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16 views
New Paper! Societies of strangers do not speak less complex languages
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf7704
6 views
I'm loving these new "big linguistics" papers coming out. This is the direction that #linguistics needs to be moving in -- collaborative, cross-linguistic, global, and compelling.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01697-4
6 views
Do languages become less complex with more new adult speakers? Research shows it’s not that simple
https://theconversation.com/do-languages-become-less-complex-with-more-new-adult-speakers-research-shows-its-not-that-simple-211732
1 views
Such a cool figure - the evolution of hominid cranial morphology over time.
From: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51685-w
📊 Post engagement
6
Avg engagement / post
1.4%
Engagement vs followers
Oct 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: New Paper! Societies of strangers do not speak less complex lang · 16 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.1 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 5 text · 7 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.5×
Follows 300 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
New Paper! Societies of strangers do not speak less complex languages
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf7704
Such a cool figure - the evolution of hominid cranial morphology over time.
From: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51685-w
Of the 26,000 languages in glottolog, most start with "s", or "n", or "k".
This does not follow Zipf's law.
Also, why don't we have more languages starting with "x" or "q"?
Academia pro-tip: good on you for posting your code online and linking to it in your paper.
Please use a professional user account name though 🤣
Phylogenetic evidence reveals early Kra-Dai divergence and dispersal in the late Holocene
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42761-x
#phylolinguistics #linguistics
Damn it. Should have said "comprehensive" rather than "global" to get four c's
I'm loving these new "big linguistics" papers coming out. This is the direction that #linguistics needs to be moving in -- collaborative, cross-linguistic, global, and compelling.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01697-4
Videos from the #grambank workshop are online:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSqqgRcaL9yl8FNW_wb8tDIzz9R78t8Uk
Look at this lovely figure of the increase in seed size in plant crops due to selective breeding over thousands of years.
This is what 10,000 years of careful crop selection does.
From Fuller et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.0…
I find it hilarious that the journal for the International Mycological Association is "IMA Fungus".
Yes, I'm a fungus 🍄
https://imafungus.biomedcentral.com
The role of cultural innovation in the emergence of new diseases by Dr Pantea Pooladvand
A new talk uploaded in the Center for Computational Evolution seminar series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5naLr0v2g
Do languages become less complex with more new adult speakers? Research shows it’s not that simple
https://theconversation.com/do-languages-become-less-complex-with-more-new-adult-speakers-research-shows-its-not-that-simple-211732
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mastodon.nz
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On Mastodon since
Oct 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 6 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.1× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
89/100
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Credibility score
99%
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Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1.4% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
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About
Academic -- I study how languages and cultures evolve.
#language #phylogenetics #culturalevolution #linguistics #evolution
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