The LINGUIST List

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151.9756838905775 audio frames per second and provides a phonetic chord notation for each and every frame, as well as various other measurements. However, unlike Vox Ars 1.0 it also provides an additional layer of phonemic interpretation:<br /><br />- Transient synchords (allophones) are constituted by one or more frames and correspond to dynamic states of articulation or Transitions, such as plosives, flaps, trills, etc.<br />- Constant synchords (allophones) have the highest number of <a href="http://dlvr.it/TK582S">http://dlvr.it/TK582S</a></p> </div> <ul class="post-meta"> <li><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780486882301771776/software-vox-ars-20-phonemic-layer-and">6 hours ago</a></li> <li>By <a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/">linguistlist-blog</a></li> <li><a href="#" class="sharelink">Share / Like</a> <div class="sharebox"> <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-url="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKsAyhSm00">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKsAyhSm00&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=90&action=like&font&colorscheme=light&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> <div class="clear"></div> <input class="sharebox-url" value="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKsAyhSm00" /> <span class="sharebox-arrow"> <span class="sharebox-arrow-top"></span> <span class="sharebox-arrow-bottom"></span> <span> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="post text"> <div class="post-content"> <h2><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780445547622498304/jobs-cognitive-science-computational">Jobs: Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics: Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher, University of Oslo</a></h2> <div class="body"> <p>Description:<br /><br />A position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Researcher (SKO 1352 / SKO 1109) is available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo.<br /><br />The position is associated with the project Artificial Intelligence in Real Life: Human-LLM Communication, funded by The Research Council of Norway. 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April 2025, 16.30-18.00 stattfinden mit einem Gastvortrag von Prof. Dr. Gabriele Diewald (Leibniz Universität Hanover) zum Thema: &bdquo;Sprache und Geschlecht im Deutschen: das Problem geschlechtsneutraler Ausdrücke“.<br /><br />Abstract <br />Beim Bemühen um genderbewussten Sprachgebrauch spielen im Deutschen geschlechtsneutrale Personenbezeichnungen ei <a href="http://dlvr.it/TK49Vk">http://dlvr.it/TK49Vk</a></p> </div> <ul class="post-meta"> <li><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780422878619418624/fyi-gastvortrag-von-prof-dr-gabriele-diewald">23 hours ago</a></li> <li>By <a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/">linguistlist-blog</a></li> <li><a href="#" class="sharelink">Share / Like</a> <div class="sharebox"> <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-url="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddacii00">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddacii00&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=90&action=like&font&colorscheme=light&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> <div class="clear"></div> <input class="sharebox-url" value="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddacii00" /> <span class="sharebox-arrow"> <span class="sharebox-arrow-top"></span> <span class="sharebox-arrow-bottom"></span> <span> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="post text"> <div class="post-content"> <h2><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780422874885472256/fyi-some-women-translators-of-the-past">FYI: Some women translators of the past</a></h2> <div class="body"> <p>Dear colleagues,<br /><br />Here is the latest version (April 2025):<br /><a href="https://archive.org/details/women-translators">https://archive.org/details/women-translators</a><br /><br />with 70 women translators - most of them were also writers.<br /><br />All the best <a href="http://dlvr.it/TK49Tp">http://dlvr.it/TK49Tp</a></p> </div> <ul class="post-meta"> <li><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780422874885472256/fyi-some-women-translators-of-the-past">23 hours ago</a></li> <li>By <a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/">linguistlist-blog</a></li> <li><a href="#" class="sharelink">Share / Like</a> <div class="sharebox"> <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-url="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddX88q00">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddX88q00&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=90&action=like&font&colorscheme=light&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> <div class="clear"></div> <input class="sharebox-url" value="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddX88q00" /> <span class="sharebox-arrow"> <span class="sharebox-arrow-top"></span> <span class="sharebox-arrow-bottom"></span> <span> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="post text"> <div class="post-content"> <h2><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780422872612175873/books-negation-in-english-and-other-languages">Books: Negation in English and other languages: Jespersen, Reynolds (ed.) Evans (ed.), and Silvennoinen (2025)</a></h2> <div class="body"> <p>Otto Jespersen’s landmark study of negation provides a wide-ranging analysis of how languages express negative meaning. Drawing on an impressive array of historical texts and comparative examples, primarily from Germanic and Romance languages, Jespersen examines the forms, functions, and historical development of negative expressions. The work traces the evolution of negative markers, analyzes how negative prefixes modify word meanings, and reveals coherent patterns in how languages structure ne <a href="http://dlvr.it/TK49TM">http://dlvr.it/TK49TM</a></p> </div> <ul class="post-meta"> <li><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780422872612175873/books-negation-in-english-and-other-languages">23 hours ago</a></li> <li>By <a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/">linguistlist-blog</a></li> <li><a href="#" class="sharelink">Share / Like</a> <div class="sharebox"> <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-url="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddV0eu01">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddV0eu01&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=90&action=like&font&colorscheme=light&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> <div class="clear"></div> <input class="sharebox-url" value="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKddV0eu01" /> <span class="sharebox-arrow"> <span class="sharebox-arrow-top"></span> <span class="sharebox-arrow-bottom"></span> <span> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="post text"> <div class="post-content"> <h2><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780418910108483584/summer-schools-the-3rd-workshop-on-experimental">Summer Schools: The 3rd Workshop on Experimental and Empirical Methods in Linguistics</a></h2> <div class="body"> <p>Focus: - Statistical methods used for psycholinguistics research,<br />- R programming for data analysis, <br />- Experiment design and paradigms,<br />- Bayesian modeling, <br />- Corpus-based empirical methods<br /><br />Description:<br /><br />The Experimental & Empirical Methods in Linguistics (EEL) workshop was initiated in 2017 to introduce students and researchers to methods used in experimental and computational psycholinguistics. The previous editions were hosted by IIT Delhi (2017) and IIT-BHU (2018). The salient fea <a href="http://dlvr.it/TK46ts">http://dlvr.it/TK46ts</a></p> </div> <ul class="post-meta"> <li><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780418910108483584/summer-schools-the-3rd-workshop-on-experimental">1 day ago</a></li> <li>By <a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/">linguistlist-blog</a></li> <li><a href="#" class="sharelink">Share / Like</a> <div class="sharebox"> <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-url="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKcjqf0u00">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKcjqf0u00&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=90&action=like&font&colorscheme=light&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> <div class="clear"></div> <input class="sharebox-url" value="https://tmblr.co/ZTySfxhKcjqf0u00" /> <span class="sharebox-arrow"> <span class="sharebox-arrow-top"></span> <span class="sharebox-arrow-bottom"></span> <span> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="post text"> <div class="post-content"> <h2><a href="https://linguistlist-blog.tumblr.com/post/780418907956756480/confs-international-conference-on-phonetic">Confs: International Conference on Phonetic Variation</a></h2> <div class="body"> <p>The International Conference on Phonetic Variation: Diversity within and across Languages (ICPhoV) will be held at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Granada (Spain) from Monday 19th until Wednesday 21st January 2026. <br /><br />This conference will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research on different issues related to phonetic variation within and across languages. 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