Can we quantify “bad” writing? Category : Coffee Break Experiment, Linguistics in the NewsIn one of classes, my students were talking about the Sean Penn’s article in which he interviewed the Mexican drug... Read More
Building a Tweet Sentiment Corpus Category : Coffee Break Experiment, Linguistics in the NewsI’ve had quite a few students who are interested in using Twitter data for corpus analysis. I understand why. Twitter... Read More
Quicksand Category : Coffee Break Experiment, Linguistics in the NewsRadiolab recently had an interesting interview with Daniel Engber. In it, Engber discusses the rise and fall of quicksand as... Read More
Earning Our Bread Category : Coffee Break Experiment, Linguistics in the News, Word HistoriesA radio show in the US that focuses on economic issues, published something last week they call “Money slang: Marketplace’s... Read More
Gender Pronouns in the News Category : Coffee Break Experiment, Linguistics in the NewsAn article in the news yesterday reported on a a study that is analyzing changes in the frequencies of the... Read More
The Olympics Go Introspecting! Category : Coffee Break Experiment, Words Are Awesome, World EnglishesI was reading an article this morning about the Singaporean table tennis player Feng Tianwei, who won Singapore’s first individual... Read More
