Jesse Weir

Inigo Montoya’s Rules for Writing: • establish perspective (“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya”) • hook the reader’s emotions (“You killed my father”) • state your purpose (“Prepare to die.”)

New York’s Hottest Club talkinglinguistics.ca/2022/01/28/new…

There is snow way that is true! talkinglinguistics.ca/2022/01/21/the…

A short primer on vocal pitch talkinglinguistics.ca/2022/01/14/thi…

The process of language acquisition is complicated, and incredibly fascinating. Here is a short primer on the wonders of child language acquisition. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/11/12/lan…

A bittle lit of information about spoonerisms. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/11/05/spo…

An introduction to speech perception and the McGurk effect. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/10/29/spe…

The anatomy of speech - let's learn about what that mouth do. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/10/22/the…

Since I have moved to Vancouver I have survived: 1. A heat dome 2. An atmospheric river What will be next? #Vancouver

A basic introduction to syntax trees. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/10/15/whe…

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This word ALSO has a fun explanation for why we don't have to hate it anymore! <INFLAMMABLE> is actually NOT <in+flammable> as in "not flammable"—it's <inflame-able> "able to become inflamed (i.e., set on fire)" which makes a whole lot more sense.

The conclusion of a four part series on the design features of language! talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/10/08/wha…

Do other linguists find it hard to "get" poetry? Are we tainted because of the way we train our brains to analyze language? #Linguistics #poetry

Part three of a series on what makes human language different from animal communication. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/10/01/wha…

Part two of a four part series on what makes human language different from animal communication. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/09/24/wha…

What sets language apart from animal communication? Find out in part one of this four part series. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/09/17/wha…

These interrogative utterances are intended to elicit information from another person. What is a question? talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/09/10/wha…

What exactly is a wug? And why are they so darn cute? These questions, and more, will be answered in this weeks Talking Linguistics post. talkinglinguistics.ca/2021/09/03/12-…