Stefano Coretta
@scoretta.bsky.social
Lecturer/Assistant Prof at UoE — Linguistics, Phonetology, ResMethods, QuantMethods — #neurodiverse #lgbtq #chronicillness
stefanocoretta.github.io
stefanocoretta.github.io
So Old Chinese *ɲ becomes Middle Chinese *ɻ (still /ɻ/ today in Mandarin). Does anybody know of a parallel change in other (non-Sino-Tibetan) languages?
January 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
So Old Chinese *ɲ becomes Middle Chinese *ɻ (still /ɻ/ today in Mandarin). Does anybody know of a parallel change in other (non-Sino-Tibetan) languages?
My wish for 2026 is that I want to go back to my home planet. Take me back!!! Thank youuuuuu
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My wish for 2026 is that I want to go back to my home planet. Take me back!!! Thank youuuuuu
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We're delighted to welcome TWO new diamond-OA PCI RR-friendly journals
Registered Reports in Linguistics, ed. by @scoretta.bsky.social ky.social & @jess-hampton.bsky.social
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Replication Research @r2journal.bsky.social ed. by @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & team
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Registered Reports in Linguistics, ed. by @scoretta.bsky.social ky.social & @jess-hampton.bsky.social
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Replication Research @r2journal.bsky.social ed. by @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & team
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December 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We're delighted to welcome TWO new diamond-OA PCI RR-friendly journals
Registered Reports in Linguistics, ed. by @scoretta.bsky.social ky.social & @jess-hampton.bsky.social
+
Replication Research @r2journal.bsky.social ed. by @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & team
rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr...
Registered Reports in Linguistics, ed. by @scoretta.bsky.social ky.social & @jess-hampton.bsky.social
+
Replication Research @r2journal.bsky.social ed. by @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & team
rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr...
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In 2019, IPBES #GlobalAssessment est. 1 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction.🥀
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In 2019, IPBES #GlobalAssessment est. 1 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction.🥀
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment
I wish some editors and reviewers would understand this! Maybe for 2026, this is one of my wishes.
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I wish some editors and reviewers would understand this! Maybe for 2026, this is one of my wishes.
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In this writing and reviewing season, I would like to kindly remind linguists to not hide your data or your observations behind what you think is "the main theoretical point of the paper." Cursory data and description are the linguistic impostor syndrome in writing. 1/2
December 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In this writing and reviewing season, I would like to kindly remind linguists to not hide your data or your observations behind what you think is "the main theoretical point of the paper." Cursory data and description are the linguistic impostor syndrome in writing. 1/2
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Ironically enough, the title of the paper doesn't include uncertainty and states the finding as a fact-based message :D
December 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ironically enough, the title of the paper doesn't include uncertainty and states the finding as a fact-based message :D
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
🎉 "Normalising formant values for plotting and modelling"
New blog post: stefanocoretta.github.io/posts/2025-1...
New blog post: stefanocoretta.github.io/posts/2025-1...
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎉 "Normalising formant values for plotting and modelling"
New blog post: stefanocoretta.github.io/posts/2025-1...
New blog post: stefanocoretta.github.io/posts/2025-1...
So we don't have a defined process model that can guide is in coming up with a bespoke statistical model.
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
So we don't have a defined process model that can guide is in coming up with a bespoke statistical model.
An exmp of where theory is not strong enough. In the sentence “Pritesh emailed Themba. I saw him at the gym.”, the subjecthood hypothesis states that him refers to Pritesh, while under the syntactic parallelism hypothesis him refers to Themba. In reality, language users do either at varying degrees.
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
An exmp of where theory is not strong enough. In the sentence “Pritesh emailed Themba. I saw him at the gym.”, the subjecthood hypothesis states that him refers to Pritesh, while under the syntactic parallelism hypothesis him refers to Themba. In reality, language users do either at varying degrees.
It includes an optimisation process in one of the three components, which makes regression unhelpful, for example.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It includes an optimisation process in one of the three components, which makes regression unhelpful, for example.
Very often, the same expectation could come from very different process models. We really need to work more on process models to be able to sensibly come up with bespoke models. One exception is the XT/3C model of sound processing, currently being developed.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Very often, the same expectation could come from very different process models. We really need to work more on process models to be able to sensibly come up with bespoke models. One exception is the XT/3C model of sound processing, currently being developed.
We might be able to be better than "there will be a difference" in certain cases, but current linguistic theory is not generally equipped for more precise expectations. Since we don't have "contrasting" behaviour to look at, bespoke models end up being regression models.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We might be able to be better than "there will be a difference" in certain cases, but current linguistic theory is not generally equipped for more precise expectations. Since we don't have "contrasting" behaviour to look at, bespoke models end up being regression models.
We can't even agree on basic concepts: dlc.hypotheses.org/3975
How useful are retro-definitions for (typological) linguistics? (Maybe not very.)
Like all sciences, linguistics needs technical terms, and we generally treat the grammatical terms that we inherited from our ancestors (such as syllable, affix, compound, dative, imperative, subordin...
dlc.hypotheses.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We can't even agree on basic concepts: dlc.hypotheses.org/3975
Our problem is that our process models are underspecified or non-existent, so we cannot really have bespoke models. It is just not possible with the current state of knowledge. (Some subfields within linguistics might be better equipped, but in general, they are not).
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Our problem is that our process models are underspecified or non-existent, so we cannot really have bespoke models. It is just not possible with the current state of knowledge. (Some subfields within linguistics might be better equipped, but in general, they are not).
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So much statistics discourse orbits around Bayes verses frequentist debates, but in practice Bayes verses frequentist is often a false dichotomy. Just as important as the inferential strategy is the underlying model, and how that model is specified. 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
So much statistics discourse orbits around Bayes verses frequentist debates, but in practice Bayes verses frequentist is often a false dichotomy. Just as important as the inferential strategy is the underlying model, and how that model is specified. 🧵
I love the idea of bespoke models, but we're not there yet in linguistics (we are still stuck in the conceptual-theory phase of "there will (not) be a difference between group A and B". Very underwhelming). I hope for more mathematic-computational process modelling. Wish list 2026 :D
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I love the idea of bespoke models, but we're not there yet in linguistics (we are still stuck in the conceptual-theory phase of "there will (not) be a difference between group A and B". Very underwhelming). I hope for more mathematic-computational process modelling. Wish list 2026 :D
For my own field (linguistics) IV is very difficult just because we know so little about the underlying processes (because most of the research focussed on I), but there is something stirring in the right direction. I think II is a good entry into IV for the time being.
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
For my own field (linguistics) IV is very difficult just because we know so little about the underlying processes (because most of the research focussed on I), but there is something stirring in the right direction. I think II is a good entry into IV for the time being.
And it applies to all research, not just "scientific" research (whatever scientific means, misquoting King Charles)!
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And it applies to all research, not just "scientific" research (whatever scientific means, misquoting King Charles)!
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In case you have missed Simine Vazire's excellent webinar yesterday, here is the link to watch it online: youtu.be/_vb1CNwC3CM Thanks again @simine.com for staying up so late and thanks to the audience for the great questions!
PCI Webinar series #13 - Simine Vazire - Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis
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December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In case you have missed Simine Vazire's excellent webinar yesterday, here is the link to watch it online: youtu.be/_vb1CNwC3CM Thanks again @simine.com for staying up so late and thanks to the audience for the great questions!
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Over the last 5 years, I proposed more and more retro-definitions of traditional terms. But why am I doing this? Are these definitions driven by their "usefulness"? This new blogpost gives an answer. dlc.hypotheses.org/3975
How useful are retro-definitions for (typological) linguistics? (Maybe not very.)
Like all sciences, linguistics needs technical terms, and we generally treat the grammatical terms that we inherited from our ancestors (such as syllable, affix, compound, dative, imperative, subordin...
dlc.hypotheses.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Over the last 5 years, I proposed more and more retro-definitions of traditional terms. But why am I doing this? Are these definitions driven by their "usefulness"? This new blogpost gives an answer. dlc.hypotheses.org/3975
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Breakthrough Study Reveals Human-Like Voices Inside Sperm Whale Clicks
🐋 New research reveals that sperm whales produce vowel-like sounds hidden inside their familiar clicks—patterns only heard after speeding up thousands of recordings from family clans off Dominica.
greatergood.com/blogs/news/s...
🐋 New research reveals that sperm whales produce vowel-like sounds hidden inside their familiar clicks—patterns only heard after speeding up thousands of recordings from family clans off Dominica.
greatergood.com/blogs/news/s...
Breakthrough Study Reveals Human-Like Voices Inside Sperm Whale Clicks | GreaterGood
Scientists may have just unlocked one of the ocean’s biggest mysteries. New research reveals that sperm whales produce vowel-like sounds hidden inside their familiar clicks—patterns only heard after s...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breakthrough Study Reveals Human-Like Voices Inside Sperm Whale Clicks
🐋 New research reveals that sperm whales produce vowel-like sounds hidden inside their familiar clicks—patterns only heard after speeding up thousands of recordings from family clans off Dominica.
greatergood.com/blogs/news/s...
🐋 New research reveals that sperm whales produce vowel-like sounds hidden inside their familiar clicks—patterns only heard after speeding up thousands of recordings from family clans off Dominica.
greatergood.com/blogs/news/s...
And I mention them in my stats class/textbook (intending do design an improvers quant meth course where we do it more thoroughly).
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
And I mention them in my stats class/textbook (intending do design an improvers quant meth course where we do it more thoroughly).