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Every single person studying a language when they recognize the most basic word of the language in a text or a video
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linguistness · 7 months
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What is a ‘wug’?
If you’ve been to linguist tumblr (lingblr), you might have stumbled upon this picture of a funny little bird or read the word ‘wug’ somewhere. But what exactly is a ‘wug’ and where does this come from?
The ‘wug’ is an imaginary creature designed for the so-called ‘wug test’ by Jean Berko Gleason. Here’s an illustration from her test:
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“Gleason devised the Wug Test as part of her earliest research (1958), which used nonsense words to gauge children's acquisition of morphological rules‍—‌for example, the "default" rule that most English plurals are formed by adding an /s/, /z/ or /ɨz/ sound depending on the final consonant, e.g., hat–hats, eye–eyes, witch–witches. A child is shown simple pictures of a fanciful creature or activity, with a nonsense name, and prompted to complete a statement about it:
This is a WUG. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two ________.
Each "target" word was a made-up (but plausible-sounding) pseudoword, so that the child cannot have heard it before. A child who knows that the plural of witch is witches may have heard and memorized that pair, but a child responding that the plural of wug (which the child presumably has never heard) is wugs (/wʌgz/, using the /z/ allomorph since "wug" ends in a voiced consonant) has apparently inferred (perhaps unconsciously) the basic rule for forming plurals.
The Wug Test also includes questions involving verb conjugations, possessives, and other common derivational morphemes such as the agentive -er (e.g. "A man who 'zibs' is a ________?"), and requested explanations of common compound words e.g. "Why is a birthday called a birthday?" Other items included:
This is a dog with QUIRKS on him. He is all covered in QUIRKS. What kind of a dog is he? He is a ________ dog.
This is a man who knows how to SPOW. He is SPOWING. He did the same thing yesterday. What did he do yesterday? Yesterday he ________.
(The expected answers were QUIRKY and SPOWED.)
Gleason's major finding was that even very young children are able to connect suitable endings‍—‌to produce plurals, past tenses, possessives, and other forms‍—‌to nonsense words they have never heard before, implying that they have internalized systematic aspects of the linguistic system which no one has necessarily tried to teach them. However, she also identified an earlier stage at which children can produce such forms for real words, but not yet for nonsense words‍—‌implying that children start by memorizing singular–plural pairs they hear spoken by others, then eventually extract rules and patterns from these examples which they apply to novel words.
The Wug Test was the first experimental proof that young children have extracted generalizable rules from the language around them, rather than simply memorizing words that they have heard, and it was almost immediately adapted for children speaking languages other than English, to bilingual children, and to children (and adults) with various impairments or from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Its conclusions are viewed as essential to the understanding of when and how children reach major language milestones, and its variations and progeny remain in use worldwide for studies on language acquisition. It is "almost universal" for textbooks in psycholinguistics and language acquisition to include assignments calling for the student to carry out a practical variation of the Wug Test paradigm. The ubiquity of discussion of the wug test has led to the wug being used as a mascot of sorts for linguists and linguistics students.”
Here are some more illustrations from the original wug test:
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Sources: 
Wikipedia, All Things Linguistic
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tower-of-hana · 3 months
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Dictionaries be like: Instead of using the ipa we made this fake phonetic alphabet made up of esoteric runes. Please find a European with a wild beard to decipher them.
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Mean people make me sad so here is Joey Batey being himself aka adorable, nerdy, precious, beautiful, talented, brilliant boy.
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londonlingo · 9 months
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Brazilian texting slang
Here's a list of abbreviations that Brazilians use:
pro/pra -para o/para a -this meaning depends on the context but it can be 
Kkkkkkkkk -hahahahaha 
Fds -fim de semana -weekend OR -foda-se -fuck you/fuck this/screw this
Hj -hoje -today
tô /tá -estou/está -i am/he/she/it is
Vc/ce/cê -você -you
Cmg -comigo -with me
Gnt -gente -guys (used to refer to the whole group of people addressed)
Tbm -também -also/as well
Vdd -verdade -true 
Blz -beleza -sorted/great
Msg -mensagem -message
Pfv -por favor -please
Pq -porque -because
Mto -muito -a lot/very
Sdd -saudade -this means something similar to nostalgia or to miss someone/something
Bjs -beijos -kisses (get your mind out of the gutter!!)
KEY:
Slang -Portuguese word -Eng translation
The inspiration behind this post is a text my friend sent in a group chat: “Be ce ta na uni” meaning Bê, are you at uni (university)? I saw this and felt proud of how much Portuguese I’ve learnt because honestly it is a difficult language.
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charlesoberonn · 10 months
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Patriotism and Nationalism aren't the same thing.
Patriotism is fondness and pride for one's home or group. Nationalism is a political ideology that calls for the promotion of the nation's interests over other interests, particularly other nations.
You can be patriotic without being nationalist, like being proud of and rooting for your hometown or your school.
You can be nationalistic without being patriotic, like supporting the national ambitions of an ethnic group you have no personal connection to.
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budkalon · 5 months
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[PONEGLYPH FANLANG] Chapter 272's Stelle transcription and translation
Hello, back with the Poneglyph Fanlang!
After previously translating Roger's words on the Shandora Grand Bell, as seen here: [WIP] One Piece's Ancient Language (Poneglyph) Fanlang, I'm now attempting to translate another Poneglyph with a full translation. In the canon manga, only two Poneglyphs have full translations. This one is from Chapter 272, "Play," and was discovered by Robin.
If you're familiar with the Japanese language, you might notice that the sentence structure is identical to Japanese syntax (SOV). The basic language used is Old Egyptian, employing a triconsonantal root system similar to Arabic.
Here are some words you might recognize if you know Japanese:
okkaret = kokoro (heart)
enṓganopet = ogane (big bell)
You may notice that the same sound can be represented by completely different glyphs. This is because the Poneglyph uses a system somewhat akin to the Maya script and Rongorongo script, allowing different glyphs for the same sound for aesthetic reasons. Another reason for these complex sound-to-glyph correspondences is to make Poneglyphs difficult to read and decipher by the government.
But let me be honest, the main reason is that the Poneglyph is a gibberish-type of conlang. It seems like Oda didn't create a fully functional conlang for Poneglyph and may have scribbled-down the script. Or perhaps Oda used a cipher conlang? Who knows.
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thoughtportal · 2 years
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Grammar is not about clear communication
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gerblinradio · 19 days
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YOU ASKED.
Someone said they’d be happy to see my conlang. This is a VERY incomplete conlang of mine, but hey! I wanna share it! So enjoy!
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andaniellight · 21 days
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Currently gathering materials for a short edit but then caught this funny wordplay that i didn't catch on my first watch
Yong-jae you lil shit 😂 He's using Nan-gam's name as an apologetic pun by saying "난감하게 죄송함다" (nangamhage joesonghamda) and it's LITERALLY to express how awkward he feels even though he IS sorry... For embarrassing Nan-gam... In front of "the kid" (possible murder suspect).... lmao
Also high praise for the translator/interpreter to manipulate the pun into "Jang-ry" to get onboard with Yong-jae on making fun of this grumpy, awkward Jang Nan-gam sdkjsdfjhskdfhj 💀
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dear-future-ai · 1 year
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hana-loves-bumblebees · 3 months
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People of tumblr, I have but one question for you:
How do you call on cats in your language(s)?
I’ll go first - čičičiči (though sometimes it blends into merely čččč) in Czech🇨🇿
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linguistness · 1 year
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Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across
(these posts are not my own!)
THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)
Tips:
Some language learning exercises and tips
20 Favorite Language Learning Tips
what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?
tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)
language learning and langblr tips
Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time
Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis
Tips for learning a sign language
Tips for relearning your second first language
How to:
how to self teach a new language
learning a language: how to
learning languages and how to make it fun
how to study languages
how to practice speaking in a foreign language
how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start
how to make a schedule for language learning
How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time
Masterposts:
Language Study Master Post
Swedish Resources Masterpost
French Resouces Masterpost
Italian Resources Masterpost
Resource List for Learning German
Challenges:
Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge
language learning checkerboard challenge
Word lists:
2+ months of language learning prompts
list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels
Other stuff:
bullet journal dedicated to language learning
over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages
TED talks about language (learning)
Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek
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Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!
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tower-of-hana · 6 months
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Conlanger: technical, cringe, gives people actual information about what you do, "So you're like Tolkien?", only specific people know you're queer
Child of Babel: cool, mysterious, sinister, sounds like you're in a cult, what do you do? speak in tongues + do orgies probably, makes the right angry, "Do you worship Satan?", aura of gay homosex
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sir-virtem · 7 months
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Am I the only one who think on sound changes before sleep?
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londonlingo · 8 months
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History of @
Did you know that...
"The @ symbol, which we call "at" and which integrates the electronic address of any person on the planet, has its origin in Latin.
It appeared in the Middle Ages, when monks who copied texts and documents created symbols to replace letters, words and proper nouns, making their work easier. For instance, to replace the Latin word et, they created another symbol, interlacing the two letters: the ampersand (&).
Using the same interlacing resource, they replaced the Latin preposition ad (in house of) with the symbol @. Often used in accounting, the @ moved to the typewriter keyboard. And in 1972, American programmer Ray Tomlinson took advantage of the symbol to create the first electronic mail system."
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SOURCE: Museu da Língua Portuguesa (São Paulo, Brazil)
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