SamuelJBeer
@samueljbeer.bsky.social
Assistant professor of linguistics, Metropolitan State University of Denver. Where does language data come from and where does it go?
Couldn’t have done it without Melanie, the very best crew, who apparently asked me perplexing questions?
October 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Couldn’t have done it without Melanie, the very best crew, who apparently asked me perplexing questions?
Last Friday I ran a farther thing than I have run before and it was nice even though my tummy hurt.
October 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Last Friday I ran a farther thing than I have run before and it was nice even though my tummy hurt.
Having a normal one at one of the low profile university lockdowns today.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Having a normal one at one of the low profile university lockdowns today.
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Some nice foggy mornings here in Bristol lately
January 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Some nice foggy mornings here in Bristol lately
Got to hang out in some ice caves on Breiðamerkerjökull while they still exist en route to England a few days ago and they were neat.
January 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Got to hang out in some ice caves on Breiðamerkerjökull while they still exist en route to England a few days ago and they were neat.
3 cont.) and the surrounding Nilotic words for “beans” also seem to correspond and have the /r/.
Maasai and Teso seem likely borrowed from Kiswahili (maharagwe “bean”, maharage “beans”), but Karimojong and Toposa seem a bit more of a stretch (or at least as close to Kuliak).
Maasai and Teso seem likely borrowed from Kiswahili (maharagwe “bean”, maharage “beans”), but Karimojong and Toposa seem a bit more of a stretch (or at least as close to Kuliak).
December 10, 2024 at 11:35 PM
3 cont.) and the surrounding Nilotic words for “beans” also seem to correspond and have the /r/.
Maasai and Teso seem likely borrowed from Kiswahili (maharagwe “bean”, maharage “beans”), but Karimojong and Toposa seem a bit more of a stretch (or at least as close to Kuliak).
Maasai and Teso seem likely borrowed from Kiswahili (maharagwe “bean”, maharage “beans”), but Karimojong and Toposa seem a bit more of a stretch (or at least as close to Kuliak).
3) Right in the thick of the Nilotic languages from the previous rhotacization examples we find the Kuliak languages. Heine (1976) proposes intervocalic rhotacization of *s in Ik, which can be seen in these examples:
December 10, 2024 at 11:19 PM
3) Right in the thick of the Nilotic languages from the previous rhotacization examples we find the Kuliak languages. Heine (1976) proposes intervocalic rhotacization of *s in Ik, which can be seen in these examples:
Shots fired
(From Fleming’s 1983 survey of possible external lexical correspondences for Kuliak)
(From Fleming’s 1983 survey of possible external lexical correspondences for Kuliak)
December 10, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Shots fired
(From Fleming’s 1983 survey of possible external lexical correspondences for Kuliak)
(From Fleming’s 1983 survey of possible external lexical correspondences for Kuliak)
Badiou here, reporting for duty.
December 10, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Badiou here, reporting for duty.
2 cont.) Nobody cares about genet cats but Wikipedia tells me that they are cute!
This root is likely linked to a widespread root %MERI with forms often meaning “leopard” or “spotted”.
This root is likely linked to a widespread root %MERI with forms often meaning “leopard” or “spotted”.
December 9, 2024 at 3:31 PM
2 cont.) Nobody cares about genet cats but Wikipedia tells me that they are cute!
This root is likely linked to a widespread root %MERI with forms often meaning “leopard” or “spotted”.
This root is likely linked to a widespread root %MERI with forms often meaning “leopard” or “spotted”.
2) So in the literature there is discussion of a (dubious, per Ehret) sound correspondence E/SNil s ~ WNil r . In Eastern Nilotic reconstructions, (de?)rhotacism isn’t really discussed. However, such correspondences also occur within EN. Here are two that have stood out to me so far:
December 9, 2024 at 3:20 PM
2) So in the literature there is discussion of a (dubious, per Ehret) sound correspondence E/SNil s ~ WNil r . In Eastern Nilotic reconstructions, (de?)rhotacism isn’t really discussed. However, such correspondences also occur within EN. Here are two that have stood out to me so far:
A (slowly-developing) thread on some historical themes related to liquid(-adjacent things) in Nilotic and its neighbors:
1) a long-established sound change within Nilotic is proto-Nilotic *s > Western Nilotic *r, first proposed by Dimmendaal (1984), illustration from Dimmendaal (1988).
1) a long-established sound change within Nilotic is proto-Nilotic *s > Western Nilotic *r, first proposed by Dimmendaal (1984), illustration from Dimmendaal (1988).
December 8, 2024 at 4:52 PM
A (slowly-developing) thread on some historical themes related to liquid(-adjacent things) in Nilotic and its neighbors:
1) a long-established sound change within Nilotic is proto-Nilotic *s > Western Nilotic *r, first proposed by Dimmendaal (1984), illustration from Dimmendaal (1988).
1) a long-established sound change within Nilotic is proto-Nilotic *s > Western Nilotic *r, first proposed by Dimmendaal (1984), illustration from Dimmendaal (1988).
I’m a little late! But a thing that is making me happy is that Melanie came back to the states this week and we went for a run together at one of our favorite local spots.
November 23, 2024 at 6:08 AM
I’m a little late! But a thing that is making me happy is that Melanie came back to the states this week and we went for a run together at one of our favorite local spots.
My friend is a researcher. It is difficult to get his attention in a magnificent book because he is lost in wonder. We were reading a 1970s African history dissertation recently and I asked him why we don’t make charts like this anymore. I will never forget his answer: “we can’t. We don’t know how.”
November 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM
My friend is a researcher. It is difficult to get his attention in a magnificent book because he is lost in wonder. We were reading a 1970s African history dissertation recently and I asked him why we don’t make charts like this anymore. I will never forget his answer: “we can’t. We don’t know how.”
Might finally be feeling like October a little bit.
October 16, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Might finally be feeling like October a little bit.
Without downloading new pics where are you mentally
September 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Without downloading new pics where are you mentally
Simply devastating stuff from google scholar.
September 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Simply devastating stuff from google scholar.
Made a broad-tailed hummingbird friend today.
August 26, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Made a broad-tailed hummingbird friend today.
Making friends in the Mookerheide.
July 17, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Making friends in the Mookerheide.
Favorable cycling conditions between Worms and Mannheim
June 16, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Favorable cycling conditions between Worms and Mannheim