smeouropdf - Tumblr blog

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Brian Eno and photoshop (1955)

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Enjolras had no right to push Grantaire away when he that useful.

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Random PNGs, part 171.

(1. Ceramic dish by Géza Gorka, 2. Ceramic statuette from c. 1910, 3. Ceramic bowl from late 19th c., 4. Pandeleteinus submetallicus 5. Ouroboros fresco, 6. Guerlain perfume by Flacon Canard c. 1914, 7. Faun mask wall tile, 8. Ewer by Paul Dachsel from c. 1906, 9. Art nouveau pendant from c. 1900.)

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i think about this daily

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when you download a pdf and it's called like 1328723486basdf12.pdf but then you gently rename it to what it's supposed to be. that's forming a bond with a hurt and wild mythological creature and reminding it who it is.

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Close-Up  (کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک‎) | Dir. Abbas Kiarostami

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The Kelpie by Herbert James Draper (1913)

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In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade / And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down / And cut him ‘til he cried out in his anger and his shame, “I am leaving, I am leaving.” But the fighter still remains

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Episode 79: Tone and Intonation? Tone and Intonation!

Spoken languages can change the pitch or melody of words to convey several different kinds of information. When the pitch affects the meaning of the whole phrase, such as rising to indicate a question in English, linguists call it intonation. When the pitch affects the meaning of an individual word, such as the difference between mother (high mā) and horse (low rising mǎ) in Mandarin, linguists call it tone.

In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne get enthusiastic about tone, intonation, and the combination of the two. We talk about various meanings of intonation, such as question, list, floor-holding, emphasis, enthusiasm, and sarcasm, and how different languages use different shapes of intonation contours for functions like these. We also talk about things languages do with tones, from changing meanings of individual words to indicating grammatical information like negation. Finally, we talk about the many, many options for writing tone and intonation (from highly technical proposals to fun internet creations), how tone interacts with lyrics/melody in songs, and how “high” versus “low” tone is actually a culturally-specific metaphor – could we start calling tones “thin” and “thick” or “big” and “small” instead?

Read the transcript here.

Announcements: In this month’s bonus episode, originally recorded as a liveshow on the Lingthusiasm patron Discord server, your host Gretchen gets enthusiastic about how languages do gender with special guest Dr. Kirby Conrod. We answer your questions about lots of things related to language and gender, including: gender-neutral versions of sir/ma'am and dude/bro, why linguistic gender even exists, how people are doing gender-neutral and nonbinary things across related languages, and how neopronouns are often made by recycling bits from a language’s canonical pronouns. Join us on Patreon now to get access to this and 70+ other bonus episodes, as well as access to the Lingthusiasm Discord server where you can chat with other language nerds! Our patrons let us keep making the main episodes free for everyone and we really appreciate every level of support. Here are the links mentioned in the episode:

Original tumblr post on New Internet Grammar question marks from @pervocracy

Formal definitions of tone and intonation from the Routledge handbook

Gender Reveal episode on the social dynamics of pitch and other features with regard to gender

Falling question intonation in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and Hawaiʻi Creole English

All Things Linguistic post on transfer features of our intonation into writing

‘Tone’ by Moira Yip, for information on prevalence of tone in the worlds languages

The Four Mandarin Chinese Tones

All Things Linguistic post on understanding tone as a non-tone language speaker

Hacking Chinese post ‘7 ways to write Mandarin tones’

Zhao Yuanren/Yuen Ren Chao, such a cool Chinese linguist (he also translated Jabberwocky! and gave his daughter the name Lensey, which contains the only two syllables that are possible in the Chinese language but not actually present in any no Chinese words, thus making her name impossible to write properly in Chinese. Just like, please go read his Wikipedia article.)

Wikipedia entry for Gwoyeu Romatzyh

Wikipedia entry for Chinese tongue twisters

ChinesePod Blog post ‘How to read a Chinese poem with only one sound’

Wikipedia entry for Vietnamese tone

‘Tones in San Juan Quiahije Chatino’ by Emiliana Cruz

‘High Tone Docking in Sierra Juárez Zapotec’ by Lee Bickmore and George Aaron Broadwell

WALS entry for tone

‘The tone system of the Luanyjang dialect of Dinka’ by Bert Remijsen and D. Robert Ladd

‘Tone and intonation: A case study in two Tibetic languages’ by Teo, A., L. Gawne and M. Baese-Berk

HK Magazine post ‘Ask Mr. Know-It-All: How do you sing in a tonal language like Cantonese?’

‘The Thickness of Musical Pitch: Psychophysical Evidence for Linguistic Relativity’ by S. Dolscheid, S. Shayan, A. Majid, and D. Casasanto

Other relevant Lingthusiasm episodes:

Lingthusiasm episode ‘What Does it Mean to Sound Black? Intonation and Identity Interview with Nicole Holliday’

Lingthusiasm episode ‘Various vocal fold vibes’

Lingthusiasm episode ‘Why spelling is hard — but also hard to change’ Lingthusiasm episode ‘Making books and tools speak Chatino - Interview with Hilaria Cruz’

Lingthusiasm episode ‘What words sound spiky across languages? Interview with Suzy Styles’

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Lingthusiasm is created by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. Our senior producer is Claire Gawne, our production editor is Sarah Dopierala, and our production assistant is Martha Tsutsui Billins. Our music is ‘Ancient City’ by The Triangles.

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when i was a child i asked my grandad (who has a thick yorkshire accent) why he sometimes misses letters out of words and words out of sentences and he told me its because they had to ration letters during the war

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Terrance Hayes, from So to Speak

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The Caring Hand Sculpture, located in Switzerland.

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Jess Allen (b.1966) - The Bell Jar, Study 3. Oil on linen.

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this is how they used to have sex back when everyone was smooth down there and when metaphors weighed more than truth or logic