covers the origins of life insurance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejaOKvarqkg
It’s actually the third in a series about insurance and mathematics and coffee, if you’re looking for more!
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Insurance #Math
Happy #MayDay! Solidarity to those on strike and thank you to the unions fighting for workers’ rights. Here are some labour-related etymologies to celebrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2o__MMn88
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #LabourDay #LaborDay #Union
Happy #ArborDay! Here’s one of our videos celebrating trees and tree-planting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-WunKwjrY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Trees
It’s #NationalSuperheroDay! You can trace the history of the superhero back to long before the comicbook characters we think of now – and we do that, while looking at related words, in our video on Avenger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ebdtmBqkIM
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Superhero #Avengers
The surprisingly connected origins of "coerce" and "exercise".
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #coerce #exercise
It’s #WorldBookDay! Here’s our video about the history of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOK6kB9ytIo
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Evolution #Book
Happy #EnglishLanguageDay! For a look back at the origins of this language, here’s our video on looking for the Earliest English Word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QxjzaL1Wc
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #EnglishLanguage #HistoryOfEnglish
Happy #ShakespeareDay! Why not celebrate by making it Weird – with our video about the history of that word, and its connections to Fate, Shakespeare, and witches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYPoTrHTXVQ
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Shakespeare #Weird
Happy #EarthDay! To celebrate, here’s our video about the Food Web, and how it’s a better model for ecosystems than the food chain. We made it for our friend the @RvingNaturalist’s channel, and she has a lot more videos there about nature and ecology that you should check out! https://youtu.be/OxKvcA4NpaQ
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #FoodWeb #FoodChain
Hey, it’s #BigWordDay! Surprisingly, few of our etymological videos centre on big words, but we’ve done a couple of shorts about some bigger words, like Kenspeckle and Bedizened: https://youtu.be/rpFH70CPMWA
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Words #Language #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Kenspeckle #Bedizened
What shapes the structure of #languages? What are common or universal patterns across languages, and is there a limit to variation between them?
Open-access DB maintained by the Max Planck Society: https://www.mpi.nl/news/grambank-shows-diversity-worlds-languages
The surprisingly connected origins of "calm" and "ink".
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #calm #ink
https://youtube.com/shorts/vpjfydZcMiA
Happy #WorldArtDay! We’ve got a video that’s about the history of art, and in particular the role of patronage in the Renaissance, and how that connects to the Bellini cocktail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVRP2EDTyCM
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #Art #Bellini #Cocktail
Northampton, MA. Is it just my feeling, or has the use of the "you" vocative been declining in American English? #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #EnglishSyntax
The surprisingly connected origins of "bleach" and "black". #etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #bleach #black https://youtube.com/shorts/Yl0u8VUYMhQ
Happy #NationalPetDay! To celebrate the pets in your life, you could listen to our podcast episodes on ancient and medieval pets – from dogs and cats to monkeys and birds. http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2018/2/27/episode-54-our-pet-topic-part-one & http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2018/3/18/episode-55-our-pet-topic-part-two-with-cats
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #Pets #Cats #Dogs
It’s #BarbershopQuartetDay! The history of this musical form is closely connected to the history of Rock & Roll, in spite of its seeming distance from those roots today. Learn more in our video about the history of Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXGubLQcnAg
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #Music #RockAndRoll
It’s #GolfDay – and we have a video for the occasion! Ever heard of the phrase “golf widow”? Well, it turns out that there are in fact some connections between widows, golf, and, surprisingly, India! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX1bFAs7MdM
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #Golf #India #Widow
The surprisingly connected origins of "easy" and "reject". https://youtube.com/shorts/5sY7QhVFuqA
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #easy #reject
The surprisingly connected origins of "leprechaun" and "lung". #YTShorts https://youtube.com/shorts/378Uza1MX24
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #leprechauns #lung #SaintPatricksDay #StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
#Linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #Etymology
I should say, this is not my work.
It’s #NationalGrammarDay! To celebrate, here’s a short video on the surprisingly murky development of a basic piece of English grammar, the pronoun “She” https://youtu.be/sbzbdMym8wA
#She #Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Words #HistoricalLinguistics
And -- I'm not making this one up -- here's what AI thinks a historical linguist looks like 😱
#linguists #historicallinguistics
Now there's research to support what we have known all the time: #HistoricalLinguistics facilitates #LanguageLearning. With related languages, you can spot cognates and easily memorize them. Also – this wasn't mentioned in the article – "irregularities" and morphophonological alternations start making sense.
https://news.ubc.ca/2022/12/20/looking-for-a-faster-way-to-learn-a-language-try-historical-linguistics/
WOW: a ~3,500yo comb only a little bigger than quarter found in Israel happened to contain a never-before-seen letter of the Canaanite alphabet AND a word that wasn't attested until centuries later in Mishnaic Hebrew.
#linguistics #historicallinguistics
https://jjar.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/jjar/files/jjar2_art4_lachish_p76-119_2022-10-12_01.pdf
Time for an #introduction!
I'm Siru, a #Finnish #translator specializing in #lifesciences. I also teach 🇫🇮 here in #Barcelona. I'm a #hyperpolyglot, currently learning #Nahuatl, and a #soprano trying to nail gutturals in a #metalmusic school. 🤘🏻
I was told to use hashtags, so härifrån tvättas:
#languages #linguistics #archeology #eurovision #knitting #documentaries #grammar #ancienthistory #historicallinguistics #choir #multilingual #INFP #euskera #basqueicelandicpidgin #málfræði #dinosaurs
holy shit!!!!! just saw this from AlistairDodds on the birdsite:
https://twitter.com/AlsDodds/status/1592124116748103681
WRITTEN BASQUE FROM THE 1ST CENTURY BC !!!!!! 🥰😮🥰😮🥰😮🥰
#Euskara #Basque #Archeology #HistoricalLinguistics
@linguistics
Here's a #HistoricalLinguistics result I got in 2019, and haven't had a chance to present at a conference yet! You may think of left dislocation ("L'état, c'est moi!") and right dislocation ("Ils sont fous, ces Romains!") as features of contemporary #French but I found evidence of widespread use in early nineteenth-century theater - and much more!
It's in Chapter 6 of my 2019 book; let me know if you have difficulty getting ahold of it!
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-32402-5_6
An elderly professor of #FinnoUgric languages at #UniVienna trying to create a friendly and mostly professional Mastodon presence. Tooting in English, #Finnish and hopefully some other lgs, too.
Interests:
#linguistics #kielitiede #nyelvészet #historicalLinguistics
#minorityLanguages
#morphology
#wordFormation
#languageContact
#multilingualism
#cats #kissat
#history #historia #Geschichte #történelem #ajalugu
#Hungary #Unkari #magyarorszag
#Estonia #Eesti