"can you pass the salt?" — request
"can you please pass the salt?" — request
"could you defeat that bear?" — question
"could you please defeat that bear?" — request
✨ pragmatics! ✨
"can you please pass the salt?" — request
"could you defeat that bear?" — question
"could you please defeat that bear?" — request
✨ pragmatics! ✨
November 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"can you pass the salt?" — request
"can you please pass the salt?" — request
"could you defeat that bear?" — question
"could you please defeat that bear?" — request
✨ pragmatics! ✨
"can you please pass the salt?" — request
"could you defeat that bear?" — question
"could you please defeat that bear?" — request
✨ pragmatics! ✨
Tomorrow we'll host a special 50th edition of the Evolutionary Pragmatics Forum. Bart Geurts, Cathy Crockford (@taichimpproject.bsky.social), Marlen Fröhlich (@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social), and I will discuss the current state of our knowledge of pragmatics in great ape communication.
October 29, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Tomorrow we'll host a special 50th edition of the Evolutionary Pragmatics Forum. Bart Geurts, Cathy Crockford (@taichimpproject.bsky.social), Marlen Fröhlich (@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social), and I will discuss the current state of our knowledge of pragmatics in great ape communication.
fuck yeah
I also appreciate the syntax, pragmatics, and social meaning of "Permission to lib the fuck out?". A whole world of ideology and affect lives in the quasi-ironic use of "lib out".
I also appreciate the syntax, pragmatics, and social meaning of "Permission to lib the fuck out?". A whole world of ideology and affect lives in the quasi-ironic use of "lib out".
November 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
fuck yeah
I also appreciate the syntax, pragmatics, and social meaning of "Permission to lib the fuck out?". A whole world of ideology and affect lives in the quasi-ironic use of "lib out".
I also appreciate the syntax, pragmatics, and social meaning of "Permission to lib the fuck out?". A whole world of ideology and affect lives in the quasi-ironic use of "lib out".
And, likewise, we are missing the forest for the trees of mundane matters of classroom pragmatics if we don’t attend to what is a radical cultural reorientation of higher education that is being carried out by corporations like Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, IBM, Anthropic, etc.
October 29, 2026 at 12:34 PM
And, likewise, we are missing the forest for the trees of mundane matters of classroom pragmatics if we don’t attend to what is a radical cultural reorientation of higher education that is being carried out by corporations like Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, IBM, Anthropic, etc.
"fanatical about Israel"
Zionism, Jewish or otherwise, was never primarily driven by "fanaticism" of any kind.
The major players have all been clear eyed pragmatics about the goals involved in creating, funding, & supporting the zionist entity.
Zionism, Jewish or otherwise, was never primarily driven by "fanaticism" of any kind.
The major players have all been clear eyed pragmatics about the goals involved in creating, funding, & supporting the zionist entity.
Joe Biden says if Israel didn't exist, the US would have to invent one to protect US interests
YouTube video by Candidate Research
youtu.be
November 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
"fanatical about Israel"
Zionism, Jewish or otherwise, was never primarily driven by "fanaticism" of any kind.
The major players have all been clear eyed pragmatics about the goals involved in creating, funding, & supporting the zionist entity.
Zionism, Jewish or otherwise, was never primarily driven by "fanaticism" of any kind.
The major players have all been clear eyed pragmatics about the goals involved in creating, funding, & supporting the zionist entity.
Variability in how strongly counterfactual antecedents license negativity-tags correlates with their at-issueness. I presented this finding at #XPrag '25, the '26 DGfS meeting (slides). It bears on whether #at-issueness constrains #anaphora.
lisahofmann.org/project/disc...
#semantics #pragmatics
lisahofmann.org/project/disc...
#semantics #pragmatics
Discourse negativity: Counterfactual content and at-issueness – Lisa Hofmann
lisahofmann.org
November 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Variability in how strongly counterfactual antecedents license negativity-tags correlates with their at-issueness. I presented this finding at #XPrag '25, the '26 DGfS meeting (slides). It bears on whether #at-issueness constrains #anaphora.
lisahofmann.org/project/disc...
#semantics #pragmatics
lisahofmann.org/project/disc...
#semantics #pragmatics
✨ New OASIS Summary! ✨
▶️Generative AI reconfigures location-based AR environments for L2 pragmatics learning
www.oasis-database.org/details/ha2l...
▶️Generative AI reconfigures location-based AR environments for L2 pragmatics learning
www.oasis-database.org/details/ha2l...
www.oasis-database.org
November 4, 2026 at 11:23 AM
✨ New OASIS Summary! ✨
▶️Generative AI reconfigures location-based AR environments for L2 pragmatics learning
www.oasis-database.org/details/ha2l...
▶️Generative AI reconfigures location-based AR environments for L2 pragmatics learning
www.oasis-database.org/details/ha2l...
also re arm and the industrial pragmatics that's v good to know i just genuinely didn't know that at all!!! it's also honestly...
arm and risc are easier in substantial ways than x86 bcz they both *have* formal semantics, even if risc's are a bit more accessible
arm and risc are easier in substantial ways than x86 bcz they both *have* formal semantics, even if risc's are a bit more accessible
November 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
also re arm and the industrial pragmatics that's v good to know i just genuinely didn't know that at all!!! it's also honestly...
arm and risc are easier in substantial ways than x86 bcz they both *have* formal semantics, even if risc's are a bit more accessible
arm and risc are easier in substantial ways than x86 bcz they both *have* formal semantics, even if risc's are a bit more accessible
笑裏藏刀 - Hide a Knife Behind a Smile. Here, that's Philosemitic policies, support of Zionism
李代桃僵 - i.e., Sacrifice Israel to preserve the West
假途伐虢 - Pit Iran against Israel
以逸待勞 - Wait at leisure while the enemy is burdened
借刀殺人 - Kill With a Borrowed Knife
Pragmatics. Ideologically antisemitic
李代桃僵 - i.e., Sacrifice Israel to preserve the West
假途伐虢 - Pit Iran against Israel
以逸待勞 - Wait at leisure while the enemy is burdened
借刀殺人 - Kill With a Borrowed Knife
Pragmatics. Ideologically antisemitic
November 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
笑裏藏刀 - Hide a Knife Behind a Smile. Here, that's Philosemitic policies, support of Zionism
李代桃僵 - i.e., Sacrifice Israel to preserve the West
假途伐虢 - Pit Iran against Israel
以逸待勞 - Wait at leisure while the enemy is burdened
借刀殺人 - Kill With a Borrowed Knife
Pragmatics. Ideologically antisemitic
李代桃僵 - i.e., Sacrifice Israel to preserve the West
假途伐虢 - Pit Iran against Israel
以逸待勞 - Wait at leisure while the enemy is burdened
借刀殺人 - Kill With a Borrowed Knife
Pragmatics. Ideologically antisemitic
I am talking more about pragmatics. I know many people speak pragmatically rather than 'truly.' But it's ineffective as political messaging since it requires insular language to convey the intended message, which you and I get, but others do not.
All the same, have a good one :)
All the same, have a good one :)
November 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I am talking more about pragmatics. I know many people speak pragmatically rather than 'truly.' But it's ineffective as political messaging since it requires insular language to convey the intended message, which you and I get, but others do not.
All the same, have a good one :)
All the same, have a good one :)
We wrote an article about the language of #Propaganda :
"From persuasion techniques to pragmatic mechanisms: Unpacking the language of propaganda in English"
📍 Pragmatics & Society
👐 Open access (thanks to UiO!)
🔗 www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
#FakeNews #Linguistics #ImplicitDeception
"From persuasion techniques to pragmatic mechanisms: Unpacking the language of propaganda in English"
📍 Pragmatics & Society
👐 Open access (thanks to UiO!)
🔗 www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
#FakeNews #Linguistics #ImplicitDeception
www.jbe-platform.com
October 29, 2026 at 1:06 PM
We wrote an article about the language of #Propaganda :
"From persuasion techniques to pragmatic mechanisms: Unpacking the language of propaganda in English"
📍 Pragmatics & Society
👐 Open access (thanks to UiO!)
🔗 www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
#FakeNews #Linguistics #ImplicitDeception
"From persuasion techniques to pragmatic mechanisms: Unpacking the language of propaganda in English"
📍 Pragmatics & Society
👐 Open access (thanks to UiO!)
🔗 www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
#FakeNews #Linguistics #ImplicitDeception
The very bane of our fucking life, this one. We routinely have humans insist we said or meant (x) when we actually said or meant (y).
Pragmatics are neuronormatively defined and just lousy with allistic bias. Always an uphill slog under their contemptuous, elevated nose. Oh we could go ON! 🪔
Pragmatics are neuronormatively defined and just lousy with allistic bias. Always an uphill slog under their contemptuous, elevated nose. Oh we could go ON! 🪔
Following on from yesterday's post: The Double Empathy Extreme Problem – Dynamic, Embodied, Ecological, and Political
autisticrealms.com/the-double-e...
autisticrealms.com/the-double-e...
The Double Empathy Problem is DEEP
The double empathy problem creates a gap of disconnect experienced between people due to misunderstood shared lived experiences.
autisticrealms.com
November 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The very bane of our fucking life, this one. We routinely have humans insist we said or meant (x) when we actually said or meant (y).
Pragmatics are neuronormatively defined and just lousy with allistic bias. Always an uphill slog under their contemptuous, elevated nose. Oh we could go ON! 🪔
Pragmatics are neuronormatively defined and just lousy with allistic bias. Always an uphill slog under their contemptuous, elevated nose. Oh we could go ON! 🪔
In linguistic pragmatics, the question "do machines think?" is less about cognition than it is an attitude the speaker takes toward the subject.
"Do submarines swim?" is an analogous query. What attitude is it that makes the standard predication, "submarines set sail" seem inadequate?
"Do submarines swim?" is an analogous query. What attitude is it that makes the standard predication, "submarines set sail" seem inadequate?
Opinion | Could A.I. Be Conscious? It’s Definitely Possible.
It’s not an idle philosophical question.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
In linguistic pragmatics, the question "do machines think?" is less about cognition than it is an attitude the speaker takes toward the subject.
"Do submarines swim?" is an analogous query. What attitude is it that makes the standard predication, "submarines set sail" seem inadequate?
"Do submarines swim?" is an analogous query. What attitude is it that makes the standard predication, "submarines set sail" seem inadequate?
There is a joke among software developers that the favorite phrase of a sr. software engineer is "It depends," because almost always it does depend on what you want, the time you have, costs, the most important factors, etc. The pragmatics are why we call it software engineering.
LLMs ignore that.
LLMs ignore that.
November 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
There is a joke among software developers that the favorite phrase of a sr. software engineer is "It depends," because almost always it does depend on what you want, the time you have, costs, the most important factors, etc. The pragmatics are why we call it software engineering.
LLMs ignore that.
LLMs ignore that.
“Interest in words and how they influence debate”
Unsure how someone with genuine knowledge of semiotics/ pragmatics pulls a mega usage gaffe of this magnitude… clearly it’s a statement you use to pretend some sort of intellectualism. But use for rhetorical manipulation (which you demonstrate here)
Unsure how someone with genuine knowledge of semiotics/ pragmatics pulls a mega usage gaffe of this magnitude… clearly it’s a statement you use to pretend some sort of intellectualism. But use for rhetorical manipulation (which you demonstrate here)
October 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
“Interest in words and how they influence debate”
Unsure how someone with genuine knowledge of semiotics/ pragmatics pulls a mega usage gaffe of this magnitude… clearly it’s a statement you use to pretend some sort of intellectualism. But use for rhetorical manipulation (which you demonstrate here)
Unsure how someone with genuine knowledge of semiotics/ pragmatics pulls a mega usage gaffe of this magnitude… clearly it’s a statement you use to pretend some sort of intellectualism. But use for rhetorical manipulation (which you demonstrate here)
ABILITIES
Basic scanning comes with Diana. Overdrive Protocol arrives during SectorGuard. Lim Eraser arrives near the end of Mass Production Array’s Lim Recycling Facility and removes the blue filament barriers. Cleansing arrives after Experimental Pragmatics and opens the red
Basic scanning comes with Diana. Overdrive Protocol arrives during SectorGuard. Lim Eraser arrives near the end of Mass Production Array’s Lim Recycling Facility and removes the blue filament barriers. Cleansing arrives after Experimental Pragmatics and opens the red
November 4, 2026 at 3:47 AM
ABILITIES
Basic scanning comes with Diana. Overdrive Protocol arrives during SectorGuard. Lim Eraser arrives near the end of Mass Production Array’s Lim Recycling Facility and removes the blue filament barriers. Cleansing arrives after Experimental Pragmatics and opens the red
Basic scanning comes with Diana. Overdrive Protocol arrives during SectorGuard. Lim Eraser arrives near the end of Mass Production Array’s Lim Recycling Facility and removes the blue filament barriers. Cleansing arrives after Experimental Pragmatics and opens the red
ranged damage. Watch the missile markers, and hack the small burrowing drones back against the boss when they appear. Take Critical Shot opportunities instead of backing away automatically when it staggers.
EXPERIMENTAL PRAGMATICS
This section changes what Hugh can do. Follow
EXPERIMENTAL PRAGMATICS
This section changes what Hugh can do. Follow
November 4, 2026 at 3:53 AM
ranged damage. Watch the missile markers, and hack the small burrowing drones back against the boss when they appear. Take Critical Shot opportunities instead of backing away automatically when it staggers.
EXPERIMENTAL PRAGMATICS
This section changes what Hugh can do. Follow
EXPERIMENTAL PRAGMATICS
This section changes what Hugh can do. Follow
PRAGMATA COLLECTIBLE CLEANUP, 5/5: CENTRAL PORT
Late-area spoilers below. This is the last collectible region, with 29 tracked pickups. Experimental Pragmatics does not add another percentage-based collectible sweep between the Mines and Central Port.
PORT ENTRANCE: 2 ITEMS
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Late-area spoilers below. This is the last collectible region, with 29 tracked pickups. Experimental Pragmatics does not add another percentage-based collectible sweep between the Mines and Central Port.
PORT ENTRANCE: 2 ITEMS
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November 4, 2026 at 3:49 AM
PRAGMATA COLLECTIBLE CLEANUP, 5/5: CENTRAL PORT
Late-area spoilers below. This is the last collectible region, with 29 tracked pickups. Experimental Pragmatics does not add another percentage-based collectible sweep between the Mines and Central Port.
PORT ENTRANCE: 2 ITEMS
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Late-area spoilers below. This is the last collectible region, with 29 tracked pickups. Experimental Pragmatics does not add another percentage-based collectible sweep between the Mines and Central Port.
PORT ENTRANCE: 2 ITEMS
•
But I understand sarcasm, love word play, and yes, pragmatics are really difficult for me and I spend so much energy trying to figuring out to read people, but I also don't engage in repetitive behavior unless constantly touching my hair to soothe me counts.
October 29, 2026 at 10:56 AM
But I understand sarcasm, love word play, and yes, pragmatics are really difficult for me and I spend so much energy trying to figuring out to read people, but I also don't engage in repetitive behavior unless constantly touching my hair to soothe me counts.
👁️🗣️
Garello, S., Adornetti, I., Chiera, A., Altavilla, D., Deriu, V., Luciani, F., Vecchi, A., & Ferretti, F. (2026). Keeping literal meaning alive? Eye-tracking insights into metaphor processing. Journal of Pragmatics, 266, 201–216. doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...
Garello, S., Adornetti, I., Chiera, A., Altavilla, D., Deriu, V., Luciani, F., Vecchi, A., & Ferretti, F. (2026). Keeping literal meaning alive? Eye-tracking insights into metaphor processing. Journal of Pragmatics, 266, 201–216. doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2026.10.005
doi.org
November 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM
👁️🗣️
Garello, S., Adornetti, I., Chiera, A., Altavilla, D., Deriu, V., Luciani, F., Vecchi, A., & Ferretti, F. (2026). Keeping literal meaning alive? Eye-tracking insights into metaphor processing. Journal of Pragmatics, 266, 201–216. doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...
Garello, S., Adornetti, I., Chiera, A., Altavilla, D., Deriu, V., Luciani, F., Vecchi, A., & Ferretti, F. (2026). Keeping literal meaning alive? Eye-tracking insights into metaphor processing. Journal of Pragmatics, 266, 201–216. doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...
PRAGMATA LUNATIC PROGRESSION, 2/3
Boss and story-mechanic spoilers continue. This covers Terra Dome, Lunum Mines, and Experimental Pragmatics.
TERRA DOME: BUILD A REGULAR-ENEMY PLAN
You now have enough options to stop treating every encounter the same way. The Pulse Carbine
Boss and story-mechanic spoilers continue. This covers Terra Dome, Lunum Mines, and Experimental Pragmatics.
TERRA DOME: BUILD A REGULAR-ENEMY PLAN
You now have enough options to stop treating every encounter the same way. The Pulse Carbine
November 4, 2026 at 3:53 AM
PRAGMATA LUNATIC PROGRESSION, 2/3
Boss and story-mechanic spoilers continue. This covers Terra Dome, Lunum Mines, and Experimental Pragmatics.
TERRA DOME: BUILD A REGULAR-ENEMY PLAN
You now have enough options to stop treating every encounter the same way. The Pulse Carbine
Boss and story-mechanic spoilers continue. This covers Terra Dome, Lunum Mines, and Experimental Pragmatics.
TERRA DOME: BUILD A REGULAR-ENEMY PLAN
You now have enough options to stop treating every encounter the same way. The Pulse Carbine
💡 The latest special issue of 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 entitled 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡) 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 examines how #trustworthiness is being signaled in linguistic and multimodal form, and how addressees infer it: www.benjamins.com/catalog/ps.1...
Guest edited by Kerstin Fischer & Bracha Nir.
Guest edited by Kerstin Fischer & Bracha Nir.
October 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM
💡 The latest special issue of 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 entitled 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡) 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 examines how #trustworthiness is being signaled in linguistic and multimodal form, and how addressees infer it: www.benjamins.com/catalog/ps.1...
Guest edited by Kerstin Fischer & Bracha Nir.
Guest edited by Kerstin Fischer & Bracha Nir.
Is there anything more exciting than a conference called: New ways of analyzing Ancient Greek? And it takes place in a beautiful place with great food too. Oh, and the keynote speakers are great! 😉
conference.unisalento.it/event/27/pag...
conference.unisalento.it/event/27/pag...
New Ways of Analyzing Ancient Greek 3 (nwaag3)
New Ways of Analyzing Ancient Greek welcomes contributions from all areas of modern linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics, as well as resear...
conference.unisalento.it
October 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Is there anything more exciting than a conference called: New ways of analyzing Ancient Greek? And it takes place in a beautiful place with great food too. Oh, and the keynote speakers are great! 😉
conference.unisalento.it/event/27/pag...
conference.unisalento.it/event/27/pag...
Centrists, moderates, Blue Dogs, Blue MAGA, etc...are pragmatics. Say/Do whatever they think will help their team win. No ideological basis, just a numbers game that requires manipulating the system & the people for their own gain. Differences with the Republicans are merely a triangulation game.
November 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Centrists, moderates, Blue Dogs, Blue MAGA, etc...are pragmatics. Say/Do whatever they think will help their team win. No ideological basis, just a numbers game that requires manipulating the system & the people for their own gain. Differences with the Republicans are merely a triangulation game.
i feel ya, i would much rather talk about environmental and labour effects, the relation to the military industrial complex i'd rather strike at the root, and i would rather engage with the pragmatics of how these things affect our day to day work!
October 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
i feel ya, i would much rather talk about environmental and labour effects, the relation to the military industrial complex i'd rather strike at the root, and i would rather engage with the pragmatics of how these things affect our day to day work!