Alan Yu
@aclyu.bsky.social
Linguist, speech scientist, and anime enthusiast, in no particular order. 佢。
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'eliminate the departments of Religious Studies, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, German and Scandinavian, and Russian...[and] firing of tenured faculty from...Women’s and Gender Studies, Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies, history, creative writing, math, physics'
More attacks on the humanities.
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Faculty members alert community: UO plans to eliminate entire departments, fire tenured professors - Whole Community News
Jeff Schroeder: What we hear about meetings between University leadership and department heads is that there are plans to entirely eliminate the Departments of Religious Studies, Judaic Studies, Arabi...
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August 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
'eliminate the departments of Religious Studies, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, German and Scandinavian, and Russian...[and] firing of tenured faculty from...Women’s and Gender Studies, Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies, history, creative writing, math, physics'
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A researcher-friendly resource for studying phonological social networks. Spread the word to your networks! #psynomBRM paper by Alderete and colleagues #Psycholinguistics #NetworkAnalysis #OpenAccess post by Caballero
Can a “fish” be friends with a “dish” – a new open-access resource for phonological network research
A common trope in high school movies involves the protagonist being given a tour of the various student cliques, where distinctive groups like the rowdy football players, the fashionable mean girls…
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July 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A researcher-friendly resource for studying phonological social networks. Spread the word to your networks! #psynomBRM paper by Alderete and colleagues #Psycholinguistics #NetworkAnalysis #OpenAccess post by Caballero
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Glasgow's looking for a temp phonetician/sociolinguist: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNZ288/t...
Tutor/Lecturer in Phonetics and Sociolinguistics (LTS) at University of Glasgow
Discover Tutor/Lecturer in Phonetics and Sociolinguistics (LTS) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Glasgow's looking for a temp phonetician/sociolinguist: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNZ288/t...
I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Berkeley Linguistics Department this coming fall. I've had an incredible 22 years in Chicago, working with exceptional colleagues and students. I am deeply grateful for all the support and memories we've shared.
April 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Berkeley Linguistics Department this coming fall. I've had an incredible 22 years in Chicago, working with exceptional colleagues and students. I am deeply grateful for all the support and memories we've shared.
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The Oxford Handbook of Language & Prejudice, edited by Jane Setter, Sender Dovchin, and yours truly, rearticulates and expands upon the connections between language and prejudice.
It is available for pre-order, so please ask your university or local library to order a copy:
shorturl.at/gDhJA
It is available for pre-order, so please ask your university or local library to order a copy:
shorturl.at/gDhJA
March 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Oxford Handbook of Language & Prejudice, edited by Jane Setter, Sender Dovchin, and yours truly, rearticulates and expands upon the connections between language and prejudice.
It is available for pre-order, so please ask your university or local library to order a copy:
shorturl.at/gDhJA
It is available for pre-order, so please ask your university or local library to order a copy:
shorturl.at/gDhJA
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We're delighted to announce that #LabPhon20 will be held in Montréal, Québec, Canada, in the (North American) summer of 2026, with the theme “Looking back and looking forward.” Dates, thematic sessions, invited speakers and further information will be announced by the organizing committee. #LabPhon
February 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
We're delighted to announce that #LabPhon20 will be held in Montréal, Québec, Canada, in the (North American) summer of 2026, with the theme “Looking back and looking forward.” Dates, thematic sessions, invited speakers and further information will be announced by the organizing committee. #LabPhon
Ian was such an inspirational mentor to me, both academically and athletically. He was always so sweet and so English. He will be greatly missed.
I am very sad to learn of the death of Ian Maddieson (on Sunday, Feb. 2). He was a creative thinker, an inspiring linguist, and a wonderful colleague who made a big difference to me intellectually and personally.
February 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ian was such an inspirational mentor to me, both academically and athletically. He was always so sweet and so English. He will be greatly missed.
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I am very sad to learn of the death of Ian Maddieson (on Sunday, Feb. 2). He was a creative thinker, an inspiring linguist, and a wonderful colleague who made a big difference to me intellectually and personally.
February 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I am very sad to learn of the death of Ian Maddieson (on Sunday, Feb. 2). He was a creative thinker, an inspiring linguist, and a wonderful colleague who made a big difference to me intellectually and personally.
I guess the whole DEL program will be scratched. 🤬
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil, according to a report from Nature. 🧪
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.
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February 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I guess the whole DEL program will be scratched. 🤬
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How is pharyngealization realized in across linguistic contexts? In #Tashlhiyt, it's signaled in #coronals by a lowered tongue body & lowered F2 in nearby vowels, which can extend into larger phonetic domains. doi.org/10.16995/lab... #openaccess #LabPhon @phbuech.bsky.social @annehermes.bsky.social
Pharyngealization in Tashlhiyt from kinematic and acoustic perspectives
This study investigated the implementation of pharyngealization in Tashlhiyt, across various linguistic contexts VCV, VCCV, VCCV, and VCCCV. We analyzed articulatory and acoustic data from six male sp...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
How is pharyngealization realized in across linguistic contexts? In #Tashlhiyt, it's signaled in #coronals by a lowered tongue body & lowered F2 in nearby vowels, which can extend into larger phonetic domains. doi.org/10.16995/lab... #openaccess #LabPhon @phbuech.bsky.social @annehermes.bsky.social
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What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? A study in Nature Human Behaviour reports on a survey of 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and finds that trust in scientists is moderately high. https://go.nature.com/3PLgKKU 🧪
January 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? A study in Nature Human Behaviour reports on a survey of 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and finds that trust in scientists is moderately high. https://go.nature.com/3PLgKKU 🧪
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Some last minute tips from me published by @poynterinstitute.bsky.social on how journalists can prepare for the next four years
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6 ways to prepare for a relentless news cycle as President Trump takes office - Poynter
If Trump’s first term is any guide, the media will be in his crosshairs. Here’s how to get ready.
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January 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Some last minute tips from me published by @poynterinstitute.bsky.social on how journalists can prepare for the next four years
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We are doing an (open-rank) search for an instructional professor in computational linguistics! Come join us!
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#EOE/#Vet/#Disability
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#EOE/#Vet/#Disability
LINGUIST List 36.235 Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Instructional Professor (open-rank), Computational Linguistics, The University of Chicago
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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January 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We are doing an (open-rank) search for an instructional professor in computational linguistics! Come join us!
linguistlist.org/issues/36/235/
#EOE/#Vet/#Disability
linguistlist.org/issues/36/235/
#EOE/#Vet/#Disability
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Chinese map of Canada in 1902
January 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Chinese map of Canada in 1902
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Happy New Year everyone! Jim and I just put up our January 2025 release of Speech and Language Processing! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...
Speech and Language Processing
Speech and Language Processing
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January 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Happy New Year everyone! Jim and I just put up our January 2025 release of Speech and Language Processing! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...
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Most models of #word recognition assume the input is faithful to #phonological specifications in the #lexicon, but it's not always the case. Results from #lenition in #Mawng & #Iwaidja explore how recognition occurs in such scenarios. @bjbaker.bsky.social #LabPhon #openaccess doi.org/10.16995/lab...
Lenition, fortition, and lexical access in Iwaidja and Mawng
Many models of word recognition assume that spoken words are faithful to their phonological shape in the lexicon and that word recognition begins with the first incoming segment and proceeds linearly....
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January 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Most models of #word recognition assume the input is faithful to #phonological specifications in the #lexicon, but it's not always the case. Results from #lenition in #Mawng & #Iwaidja explore how recognition occurs in such scenarios. @bjbaker.bsky.social #LabPhon #openaccess doi.org/10.16995/lab...
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Excited to share our newest article , now in Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.bsky.social . Here we look at interactions between neural coding of temporal cues and pupil-indexed listening effort, and their combined effects on speech in noise intelligibility. - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sensory representations and pupil-indexed listening effort provide complementary contributions to multi-talker speech intelligibility - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Sensory representations and pupil-indexed listening effort provide complementary contributions to multi-talker speech intelligibility
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January 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Excited to share our newest article , now in Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.bsky.social . Here we look at interactions between neural coding of temporal cues and pupil-indexed listening effort, and their combined effects on speech in noise intelligibility. - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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On the opportunity cost of failing – radically failing – to recognise what we can and what we need to do in arts and humanities to develop a national capability that genuinely supports this country’s future agenda.
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Funding arts and humanities
Arts and humanities research in the UK is consistently producing outstanding work across all disciplines. By all the criteria of judgement, the Research Excellence Framework, league tables (which …
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December 31, 2024 at 9:36 AM
On the opportunity cost of failing – radically failing – to recognise what we can and what we need to do in arts and humanities to develop a national capability that genuinely supports this country’s future agenda.
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I can’t wait to read this new edition! What an awesome team of authors!
ATTENTION ALL!
This is my full academic review of the 3rd edition:
“FUCK YES. Finally, something ACTUALLY badass!!!!”
You can quote me. 👍🏽
This is my full academic review of the 3rd edition:
“FUCK YES. Finally, something ACTUALLY badass!!!!”
You can quote me. 👍🏽
December 31, 2024 at 6:36 AM
I can’t wait to read this new edition! What an awesome team of authors!
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ATTENTION ALL!
This is my full academic review of the 3rd edition:
“FUCK YES. Finally, something ACTUALLY badass!!!!”
You can quote me. 👍🏽
This is my full academic review of the 3rd edition:
“FUCK YES. Finally, something ACTUALLY badass!!!!”
You can quote me. 👍🏽
December 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
ATTENTION ALL!
This is my full academic review of the 3rd edition:
“FUCK YES. Finally, something ACTUALLY badass!!!!”
You can quote me. 👍🏽
This is my full academic review of the 3rd edition:
“FUCK YES. Finally, something ACTUALLY badass!!!!”
You can quote me. 👍🏽
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“am not arguing that the humanities should adopt scientific norms, but that they should have the financial means to complement, contest, or rival science in explaining people, societies, and cultures. To do this properly today, they need a step-function increase in funding.”
Humanities Decline in Darkness: How Humanities Research Funding Works | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Humanities Decline in Darkness: How Humanities Research Funding Works - Volume 1
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December 31, 2024 at 12:20 AM
“am not arguing that the humanities should adopt scientific norms, but that they should have the financial means to complement, contest, or rival science in explaining people, societies, and cultures. To do this properly today, they need a step-function increase in funding.”
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Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes
The mass resignation is the 20th such episode since early 2023, according to our records.
The mass resignation is the 20th such episode since early 2023, according to our records.
Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes
All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned, saying the “sustained actions of Elsevier are fundamentally incompatible with th…
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December 27, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes
The mass resignation is the 20th such episode since early 2023, according to our records.
The mass resignation is the 20th such episode since early 2023, according to our records.