allison nguyễn
@scientifical.bsky.social
psycholinguist, semanticist, pragmaticist || việt, asian american || californian || she / they / chị / em || asst prof interested in the Internet & language || and cycling
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Excited for #psynom this week! @alisonvguthrie.bsky.social presents her work on language framing & accessibility Saturday at noon and I'll present my work on authority & language (that's now a paper wow!!) Saturday evening!
another one for the "what am I doing when I talk???" archives
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
another one for the "what am I doing when I talk???" archives
I'm poster #077 🫡
if you walk by my poster and make eye contact with me tonight at 6 pm I'll tell you all about authority and hedges and language use #psynom25
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I'm poster #077 🫡
if you walk by my poster and make eye contact with me tonight at 6 pm I'll tell you all about authority and hedges and language use #psynom25
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
if you walk by my poster and make eye contact with me tonight at 6 pm I'll tell you all about authority and hedges and language use #psynom25
I miss the psynomnom hash tag
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I miss the psynomnom hash tag
me when my poster presentation clashes with my favorite psynom event 😭
Spark friends! If you are here at Psychonomics, let’s get together for a casual meet up at Revival Denver Public House on Saturday at 5 pm. Come by if you want to unwind a bit, see familiar faces, and meet others in our community. Pass this along to anyone who might want to join.
revival-denver.com
revival-denver.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
me when my poster presentation clashes with my favorite psynom event 😭
tbh I love the pre conference buzz and todo
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
tbh I love the pre conference buzz and todo
phrenology????! in 2025??????
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
phrenology????! in 2025??????
Excited for #psynom this week! @alisonvguthrie.bsky.social presents her work on language framing & accessibility Saturday at noon and I'll present my work on authority & language (that's now a paper wow!!) Saturday evening!
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Excited for #psynom this week! @alisonvguthrie.bsky.social presents her work on language framing & accessibility Saturday at noon and I'll present my work on authority & language (that's now a paper wow!!) Saturday evening!
my students asking me such FUN questions about language the Joy I Am Feeling
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my students asking me such FUN questions about language the Joy I Am Feeling
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We're excited to re-launch the journal "Innovations in Linguistics Education", a forum for evidence-based research in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in linguistics! We open for submissions in January 2026.
journals.ed.ac.uk/innovations/
journals.ed.ac.uk/innovations/
Innovations in Linguistics Education
journals.ed.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We're excited to re-launch the journal "Innovations in Linguistics Education", a forum for evidence-based research in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in linguistics! We open for submissions in January 2026.
journals.ed.ac.uk/innovations/
journals.ed.ac.uk/innovations/
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This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Once again @govpritzker.illinois.gov I ask, “What exactly is stopping you from having the Illinois State Police protect these people and their exercise of their 1st amendment rights?”
Until you make it clear that local law enforcement is there to protect your constituents, your big talk is empty.
Until you make it clear that local law enforcement is there to protect your constituents, your big talk is empty.
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Once again @govpritzker.illinois.gov I ask, “What exactly is stopping you from having the Illinois State Police protect these people and their exercise of their 1st amendment rights?”
Until you make it clear that local law enforcement is there to protect your constituents, your big talk is empty.
Until you make it clear that local law enforcement is there to protect your constituents, your big talk is empty.
excited for #psynom next week! my grad student is presenting her thesis work in the Saturday noon poster session and I'll be presenting a poster in the Saturday evening session!
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
excited for #psynom next week! my grad student is presenting her thesis work in the Saturday noon poster session and I'll be presenting a poster in the Saturday evening session!
friendly reminder: you don't need to put the emails on someone's feed btw. we know they're bad. you don't need to share them for shock value or whatever.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
friendly reminder: you don't need to put the emails on someone's feed btw. we know they're bad. you don't need to share them for shock value or whatever.
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my favorite day is Thursday because it's my thinking about rising declaratives day
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
my favorite day is Thursday because it's my thinking about rising declaratives day
"we can make the highway that runs through to town safer for everyone and cyclist and pedestrian friendly but it will add four minutes to the drive :("
I'm sorry have you lost your mind someone's safety is worth way more than an extra FOUR MINUTES IN A CAR what on earth. car culture is so weird.
I'm sorry have you lost your mind someone's safety is worth way more than an extra FOUR MINUTES IN A CAR what on earth. car culture is so weird.
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
"we can make the highway that runs through to town safer for everyone and cyclist and pedestrian friendly but it will add four minutes to the drive :("
I'm sorry have you lost your mind someone's safety is worth way more than an extra FOUR MINUTES IN A CAR what on earth. car culture is so weird.
I'm sorry have you lost your mind someone's safety is worth way more than an extra FOUR MINUTES IN A CAR what on earth. car culture is so weird.
just caught the second big substorm of the night after biking home under the first. absolutely surreal. never thought I'd see the northern lights like that 😭
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
just caught the second big substorm of the night after biking home under the first. absolutely surreal. never thought I'd see the northern lights like that 😭
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Life is extremely kiki right now and I would really like it to be just a little more bouba
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Life is extremely kiki right now and I would really like it to be just a little more bouba
28° but sunny, perfect winter cycling 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
28° but sunny, perfect winter cycling 🥰
need to touch the ocean and then the desert 🥲
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
need to touch the ocean and then the desert 🥲
St Paul elected their first Hmong mayor last night, we love to see asian americans winning!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
St Paul elected their first Hmong mayor last night, we love to see asian americans winning!!!
ITS OFFICIAL!!!!
does mamdani know he's singlehandedly carrying everyone's mental health
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
ITS OFFICIAL!!!!
does mamdani know he's singlehandedly carrying everyone's mental health
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
does mamdani know he's singlehandedly carrying everyone's mental health
the cat firmly believes I'm an evil monster who has abandoned our routines and I keep trying to tell him about daylight savings but anyway please abolish it so my cat will stop biting me
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
the cat firmly believes I'm an evil monster who has abandoned our routines and I keep trying to tell him about daylight savings but anyway please abolish it so my cat will stop biting me