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Meow Factor
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Furensic Linguist | Independent Researcher | 🐈‍⬛ Writing about Cat-inspired Language | 🐾 Author of "Purrieties of Language" 🎓 PhD in Dialectology | en de it fr ru

writing: Edith + Murrli K. for
https://meowfactor.hypotheses.org
"Very entertaining and informative book that covers everything you'd want to know about cats online! I especially liked the sections on the jargon used in cat communities. Must read for any cat lover!" (Review on Amazon)
🧪 #cats #caturday
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November 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Bookstaversary of my book on this #WorldBookDay: "Purrieties of Language" came out two years ago.

It still does not get old 🐈‍⬛ 🧪 #linguistics
April 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Got a newsletter today from @cambup-linguistics.bsky.social Yule was the very first linguistics book I read back in ---- and I want to get my hands on The Sounds of English, and well Purrieties (no further questions your honour)
February 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Be Optimeowstic

Optimeowstic is s first occurrence for me!

Btw, the artist is really awesome: Limhenswee

www.instagram.com/p/DGA7di2zvF...
February 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My Italian meowlogism find of today: Sanremiao

🎤 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗜 𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗔𝗢! 😻

Anche i nostri mici hanno dato il via al festival più atteso dell’anno… ma in versione felina!

www.instagram.com/p/DF93V9YqSWo/
February 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
From ye meowy olde England - Cats in Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary (1898-1905): boar cat (tomcat), scattle cat (thieving mischievous cat), tibcat (female cat), to meowl (to cry like a cat) #dialectology #linguistics 🧪 #caturday
February 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I have made a screenshot of the image in my book (ebook format), I have also included a map of "meow"
February 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Using IPA to transcribe meowing, purring and hissing #phonetics 🧪 #Caturday
February 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When you research something that comes up in the most (un)likely places, you know you have chosen the perfect field: "caligo campurr" in Animal Crossing Pocket Camp. There's cats and cat inspired language in other games too

I love my research ❤️ 🧪 🐦🐦

To be filed under: silly fun linguistics
January 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Cats and memes are often seen as synonymous on the Internet. Yet, as a linguist I would always argue that true synonyms do not exist in a language what with all the different meanings, overtones, and connotations. Happy #Caturday and #SturgeonSaturday to all of you 🧪
➡️ steadyhq.com/purrspective...
December 21, 2024 at 9:25 AM
A sciency image for #Caturday: it displays a few moments of Caturday tweets posted on a Caturday, visualised with #Gephi. It shows how pawpular the hashtag is

Well, I did that at the time we could still use the twitter API and collect data. 🧪

Wishing all scientist with cats a Happy Caturday 🐈‍⬛ 😻
December 14, 2024 at 8:11 PM
So this is my favourite graph: the frequency of #Caturday tweets. Incidentally or not, it looks like cat ears, doesn't it?
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December 10, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Coming this week on my "Purrspectives in Language" newsletter:
🐾 a linguistic view at interspecies family (research paper)
🐾 memes (digital trends)
🐾 meowlogisms (data collection)

To get it, join the purr-suit here: steadyhq.com/en/purrspect...

#SciComm #Linguistics 🧪
December 9, 2024 at 1:20 PM
More on kitty loafs/loaves: here it is "loafers loaves" #cat #CatToys

Is your cat Team Loafs or Team Loaves? 😻🍞🥖

#purrieties found on Instagram

www.instagram.com/p/DC0BMMMSMT...
November 26, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Stage 2 of zoomies "mothership"
November 25, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Just in case you're looking for a Christmas purresent for a cat lover, what about my book: Purrieties of Language. How We Talk about Cats Online

It's about cats and language: catt, catte, meowlogisms, LOLspeak. Available on amazon and other bookshops
www.amazon.com/Purrieties-L...

#cat #language
November 21, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Look what I made! 🦋
With help from Scholar Goggler scholargoggler.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:49 PM

"Meowza hoomans, I have got some #linguistic catnip for you. Get it delivered to your 📦 inBOXes for free. 🐾 Join me in my purr-suit here: steadyhq.com/de/purrspect...

The #newsletter "Purrspectives in Language. Where #language purrs and #cats have accents" is my new project.
November 16, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I have two cats and I collect #meows
November 15, 2024 at 5:19 PM