Language play is language variation: Quantitative evidence and what it implies about language change

M Brook, E Blamire - Language, 2023 - muse.jhu.edu
This article argues that language play is intimately related to linguistic variation and change.
Using two corpora of online present-day English, we investigate playful conversion of …

You can't say that on TikTok: cxnsxrshxp, algorithmic (in) visibility, and the threat of representation

S Dawson - 2024 - open.library.ubc.ca
In our current age of the internet, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and algorithms are
a nearly ubiquitous feature of online experience. Social media is a key element of the …

[引用][C] Among the New Words

KE Wright, B Zimmer, CE Carson… - … Speech: A Quarterly …, 2023 - read.dukeupress.edu
The american dialect society made its Word of the Year (WOTY) selections for 2022 in a
hybrid setting, as the annual conference was once again colocated with the Linguistic …

[引用][C] Among the New Words

B Hughes, K Calhoun, A Fawcett… - … Speech: A Quarterly …, 2024 - read.dukeupress.edu
Send newly found words to atnw@ americandialect. org content warning: Please note that
this edition of “Among the New Words” covers banned words and taboo topics, including …