Randy Allen Harris
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Linguistics, rhetoric, cognitive science, ontologies, constructions, …
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I did my homework.
Very informative.
Thanks ! @randyallenharris.bsky.social @hiphilangsci.bsky.social
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Very informative.
Thanks ! @randyallenharris.bsky.social @hiphilangsci.bsky.social
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Podcast episode 42: Randy Harris on the Linguistics Wars
In this interview, we talk to Randy Harris about the controversies surrounding the generative semantics movement in American linguistics of the 1960s and 70s.
hiphilangsci.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I did my homework.
Very informative.
Thanks ! @randyallenharris.bsky.social @hiphilangsci.bsky.social
hiphilangsci.net/2024/11/01/p...
Very informative.
Thanks ! @randyallenharris.bsky.social @hiphilangsci.bsky.social
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Photos featuring some of our proud UWaterloo English MA and PhD grads who received their degrees this Saturday. Congratulations!
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Photos featuring some of our proud UWaterloo English MA and PhD grads who received their degrees this Saturday. Congratulations!
The newly minted Dr. Kyle Gerber and sidekick. @uwaterlooarts.bsky.social @uw-english.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The newly minted Dr. Kyle Gerber and sidekick. @uwaterlooarts.bsky.social @uw-english.bsky.social
Great new article by Geoff Pullum on Post, Chomsky, and the roots of generative grammar, written with his customary verve, depth, and precision. doi.org/10.1075/hl.0.... #histlx #Linguistics #LangSky
The prehistory of generative grammar and Chomsky’s debt to Emil
Post | John Benjamins
Summary
Generative linguistics has a longer prehistory than most
linguists realize. The rewriting systems that Chomsky brought into linguistics
as generative grammars were explicitly defined more than...
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Great new article by Geoff Pullum on Post, Chomsky, and the roots of generative grammar, written with his customary verve, depth, and precision. doi.org/10.1075/hl.0.... #histlx #Linguistics #LangSky
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Episode 49 of our podcast is out 🤩
James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviews Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) about linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.
🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/10/01/p...
#Histlx
James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviews Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) about linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.
🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/10/01/p...
#Histlx
Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer
In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.
hiphilangsci.net
October 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Episode 49 of our podcast is out 🤩
James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviews Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) about linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.
🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/10/01/p...
#Histlx
James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviews Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) about linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.
🔗 hiphilangsci.net/2025/10/01/p...
#Histlx
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A new podcast episode 🤩
Randy Harris (@randyallenharris.bsky.social) speaks with James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.
hiphilangsci.net/2025/09/15/p...
#Histlx
Randy Harris (@randyallenharris.bsky.social) speaks with James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.
hiphilangsci.net/2025/09/15/p...
#Histlx
Podcast episode 48: A History of Modern Linguistics
In this interview, Randy Harris interviews James McElvenny about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.
hiphilangsci.net
September 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A new podcast episode 🤩
Randy Harris (@randyallenharris.bsky.social) speaks with James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.
hiphilangsci.net/2025/09/15/p...
#Histlx
Randy Harris (@randyallenharris.bsky.social) speaks with James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.
hiphilangsci.net/2025/09/15/p...
#Histlx
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UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
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@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
📌 👉 The 14th International Construction Grammar conference will be held at Princeton, June 4-7, 2026
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
August 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
Calling all linguists, esp. corpus folks, and digital researchers, One of my students wants to research a grammatical cx on Twitter/X, but the Musk regime restricts searches. Would anyone who has Enterprise or Research access be willing to help? #linguistics #corpuslinguistics #academicbluesky
August 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Calling all linguists, esp. corpus folks, and digital researchers, One of my students wants to research a grammatical cx on Twitter/X, but the Musk regime restricts searches. Would anyone who has Enterprise or Research access be willing to help? #linguistics #corpuslinguistics #academicbluesky
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Once again: the GOP is a #fascist party. The CPC contains these elements. There is a tsunami of #reactionary politics on the horizon, because the weaponization of young men in particular goes largely unnoticed (because it's online). Crush them now, or we are in for generations of authoritarianism.
“We may have to rename this show because you’re a little bit more than a far-right Republican.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social called out a self-proclaimed ‘fascist’ on the show ‘Surrounded’ where he debated 20 far-right Republicans.
Watch the full episode on Jubilee’s YouTube:
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social called out a self-proclaimed ‘fascist’ on the show ‘Surrounded’ where he debated 20 far-right Republicans.
Watch the full episode on Jubilee’s YouTube:
zeteo.com/p/is-this-th...
July 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Once again: the GOP is a #fascist party. The CPC contains these elements. There is a tsunami of #reactionary politics on the horizon, because the weaponization of young men in particular goes largely unnoticed (because it's online). Crush them now, or we are in for generations of authoritarianism.
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When a president promotes sadism and abuse you know that the abuses will quickly get worse.
In a few short months the US has moved from kidnapping people off the streets to building concentration camps.
There will be much darker days ahead.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...
In a few short months the US has moved from kidnapping people off the streets to building concentration camps.
There will be much darker days ahead.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...
Trump suggests teaching migrants how to run away from alligators
Donald Trump has suggested teaching migrants how to run away from alligators as he toured a new migrant detention center in Florida known as “Alligator Alcaratz”. The US president visited the facility...
www.independent.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
When a president promotes sadism and abuse you know that the abuses will quickly get worse.
In a few short months the US has moved from kidnapping people off the streets to building concentration camps.
There will be much darker days ahead.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...
In a few short months the US has moved from kidnapping people off the streets to building concentration camps.
There will be much darker days ahead.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...
I try to avoid commenting on US politics except unless it directly affects Canada (tariffs, 51st state horseshit), but this! Jesus! If this doesn't prove unequivocally that the Trump administration hates women then I don't know what proof is. www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I try to avoid commenting on US politics except unless it directly affects Canada (tariffs, 51st state horseshit), but this! Jesus! If this doesn't prove unequivocally that the Trump administration hates women then I don't know what proof is. www.science.org/content/arti...
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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A podcast episode featuring some of the Rhetoricon Team (there was supposed to be a follow up, but--thanks Doug Ford!--the funding was cut & this turned out to be the very last episode of the Games Institute Podcast 🥲). But you get Sid & Emma & my wonderful team).
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pcm...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pcm...
057: Discovering Rhetorical Figures with Citizen Science with Adeshola Ogunsanya, Drake Dong, Nathan D’Silva, and Dr. Randy Harris
Games Institute Podcast · Episode
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April 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A podcast episode featuring some of the Rhetoricon Team (there was supposed to be a follow up, but--thanks Doug Ford!--the funding was cut & this turned out to be the very last episode of the Games Institute Podcast 🥲). But you get Sid & Emma & my wonderful team).
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pcm...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pcm...
Special 25th anniversary issue of POROI, reprinting a dozenish of its most influential articles. Very pleased to be between its covers with the likes of @leahcecc.bsky.social, @creekthinker.bsky.social, @rhetorologist.bsky.social, and @zoltanmajdik.bsky.social
pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...
pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...
POROI |
Issue: Issue: 1(19) POROI’s First 25 Years: Mapping the Past, Charting the Future (2025)
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March 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Special 25th anniversary issue of POROI, reprinting a dozenish of its most influential articles. Very pleased to be between its covers with the likes of @leahcecc.bsky.social, @creekthinker.bsky.social, @rhetorologist.bsky.social, and @zoltanmajdik.bsky.social
pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...
pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...
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"coffee is only good when it is served in jim crow conditions"
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
February 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"coffee is only good when it is served in jim crow conditions"
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Gleichschaltung is the word you're looking for, @theguardian.com
![The Nazi term Gleichschaltung (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlaɪçʃaltʊŋ] ⓘ), meaning "synchronization" or "bringing into line", was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler—leader of the Nazi Party in Germany—established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of German society "from the economy and trade associations to the media, culture and education".[1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tfyqeo3tprov5lejatxoi6lb/bafkreig3ueikh7qtxn6mlucxxewrcexm4qxgrbrqrvurbqdombrctvzdta@jpeg)
February 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gleichschaltung is the word you're looking for, @theguardian.com
Trump is probably not capable of learning, per se, but it will be inescapable even to him that we are polite and congenial until we’re cornered. Then we’re badgers. The Mexicans are pretty tough as well. Vive le Canada! ¡Viva México! Wishing sanity and kindness returns to our US neighbours.
do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you
February 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Trump is probably not capable of learning, per se, but it will be inescapable even to him that we are polite and congenial until we’re cornered. Then we’re badgers. The Mexicans are pretty tough as well. Vive le Canada! ¡Viva México! Wishing sanity and kindness returns to our US neighbours.
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Biden's pardons attempt to inoculate people against political persecution. Trump's pardons reward people for violence, treason, and celebrating his cult of lies.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Biden's pardons attempt to inoculate people against political persecution. Trump's pardons reward people for violence, treason, and celebrating his cult of lies.
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Am always thinking of the daily stormer style guide which @ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social published, esp this section on lulz.
www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-...
January 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Am always thinking of the daily stormer style guide which @ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social published, esp this section on lulz.
www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-...
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Hell yes.
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hell yes.