Elena Mattei, PhD
@drelenamattei.bsky.social
Postdoc Researcher & Adjunct Professor of English Language at Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice. National Project member 🇮🇹
Multimodal corpora, Systemic Functional Linguistics & IG tourism.
Regenerative discourse ~ Brand strategist
Multimodal corpora, Systemic Functional Linguistics & IG tourism.
Regenerative discourse ~ Brand strategist
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What if language isn’t built into our brains at all? No innate rules, no fixed structures—just human language and cognition emerging from culture. If that’s true, it challenges everything we assume about the mind. Read D. Everett and decide for yourself.
doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics
doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics
January 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What if language isn’t built into our brains at all? No innate rules, no fixed structures—just human language and cognition emerging from culture. If that’s true, it challenges everything we assume about the mind. Read D. Everett and decide for yourself.
doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics
doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics
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A few months ago I read @philipncohen.com's Citizen Scholar in proof. It's now available in print.
To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.
To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.
January 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A few months ago I read @philipncohen.com's Citizen Scholar in proof. It's now available in print.
To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.
To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.
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"AI" is fundamentally bad at social things, and language is social. Add to this that there's no profit incentive for language documentation and preservation, and you see that is a feel-good smoke screen. These companies do not care about marginalized people. They make money off of exploitation.
"To invoke #language when talking about #LLMs is to misunderstand the nature of language and miss its fundamentally lived and embodied character ... Where #AI promises magic, the most pressing need is for basic research driven by communities"
A must-read: www.thedial.world/articles/new... #langsky
A must-read: www.thedial.world/articles/new... #langsky
AI Won’t Protect Endangered Languages — The Dial
Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.
www.thedial.world
January 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"AI" is fundamentally bad at social things, and language is social. Add to this that there's no profit incentive for language documentation and preservation, and you see that is a feel-good smoke screen. These companies do not care about marginalized people. They make money off of exploitation.
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In academia & life, to write is to think.
And to learn to write, is to learn to think.
The evil (I use the word advisedly) "writing tools" now baked into operating systems on computers & phones, by supposedly helping us to write will make us forget how to think; or prevent us from learning how to.
And to learn to write, is to learn to think.
The evil (I use the word advisedly) "writing tools" now baked into operating systems on computers & phones, by supposedly helping us to write will make us forget how to think; or prevent us from learning how to.
December 27, 2024 at 12:22 PM
In academia & life, to write is to think.
And to learn to write, is to learn to think.
The evil (I use the word advisedly) "writing tools" now baked into operating systems on computers & phones, by supposedly helping us to write will make us forget how to think; or prevent us from learning how to.
And to learn to write, is to learn to think.
The evil (I use the word advisedly) "writing tools" now baked into operating systems on computers & phones, by supposedly helping us to write will make us forget how to think; or prevent us from learning how to.
Interested in cutting-edge research on Digital Humanities and translation? Come listen to our talk on 20th-century Italian tourism materials collection & database development at Ca' Foscari University, Venice📚🇺🇸🇮🇹Online registration here: shorturl.at/nvYs1 #annotation #corpuslinguistics #multimodality
December 3, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Interested in cutting-edge research on Digital Humanities and translation? Come listen to our talk on 20th-century Italian tourism materials collection & database development at Ca' Foscari University, Venice📚🇺🇸🇮🇹Online registration here: shorturl.at/nvYs1 #annotation #corpuslinguistics #multimodality
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📚 Literacy boosts memory, comprehension, & critical thinking, equipping individuals to combat misinformation & foster democracy. Training in these skills is essential for empowering subliterate communities. Learn more in this insightful study: doi.org/10.25189/267... 🧠✨
November 22, 2024 at 11:56 AM
📚 Literacy boosts memory, comprehension, & critical thinking, equipping individuals to combat misinformation & foster democracy. Training in these skills is essential for empowering subliterate communities. Learn more in this insightful study: doi.org/10.25189/267... 🧠✨
Follow us if you want to integrate multimodal theories and methods into your research ♥️
OK, here it is:
the starter pack to get to know the #multimodalists on Bluesky.
Who is missing?
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the starter pack to get to know the #multimodalists on Bluesky.
Who is missing?
go.bsky.app/QPLSxuX
November 19, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Follow us if you want to integrate multimodal theories and methods into your research ♥️
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Definitely recommend
#OpenAccess Research Article
Katy Brown & George Newth
‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Katy Brown & George Newth
‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study
While the mainstreaming of the far right is attracting growing scholarly interest based on its contemporary relevance, the role that far-right self-representation strategies play in this process ha...
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Definitely recommend
How can we develop a professional online presence by relying on effective branding techniques and strategic use of AI for writing? #cafoscari #internationalcollege
#writingnetiquette #teaching #lovemyjob
#writingnetiquette #teaching #lovemyjob
November 18, 2024 at 11:04 AM
How can we develop a professional online presence by relying on effective branding techniques and strategic use of AI for writing? #cafoscari #internationalcollege
#writingnetiquette #teaching #lovemyjob
#writingnetiquette #teaching #lovemyjob
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Wonderful conference ahead and a must one! We are waiting for you in beautiful Bergamo. Further info ⤵️
November 17, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Wonderful conference ahead and a must one! We are waiting for you in beautiful Bergamo. Further info ⤵️
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Hey 🦋 folks, I joined yesterday and already have things to say :D @neous.bsky.social, colleagues and I are planning the 12th Int. Conf. on #multimodality in Oct 2025 - consider submitting your abstract bit.ly/12ICOM! - a platform for comm / discourse studies | digi. humanities | computer science!
12ICOM Groningen
Submissions are open! | deadline 1 Dec '24
12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen
bit.ly
November 15, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Hey 🦋 folks, I joined yesterday and already have things to say :D @neous.bsky.social, colleagues and I are planning the 12th Int. Conf. on #multimodality in Oct 2025 - consider submitting your abstract bit.ly/12ICOM! - a platform for comm / discourse studies | digi. humanities | computer science!