Dario Paape
@dariopaape.bsky.social
psycholinguistics @ Potsdam, Germany
https://d-paape.github.io
https://d-paape.github.io
Geht es nur mir so oder ist das seltsam, weil es sich anhört, als wäre er schon Manager? (Quelle: FAZ)
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Geht es nur mir so oder ist das seltsam, weil es sich anhört, als wäre er schon Manager? (Quelle: FAZ)
Gut, dass es Dünger extra für Qualitätsblumen gibt
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Gut, dass es Dünger extra für Qualitätsblumen gibt
Making Apfelstrudel and the recipe says to adjust the amount of breadcrumbs according to "how much the butter can soak up". Am I having a stroke or should it be the other way around? This even appears twice in the recipe. #linguistics
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Making Apfelstrudel and the recipe says to adjust the amount of breadcrumbs according to "how much the butter can soak up". Am I having a stroke or should it be the other way around? This even appears twice in the recipe. #linguistics
So if someone is "X poor" and you promise to make them "X rich", is X the difference between their $$$ and some average, and you're promising to basically flip the sign of that difference? I want to understand precisely what the bear is offering here. #linguistics
September 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
So if someone is "X poor" and you promise to make them "X rich", is X the difference between their $$$ and some average, and you're promising to basically flip the sign of that difference? I want to understand precisely what the bear is offering here. #linguistics
Inscrutability of reference still going strong. I was totally assuming that the little guy in the picture was the nurdle and immediately went "How dare you!" #linguistics
August 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Inscrutability of reference still going strong. I was totally assuming that the little guy in the picture was the nurdle and immediately went "How dare you!" #linguistics
There‘s probably a reason that these guys aren‘t placed right next to Hagebuttentee, Kamillentee and Pfefferminztee #linguistics
August 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There‘s probably a reason that these guys aren‘t placed right next to Hagebuttentee, Kamillentee and Pfefferminztee #linguistics
I think this is the first time ever that I've seen this bracketing in the wild. [[pet [dog and cat]] poo] #linguistics
August 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I think this is the first time ever that I've seen this bracketing in the wild. [[pet [dog and cat]] poo] #linguistics
InStyle is perhaps one of the last places where I would have looked for linguistic pedantry. The temptation to write "1 Preis" ("Eins Preis") must have been enormous. #linguistics
July 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
InStyle is perhaps one of the last places where I would have looked for linguistic pedantry. The temptation to write "1 Preis" ("Eins Preis") must have been enormous. #linguistics
They turned the internet into an IRL magazine and are selling it for 9 Euros
July 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
They turned the internet into an IRL magazine and are selling it for 9 Euros
Wondering if the increased frequency of these kinds of headlines makes people better at processing double negation. "Trump NOT allowed to NOT allow X" #linguistics
June 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Wondering if the increased frequency of these kinds of headlines makes people better at processing double negation. "Trump NOT allowed to NOT allow X" #linguistics
June 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/n...
The really interesting part is that the LLM (or LRM or whatever) enthusiasts quoted in the article defend the models' "reasoning" by basically saying that it's actually somehow clever of them to be wrong
The really interesting part is that the LLM (or LRM or whatever) enthusiasts quoted in the article defend the models' "reasoning" by basically saying that it's actually somehow clever of them to be wrong
June 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/n...
The really interesting part is that the LLM (or LRM or whatever) enthusiasts quoted in the article defend the models' "reasoning" by basically saying that it's actually somehow clever of them to be wrong
The really interesting part is that the LLM (or LRM or whatever) enthusiasts quoted in the article defend the models' "reasoning" by basically saying that it's actually somehow clever of them to be wrong
A little souvenir from #HSP2025 @umd-lsc.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A little souvenir from #HSP2025 @umd-lsc.bsky.social
Shoutout to people who watch arthouse movies on planes. I always feel that the film doesn't deserve being shown on a gameboy screen, but I just can't bring myself to watch Avengers 10 or whatever.
March 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Shoutout to people who watch arthouse movies on planes. I always feel that the film doesn't deserve being shown on a gameboy screen, but I just can't bring myself to watch Avengers 10 or whatever.
I think this construction has seen a rise in frequency recently and it still baffles me. "One record chases the next one" - this is logically impossible, right? Is this intentional and meant to imply that the next one is so fast that it overtook the previous one? 🤔 #linguistics
March 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I think this construction has seen a rise in frequency recently and it still baffles me. "One record chases the next one" - this is logically impossible, right? Is this intentional and meant to imply that the next one is so fast that it overtook the previous one? 🤔 #linguistics
Maybe if I wait between 44 and 54 minutes, a glitchy bus will arrive and take me out of the matrix
January 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Maybe if I wait between 44 and 54 minutes, a glitchy bus will arrive and take me out of the matrix
Serious question: Is this correct English? Sounds very odd to me. "unable" seems to indicate some form of (potential) agency, but with use of the passive, the agency would lie with the reviver, not the revivee, no? #linguistics
January 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Serious question: Is this correct English? Sounds very odd to me. "unable" seems to indicate some form of (potential) agency, but with use of the passive, the agency would lie with the reviver, not the revivee, no? #linguistics
Presenting at AMLaP Asia in Singapore today, then going back to Germany. I can say that I will dearly miss kaya toast and kopi for breakfast.
December 7, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Presenting at AMLaP Asia in Singapore today, then going back to Germany. I can say that I will dearly miss kaya toast and kopi for breakfast.
Yet again, thanks for nothing, Claude. It just parroted the English example, creating a completely ungrammatical German sentence. And I seriously doubt that the difference between regular ambiguity and local coherence was "understood".
December 4, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Yet again, thanks for nothing, Claude. It just parroted the English example, creating a completely ungrammatical German sentence. And I seriously doubt that the difference between regular ambiguity and local coherence was "understood".
Describing your complicated, obscure research that has little to no real-world impact to a layperson
October 30, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Describing your complicated, obscure research that has little to no real-world impact to a layperson
Is this saying that other EV trucks are selling Cybertrucks but Tesla sold more of them, or that Tesla is selling other EV trucks besides Cybertrucks, but fewer of them? In any case, I think the intended meaning is not licensed here... ? Other English speakers, what do you think? #linguistics
September 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Is this saying that other EV trucks are selling Cybertrucks but Tesla sold more of them, or that Tesla is selling other EV trucks besides Cybertrucks, but fewer of them? In any case, I think the intended meaning is not licensed here... ? Other English speakers, what do you think? #linguistics
What I've also noticed is that chatbots make inflationary use of the word "ambiguous" when asked to do #linguistics, especially in cases that are known to be problematic for humans, such as the locally coherent (but NOT classically ambiguous) sentence shown here.
September 10, 2024 at 11:59 AM
What I've also noticed is that chatbots make inflationary use of the word "ambiguous" when asked to do #linguistics, especially in cases that are known to be problematic for humans, such as the locally coherent (but NOT classically ambiguous) sentence shown here.
Claude's responses here seem completely unhinged to me and unlike anything a human would come up with, but they are certainly interesting. #linguistics
September 9, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Claude's responses here seem completely unhinged to me and unlike anything a human would come up with, but they are certainly interesting. #linguistics
Not sure if p<0.05 on this but OK
September 4, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Not sure if p<0.05 on this but OK