justinrleung.bsky.social
Christ follower, PhDing @uoftlinguistics.bsky.social (heritage languages, LVC, morphosyntax, Cantonese), editing and admining @enwiktionary.bsky.social, learning (about) languages. Prov. 3:5–6. 效基督、學語言、語言學。箴三5–6。 🇨🇦🇭🇰😅
👤 Joined on 22 November 2023
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@justinrleung.bsky.socialSome reflexes of Latin pluvia [ˈpɫʊ.wi.a] "rain" (f.) in modern Romance languages.
Show Post#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 17 June 2026: “kiša” (Serbo-Croatian)—“rain” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
Show PostI tried checking "bro" too and it is also a pronoun in our data check this amazing data point w vocative "dude" and pronoun "bro": "I'm in a poly situation and dude, bro fell in love with me and I didn't want to be serious" #NWAV53
Show PostQuestion from the audience: “can dude be used as a pronoun”? I checked our MI Diaries data and in Michigan the answer is “yes”! “But regardless, dude has a show about it on vice” #NWAV53
Show PostKiesling compares self-reported data from 2004 and 2023 - finding: 1) ppl use “dude” more with more close interlocutors 2) whether you’re talking w a man v woman matters less now (both similarly likely to be called “dude”) #NWAV53
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