Emma Kious :)
@lingwugstics.bsky.social
PhD student in theoretical and experimental linguistics
Quantitative syntax my beloved
Grammatical gender, psycholinguistics, interface phenomena
For linguistic memes : ducksarebloodthirstylittlebeasts on tumblr
Quantitative syntax my beloved
Grammatical gender, psycholinguistics, interface phenomena
For linguistic memes : ducksarebloodthirstylittlebeasts on tumblr
“Baudouin de Courtenay described gender as a deformity, an unfortunate historical accident that was responsible for a range of human afflictions, including nightmares, pathological behavior, erotic and religious delusions, and sadism (Kilarski, 2007)
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Baudouin de Courtenay described gender as a deformity, an unfortunate historical accident that was responsible for a range of human afflictions, including nightmares, pathological behavior, erotic and religious delusions, and sadism (Kilarski, 2007)
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More experiments from our students looking for native speakers of English but also for second language speakers of English. These are speeded acceptability judgment experiments on some English constructions. Here is the first link ...
ibex.llf-paris.fr/ibexexps/Psy...
ibex.llf-paris.fr/ibexexps/Psy...
Experiment
ibex.llf-paris.fr
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
More experiments from our students looking for native speakers of English but also for second language speakers of English. These are speeded acceptability judgment experiments on some English constructions. Here is the first link ...
ibex.llf-paris.fr/ibexexps/Psy...
ibex.llf-paris.fr/ibexexps/Psy...
New favourite, chuckle-inducing paper: Fiengo, R., & Lasnik, H. (1972). On non-recoverable deletion in syntax
December 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New favourite, chuckle-inducing paper: Fiengo, R., & Lasnik, H. (1972). On non-recoverable deletion in syntax
Fascinating seminar from Rodrigo Borba on anti-gender-inclusive languages and the anti-gender register
→ registers as "cultural modes of action that link diverse behav signs to enable effects, inclusing persona, interpresonal relationships, and types of conduct" (Aga 2007)
→ registers as "cultural modes of action that link diverse behav signs to enable effects, inclusing persona, interpresonal relationships, and types of conduct" (Aga 2007)
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Fascinating seminar from Rodrigo Borba on anti-gender-inclusive languages and the anti-gender register
→ registers as "cultural modes of action that link diverse behav signs to enable effects, inclusing persona, interpresonal relationships, and types of conduct" (Aga 2007)
→ registers as "cultural modes of action that link diverse behav signs to enable effects, inclusing persona, interpresonal relationships, and types of conduct" (Aga 2007)
Reposted by Emma Kious :)
linguists yearn for the cube
October 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
linguists yearn for the cube
"Le genre grammatical est l'une des catégories grammaticales les moins logiques et les plus inattendues" (Meillet, 1921)
~ notes de lecture
~ notes de lecture
October 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Le genre grammatical est l'une des catégories grammaticales les moins logiques et les plus inattendues" (Meillet, 1921)
~ notes de lecture
~ notes de lecture
"For a functional element, singular they enjoys a curious notoriety [...] Though sometimes discussed as though it were a 20th century innovation [...] it has been used [...] with quantificational, non-specific, and genuinely epicene antecedents, going back at least to the 1400s" (Bjorkman, 2017)
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"For a functional element, singular they enjoys a curious notoriety [...] Though sometimes discussed as though it were a 20th century innovation [...] it has been used [...] with quantificational, non-specific, and genuinely epicene antecedents, going back at least to the 1400s" (Bjorkman, 2017)
“Feminist linguists […] have argued that the markedness of feminine forms in language is emblematic of women’s markedness in society, as the prescriptive shape of a language reflects the behavior and ideologies of its speakers” (Papadopoulos, 2022:42)
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~ reading notes
October 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“Feminist linguists […] have argued that the markedness of feminine forms in language is emblematic of women’s markedness in society, as the prescriptive shape of a language reflects the behavior and ideologies of its speakers” (Papadopoulos, 2022:42)
~ reading notes
~ reading notes
(Van Raemdonck, 2024:2)
~ notes de lecture
~ notes de lecture
October 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
(Van Raemdonck, 2024:2)
~ notes de lecture
~ notes de lecture
“language can rejuvenate terms that have been out of use to emphasize their gender (Simon [1996] brings back to life the nouns ‘translatress’ and ‘translatrix’).” (Brisset and Oster, 2025:3)
~ notes from my readings
(please lets bring back -ess and -rix !!!)
~ notes from my readings
(please lets bring back -ess and -rix !!!)
October 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“language can rejuvenate terms that have been out of use to emphasize their gender (Simon [1996] brings back to life the nouns ‘translatress’ and ‘translatrix’).” (Brisset and Oster, 2025:3)
~ notes from my readings
(please lets bring back -ess and -rix !!!)
~ notes from my readings
(please lets bring back -ess and -rix !!!)
“language ideologies are [...] much more than simple attitudes towards language – they describe, rationalise, and ~shape~ it” (Coady, 2020)
~ notes from my readings
~ notes from my readings
October 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
“language ideologies are [...] much more than simple attitudes towards language – they describe, rationalise, and ~shape~ it” (Coady, 2020)
~ notes from my readings
~ notes from my readings
“Too often, in the humanities, 'gender', 'feminine', and 'masculine' are considered as cultural categories removed from the concrete power dynamics that produce them” (Michard, 2003:63)
~ reading notes
~ reading notes
May 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“Too often, in the humanities, 'gender', 'feminine', and 'masculine' are considered as cultural categories removed from the concrete power dynamics that produce them” (Michard, 2003:63)
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~ reading notes
Elmiger (2020) à propos de Luise F. Pusch (1988) et du féminin générique :
May 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Elmiger (2020) à propos de Luise F. Pusch (1988) et du féminin générique :
“Complexities arise, however, when we consider that gendered language talking about people reflects a social construct negotiated between speakers, not a discrete grammatical or semantic feature (Ackerman 2019; Conrod 2020; McConnell-Ginet, 2014)." (Gardner & Brown-Schmidt 2024:31)
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~ reading notes
May 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“Complexities arise, however, when we consider that gendered language talking about people reflects a social construct negotiated between speakers, not a discrete grammatical or semantic feature (Ackerman 2019; Conrod 2020; McConnell-Ginet, 2014)." (Gardner & Brown-Schmidt 2024:31)
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~ reading notes
la dinguerie sexiste trouvée dans un article : "la main est de genre féminin parce qu’elle reçoit (donc, association à l’idée de passivité, de réception, d’attitude où l’on subit quelque chose) tandis que le pied est masculin parce que c’est un agent actif, voire agressif"
April 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
la dinguerie sexiste trouvée dans un article : "la main est de genre féminin parce qu’elle reçoit (donc, association à l’idée de passivité, de réception, d’attitude où l’on subit quelque chose) tandis que le pied est masculin parce que c’est un agent actif, voire agressif"
Reposted by Emma Kious :)
Reposted by Emma Kious :)
“every border implies the violence of its maintenance” includes gender
April 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“every border implies the violence of its maintenance” includes gender
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Il fallait prendre le temps de revenir sur cet AHURISSANT dictionnaire de l'Académie française.
Y'a rien qui va, et donc, y'a beaucoup à dire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxuU...
Y'a rien qui va, et donc, y'a beaucoup à dire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxuU...
Le DICTIONNAIRE de l'ACADÉMIE est une HONTE
YouTube video by Linguisticae
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Il fallait prendre le temps de revenir sur cet AHURISSANT dictionnaire de l'Académie française.
Y'a rien qui va, et donc, y'a beaucoup à dire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxuU...
Y'a rien qui va, et donc, y'a beaucoup à dire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxuU...
Reposted by Emma Kious :)
Social Corpus Scraper, which bundles the corpus collection tools X-Scraper, Bluesky Scraper, MastoScraper and Reddit Scraper, is now available in v0.6:
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...
#linguistics
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...
#linguistics
March 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Social Corpus Scraper, which bundles the corpus collection tools X-Scraper, Bluesky Scraper, MastoScraper and Reddit Scraper, is now available in v0.6:
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...
#linguistics
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...
#linguistics
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Très heureuse d'avoir pu écrire sur l'accord de proximité dans le livre "Entre elle et lui" édité par Anne Le Draoulec et Marie-Paul Pery-Woodley @aube84.bsky.social, avec plusieurs linguistes atterrées et quelques écrivaines
editionsdelaube.fr/catalogue_de...
editionsdelaube.fr/catalogue_de...
Entre elle et lui
« L’homme est un loup pour l’homme », « Les Français sont râleurs », « Nous sommes tous frères »… Dans toutes ces expressions, les femmes brillent par leur absence. Ou plutôt, si elles sont là, elles...
editionsdelaube.fr
April 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Très heureuse d'avoir pu écrire sur l'accord de proximité dans le livre "Entre elle et lui" édité par Anne Le Draoulec et Marie-Paul Pery-Woodley @aube84.bsky.social, avec plusieurs linguistes atterrées et quelques écrivaines
editionsdelaube.fr/catalogue_de...
editionsdelaube.fr/catalogue_de...
Reposted by Emma Kious :)
Incidentally, a useful tool on here is the labeller from @pronouns.diy . If you subscribe to that labeller and like the posts with your pronouns on, you will be able to see the pronouns of anyone else subscribed to it, and they'll see yours, under your username, like this.
April 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Incidentally, a useful tool on here is the labeller from @pronouns.diy . If you subscribe to that labeller and like the posts with your pronouns on, you will be able to see the pronouns of anyone else subscribed to it, and they'll see yours, under your username, like this.
Reposted by Emma Kious :)
Cours en 8épisodes d'A.Abeillé &G.Siouffi sur l’évolution du français pour @lemonde.fr ndefr :de l’usage de la grammaire et de l’orthographe à la féminisation des mots,en passant par l’évolution de la prononciation et les défis de la francophonie. @tract-linguistes.org www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-ate...
Anne Abeillé et Gilles Siouffi, du collectif des linguistes atterrés : « Même Molière n’utilisait pas un français pur »
Des patois régionaux aux collages de mots d’Aya Nakamura, en passant par les influences de l’arabe ou de l’italien, le français n’a cessé d’évoluer. Pour comprendre son histoire, « Le Monde Ateliers »...
www.lemonde.fr
March 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Cours en 8épisodes d'A.Abeillé &G.Siouffi sur l’évolution du français pour @lemonde.fr ndefr :de l’usage de la grammaire et de l’orthographe à la féminisation des mots,en passant par l’évolution de la prononciation et les défis de la francophonie. @tract-linguistes.org www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-ate...
“The way we perceive women and men in society is partly grounded in the way we speak or write about these two groups. As such, language acts not only as a vehicle for beliefs, but also as a tool that builds them.” (Gygax et al., 2019:1)
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~ reading notes
March 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“The way we perceive women and men in society is partly grounded in the way we speak or write about these two groups. As such, language acts not only as a vehicle for beliefs, but also as a tool that builds them.” (Gygax et al., 2019:1)
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"Une chose est certaine pour ce qui nous concerne aujourd’hui : les archaïsmes se transmettent aussi facilement que les innovations." (Watbled, 2012:14)
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March 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Une chose est certaine pour ce qui nous concerne aujourd’hui : les archaïsmes se transmettent aussi facilement que les innovations." (Watbled, 2012:14)
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~ notes de lecture
“Readers are not ‘tabulae rasae’ each time they face a new text. Rather they draw on their knowledge of the world to make assumptions and inferences about the situation described in the text” (Carreiras et al., 1996:539)
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March 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“Readers are not ‘tabulae rasae’ each time they face a new text. Rather they draw on their knowledge of the world to make assumptions and inferences about the situation described in the text” (Carreiras et al., 1996:539)
~ reading notes
~ reading notes