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- Linguist’s analysis of body cam footage of George Floyd in Derek Chauvin trial https://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2021/4/11/i-ate-too-many-drugs-are-you-kidding-me 81 comments
- "I ate too many drugs": ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! — Language Jones http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2021/4/11/i-ate-too-many-drugs-are-you-kidding-me 73 comments linguistics
- A LOOK AT REGIONAL VARIATION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH ACCENTS — Language Jones https://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2021/3/9/a-look-at-regional-variation-in-african-american-english-accents 18 comments linguistics
- What's in a name? Why do some linguists not call it African American Vernacular English (AAVE) anymore? — Language Jones https://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2020/12/21/whats-in-a-name-why-do-some-linguists-not-call-it-african-american-vernacular-english-aave-anymore 60 comments linguistics
- Looking for linguistics articles published in AAVE. https://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2014/6/8/what-is-aave 4 comments linguistics
- A linguist's take on the Great GIF Controversy http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2017/7/1/a-linguists-take-on-the-great-gif-controversy 117 comments linguistics
- In which I argue tweets, like Roman graffiti, can tell us about pronunciation. http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2016/6/20/tweets-as-graffiti 23 comments linguistics
- "A deep Dive into Mansplaining": a post I wrote focusing on the term's interesting morphosyntax. http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2016/5/30/a-deep-dive-into-mansplaining 21 comments linguistics
- SoCal is Getting Fleeked Out http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2015/2/23/socal-is-getting-fleeked-out 40 comments linguistics
- Something new I'm working on, about Jespersen's Cycle and AAVE: "Eem Negation in AAVE" http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2015/2/18/eem-negation-in-aave 45 comments linguistics
- There's a big problem with mapping word use on Twitter that no one is discussing http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2014/12/24/the-problem-with-twitter-maps 42 comments linguistics
- I delved into the mystery of Maya Glyphs at Chipotle, and this is what I found. http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2014/11/10/language-jones-and-the-temple-ofburritos 33 comments linguistics
- Also as promised, my other research on AAVE: "Semantic Bleaching of Taboo Words, and the Emergence of New Pronouns in AAVE" http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2014/9/18/on-research-and-taboos 77 comments linguistics
- As promised, a post about my recent research on AAVE: "Big Data and Black Twitter." http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2014/9/26/big-data-and-black-twitter 36 comments linguistics
- A short piece I wrote on truncations like "Obvs." Hopefully you all like it. http://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2014/5/26/obvs-is-phonological-and-its-totes-legit 25 comments linguistics