@wvdialect

The WVDP gathers information about language diversity from native Appalachians and conducts linguistic analysis of language variation. https://xitter.cf/t.co/AjJ8lyVakk

 Morgantown, WV
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Joined December 2014
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Dr Shivonne Gates@ShivGates17 May 2016
Not just happening in the north - ling. prejudice is rife in London too. I heard a BT told off for saying 'innit' theguardian.com/education/20…

Trainee teachers from northern England told to modify their accents

Dr Alexander Baratta says his research reveals an unhealthy culture of ‘linguistic prejudice’ in the teaching profession

theguardian.com
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Kirk Hazen@DrDialect20 May 2016
And just in case you wanted to know what was that painting in the background: wvumag.wvu.edu/departments/t…

Swearing Through the Centuries

Kirk Hazen is a linguist who studied 1800s-era swearing to consult on an upcoming HBO Miniseries. Read on to find out his favorite old-time swear words.

magazine-archive.wvu.edu
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Debbie Cameron@wordspinster16 May 2016
Language: a feminist guide is one year old today. And to mark the occasion here's a REALLY LONG READ about pronouns.debuk.wordpress.com/2016/05/… – at Oxford, England

The pronominal is political

‘Pronouns’, announced a writer on Mashable last year, ‘are a big deal—and rightfully so’. The writer wasn’t talking about pronouns in general, but specifically about English third person singular p…

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Kirk Hazen@DrDialect15 May 2016
Replying to @savanahlame
@savanahlame @callmekatbug @wvdialect
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Jack Grieve@JWGrieve9 May 2016
@xek @rctatman @qpheevr @wvdialect SE/SC and NE/MW do reflect the importance of the Appalachians. When mapped the factors show it better
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@qpheevr @JWGrieve I'd agree! Check out the @wvdialect Twitter account.
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There might be a correlation between people who prefer 🐶🐶🐶 and people who pronounce an ellipsis "dot dot dot".
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Jack Grieve@JWGrieve9 May 2016
Modern American Dialect Regions identified in my book showing loss of Midland/North divide (purposely schematic)
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Grammar Wars (featuring Chaucer, # Shakespeare & Austen!): theguardian.com/books/booksb…

‘They’: the singular pronoun that could solve sexism in English

You only need four letters to take a stand against the prejudice embedded in the English language

theguardian.com
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Kirk Hazen@DrDialect6 May 2016
S/O to @savanahlame Fulbright awesomeness wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2016/05/0… @WestVirginiaU @AspireWVU @wvdialect @HonorsCollege
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Lee Murray@MurrayLeeA3 May 2016
"but what do academics even do all day?"
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Kirk Hazen@DrDialect29 Apr 2016
Super excited to be @UTKnoxville with @jessgrieser
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Kirk Hazen@DrDialect3 May 2016
Replying to @Candace07
@Candace07 Thank you and the UR team for such great work! @wvdialect @WestVirginiaU @WVUEberly @WVUStudents
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Candace Nelson@Candace073 May 2016
Look what I got today, @DrDialect!
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Emojis: How our language acquired "a big expansion pack of ideograms" via @WIRED wired.com/2016/04/the-scienc…
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AllThingsLinguistic@AllThingsLing1 May 2016
Merriam-Webster adds “genderqueer”, “cisgender”, and “Mx” to its dictionary, pushes back against critics... tmblr.co/ZuWOEv25rdrIk
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How to remember the IPA consonant chart - keywords, mnemonics, and advice for practising the IPA... tmblr.co/ZuWOEv25JS6JY
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Typographical nuance: the difference between no No. NOOOOO noooo no~ ~no no?! *no* #no and more... tmblr.co/ZuWOEv25ZF0_C
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