New paper out in IJAL! "Beyond Minimal Pairs: Distributional Evidence For Two Additional Vowels In Blackfoot". journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Includes methods for finding phonemic contrasts in polysynthetic languages with few minimal pairs.
Okay, has anyone created an algorithm to refind your twitter friends and mutuals on bluesky? It's so much work to rebuild the network. :/
New video on what to consider when designing language classes! Fifth in a series by the Fieldwork Group at Yale about how linguistics could support community-based language projects. Please share with anyone who might be interested. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWr2...
New video on language learning and how to increase language exposure! Fourth in a series by the Fieldwork Group at Yale about how linguistics could support community-based language projects. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkwm...
Pleased that this co-authored articulatory description of Blackfoot has been published! We also summarize the current study and point out areas for future research.
scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/c453bb...
1/ New paper! “Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty” w/ N Laberge KH Wapman @samzhang AC Morgan M Galesic BK Fosdick @danlarremore @aaronclauset: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A systematic study of gendered rates & reasons for faculty attrition in US academia 🧵
This paper presents the Blackfoot (Algonquian) phonetic system from data provided by Tootsinam (Beatrice Bullshields, 1945–2015), a native speaker of Káínai’powahsin, the Blackfoot dialect associated ...
