ejfranci2.bsky.social
Prof @ Purdue, ExLing Lab Director https://cla.purdue.edu/english/francislab/
Author of Gradient Acceptability and Linguistic Theory https://global.oup.com/academic/product/gradient-acceptability-and-linguistic-theory-9780192898951
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I think Vanessa Sheu’s recent dissertation results are relevant. She was able to induce a garden path effect with a listening task for Mandarin. This was possible because the language has lexical tone and relies less on intonation cues. Speakers found her garden path stimuli to sound quite natural.
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If fraud was found, they took immediate action and made all information publicly available—until they were all fired by Musk. This administration simply has different spending priorities than the last, and labeling all of it as fraud or corruption is not only misleading but also dangerous.
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I receive these sometimes and imo it’s no big deal.
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Meanwhile, if any of you are specifically interested in lexicography, there's a starter pack for that as well:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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My department head is named Al and we’ve mostly started using his last name to refer to him in writing.
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Good to see you here!
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Getting pneumonia is what helped my dad quit smoking for good in 1978.
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I’m sorry 😢. I hope you feel better soon.
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I tend to edit the document directly using tracked changes.
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Congrats!
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This is a beautiful tribute, Joe.
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😆 This reminds me of the times when I had to download an app to pay a parking meter.