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New book and a very intrigued cat behind 🥰 #linguisticanthropology #languagedeath #multilingualism
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Tonight’s book 😻☕️ #languagedeath #sociolinguistics
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As predicted in #GaelicCrisis analysis in 2020 (pg. 72), % of Gaelic speakers in #WesternIsles has fallen to 45% of pop. as in #census2022. One result of 4 years of not facing reality. #LanguageDeath in #Gaelic vernacular communities. Open access edition bit.ly/4bOzkdT
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Here are some of the real unsolved problems in the field of linguistics: 1.The Nature of Universal Grammar: Despite Chomsky’s groundbreaking work, the exact nature and scope of Universal Grammar remain elusive. Studies like “Syntactic Structures” (Chomsky, 1957) have laid the groundwork, but the debate continues. 2.Language and Thought: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis has been both supported and refuted in various studies, leaving the relationship between language and thought still unresolved. Works like “Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things” (Lakoff, 1987) have explored this area. 3.Lexical Gaps: Why do some concepts lack specific terms in certain languages? This question remains unanswered despite research in lexical semantics, as seen in works like “Lexical Semantics” (Cruse, 1986). 4.Language Death and Preservation: While studies like “Language Death” (Crystal, 2000) have explored why languages die, effective strategies for language preservation are still being developed. 5.Animal Communication vs. Human Language: Despite extensive research, such as “Animal Languages” (Pepperberg, 2002), the gap between animal communication systems and human language remains a subject of study. 6.Corpus Representativeness: With the advent of corpus linguistics, questions about the representativeness of corpora have arisen. Works like “Corpus Linguistics” (McEnery and Wilson, 1996) have touched upon this but not resolved it. 7.Language and Gender: While studies like “Gender Articulated” (Hall and Bucholtz, 1995) have explored the role of language in gender construction, the topic remains a complex and evolving field of study. 8.Neurolinguistics of Syntax and Semantics: The brain mechanisms that underlie our syntactic and semantic abilities are still not fully understood, despite studies like “The Neural Architecture of Grammar” (Friederici, 2012). 9.Language and Social Media: The impact of social media on language is still an emerging field, with studies like “The Pragmatics of Texting” (Tagg, 2015) only beginning to scratch the surface. 10.Computational Models of Language Learning: While machine learning and NLP have made strides in language processing, understanding how humans naturally learn language remains a challenge. Works like “Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants” (Saffran et al., 1996) have initiated this discussion.#UniversalGrammar #SapirWhorf #LexicalSemantics #LanguageDeath #AnimalCommunication #CorpusLinguistics #LanguageAndGender #Neurolinguistics #SocialMediaLinguistics #LanguageLearningModels
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If people could feel the emotional weight of this reality: "It is obvious that we are the last generation that can speak Zazakî/Kurmancî." Maybe, just maybe it would make a difference. . .#linguicide #languagedeath #kurdish
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Some language (speakers) are murdered or ostracised. Some language (speakers) commit (slow) (linguistic) suicide. #languageDeath.
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How To Create a Table of Contents for Free on WordPress? languagedeath.com/2022/04/22… via @languagedeath

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Happy to teach the Assamese language to 12 countries worldwide. Hope more parents will come out and save this language.#saveassamese #languagedeath #assamese #beautifulassam #assamtourism #northeastindia #assamsahityasabha
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Dillerin Katli - Bir Dilin Ölümü Bir Milletin Ölümüdür, David Crystal Yalnızca insanlar, hayvanlar ve doğa değil, diller de katlediliyor. Hem de her on beş günde biri... #languagedeath #dilölümü #Languages #tehlikedekidiller #kitaptavsiyesi
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Nine in ten languages are estimated to be at risk of #languagedeath bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p03kc7…

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1/3 Ormuri-Parachi, both #Afghan #minoritylanguages, are veering towards #languagedeath. Taxonomy in #IranianPhilology remains debated: Morgenstierne, its discoverer, and Kieffer, situated it as southeastern New #Iranian. Efimov vigorously contested and
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In Memory of My 103-Year-Old Friend From Schiermonnikoog languagedeath.com/2021/06/15… via @languagedeath

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Lovely post about a friend, an island, and an indigenous langage languagedeath.com/2021/06/15… from @languagedeath

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Language-Learning Is a Type of Meditation languagedeath.com/2021/08/04… via @languagedeath

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Languages: ters1236, schi1234, hind1273 languagedeath.com/2019/05/12… via @languagedeath

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Delighted to see my article on the death of Latin published in @Babelzine! #linguistics #languagedeath #rip
How did Latin die? Babel asks a linguist - bit.ly/3uWdDCU
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WHEN A LANGUAGE DIES Language is a powerful manifestation of culture that acts as an identity-marker at the individual and societal levels. To read column please click the link: thenews.com.pk/print/423539- #Languagedeath #Language #Culture

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