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Hi reader. This is the 9th time we’ve interrupted your reading recently, but 98% of our readers don't give. Many think they’ll give later, but then forget. This Sunday we ask you to protect Wikipedia. All we ask is , or what you can afford, to secure our future. Program – Linguistweets. Myths and urban legends shape how we understand the causes of illnesses like colds, pneumonia, and flu and how they spread.

Program – Linguistweets

Word choice can help keep such myths in circulation. English corpus data shows how polysemy reinforces myths and mythbusting about catching a cold. Folklore can evoke monstrous causes for disease, e.g., witches spreading plague (Brooks) or vampires bringing porphyria and tuberculosis (Lane; Ponti). LINGUIST List 32.3713: Jobs: English; Sociolinguistics: Lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester. LINGUIST List 32.3713 Mon Nov 29 2021 Jobs: English; Sociolinguistics: Lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester Editor for this issue: Lauren Perkins <laurenlinguistlist.org> Date: 29-Nov-2021 From: Tine Breban manchester.ac.uk>Subject: English; Sociolinguistics: Lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester, United KingdomE-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: University of Manchester Department: Linguistics and English Language Job Location: Manchester, United Kingdom Job Title: Lecturer in English Language.

LINGUIST List 32.3713: Jobs: English; Sociolinguistics: Lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester

ILA CFP2022. Twitter. CFP. 8th International Conference on Typography & Visual Communication | Beyond the obvious.

CFP

Typography and Visual Communication in times of disruption Main Conference 7–9 July 2022 Workshops 5–6 July 2022 | The 8th ICTVC will take place from 5 to 9 July 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece, celebrating 20 years since its establishment in 2002! The conference will be organised by the Institute for the Study of Typography & Visual Communication and will be supported by a number of academic and professional organisations. Background matching and disruptive coloration as habitat-specific strategies for camouflage. 1.Stevens, M. et al.

Background matching and disruptive coloration as habitat-specific strategies for camouflage

Phenotype-environment matching in sand fleas. Biol Lett 11, 20150494 (2015).Article Google Scholar 2.Todd, P. A., Briers, R. A., Ladle, R. J. & Middleton, F. UKC Forums - Borsuk-Ulam theorem. In reply to DaveHK: Just skimmed over the thread, so my apologies if this has been posted below and I missed it: So if I remember correctly from my university maths ages ago the whole thing is a generalized claim about properties of two steady functions f(x) and g(x) that is obvious for the simple case R -> R case: If within some interval of x f(x) rises from A to B and g(x) drops from B to A, their graphs must cross at some point if neither fuctions is allowed to do sudden jumps.

UKC Forums - Borsuk-Ulam theorem.

The most intuitive physical equivalent is that you can stabilize any four legged table that stands on uneven ground with one leg in the air by simply rotating it around its centre (the table top may not end up horizontal, of course). Corela - Cognition, représentation, langage. Why Chomsky was Wrong About Corpus Linguistics – corp.ling.stats. Introduction When the entire premise of your methodology is publicly challenged by one of the most pre-eminent figures in an overarching discipline, it seems wise to have a defence.

Why Chomsky was Wrong About Corpus Linguistics – corp.ling.stats

Noam Chomsky’s famous objection to corpus linguistics therefore needs a serious response. “One of the big insights of the scientific revolution, of modern science, at least since the seventeenth century… is that arrangement of data isn’t going to get you anywhere. You have to ask probing questions of nature. That’s what is called experimentation, and then you may get some answers that mean something. LINGUIST List 32.2901: Calls: Ling & Literature/France. LINGUIST List 32.2901 Sun Sep 12 2021 Calls: Ling & Literature/France Editor for this issue: Everett Green <everettlinguistlist.org> Date: 09-Sep-2021 From: Philippe Monneret gmail.com>Subject: 13th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and LiteratureE-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 13th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature Short Title: ILL13.

LINGUIST List 32.2901: Calls: Ling & Literature/France

Language and cognition. Abstract What is the role of language in cognition?

Language and cognition

Do we think with words, or do we use words to communicate made-up decisions? The paper briefly reviews ideas in this area since 1950s. Then we discuss mechanisms of cognition, recent neuroscience experiments, and corresponding mathematical models. Discourse Representation Theory. 1.

Discourse Representation Theory

Introduction This article concerns Discourse Representation Theory narrowly defined as work in the tradition descending from Kamp (1981). The same term is sometimes used more broadly, occasionally embracing Heim’s (1982) work and the developments initiated by Groenendijk and Stokhof (1989, 1991). How we do things with words Nguyen Eisenstein. Bürki2018 Article VariationInTheSpeechSignalAsAW. Orthography as Social Action Full Book. Johnson, S Review, New Perspectives on language and media.

Jaffe, Alexandra. Hung & Tzeng Ortho var and information processing. Intro non standard orthography & non standard speech. L.Williams, Orthographic Variation in Electronic French The Case of laccent aigu. Eisentsein, Systematic patterning in phonologically motivated orthographic variation. LauraAscone Laradicalisationtraverslexpressiondesmotionssurinternet. Gestalt psychology. Gestalt psychology or gestaltism (German: Gestalt – "shape or form") is a theory of mind of the Berlin School.

The central principle of gestalt psychology is that the mind forms a global whole with self-organizing tendencies. This principle maintains that the human mind considers objects in their entirety before, or in parallel with, perception of their individual parts; suggesting the whole is other than the sum of its parts. Gestalt psychology tries to understand the laws of our ability to acquire and maintain meaningful perceptions in an apparently chaotic world. Image.