Betsy Sneller
@betsysneller.bsky.social
Asst prof linguistics @ Michigan state. I like cats, fiber arts, people. I’ll finish the rest of this later.
First snowfall in the garden
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
First snowfall in the garden
RR gets *more* formal (more stylistic fronting) in 2009 after the economic crash - the opposite direction from her political party
#NWAV53
#NWAV53
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
RR gets *more* formal (more stylistic fronting) in 2009 after the economic crash - the opposite direction from her political party
#NWAV53
#NWAV53
Kiesling compares self-reported data from 2004 and 2023 - finding:
1) ppl use “dude” more with more close interlocutors
2) whether you’re talking w a man v woman matters less now (both similarly likely to be called “dude”)
#NWAV53
1) ppl use “dude” more with more close interlocutors
2) whether you’re talking w a man v woman matters less now (both similarly likely to be called “dude”)
#NWAV53
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Kiesling compares self-reported data from 2004 and 2023 - finding:
1) ppl use “dude” more with more close interlocutors
2) whether you’re talking w a man v woman matters less now (both similarly likely to be called “dude”)
#NWAV53
1) ppl use “dude” more with more close interlocutors
2) whether you’re talking w a man v woman matters less now (both similarly likely to be called “dude”)
#NWAV53
“Dude” originally an insult (from “yankee doodle” in the 1880s), remaining w negative association in the 1940s/50s for zoot suiters
#NWAV53
#NWAV53
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“Dude” originally an insult (from “yankee doodle” in the 1880s), remaining w negative association in the 1940s/50s for zoot suiters
#NWAV53
#NWAV53
PVI (a measure of syllable vs stress timed speech - higher = more stress timed)
Spkrs w more social groupings (eg friends from School, Home, Work) have higher PVI. regression on white spkrs also shows higher density networks = more stress timed
#NWAV53
Spkrs w more social groupings (eg friends from School, Home, Work) have higher PVI. regression on white spkrs also shows higher density networks = more stress timed
#NWAV53
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
PVI (a measure of syllable vs stress timed speech - higher = more stress timed)
Spkrs w more social groupings (eg friends from School, Home, Work) have higher PVI. regression on white spkrs also shows higher density networks = more stress timed
#NWAV53
Spkrs w more social groupings (eg friends from School, Home, Work) have higher PVI. regression on white spkrs also shows higher density networks = more stress timed
#NWAV53
lol Gen Z
(“No!”)
(“No!”)
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
lol Gen Z
(“No!”)
(“No!”)
and Dennis the Zebra
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
and Dennis the Zebra
Velly of the Tiger Stripes
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Velly of the Tiger Stripes
Livi of the Giraffe
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Livi of the Giraffe
Happy of the Pottamus
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Happy of the Pottamus
New day, new timeline cleanse. This time: names my toddler (3;0) has given her stuffies. She did this all on her own.
I give you:
Snow Leopard of the Valley
I give you:
Snow Leopard of the Valley
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New day, new timeline cleanse. This time: names my toddler (3;0) has given her stuffies. She did this all on her own.
I give you:
Snow Leopard of the Valley
I give you:
Snow Leopard of the Valley
September 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
September 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
September 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
lol @ the editors of Washington post not knowing that “in community” is a phrase
![Screen shot of a Washington post social media post with the quote “it’s redefining how you can be in [a] community”
(About a group of people in Washington DC that walk around while listening to audio books together)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v6nuba64l2nentp4zcpw6g43/bafkreifhbjyr7qqcfrxzckveqla6qjtslkk56cndl3exkfumvyi3wwp4gm@jpeg)
August 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
lol @ the editors of Washington post not knowing that “in community” is a phrase
Charlotte Vaughn talking about doing linguistic experiments in a museum setting - have to switch the priority from “get good data” to engaging and connecting w the public - lots of incredible tips!!
August 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Charlotte Vaughn talking about doing linguistic experiments in a museum setting - have to switch the priority from “get good data” to engaging and connecting w the public - lots of incredible tips!!
Minnie Quartey Annan dropping serious insights into doing successful sociolinguistic fieldwork - spoiler: be open and listen to your participants! What’s meaningful to *them*?
August 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Minnie Quartey Annan dropping serious insights into doing successful sociolinguistic fieldwork - spoiler: be open and listen to your participants! What’s meaningful to *them*?
Annette D’Onofrio on the meaning of place in slx studies - advocating for an iterative approach to defining the speech community, the linguistic variables.
August 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Annette D’Onofrio on the meaning of place in slx studies - advocating for an iterative approach to defining the speech community, the linguistic variables.
@robindodsworth.bsky.social out here revolutionizing the way we think about social networks and their role in spreading linguistic variation (as a “complex contagion”). I don’t have enough space to say how cool this work is.
August 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
@robindodsworth.bsky.social out here revolutionizing the way we think about social networks and their role in spreading linguistic variation (as a “complex contagion”). I don’t have enough space to say how cool this work is.
@crfarrington.bsky.social speaking abt the incredible Frank Porter Graham corpus - annual recordings with kids from age 4-20 (!!!). This is my favorite plot - AAE dialect density across age. Check out the peak in middle and high school - adolescents doing social identity work!
August 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@crfarrington.bsky.social speaking abt the incredible Frank Porter Graham corpus - annual recordings with kids from age 4-20 (!!!). This is my favorite plot - AAE dialect density across age. Check out the peak in middle and high school - adolescents doing social identity work!
Holliday & Fisher (ft cameo from RA Nandani): talking abt challenges wrt connecting to schools (during covid!) - it’s hard work to get the right buy in from admin, teachers & students!
August 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Holliday & Fisher (ft cameo from RA Nandani): talking abt challenges wrt connecting to schools (during covid!) - it’s hard work to get the right buy in from admin, teachers & students!
Last year my cilantro went to seed immediately so I couldn’t eat it 😢
That became this volunteer driveway cilantro 🌿 (part shade! Much better conditions for it), which I DID get to eat
But also it went to seed and I got to harvest enough coriander to last the year.
Gardens are amazing!!!
That became this volunteer driveway cilantro 🌿 (part shade! Much better conditions for it), which I DID get to eat
But also it went to seed and I got to harvest enough coriander to last the year.
Gardens are amazing!!!
July 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Last year my cilantro went to seed immediately so I couldn’t eat it 😢
That became this volunteer driveway cilantro 🌿 (part shade! Much better conditions for it), which I DID get to eat
But also it went to seed and I got to harvest enough coriander to last the year.
Gardens are amazing!!!
That became this volunteer driveway cilantro 🌿 (part shade! Much better conditions for it), which I DID get to eat
But also it went to seed and I got to harvest enough coriander to last the year.
Gardens are amazing!!!