Mastodawn

On misnegation and overnegation and how they can trip up writers:
https://blog.oup.com/2026/03/implicit-negation-is-easy-to-miss/

Battistella's piece cites this post of mine on misnegation and why it shouldn't be overestimated, I mean underestimated: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2018/11/19/misnegation-should-not-be-overestimated-i-mean-underestimated/

#language #semantics #writing #WritingCommunity #negation #linguistics

Implicit negation is easy to miss

One of the odder bits of language use is the phenomenon of overnegation, or misnegation.

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SEMANTiCS Conference 1d ago

🎤 #SEMANTiCS 2026 Keynote Speaker!

We are happy to announce that Juan Sequeda, Principal Data Strategist & Researcher at ServiceNow (data.world), will be joining us as a Keynote Speaker for #SEMANTiCS 2026!

Submissions are open: https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/important_dates

Frontend Dogma 2d ago

Semantic HTML Just Might Make Your CSS Less Fragile, by @schalkneethling:

https://schalkneethling.com/posts/semantic-html-just-might-make-your-css-less-fragile/

#html #css #semantics #resilience

Semantic HTML Just Might Make Your CSS Less Fragile

A real-world exploration of how choosing the right HTML elements for interview transcripts solves both semantic and styling challenges in one cascading swoop.

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Hacker News 4d ago

Rubysyn: Clarifying Ruby's Syntax and Semantics

https://github.com/squadette/rubysyn/blob/master/README.md

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rubysyn/README.md at master · squadette/rubysyn

Rubysyn: clarifying Ruby's syntax and semantics. Contribute to squadette/rubysyn development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Moritz Glantz 5d ago

Which of these would make the best sticker?
Poll in the next post in thread.

#html #semantics #a11y #accessibility

SEMANTiCS Conference 6d ago

🌟 #SEMANTiCS is More Than a Conference — It is a Community 🌟

At #SEMANTiCS, we believe a great conference is about more than sharing cutting-edge ideas. It is also about creating a space where people feel welcome, heard, and encouraged to contribute.

꧁ᐊ𰻞ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣́́♛ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣́́𰻞ᐅ꧂Apr 1

You know it's lowkey insane how ambiguous technically correct negation can be in writing, coz you'd normaly mark exactly what you're negating wiθ intonation, for example if you read ðe statement
"I didn't say I was gooning to genderbent Filian art"
you basicly gained negative information wiθ how many equally bizarre ways ðere are to interpret it 🤔

#language #semantics #vtuber #Filian #aprilfools #oddlyspecific