Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D.
@dwhieb
Diversity linguist and science communicator. Chitimacha, typology, diachrony, documentation, revitalization. I run @lingdiscovery. 🏳️🌈
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Elephants have their trunks; giraffes have their long necks – and human beings have their ability to do this... (MRI of a person talking. Amazing!)
Today we celebrate the International Day of Sign Languages! Here are some key facts about the EU: ✅ 30 sign languages ✅ over 1 million sign language users ✅ around 51 million people with a hearing impairment 🇪🇺 embraces diversity & inclusion. #IDSL
You can learn a lot about history just by looking at the words we use. Like algorithm, which is descended from the name of a 9th century Persian polymath called al-Khwarizmi. So, from romantic to cynical, here are the strange stories behind 12 incredibly normal words...
Just received a physical copy of my chapter on Chitimacha! You can download a preprint here: researchgate.net/publication/33… Or buy a copy here (warning: $$$$) amzn.to/49P0yk6
Reviewer 2’s got nothing on angry social media commenters lemme tell ya
Can’t say that using NFTs for language documentation was on my 2024 bingo card medium.com/@syednaadeali5…
Can anyone recommend me any popular audience books on lavender linguistics (LGBTQIA+-themed research and topics)?
"[L]inguistics as a discipline is often misunderstood[.] This is not really surprising, for a number of reasons. First of all, language is seen, rightly, as something that belongs to all of us. Most people can speak and/or write and/or sign, and so it is no surprise that most…
Little win from today. Just got a copy of the book containing my chapter on word classes in Native American languages!
I got to use the word "lacuna" today in a natural context that wasn't an abstract / literature review. I'm pretty impressed with myself tbh 💅🏼
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