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secondwheel · 1 year

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*time travels*

#ouija #latin #language #witchy #studying #study #language studying #linguists #lingusit #insidesjoke #memes #meme #comedy #humour #humor #funny #relatable #student memes #low

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sellkii · 1 year

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being a native english speaker is pretty neat. its biggest pro is you never have to learn another language!

its biggest con is you never have to learn another language...

#linguistics #english is dumb #lingusit #the cooler linguist

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anza-langblr · 2 months

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敬語の5分類｜The 5 Types of keigo

In the Japanese language it is possible to show respect towards another person by replacing words, mostly verbs, with politer equivalents. This can be done by using elevating expressions for the actions of your superior or degrading expressions for your own actions.

Overview: Verb Formation Rules for sonkeigo 尊敬語, kenjōgo I 謙譲語Ⅰ and kenjōgo II 謙譲語Ⅱ (also known as teichōgo 丁重語).

In a guideline released by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs in the year 2007 keigo has been divided into five types: 尊敬語・謙譲語Ⅰ・謙譲語Ⅱ（丁重語）・丁寧語・美化語. The first three types demonstrate the most complex rules, hence why I summarized them in the chart above for a quick overview. Hereafter, you can find thorough introductions to each type.

尊敬語｜Respectful Language

Sonkeigo is the most basic method to pay special respect towards a teacher, a superior or a client. This can be done by switching the verb (refering to the action of your superior) with its passive form.

e.g.　読みます　→　読まれます

However, the degree of politeness isn't that high. Hence, it is important to learn the following formation rules as well:

１）特定形｜Special forms

Some verbs have a fixed forms. If a verb has a special form it is to be used.¹

e.g.　いる・行く・来る　→　いらっしゃいます

２）サ変動詞＋なさいます

In this context サ変動詞 refers to nominal verbs. Basically, nouns that can be turned into verbs by adding する. It is possible to add お or ご infront of the verb but it can be also omitted if unsure which prefix is the right one.

e.g.　出発する　 →　（ご）出発なさいます

３）お＋Ⅴます＋になります

This formation rule is for all verbs that do not belong into either of the two categories above. Omitting ます leaves the so-called renyōkei 連用形 or conjunctive form of the verb. Here, the prefix added is always お.

e.g.　待ちます　→　お待ちになります

It is not uncommon to apply this formation rule to サ変動詞 as well. Depending on the nominal verb お needs to be changed to ご.

e.g.　参加する　→　ご参加になります

However, there are exceptions. Some nominal verbs are not idiomatic and end up sounding unnatural to native ears.

e.g.　運転する　→　ご運転になります　✕ 運転する　→　運転なさいます〇

謙譲語 Ⅰ｜Humble Language I

Kenjōgo I + II have the opposite effect of sonkeigo. They degrade one's status and are therefore applied only to your own actions or the actions of someone from your inner circle (e.g. a co-worker, or a family member).

In contrast to kenjōgo II, kenjōgo I is used when your action (or the action of someone from your circle) is directed at the person you want to pay respect to. It is also used when you do something for said person.

The formation rules are as listed below:

１）特定形｜Special forms

Some verbs have a fixed forms. If a verb has a special form it is to be used.¹

e.g.　言う　→　申し上げます

The translation would be "saying sth. to sb." or "telling sb. sth." implying that your action is directed at the person you want to pay respect to.

２）お・ご＋サ変動詞＋します

Again, there are some verbs that sound unnatural when this formation is applied.

e.g.　ご運転します　✕

In this case, you can formulate the sentence with ～させていただきます or switch to kenjōgo II.

e.g.　運転させていただきます　〇運転いたします　〇

Note that, depending on the situation ～させていただきます might give of the impression that you are putting yourself down too much. This can result in making your counterpart feel uncomfortable.

３）お＋Ⅴます＋します

This formation rule is for all verbs that do not belong into either of the two categories above. Omitting ます leaves the so-called renyōkei 連用形 or conjunctive form of the verb. Here, the prefix added is always お.

e.g.　伝える　→　お伝えします

謙譲語 Ⅱ｜Humble Language II

Kenjōgo II is used when your own action is unconnected to the person you want to pay respect to. Therefore, this type of language can often be found in anouncements, news reports or broadcasts elevating its audience. At train stations one often repeated phrase is:

e.g.　もうすぐ電車が来る　→　まもなく電車が参ります

In the example above you can see that not only the verb has been switched with a politer equivalent, but the adverb as well. There are many words that can be switched with politer versions. Unlike verbs, they do not need to be inflected and can be studied like regular vocabulary.

It can also be pointed out that the action does not have to be conducted by the speaker, but can be an object (like in the example above) or a third party as well.

The formation rules are:

１）特定形

Some verbs have a fixed forms. If a verb has a special form it is to be used.¹

e.g.　言う　→　申します　(as in 私は◯◯と申します)

When introducing yourself you simly "say" or "state" your name. This is not considered an action that is directed at the person you want to pay respect to, hence it falls into the category of kenjōgo II.

２）サ変動詞＋いたします

e.g.　応募する　→　応募いたします

３）丁寧語

For all verbs that do not fall under the categories above, teineigo is used, or in other words the です・ます form.

e.g.　話す　→　話します

In case the ～ている form is used, the degree of politeness can be elevated by replacing it with ～ております which is the special form of いる.

丁寧語｜Polite Language

Teineigo is the neutral polite language. You're probably already familiar with this one, since this is the most foolproof way of speaking politely due to its absence of any kind of seesaw principle. It is used everywhere outside of your circle of friends and the safest way to talk to strangers. However, in certain situations it is expected to raise the level of politeness.

e.g.　聞く　→　聞きます

美化語｜Refined Language

There is a certain number of words, especially nouns, that can be turned into more elegant sounding versions. It can be easily understood by just looking at some examples.

e.g.　金　→　お金酒　→　お酒料理　→　ご料理米　 →　お米散歩 →　お散歩

Adding the respective prefix お or ご takes away the roughness of a word. This, however, can only be done with a few selected words. Refined words are commonly used in both formal and informal speech.

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¹ I compiled all special forms 特定形 that you need to know in this post: 敬語の特定形｜Keigo: Special Verb Forms.

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harry-the-pearce · 9 months

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All I need is a small community of autistics and communists is that too much to ask

#autism #autistic #aspergers #communism #marxism #marxist leninist #lingusitics #paleontology #literally all of these tags are meant to create the hive mind #pay them no mind

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rapha-reads · 8 months

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Unhinged linguistic moment re: my thesis -> in The Beast's Heart (Leife Shallcross), there's a character that helps out the Belle character's family when Isabeau is at the Beast's castle. That character is called *drum roll* Madame Minou. Now why is this funny ? Because "minou" is slang for "pussy".

*5 minutes of cackling and wheezing later*

*inhales* *wipes tears* Aaaah. How do I tastefully write in my thesis that a character is called Mrs Pussy ??? Losing it.

#the beast's heart #beauty and the beast #leife shallcross #lingusitics #languages #french slang #rapha talks #rapha writes #i love that book but seriously this is not helping me be productive

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dkniade · 7 months

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heartcanon for a media you like?

I admit I don’t remember I reblogged that so I read it as headcanon before thinking “what’s a heartcanon”

Definition of a heartcanon by @/prokopez: “I don’t have a particular rationale for why this ought to be the case, I just like to imagine it’s true because it gives me the warm fuzzies”

Or as I might explain it, “a belief about an aspect of a fictional story not of one’s own, typically about one or multiple characters in it, that one holds because they enjoy it, regardless of the amount of evidence or rationale that one would need to support their claim in an argument”

To my knowledge, in Genshin Impact, al-Haitham is a student of the Akademiya’s “Haravatat Darshan”, right…? According to the wiki, Haravatat specializes in semiotics (in real life it’s the study of signs and symbols and their interpretations, I believe) and includes both linguistics and ancient runes studies. Well, in real life, linguistics is the scientific study of language, and semiotics—which includes the study of ancient runes, I’d assume—is a sub-field of linguistics. So I wonder if it’s better to say, “Of the Six Darshans in the Sumeru Akademiya, Haravatat specializes in linguistics, specifically semiotics, and includes disciplines such as ancient runes studies.” Nope, never mind, semiotics is not a branch of linguistics since it includes non-linguistic signs too, which would make sense since Haravatat also does ancient runes. (I must’ve mixed up semiotics and semantics, the branch of linguistics and logic that studies meaning.)

With that being said—

Al-Haitham is jokingly referred to as a god of syntax by uhh Haravatat syntax students of the Sumeru Akademiya

based on the al-Haitham redesign by @/peonycats

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linguistwho · 11 months

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Phonetic Gallifreyan Weekend - Word 23: Master

#gallifreyan #doctor who #The Lingusit #GalliPhon

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datasoong47 · 5 months

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You’re the linguistics mutual so I thought I’d recommend a neat little video game called chants of senaar that I’ve been banging my head against (positive). Basically a linguistic puzzle game!

Oh, thanks! I haven't heard of that. I'll have to look into it!

#asks #niceofthenine #lingusitics #video games

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absolutebl · 2 years

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I’d heard a lot of people saying that (pre-kinnporsche), UWMA was the Thai BL with the most international appeal. I’ve only watched a handful of BL series, all Thai and from the last 4 or 5 years, but I just finished UWMA and I found its portrayal of sex so jarring compared to everything else I’ve seen, even KP’s dubcon. Do you think this is something that has changed really recently in BL? Or have I just been lucky to avoid this trope in the other BL series I’ve seen?

You are talking about the blushing maiden trope and it is VERY VERY common in BL of the lighter variety (dark BL is different) since it's inception, with the only consistent exception being Taiwan.

Generally speaking, Thai BL has been pretty sex negative (or non representative of sexual interest) with a few NOTED exceptions for the past 8 years. This is mostly because they like a very strong seme/uke dynamic. It's only recently that we have seen a consistent trend in sex positive representation and high heat content and that has been coupled with a more queer lens as well. It's the natural evolution of the field, thank fuck. But also, I think, pressure from international audiences and out queers within the BL industry.

If your interested in the history and reasons behind this (no excuses just info) I have a number of posts:

ON SEX IN BL

Sex negativity as part of the seme/uke dynamic (uese UWMA as the model) and Taiwan futzes with seme/uke. This is probubly the one you want. More...

WHY SO MUCH DUB CON IN BL? (talking consent issues)

HIGH HEAT BL - a list of some BLS with more sexitimes in them

Workshopping High Heat in BL - why some countries are so much better than others at sex positive rep

Why Such A Limited Range of Sex Acts in BL? - about why we don’t see more BJs and the like

Sex-positive* BL Couples - an older list with soem of my favorites

ON QUEER REP IN BL

Will BL Get More Honestly Queer? (written prior to 2022) still, this is probubly the one you want.

BLs That Highlight How Society Treats Queers

BL Linguistics & Queer Identity: I Am Gay versus I Like Men

Husband Wife Language in Thai BL

Debating Queerbaiting in BL

BL Actors and the Assumption of Queerness

Queer lens (from the director) and chemistry (from the actors) in BL A Tale of Thousand Stars

10 BLs That Are Honest to a Queer Experience

Hope this helps!

A link to my meta master post listing is here. Meta Post of My BL Master Posts

#meta post #bl sex negative #bl sex posative #kinnporsche #Until We Meet Again #uwma #bl tropes #blushing maiden trope #dub con in bl #hih heat bl #workshoppin bl #queer rep in bl #queerbaiting in bl #bl lingusitics #absolute bl #La Cuisine the series

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docholligay · 11 months

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to be very off the cuff and not type out IPA or anything, in the UK its very common to pronounce a place ending in -ham as ending in a flat ‘m’ sound. So similar to “birming’m’ instead of the common American ‘birmingham’ with an h intact.

Sometimes I like to pronounce the H when I’m talking about a place in the UK just because it makes Jetty crazy, the highest joy I know.

#this description isn't perfect but no one I assume cares that much about perfect lingusitic description you get me

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shitacademicswrite · 2 years

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How to say "that's horse shit" in high register: "The creolization hypothesis seems to be, if not dead and buried, at least in a long-term state of cryogenic suspended animation" -David Trotter, English in Contact: Middle English Creolization

XD

#language #english #scholarly writing #lingusitics

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demoisverysexy · 1 year

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People stop being mad about how languages impact each other pls. Yes English has had a disproportionate impact on languages and yes that is because of imperialism. But even if not for imperialism English would have had an impact on languages anyway because thats how languages work. Languages arent pure. Its fine. Chill.

#leftism #lingusitics #demo speaks #shouting into the void

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anza-langblr · 5 months

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厭世（えんせい）

世の中をいやなもの、人生を価値のないものと思うこと。（引用：デジタル大辞泉）

出典：　創媒體 BeamMedia. (2018/05/03-07). "厭世詞選: 【沒人要】人家是天菜曬恩愛我只能是廚餘" Selection of World-Weary Words: Not wanted by anyone. I am nothing but kitchen waste. http://misanthropy-gauge.beammedia.co/, (参照 2023-12-11).

厭世（えんせい）weariness with life, pessimism 世の中（よのなか）society, the world 〜ものと思う　believe that...

Translation: The belief that the world is detestable and life worthless.

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Looking up today's word, I came a across a Taiwanese survey on misanthropic language under which an online exhibition titled Selection of World-Weary Words has been curated. The illustrations (see for example the one embedded in this post) seem to be more of a complementary function. Clicking on one of the 17 pictures on the user interface reveals a statement that stems from a very pessimistic outlook of a real person, yet it can be seen as a critical review on modern life.

Normally, I would refrain from sharing content that might promote negative thinking since the statements of the exhibition are quite explicit. At the same time I think these unpolished thoughts are a testimony to grave societal problems that otherwise would get ignored. So, if you're interested you can check out the exhibition using the link underneath the illustration.

Note that the text on the website is in Chinese. However, there are only a few short sentences and translation services like DeepL should provide sufficient support.

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earolinc · 11 months

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i just found out about hyperreal numbers and like.. whoever named them is an idiot because they're kind of less real than real numbers but they're called hyperreal which should really mean they're EXTRA real. but they're also super duper cool and i love them but... why would you name them that

#maybe i just don't get it because i only just finished precalc #i know they're mathematicians not linguists but still #maybe they should consult more lingusits #hyperreal numbers #math #mathblr

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other-peoples-coats · 2 years

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#coats chats #I am B E G G I N G the star wars fandom to learn anything at all about democratic norms in literally any other country #that is not the us. possibly that even IS the us.#you can vote for a fuckin political party without voting for The Person In Charge Specifically #direct election of every goddamn official is not the only form of democracy #please. I am begging. please if you're going to criticise polticis in star was please at least know anything about politics on earth first.#please. please. I am begging. please.#ther are SO many things to rightly critise abt poltics in star wars in unisverse from a watsonia OR doylist perspective #the fact that some planets seem to have uuuuuh poltically appointed positions is....not one of them........please.......................#this is not about An Specifc Post this is about a bunch of them I have seen over a span of time.#(also like more discussion of what an elected monarchy could even look like.#more discussion about how maybe basic is flattening nuances and is doing the romans refering to other gods things of like #'bro does lighting? well That's Jupiter. it's just [location]Jupiter.'#'bro's in charge? he's a king. they're all kings. king of alderaan now. king of naboo #king of the jedi. king of mandalore. king of the sith. these are all equvilant positions bc Bro Is In Charge and That's The Title #which is tbf just my unending agenda to make lingusitics in starwars make even a LICK of sense)#(disclaimer goes here I know more than I'd LIKE to know about the us poltical system but I don't know like. Everything about it. so.#y'know #my people do mandatory voting and demoracry sasuages and like. cover donkey voting in highschool In Case You Want To #our political cycle is like #idk 6 weeks. by law. and we all think that's So Fucking Long God when will it END etc.#anyway. more poltical nuances in star wars less UM NABOO/ALDERAAN/PLANET HERE is WHOLLY UNDEMOCATIC because they APPOINT A SENATOR #slash HAVE A ROYAL FAMILY slash Don't Perform Politics Like The US Does In My Head.#not to dunk on the us. I do love y'all. it's just that your poltical system is fucked and a lot more unlike uh the rest of us afaik.#so I am assuming many of the posts I've seen are from the us.#the idea that somewhere is not democratic bc a random goverment offical is appointed instead of elected is wild to me ok.#like ambassadors are appointed. that's basically what the senators function as in part.#ambassadors to the republic at large.)

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acearohippo · 1 year

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Now that we have some more East Asian rep in the game, I am highly befuddled on the naming convention of the espers. Why are Chinese espers given family names in the traditional order of Family Name-Given Name, but our Korean and Japanese esper just get their given names? Are the Chinese espers names actually their whole given name? Have we just been assuming they're family names this whole time, when they're not?

I know that can't be it since we will see some characters referred to by a house (House of Li for Li Ling) or by their given name (Li Ling calls out "Xuan!" in a story) but it doesn't make sense why the new espers that come from cultures that follow the SAME NAMING RULES don't have family names??

I mean, sure, we can argue that we're saving space as some names in Japanese, can be very long, but Korean generally has the same 2-3 syllable naming convention as China so... What gives?

#-iuli #jin hee dislyte #koharu dislyte #the hippo speaks #honestly #I don't think it would be too far off if all these names were actually given names #I'm sure there's a naming cultural linguistic thing concerning the in Jiang Jiuli and Bai Liuli #and maybe even a lingusitic cultural thing for naming twins similar names #but that would make everything so inconsistent #and i can't #dislyte why are you having me say Jinhee and Koharu's names like I know em or somefin 🥲#like we intimate or some ish #the hippo is mad discomforted

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