http://www.vox.com/explore/posts/tags/linguistics/page/1/ en Vox Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:27:24 +0000 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss linguistics http://thegrumblebunny.vox.com/library/post/quiztest-can-you-guess-where-my-accent-is-from.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(thegrumblebunny) http://thegrumblebunny.vox.com/library/post/quiztest-can-you-guess-where-my-accent-is-from.html?_c=feed-rss http://thegrumblebunny.vox.com/library/post/quiztest-can-you-guess-where-my-accent-is-from.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:27:24 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thegrumblebunny.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22522e470549d00fae8d427a0000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22522e470549d00fae8d427a0000b-50si" alt="http://www.languagetrainersgroup.com/accent_game.html" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Accent Test from the Language Trainers Group asks you to listen to a clip and then guess where each speaker is from based on their accent. It is fun, but it is NOT easy. I got most of them wrong and only 20 points.... That guy did NOT sound ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thegrumblebunny.vox.com/library/post/quiztest-can-you-guess-where-my-accent-is-from.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22522e470549d00fa968f95070002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> quiz game language test speech linguistics accent http://wildernesscat.vox.com/library/post/weird-al-parody-of-bob-dylans-subterranean-homesick-blues.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(wildernesscat) http://wildernesscat.vox.com/library/post/weird-al-parody-of-bob-dylans-subterranean-homesick-blues.html?_c=feed-rss http://wildernesscat.vox.com/library/post/weird-al-parody-of-bob-dylans-subterranean-homesick-blues.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:54:20 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wildernesscat.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398c53d67000400fa968e6c9c0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398c53d67000400fa968e6c9c0002-50si" alt="Subterranean Homesick Blues" /></a> <a href="http://wildernesscat.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398c53d6700040100a7ef5e3a000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398c53d6700040100a7ef5e3a000e-50si" alt="&quot;Weird Al&quot; Yankovic - Bob" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The original. And the parody. Note that every card has a palindrome on it. Brilliant! (via Machnes) <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wildernesscat.vox.com/library/post/weird-al-parody-of-bob-dylans-subterranean-homesick-blues.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c53d67000400fa968f0d3b0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music video linguistics palindromes http://writingtravel.vox.com/library/post/6a00fad69d6050000500fae8cfdeeb000b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(writingtravel) http://writingtravel.vox.com/library/post/6a00fad69d6050000500fae8cfdeeb000b.html?_c=feed-rss http://writingtravel.vox.com/library/post/6a00fad69d6050000500fae8cfdeeb000b.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:50:35 +0000 This quiz is based on linguistically valid dialect markers. These are my results. Yes, I'm from the Midland, specifically southern Illinois, although I've lived "up north" near Chicago most of my life. Recently, I've been hanging around with on... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://writingtravel.vox.com/library/post/6a00fad69d6050000500fae8cfdeeb000b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad69d6050000500fae8cfdeeb000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> english language writing linguistics language and linguistics http://ginbaby.vox.com/library/post/do-apes-read-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GinBaby) http://ginbaby.vox.com/library/post/do-apes-read-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss http://ginbaby.vox.com/library/post/do-apes-read-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:23:33 +0000 O Rly, Spain? I am going to right here and now confess myself greatly unnerved by the proposal in Spain to, well, not exactly give equal rights, because it only covers a few things such as not killing apes or not confining them, um, against their... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ginbaby.vox.com/library/post/do-apes-read-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527e844549d00fad696a8f30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> language animals absurd linguistics chomsky animal rights? in which the spanish make themselves look like giant assholes fucking peta you strike me as ridiculous nim chimpsky http://ftplus.vox.com/library/post/peanut-butter-compound.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(FTPlus) http://ftplus.vox.com/library/post/peanut-butter-compound.html?_c=feed-rss http://ftplus.vox.com/library/post/peanut-butter-compound.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:48:47 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ftplus.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e6d3c4cbe2b00fad68ffcfc0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e6d3c4cbe2b00fad68ffcfc0005-50si" alt="Source: Wikipedia" /></a> <a href="http://ftplus.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e6d3c4cbe2b00fad690dd580004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e6d3c4cbe2b00fad690dd580004-50si" alt="Source: Wikipedia" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Today I will be talking about compound words and how they are formed with eidea. Let’s recall: meta-eidea are just a definition to call a group of very similar eidea among people the same. In addition you may have seen me writing about an interli... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ftplus.vox.com/library/post/peanut-butter-compound.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e6d3c4cbe2b00fa967dc9020002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> language linguistics eidos o-lingu compounds http://ftplus.vox.com/library/post/interim.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(FTPlus) http://ftplus.vox.com/library/post/interim.html?_c=feed-rss http://ftplus.vox.com/library/post/interim.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:38:39 +0000 As you might know by know I have a bit of a creative definition of the phrase ‘next week’ Well this is not likely to alter so apologies on for hand for this. Last time I updated has been ages ago so let me regroup everything into this special in... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ftplus.vox.com/library/post/interim.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e6d3c4cbe2b00fae8bf4a89000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> language linguistics sentence object particles roles eidos o-lingu buffer grammatical intrim http://suomichris.vox.com/library/post/in-which-i-show-you-my-nerdy-new-tattoo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(SuomiChris) http://suomichris.vox.com/library/post/in-which-i-show-you-my-nerdy-new-tattoo.html?_c=feed-rss http://suomichris.vox.com/library/post/in-which-i-show-you-my-nerdy-new-tattoo.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 May 2008 15:53:45 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://suomichris.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251d64f7549d00e398f843f00004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2251d64f7549d00e398f843f00004-50si" alt="New tattoo" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I was feeling inspired after my most recent conference trip, so got this done while visiting Sho in Tucson. It is the Americanist symbol for an ejective lateral affricate. I would love to post a sound file to demonstrate what this sounds like, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://suomichris.vox.com/library/post/in-which-i-show-you-my-nerdy-new-tattoo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d64f7549d00f48d156b940001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ink tattoo linguistics http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/present-vowel-heightening.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(PhoeniX) http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/present-vowel-heightening.html?_c=feed-rss http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/present-vowel-heightening.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 23:01:23 +0000 One of the greatest problems with Indo-European, is that the common reconstruction of the language's phonology is typologically unlikely to impossible. Lately I've been focussing on the vocalic system. The general idea is that there were two or ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/present-vowel-heightening.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff939f53d75600f48cf67d620002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perfect present linguistics indo-european pre-indo-european