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#YES! #maybe an ethics review and or ethics training would also stop economists from saying *some of the worst pseudoscience ive ever heard* #about other topics like linguistics #if i have to do IRB to listen to recordings of people #economists should definitely have some kind of ethical oversight

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Heyo it’s back to school time and here’s a research tip from your friendly neighborhood academic librarian.When searching for any topic on the internet just type in the word ‘libguide’ after your topic and tada like magic there will be several  beautifully curated lists of books, journals, articles, or other resources dealing with your subject. Librarians create these guides to help with folks’ informational needs, so please go find one and make a librarian happy today!!

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The Sphex Wasp Citation

aka always dig into your sources, there might be some interesting drama 🔍👀

#my god this happens all the time in linguistics #CITE THE SOURCES AND TRACK THEM BACK

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[image description: satellite  images of the 9 planets of the solar system, starting from Mercury and ending with Neptune. Each planet is labelled with Cree syllabics and the Cree planet name. end image description.]

ᑖᐢᑕᐲᐘᑖᕽ / tâstapîwatâhk: Mercury / “fast star”

ᐚᐸᓇᑖᕽ / wâpanatâhk: Venus / “dawn star”

ᐅᑳᐑᒫᐘᐢᑭᐩ / okâwîmâwaskiy: Mother Earth

ᒥᐦᑿᑖᕽ / mihkwatâhk: Mars / “red star”

ᒪᓯᓈᓱᐘᑖᕽ / masinâsowatâhk: Jupiter / “colored star”

ᐚᐏᔦᔦᑭᓇᑖᕽ / wâwiyêyêkinatâhk: Saturn / “wrapped around star”

ᓰᐲᐘᑖᕽ / sîpîwatâhk: Uranus / “river star”

ᔩᑿᐢᑿᓇᑖᕽ / yîkwaskwanatâhk: Neptune / “cloudy star”

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happy international mother language day to those who speak dialects, minority and indigenous languages, discriminated and endangered languages, “economically unprofitable”, “useless”, “unprestigious” languages and everyone who defends languages from colonialism and chauvinism

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2day my linguistics professor asked people to name some ships bc she was talking about morphology & how ship names were an example of blending and the room of 100+ people was completely silent bc who wants to expose themselves?? until this one person was like “umm johnlock” and i heard someone behind me go “oh my god……. i hate this”

#am i going to do this with my students? #maaaaaaaybe

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every time i see someone say that we should erase all other languages and make english the 'universal language' I'm reminded how ignorant and culturally insensitive some people are. to not be aware of the historical and cultural significance of a language in most cultures is bizarre. in erasing a language you would thus be erasing years of important history of a culture. i hope these people educate themselves before speaking on something they know nothing about simply because it would 'make their lives easier'. not to mention its so tone-deaf to the people who are fighting for language revitalization due to the historical language suppression of their ancestors.

#hope to God there arent real people out in the world saying we should only have one language #but i dont hope very much cause sometimes i hear things that come close

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Pacific Rim is great because of the absolutely fanfiction level of its plot points. Want to pilot the giant robot? You’re going to need to share your most painful memories. Who will you share them with? YOUR CRUSH

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#and then i ask my students to think critically #and they struggle

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Old English is a language option on ao3 now????

#HWÆT!!

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#relevant to academia in general #if it sucks hit da bricks

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Devoured this book in 3 days. Alzheimer's is one of the most tragic diseases, in my opinion, because the person loses themself, and their family and friends have to watch it happen. Awful for all involved. The way this book portrayed that, from the tight pov of Alice, was really interesting.

Final rating 5/5 my only complaint is that she clearly didn't talk to any linguists who study sounds when writing about a linguist.

#book of the month #book review #september reading 2022

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The premise of this book is ridiculous: cocktails are magic and bartenders are a secret society who use them to fight demons. But, it's self aware about how ridiculous that is, and it combines it with gentle satire of things like tech startup bro culture and the horror that is your early 20s, and it mostly works. In a pinch, you could use it as a basic mixologist recipe book, because, while the background info on the cocktails provided between chapters is part of the story, the actual recipes are also provided there and presumably would work just fine. Also, it is set in Chicago and clearly written by a Chicagoan which, as someone who has spent a lot of time in Chicago, is a delight.

Final rating: 3.5/5

[ID: a dimly lit book cover, last call at the nightshade lounge by Paul Krueger \ID]

#my bookshelves #book review #august reading 2022

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Sometimes after you read something really dense and difficult, you just need to read about an ex-adventurer orc and her succubus coworker/crush renovating and opening a coffee shop. This book is light, and fun, and i read it in two days flat.

Final rating: 5/5 would read more

[ID: a book held up against a blurry backdrop of an apartment, legends and lattes by Travis baldree \ID]

#book of the month #book review #august reading 2022

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It took me close to two months to get through this book. This is one of those where the whole book, the author seemingly just keeps going "wow look at how fucked up that is" and you the reader just go "yep!" Poor Tess--she tries so hard and things just keep *happening* to her. This book is a classic of English literature, and I'm glad to have read it, but i can't say the actual read was enjoyable. Massive trigger warning for basically everything under the sun: sexual assault, murder, violence, gore, alcoholism, sexism, Christian Values (tm).

Final rating: 2/5 i guess? It's a classic but also it's fucked up and for the first 300 pages or so, dead boring.

[ID: a paperback copy of Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy \ID]

#book of the month #book review #august reading 2022

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For any of you who are writing ‘across the pond’-here is a little guide I put together of some common differences between British and American English!

#dialects

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Research advice that tells you not to use Wikipedia is setting you up for failure.

What you should not do is *cite* Wikipedia or treat it as in any way definitive.

#i tell my students to start there not end there