gabi
@ggab.bsky.social
interested in iconicity, sound symbolism, language contact, art, puppies, puzzles&kittens
ex @gabolices on twitter
also at fediscience.org (@gabriella)
ex @gabolices on twitter
also at fediscience.org (@gabriella)
Vou botar essa música aqui em loop
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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some unexpected visitors this morning
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
some unexpected visitors this morning
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just putting out there that i would like to cowrite a paper about this with a trans woman linguist, especially ecrs. email me if you're interested (& fairly serious about it)
Funny how trans women are always 'they' when they're saying things you don't like.
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
just putting out there that i would like to cowrite a paper about this with a trans woman linguist, especially ecrs. email me if you're interested (& fairly serious about it)
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🇧🇷Saí-de-máscara-preta
🌎Dacnis lineata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
A saí-de-máscara-preta é uma ave passeriforme da família Thraupidae.
📷 Anselmo d`Affonseca
🌎Dacnis lineata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
A saí-de-máscara-preta é uma ave passeriforme da família Thraupidae.
📷 Anselmo d`Affonseca
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🇧🇷Saí-de-máscara-preta
🌎Dacnis lineata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
A saí-de-máscara-preta é uma ave passeriforme da família Thraupidae.
📷 Anselmo d`Affonseca
🌎Dacnis lineata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
A saí-de-máscara-preta é uma ave passeriforme da família Thraupidae.
📷 Anselmo d`Affonseca
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
aquele espacate pra almoçar
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
aquele espacate pra almoçar
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My students always oooh and aaah when I teach them the phonetics of vowels
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My students always oooh and aaah when I teach them the phonetics of vowels
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Friends hiking in the national park (commission)
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Friends hiking in the national park (commission)
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the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results
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I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
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Foram divulgados os dados do Censo IBGE - Etnias e línguas indígenas. O estado de SP tem o maior número de povos declarados em área urbana: 271 povos! São 194 povos na capital!
Ao todo são 295 línguas indígenas, as 3 com + falantes são: Tikúna (51.978), Guarani Kaiowá (38.658) e Guajajara (29.212)
Ao todo são 295 línguas indígenas, as 3 com + falantes são: Tikúna (51.978), Guarani Kaiowá (38.658) e Guajajara (29.212)
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Foram divulgados os dados do Censo IBGE - Etnias e línguas indígenas. O estado de SP tem o maior número de povos declarados em área urbana: 271 povos! São 194 povos na capital!
Ao todo são 295 línguas indígenas, as 3 com + falantes são: Tikúna (51.978), Guarani Kaiowá (38.658) e Guajajara (29.212)
Ao todo são 295 línguas indígenas, as 3 com + falantes são: Tikúna (51.978), Guarani Kaiowá (38.658) e Guajajara (29.212)
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Ai vc vai ver, tá todo mundo lendo o artigo sobre Caravaggio na wikipedia pra conhecer mais depois de terem se apaixonado pelo quadro
One of the better photographs depicting modernity, I'd say:
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Ai vc vai ver, tá todo mundo lendo o artigo sobre Caravaggio na wikipedia pra conhecer mais depois de terem se apaixonado pelo quadro
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Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.
October 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.
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🇧🇷Socoí-zigue-zague
🌎Zebrilus undulatus
Conservação:Quase Ameaçada
O socoí-zigue-zague é uma ave Pelecaniforme da família Ardeidae. Conhecido também como socoí-pulador.
📷 Ester Ramirez
🌎Zebrilus undulatus
Conservação:Quase Ameaçada
O socoí-zigue-zague é uma ave Pelecaniforme da família Ardeidae. Conhecido também como socoí-pulador.
📷 Ester Ramirez
September 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🇧🇷Socoí-zigue-zague
🌎Zebrilus undulatus
Conservação:Quase Ameaçada
O socoí-zigue-zague é uma ave Pelecaniforme da família Ardeidae. Conhecido também como socoí-pulador.
📷 Ester Ramirez
🌎Zebrilus undulatus
Conservação:Quase Ameaçada
O socoí-zigue-zague é uma ave Pelecaniforme da família Ardeidae. Conhecido também como socoí-pulador.
📷 Ester Ramirez
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Please boost! #linguistics student here at Swarthmore is running a survey for English speakers (who don't know Mandarin / any other tone languages) about how we learn tones. Take a few minutes to help out with this student research!
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September 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Please boost! #linguistics student here at Swarthmore is running a survey for English speakers (who don't know Mandarin / any other tone languages) about how we learn tones. Take a few minutes to help out with this student research!
swarthmore.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
swarthmore.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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“Huge crowds packed the squares and beaches of some of Brazil’s biggest cities to voice their opposition to rightwing endeavors to help Bolsonaro escape jail for his failed power grab”
Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty
Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Huge crowds packed the squares and beaches of some of Brazil’s biggest cities to voice their opposition to rightwing endeavors to help Bolsonaro escape jail for his failed power grab”
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your body makes language but language also makes your body
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
your body makes language but language also makes your body
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What can interjections, discourse particles and other 'marginal' elements of language teach us about culture, communication and cognition? Felix Ameka (@unileiden.bsky.social) shares his work on African languages in this Abralin talk.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyxu...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyxu...
Felix K. Ameka
YouTube video by Abralin
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December 2, 2024 at 1:42 PM
What can interjections, discourse particles and other 'marginal' elements of language teach us about culture, communication and cognition? Felix Ameka (@unileiden.bsky.social) shares his work on African languages in this Abralin talk.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyxu...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyxu...
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leiden says: 🌈happy pride!🌈
September 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
leiden says: 🌈happy pride!🌈
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This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive
The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.
www.theverge.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...