Andrew Smith
@andrewdmsmith.bsky.social
Linguist at Stirling University. Cànanaiche. Cognitive linguistics, language evolution, grammaticalisation, metaphor, Gàidhlig, languages, Scottish and UK politics, football (Burnley/ East Stirlingshire/ groundhopping), music, maps, cats, other stuff.
Admirable dedication on your part to continue to give them another go.
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Admirable dedication on your part to continue to give them another go.
Reposted by Andrew Smith
The data is actually part of my forthcoming book, ”Exploring Meaning in Surveillance
Discourses through Corpora“ - available to pre-order now (with a discount code 😉 😇), and coming out in March 2026 (so stay tuned ☺️)
#cl2025 @cl2025.co.uk @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Discourses through Corpora“ - available to pre-order now (with a discount code 😉 😇), and coming out in March 2026 (so stay tuned ☺️)
#cl2025 @cl2025.co.uk @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The data is actually part of my forthcoming book, ”Exploring Meaning in Surveillance
Discourses through Corpora“ - available to pre-order now (with a discount code 😉 😇), and coming out in March 2026 (so stay tuned ☺️)
#cl2025 @cl2025.co.uk @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Discourses through Corpora“ - available to pre-order now (with a discount code 😉 😇), and coming out in March 2026 (so stay tuned ☺️)
#cl2025 @cl2025.co.uk @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Semantic extension in an artificial language experiment: participants conventionalise novel labels, then extend them to convey new meanings (metonymically and metaphorically) based on salient shared associations.
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Semantic extension in a novel communication system is facilitated by salient shared associations
Creative processes of semantic extension play a key role in language change, grammaticalisation, and (by hypothesis) the early origins and evolution o…
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April 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Semantic extension in an artificial language experiment: participants conventionalise novel labels, then extend them to convey new meanings (metonymically and metaphorically) based on salient shared associations.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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No, I don’t think it is. :-(
April 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
No, I don’t think it is. :-(
April 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Words acquire new meanings by creative processes of semantic extension. We studied this experimentally: participants conventionalise novel labels, then extend them to convey new meanings. Salient shared associations facilitated figurative semantic extensions.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Semantic extension in a novel communication system is facilitated by salient shared associations
Creative processes of semantic extension play a key role in language change, grammaticalisation, and (by hypothesis) the early origins and evolution o…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Words acquire new meanings by creative processes of semantic extension. We studied this experimentally: participants conventionalise novel labels, then extend them to convey new meanings. Salient shared associations facilitated figurative semantic extensions.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Are actual medals and a trophy not a formal recognition of their achievement?
March 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Are actual medals and a trophy not a formal recognition of their achievement?
Spain, perhaps? Although only after Franco’s death.
February 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Spain, perhaps? Although only after Franco’s death.