The #linguistics of #clickbait.

Together with Martin Luginbühl I dived into the linguistic strategies used to entice visitors of news sites to click on links to articles. At #IPrA2025 we will present our findings based on a corpus study of more than 1.2 mio German newspaper articles.

My contibution focusses on the last sentences of article leads. The "es gibt" construction is often used here. For more, visit our presentation on June 26!

Privacy is a valuable asset in Japan. To protect smokers from harassment, smoking areas are increasingly surrounded by privacy screens.

On a side note: The street light in the photo can also be interpreted as a stylized cigarette.

(As seen at the National Art Center, Minato-ku, #Tokyo)

Proudly blocking people from entering since 16 years!

(Can YOU find an older paper notice at your workplace?)

📢 Frisch erschienen:
Sondernummer "Computergestützte Textanalyse: Genese einer transversalen Methode im Spannungsfeld von Fachgeschichten, Forschungsbiographien und Rahmenbedingungen" der *Osnabrücker Beiträge zur Sprachtheorie*, die ich gemeinsam mit Katharina Jacob und tätiger Mithilfe von Constanze Spieß herausgegeben habe!

https://journals.uni-marburg.de/obst/issue/view/330

#Linguistik #Computerlinguistik #Textanalyse #OpenAccess #Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Early cherry blossoms. As seen in a Japanese garden in Waseda.

#Tokyo #cherryblossom

Even when the world is upside down, it has its beautiful moments.

#Tokyo #Waseda

K2 musste in der japanischen Schule eine berühmte Persönlichkeit vorstellen. Ich hatte keine Ahnung.

Das Ergebnis 👇