Dr. KH Bender EdD/SLP
@drbender.bsky.social
Speech-Language Pathologist, Doctor of Education, SCUBA Diver, mom of a Bluey and a Bingo.
Very cool study! That's why pragmatics (as a component of language) is so important! 🧪
“Here is this phenomenon that lives right under our nose, that we barely noticed,” says Mark Dingemanse, a linguist at Radboud University, “that turns out to upend our ideas of what makes complex language even possible in the first place.” (via @knowablemag.bsky.social)
Huh? The valuable role of interjections in human conversations
Utterances like um, wow and mm-hmm used to be dismissed as irrelevant linguistic detritus. But some linguists now think they play an essential role in regulating conversations, and may be the hardest…
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March 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Very cool study! That's why pragmatics (as a component of language) is so important! 🧪
I refuse to buy clothes without pockets.
February 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I refuse to buy clothes without pockets.
Sharing my research exploring children's TV shows on language development; I love Bluey so much, I had to write my dissertation on it! 🧪 Link to the Google scholar page.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sharing my research exploring children's TV shows on language development; I love Bluey so much, I had to write my dissertation on it! 🧪 Link to the Google scholar page.
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
Reposted by Dr. KH Bender EdD/SLP
🧪👩🔬🧠Be that person who the aides in congressional offices recognize by your voice on the phone.
February 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
🧪👩🔬🧠Be that person who the aides in congressional offices recognize by your voice on the phone.
Reposted by Dr. KH Bender EdD/SLP
Some NIH study sections for tomorrow have just been canceled.
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
February 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Some NIH study sections for tomorrow have just been canceled.
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟