Ben Anible

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Associate Professor @NTNU. Iconicity, signed languages, multilingualism. Enjoys long walks in R. WASP. DINK. Often hearing researchers of signed languages (like me) will have a sign name. Mine is B-HEAD-SCAR.ontheright

(the handle is a pun. ben-anible sounds like bananabull)

#linguistics
#signlanguages
#rstats

pedigreehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-8398
websitehttps://benjaminanible.com/
hobbiesgaming(mostly destiny), biking, skiing, running
other ids/privilegesmale, white, native english speaker, hearing, straight, he/him
Show threadBen AnibleMay 10, 2025
@x0 thanks for the heads up! I'll investigate and let you know if/when we find a solution
Ben AnibleMay 9, 2025

A PhD student of mine is recruiting native English speakers for her research. This survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. Please consider helping out! (Just be sure if you participate you click the final "Finish" button or it won't count  )

https://nettskjema.no/a/cg

#linguistics

English speaking control group - Nettskjema

Show threadBen AnibleJun 20, 2024
updated link: https://www.babylex.uiocloud.no/2be7626a-b863-456f-b31e-eb66db455b1e/information/
Online Study

Ben AnibleJun 17, 2024

My colleagues at NTNU are doing a research study and need native English speakers who are 18 or older and live in an English-speaking country. If you only speak English in your daily life, they’d love your help!

Please participate in this study evaluating the acceptability of English sentences! Completely anonymous and takes just 15-20 minutes.

https://nettskjema.no/a/418545

If you have questions, you can contact them at: [email protected]

Monolingual L1 English background questionnaire - Nettskjema

Ben AnibleMay 23, 2024
@too_little_caffeine @ellotheth What's your yearly salary?
Ben AnibleMar 20, 2024
#signlanguage #linguistics Job alert! I'm recruiting a Postdoc for my Research Council of Norway funded project DEPICT. Deadline April 14th. Apply here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/259802/postdoc-position-in-sign-language-and-interpreting.
Here's more info about the project: https://www.hvl.no/en/research/prosjekt/depict/
Postdoc position in sign language and interpreting (259802) | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Job title: Postdoc position in sign language and interpreting (259802), Employer: Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Deadline: Sunday, April 14, 2024

Jobbnorge.no
Show threadBen AnibleFeb 22, 2024
@dingemansemark very useful framing, thank you!
Show threadBen AnibleFeb 21, 2024

@dingemansemark the opposite of false friends actually! for example the sign for "book" in both norwegian https://www.minetegn.no/Tegnordbok-HTML/videos/bok.mp4 and russian https://media.spreadthesign.com/video/mp4/12/18692.mp4 sign language is pretty much identical.

I will have another look at that 2015 paper and see if something about perceptual analogies stands out as an efficient way to refer to the phenomena we are observing.

Ben AnibleFeb 21, 2024
@dingemansemark I had a discussion with Corrine Occhino and Vadim Kimmelman recently about how to discuss signs with (presumably) accidental similar form and meaning between two unrelated signed languages. We were wondering if there is any term you are aware of for when ideophones are similar in form and meaning across to spoken languages? #ideophones #linguistics
Ben AnibleNov 20, 2023
til wolf pups lick their parent's face to trigger regurgitation so the meat being carried in the stomach (easier than dragging game back to the litter) can be consumed. that's why your dog licks your face. #ThisAmericanLife