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Purrspectives in Language

Furensic Linguist Edith

Purrspectives in Language brings you linguistics with cats — \ud83d\ude3b purrfect for you if you love language and cats and want to discover linguistics with a pawsome feline touch \ud83d\udc08‍⬛

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The Sound Patterns of Meow. The System of Sounds

Meowza hooman,

Purr, meow, chirp, hiss, growl. That's the simplified set of sounds we have observed in cats. Now each cat purrs and meows differently, but we can look at the underlying system by talking about the abstract /meow/ and t...

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Making Sounds. How We Produce Speech

Meowza hooman,

Say something and pay close attention to your lips, teeth, tongue, hard palate, soft palate, larynx, and the likes. You’ll notice that you use your vocal tract, i.e. the various physiological parts from the neck upwards...

a month ago
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Writing in Sounds. Learn a New System with IPA

/mɪ'aʊzə 'hjuːmən/,

This time the greeting comes in phonetic transcription. Meowza hooman is /mɪ'aʊzə 'hjuːmən/ in IPA symbols. IPA stands for International Phonetic Alphabet, whose symbols are used in linguistics to write down how so...

a month ago
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Purrspectives in Language. A Course in Linguistics

Meowza hooman,

New things are coming your way: From this issue onwards, the newsletter will appear twice a month, taking you on a course through the world of linguistics, the scientific study of language. But don't be frightened, cats...

2 months ago
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[miau]. What Our Accent Says about Our Identity

Meowza hooman,

How we pronounce the word meow depends on where we are from, i.e. the accent that we have. We all have an accent because that is how language works. And when we pretend to be cats online, that’s what we use to show that...

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    Language insights that are purring with cattitude to make you smile.\ud83d\ude38 Learn about language & communication through the lens of a cat lover. \ud83d\ude3b I have a PhD in Dialectology and am the author of "Purrieties of Language". \ud83d\udc3e

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