Adam An
@adamanlx.bsky.social
PhD student in linguistics at the University of Kansas. Morphosyntax, variation, change, revitalization, and a whole lot of food. "Big William & Mary guy." https://theycallmezeal.me [ædəm æn] he/him
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Adam An
@adamanlx.bsky.social
· Dec 17
I knew how much I'd be writing. I didn't know how much I'd be rewriting.
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🚨 Do not miss @laceywade.bsky.social's #OA contribution to our cross-journal symposium on Listening practices and Linguistic perception. How do in-/out-group contrasts shape the very act of listening—and the kind of subjects we become through speech perception?
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November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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What?
FLOWCHART is evolving!
FLOWCHART is evolving!
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What?
FLOWCHART is evolving!
FLOWCHART is evolving!
This kaya (coconut jam) is the best thing I've ever made for colloquy. Like out of all the things I've made, this is the one I'm making again so I don't have to share.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This kaya (coconut jam) is the best thing I've ever made for colloquy. Like out of all the things I've made, this is the one I'm making again so I don't have to share.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Ten really hard things about Japanese, a thread
1. Never being *quite* sure when pronouns are clear from context
2. の or な? (Need to memorize for each word)
3. The sheer volume of vocabulary; anecdotally it feels like way more words are in common use
4. Pitch accent, "lol guess" edition
1. Never being *quite* sure when pronouns are clear from context
2. の or な? (Need to memorize for each word)
3. The sheer volume of vocabulary; anecdotally it feels like way more words are in common use
4. Pitch accent, "lol guess" edition
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ten really hard things about Japanese, a thread
1. Never being *quite* sure when pronouns are clear from context
2. の or な? (Need to memorize for each word)
3. The sheer volume of vocabulary; anecdotally it feels like way more words are in common use
4. Pitch accent, "lol guess" edition
1. Never being *quite* sure when pronouns are clear from context
2. の or な? (Need to memorize for each word)
3. The sheer volume of vocabulary; anecdotally it feels like way more words are in common use
4. Pitch accent, "lol guess" edition
昨日日本人から日本語で「日本人ですか」という質問を受けましたが、その瞬間に日本語を忘れてしまって英語で答えなければいけませんでした😭
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
昨日日本人から日本語で「日本人ですか」という質問を受けましたが、その瞬間に日本語を忘れてしまって英語で答えなければいけませんでした😭
Wowowow listen to the way this 1945 Cantonese recording of 上 soeng5 / séuhng /sœ:ŋ˩˨/ realizes it soooo diphthongally, [se:ʊŋ˨˩]
(And is it just sentence level prosody or is it in a different tonal category?)
youtu.be/HLQOJq-3szQ?...
(And is it just sentence level prosody or is it in a different tonal category?)
youtu.be/HLQOJq-3szQ?...
Has Cantonese Really Changed in 100 Years?
YouTube video by Fake Scientist
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wowowow listen to the way this 1945 Cantonese recording of 上 soeng5 / séuhng /sœ:ŋ˩˨/ realizes it soooo diphthongally, [se:ʊŋ˨˩]
(And is it just sentence level prosody or is it in a different tonal category?)
youtu.be/HLQOJq-3szQ?...
(And is it just sentence level prosody or is it in a different tonal category?)
youtu.be/HLQOJq-3szQ?...
Non Chinese people are disproportionately amazed by these green beans. Like you know we have better stuff right?
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Non Chinese people are disproportionately amazed by these green beans. Like you know we have better stuff right?
Cooked pretty hard with this one.
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Cooked pretty hard with this one.
I am honored to share that colleagues and I will be hosting the 46th Annual Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference May 27-29, 2026!
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November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I am honored to share that colleagues and I will be hosting the 46th Annual Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference May 27-29, 2026!
sites.google.com/view/46sclc
sites.google.com/view/46sclc
Nguni languages write voiced clicks with a g, and I think that's a great way write them - to voice a click you really do just think really hard about the g
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Nguni languages write voiced clicks with a g, and I think that's a great way write them - to voice a click you really do just think really hard about the g
Who wants a hot take I predict that Maltese contrastive vowel length will turn allophonic (conditioned by stress and syllable structure) within our lifetimes 🫣
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Who wants a hot take I predict that Maltese contrastive vowel length will turn allophonic (conditioned by stress and syllable structure) within our lifetimes 🫣
I presented at #NWAV53! An honor to present work coauthored with Jean Paul Ngoboka.
Materials available at theycallmezeal.me/publications
Materials available at theycallmezeal.me/publications
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I presented at #NWAV53! An honor to present work coauthored with Jean Paul Ngoboka.
Materials available at theycallmezeal.me/publications
Materials available at theycallmezeal.me/publications
Academic writing should have more bulleted or numbered lists. We write lists! Let them be what they are which is lists!
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Academic writing should have more bulleted or numbered lists. We write lists! Let them be what they are which is lists!
Ten really hard things about German, a thread
1. drucken vs. drücken
2. der Druck, die Drucke vs. der Druck, die Drücke
3. der Teil vs. das Teil; bonus points for all the compounds
4. Konjunktiv I (who even uses this?)
5. die Punkte, which I always think is die Pünkte
1. drucken vs. drücken
2. der Druck, die Drucke vs. der Druck, die Drücke
3. der Teil vs. das Teil; bonus points for all the compounds
4. Konjunktiv I (who even uses this?)
5. die Punkte, which I always think is die Pünkte
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Ten really hard things about German, a thread
1. drucken vs. drücken
2. der Druck, die Drucke vs. der Druck, die Drücke
3. der Teil vs. das Teil; bonus points for all the compounds
4. Konjunktiv I (who even uses this?)
5. die Punkte, which I always think is die Pünkte
1. drucken vs. drücken
2. der Druck, die Drucke vs. der Druck, die Drücke
3. der Teil vs. das Teil; bonus points for all the compounds
4. Konjunktiv I (who even uses this?)
5. die Punkte, which I always think is die Pünkte
I want to throw something into the top one and it comes out the bottom one.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I want to throw something into the top one and it comes out the bottom one.
Fractal recursivity on display with a non-linguist I know up here, lifelong Michigan resident with no Northern Cities Vowel Shift - he thinks the NCVS sounds firmly Canadian.
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Fractal recursivity on display with a non-linguist I know up here, lifelong Michigan resident with no Northern Cities Vowel Shift - he thinks the NCVS sounds firmly Canadian.
Since when did Subway allow you to put corn flakes in a sandwich and why is it like the best thing ever
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Since when did Subway allow you to put corn flakes in a sandwich and why is it like the best thing ever
Raising or control? More like RAISIN or CEREAL
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Raising or control? More like RAISIN or CEREAL
For colloquy I made a Korean tea with persimmons, cinnamon, and ginger. I hate all of those things. You gotta commit to the bit.
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
For colloquy I made a Korean tea with persimmons, cinnamon, and ginger. I hate all of those things. You gotta commit to the bit.
WE CHEERED
💡 Where generative syntax meets variationist sociolinguistics.
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111426280/html
#Linguistics #Syntax #Sociolinguistics #EnglishLinguistics @laurelmack.bsky.social @inthelemonlight.bsky.social @linguistlaura.bsky.social
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111426280/html
#Linguistics #Syntax #Sociolinguistics #EnglishLinguistics @laurelmack.bsky.social @inthelemonlight.bsky.social @linguistlaura.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
WE CHEERED
Reposted by Adam An
Great job, everyone, we did it again
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Great job, everyone, we did it again