Awais
@linguistawais.bsky.social
MPhil English Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in China
我在中国留学语言学。
我在中国留学语言学。
Hi everyone! I'm working on my MA research about the language we use to talk about abstract things. If you're a native English speaker over 18, I'd be super grateful if you could take my 10-15 minute survey. It's completely anonymous! Kindly, click the link: forms.gle/VusWCLE46p7M...
A Study on How People Describe Abstract Concepts
Thank you for your interest in this research study! This survey is part of a project in cognitive linguistics exploring how people use language to describe abstract ideas. It should take approximately...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Hi everyone! I'm working on my MA research about the language we use to talk about abstract things. If you're a native English speaker over 18, I'd be super grateful if you could take my 10-15 minute survey. It's completely anonymous! Kindly, click the link: forms.gle/VusWCLE46p7M...
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What do we miss about someone when we only know them in one language? If you’ve never heard someone in the language that holds their memories, humor, and sense of home—you may not have met all of them yet. www.kevin-m-wong.com/blog/2025/4/...
When You’ve Only Known Me in One Language — Kevin Wong, Ph.D.
A friend and I were talking about our childhoods outside the U.S.—how we grew up, what we missed, and what’s been hard to translate into our lives here. At one point, she said, a little exasperated bu...
www.kevin-m-wong.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
What do we miss about someone when we only know them in one language? If you’ve never heard someone in the language that holds their memories, humor, and sense of home—you may not have met all of them yet. www.kevin-m-wong.com/blog/2025/4/...
Where does 'hello' come from?
"An older term used for greeting or salutation is hail, which dates back to the Middle Ages but was still in use in Shakespeare’s time; he used it both as a greeting (“Hail to your grace“) and
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
"An older term used for greeting or salutation is hail, which dates back to the Middle Ages but was still in use in Shakespeare’s time; he used it both as a greeting (“Hail to your grace“) and
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
Where does 'hello' come from?
Don't answer the phone with 'ahoy'
www.merriam-webster.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Where does 'hello' come from?
"An older term used for greeting or salutation is hail, which dates back to the Middle Ages but was still in use in Shakespeare’s time; he used it both as a greeting (“Hail to your grace“) and
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
"An older term used for greeting or salutation is hail, which dates back to the Middle Ages but was still in use in Shakespeare’s time; he used it both as a greeting (“Hail to your grace“) and
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
Hello linguists and/or researchers in linguistics!
I am interested in exploring Construction Grammar in Cognitive Linguistics. Could you please connect with me and help me with it? I'll be very thankful.
#linguistics #linguists #construction_grammar #cognitive_linguistics
I am interested in exploring Construction Grammar in Cognitive Linguistics. Could you please connect with me and help me with it? I'll be very thankful.
#linguistics #linguists #construction_grammar #cognitive_linguistics
January 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hello linguists and/or researchers in linguistics!
I am interested in exploring Construction Grammar in Cognitive Linguistics. Could you please connect with me and help me with it? I'll be very thankful.
#linguistics #linguists #construction_grammar #cognitive_linguistics
I am interested in exploring Construction Grammar in Cognitive Linguistics. Could you please connect with me and help me with it? I'll be very thankful.
#linguistics #linguists #construction_grammar #cognitive_linguistics
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Sociolinguist Bill Labov demonstrated empirically that language is socially stratified, that whether you identify with a place & it’s traditions affects how you speak, that African American English is a dialect worthy of study, that narratives of personal experience are structured, & so much more
December 18, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Sociolinguist Bill Labov demonstrated empirically that language is socially stratified, that whether you identify with a place & it’s traditions affects how you speak, that African American English is a dialect worthy of study, that narratives of personal experience are structured, & so much more
“if you lecture in linguistics too long, it breaks your grammar”
December 18, 2024 at 8:08 PM
“if you lecture in linguistics too long, it breaks your grammar”
Why is, in most of the universities almost everywhere in the world, linguistics a part of the English department Do you think there should be a separate department for linguistics? Why or why not?
#justasking
#linguistics #English
#justasking
#linguistics #English
December 8, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Why is, in most of the universities almost everywhere in the world, linguistics a part of the English department Do you think there should be a separate department for linguistics? Why or why not?
#justasking
#linguistics #English
#justasking
#linguistics #English
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From the point of view of the brain, which is all you have for understanding the world, you're always using metaphors for understanding God.
You have no choice. Here’s why:
www.theframelab.org/god-metaphor...
You have no choice. Here’s why:
www.theframelab.org/god-metaphor...
God, metaphor and the soul
How metaphors shape our understanding of complex ideas like the soul
www.theframelab.org
December 4, 2024 at 10:17 PM
From the point of view of the brain, which is all you have for understanding the world, you're always using metaphors for understanding God.
You have no choice. Here’s why:
www.theframelab.org/god-metaphor...
You have no choice. Here’s why:
www.theframelab.org/god-metaphor...
Hi everyone, I'm new here.
December 7, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Hi everyone, I'm new here.