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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Texted Word Choices Affect Instructor Perception
| Language@Internet
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new paper - we looked at how assumptions about speakers' gender changed based on neg words. we also found that people still assume professors are male overall!!
the oversized reaction to earthquakes in Illinois is so funny. the correct response is to text everyone "did you feel that" and then immediately go back to sleep
January 20, 2026 at 1:38 PM
the oversized reaction to earthquakes in Illinois is so funny. the correct response is to text everyone "did you feel that" and then immediately go back to sleep
so wild to me how many people just willingly posted photos of themselves from 2016 like yeah just give the algorithms training data!! who cares about biometrics or anything!!
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
so wild to me how many people just willingly posted photos of themselves from 2016 like yeah just give the algorithms training data!! who cares about biometrics or anything!!
did marr's levels this morning and about to do the "what is a language" talk with my next class 🙂↕️😈😼
January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
did marr's levels this morning and about to do the "what is a language" talk with my next class 🙂↕️😈😼
biking in today: wow so many little white flowers or something in the wind
it's January, dear readers. that's snow.
it's January, dear readers. that's snow.
January 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
biking in today: wow so many little white flowers or something in the wind
it's January, dear readers. that's snow.
it's January, dear readers. that's snow.
new paper - we looked at how assumptions about speakers' gender changed based on neg words. we also found that people still assume professors are male overall!!
Texted Word Choices Affect Instructor Perception
| Language@Internet
scholarworks.iu.edu
January 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
new paper - we looked at how assumptions about speakers' gender changed based on neg words. we also found that people still assume professors are male overall!!
uhhhh I suddenly need to teach an entire class on this book
My books is called Millennials Talking Media: Creating Intertextual Identities in Everyday Conversation. It's about how and why people quote TV shows, movies, video games, songs, memes, books, etc. in their everyday conversations for various interactional functions www.amazon.com/Millennials-...
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
uhhhh I suddenly need to teach an entire class on this book
anyway the downside to teaching a very smart cat puzzles is that I've actually just given him the skill to open basically anything
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
anyway the downside to teaching a very smart cat puzzles is that I've actually just given him the skill to open basically anything
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out now! the Crip Linguistics Reader has some really important stuff in it, and I hope every linguist will engage and find something to take away from this volume
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
out now! the Crip Linguistics Reader has some really important stuff in it, and I hope every linguist will engage and find something to take away from this volume
apparently I wrote 9.1k words on bluesky this year
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
apparently I wrote 9.1k words on bluesky this year
When a student says I made them feel like research is for them, and that academic spaces are for them my heart grows 1828281892 sizes
December 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
When a student says I made them feel like research is for them, and that academic spaces are for them my heart grows 1828281892 sizes
my lab will be presenting FOUR posters at MPA in Chicago!! one is a undergrad capstone project on sarcasm and three are grad projects: a corpus analysis of new discourse markers, a study of accomodations on campus, and an examination of dialect & discrimination! so proud of the work my lab does.
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
my lab will be presenting FOUR posters at MPA in Chicago!! one is a undergrad capstone project on sarcasm and three are grad projects: a corpus analysis of new discourse markers, a study of accomodations on campus, and an examination of dialect & discrimination! so proud of the work my lab does.
I did this for the first time this year and it was really fun and also a great exercise in thinking
may I recommend writing a book review? it's fast, it's useful, it's a good thing to do. if it's an academic review, just look up the book review editor for a journal where you'd like to publish and pitch a review of a book that came out in the last few years or is forthcoming
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I did this for the first time this year and it was really fun and also a great exercise in thinking
missed a meeting bc it wasn't on my calendar, couldn't get into said meeting bc it was locked???, updated calendar, developed a migraine
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
missed a meeting bc it wasn't on my calendar, couldn't get into said meeting bc it was locked???, updated calendar, developed a migraine
yesterday I took my research lab bowling to celebrate our graduates and the end of the semester! good thing we're all scientists because we would not make a good bowling league 😂
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
yesterday I took my research lab bowling to celebrate our graduates and the end of the semester! good thing we're all scientists because we would not make a good bowling league 😂
trying to introduce the salute emoji (🫡) into the dept ecosystem
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
trying to introduce the salute emoji (🫡) into the dept ecosystem
I was strong and brave and I did it
I am strong I am brave I can go into work today even though there's a wind chill of 1° outside
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I was strong and brave and I did it
I am strong I am brave I can go into work today even though there's a wind chill of 1° outside
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am strong I am brave I can go into work today even though there's a wind chill of 1° outside
me when someone says they liked my class 🥹 and thought it was fun 🥹🥹🥹
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
me when someone says they liked my class 🥹 and thought it was fun 🥹🥹🥹
the mountain bike and six inches of snow 🥰
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
the mountain bike and six inches of snow 🥰
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all these nonprofit orgs sending me emails with the subject line "It's Giving Tuesday" sure read different now that I've been infected by the kids these day slang.
[looks out window at gray skies and slushy roads]
yeah, it's giving tuesday. slay, queen.
[looks out window at gray skies and slushy roads]
yeah, it's giving tuesday. slay, queen.
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
all these nonprofit orgs sending me emails with the subject line "It's Giving Tuesday" sure read different now that I've been infected by the kids these day slang.
[looks out window at gray skies and slushy roads]
yeah, it's giving tuesday. slay, queen.
[looks out window at gray skies and slushy roads]
yeah, it's giving tuesday. slay, queen.
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We also interviewed Julie for @lingthusiasm.bsky.social which was really fun!
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December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We also interviewed Julie for @lingthusiasm.bsky.social which was really fun!
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this has been a pretty {adjective} year - y'all have really helped me feel not so alone through it all
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
this has been a pretty {adjective} year - y'all have really helped me feel not so alone through it all
sorry guys the pope said no ai this semester
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
sorry guys the pope said no ai this semester
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Excited for my short story "A Cup of Forgetting" to appear very soon in Issue 99 of Fantasy Magazine! 🌲🌿🍵
FICTION
The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Excited for my short story "A Cup of Forgetting" to appear very soon in Issue 99 of Fantasy Magazine! 🌲🌿🍵
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 🫡