Mastodawn

This week's #WeeklyTshirt is in honor of #lexicographers and #linguists who introduced me to "Descriptive not Prescriptive." Meaning #linguistics is not an impartial referee of correctness, but a description of language by real people at a certain time. https://danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/descriptive-not-prescriptive

Bill Ayers Dec 19, 2024

Folks; "agentic" (for #agents in #AI), is not a real word in English. Available adjectives are "agentive" or "agential". Even worse is "agenticness" - eugh! I know #languageisalivingthing etc. etc., but seriously. Is it too late to stop this? #lexicographers please help!

Javier Fernández Oct 1, 2024

📢 Don’t miss the International Conference on Corpus Linguistics #CILC2025 at the impressive University of Salamanca!

From May 15-17, 2025, join us to explore the latest research on meaning in linguistic corpora.

#Lexicographers: don’t miss the #lexicography & #lexicology panel 🔍 !!

Proposal submission open from October 20 to December 20, 2024!

🔗 More info: https://cilc2025.usal.es
📧 Contact: [email protected]

#AELINCO #Linguistics #CorpusLinguistics #Conference

- 16th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics

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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS Apr 12, 2024

I'm angry to find out that IXL Learning has bought Dictionary.com and that in doing so, it laid off the entire #lexicography team! How absolutely horrid and nonsensical. You can't produce and maintain a #dictionary of any quality without #lexicographers! A press release: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ixl-learning-acquires-dictionarycom-and-thesauruscom-302104315.html

IXL Learning Acquires Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com

/PRNewswire/ -- IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, is excited to announce the acquisition of...

Leslie Elizabeth Parker Nov 25, 2022

A few years ago the word #sploot made it onto the Merriam-Webster dictionary’s list of Words We’re Watching, but we haven’t heard anything since. I happen to know a world champion splooter, and he’s very disappointed. If you feel the same way, please #TootTheSploot! You never know when the #lexicographers are listening.

Rebecca Shapiro Nov 6, 2022

Can't wait to find all the #lexicographers 😍