@LanguageLog

Language Log is a group blog on language and linguistics started in the summer of 2003 by Mark Liberman and Geoffrey Pullum.

 Philadelphia, PA
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/
Joined February 2009
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer31 Dec 2016
The mysterious message that I posted on @LanguageLog has been solved! It uses a cipher from "The Kingdom of Fantasy" languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nl…
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer22 Nov 2016
If only @arrivalmovie had featured @JeanBerkoG's wug test. Now on @LanguageLog (h/t @olliesayeed): languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nl…
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer12 Feb 2016
And I noted backlash against the (still going!) tech trend of changing "-er" to "-r" a la Flickr. itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/lang… @LanguageLog (3/3)
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer12 Feb 2016
In Feb. 2006 I also took on silly claims about English approaching the million-word mark. itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/lang… @LanguageLog (2/3)
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer12 Feb 2016
.@LanguageLog Flashback Friday! 10 years ago, I wrote about Spanish-English code-switching in a Super Bowl ad. itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/lang… (1/3)
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer31 May 2012
On @Slate, @sapinker takes apart the @NewYorker's recent pieces on descriptivism vs. prescriptivism slate.me/L97ZSu
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer23 May 2012
I'll be on soon with @Patt_Morrison @KPCC talking about @SunFoundation's much-hyped Congressional grade-level study. bit.ly/KM3n7S
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Philip Resnik@psresnik11 Feb 2012
Replying to @LanguageLog
@languagelog now has a Facebook page! tinyurl.com/8486ed7 Get over there and Like it.
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"Occupy" is the American Dialect Society's 2011 word of the year! See all the candidates and tallies: amdlx.com/occupy
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Uh-oh, I got Language Logged! (Or, is it: "They Language Logged me!"?) languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nl…
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer25 Feb 2011
NYT readers, leave your comments on the final @OnLanguage column here. http://nyti.ms/OnLangComments
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer25 Feb 2011
Sorry to report that @NYTimes @OnLanguage has come to a close. Read the final column. http://nyti.ms/futuretense
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Awesome linguisti-nerd word: snowclone. From this article about @IBMWatson and language: http://theatln.tc/dTGgh4 /via @alexismadrigal

Is It Time to Welcome Our New Computer Overlords?

Is Watson, despite its limitations, a precursor to a HAL-esque machine that can mimic natural language, if not reproduce it?

theatlantic.com
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer14 Feb 2011
Over on @VisualThesaurus, I'll be live-tweeting the #Jeopardy! showdown with @IBMWatson tonight (7pm ET) from a linguistic perspective.
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer17 Dec 2010
American Dialect Society is on Twitter! RT @americandialect: What's your word of the year for 2010? [email protected] #woty10
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The @OnLanguage column has its own official @NYTimes Facebook page! Become a fan. http://on.fb.me/NYTonlanguage
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer1 Dec 2010
Now on @LanguageLog: "Frienditute" http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2816 (h/t @Fritinancy)
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer20 Nov 2010
Now on @LanguageLog: CNN corrects an eggcorn, "Chile miners take in sites across L.A." http://bit.ly/cGeBhD (h/t @lyda)
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer11 Nov 2010
Now on @LanguageLog, a Kiwi crash blossom: "Police chase driver in hospital" (h/t @RebekahMacd) http://bit.ly/8YM842
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Ben Zimmer@bgzimmer11 Nov 2010
Thanks to @JamesFallows of @TheAtlantic for linking to my @LanguageLog analysis of Obama's Indonesia speech. http://bit.ly/b2R9ax
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