Noah Betz-Richman
nbetz.bsky.social
Noah Betz-Richman
@nbetz.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD student, interested in sociolinguistic variation, slang, honorifics, register, and other ways in which language carries social information over and above semantic meaning

noahbetz.net
The professor I'm currently TAing for is making students use an extension called 'Process Feedback' that tracks key logs and time on the document: processfeedback.org
See how you write or use AI | Process Feedback Every Student’s Work Has a Story |
Process Feedback enables teachers and students to see the writing process and AI usage. It helps students reflect on their writing and the role of AI.
processfeedback.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How about 'It is known'?
a woman says " it is known " while looking at another woman
ALT: a woman says " it is known " while looking at another woman
media.tenor.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Metasemantics of character vs. metasemantics of content?
December 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
One of his earliest papers, "The Social Motivation of a Sound Change" (1963) about phonological variation in Martha's Vineyard, is something that anyone interested in language should read
December 19, 2024 at 10:13 PM
It’s super easy to get to Times Square by public transit from pretty much anywhere in the city, and pretty much anywhere would be nicer to stay than Times Square
December 17, 2024 at 4:24 AM
December 9, 2024 at 11:08 AM
I think it’s broken:
December 4, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I’ll be presenting my paper “Sociolinguistic Variation and Structural Linguistic Injustice”, focusing on how to theorize about harms speakers suffer in virtue of their choices of sociolinguistic variants
December 2, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Freemium has been declining as a viable model, in part because VCs blindly funding tech startups has dried up. Will be interesting to see what happens.
November 28, 2024 at 5:10 AM