John Mansfield
@johnbasil.bsky.social
my job is just LANGUAGING
my understanding of semantics comes from Guess Who
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
my understanding of semantics comes from Guess Who
Our Anthropological Linguistics group at Uni Zurich has a webpage now:
www.isle.uzh.ch/en/AnthroL.h...
www.isle.uzh.ch/en/AnthroL.h...
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our Anthropological Linguistics group at Uni Zurich has a webpage now:
www.isle.uzh.ch/en/AnthroL.h...
www.isle.uzh.ch/en/AnthroL.h...
current advertising campaign in Switzerland:
"Lesen macht sexy" = "Reading makes (you) sexy."
www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...
"Lesen macht sexy" = "Reading makes (you) sexy."
www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
current advertising campaign in Switzerland:
"Lesen macht sexy" = "Reading makes (you) sexy."
www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...
"Lesen macht sexy" = "Reading makes (you) sexy."
www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...
We all have our moment
April 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We all have our moment
Enough of this image-mongery!
April 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Enough of this image-mongery!
Gerald Murnane, Inland
February 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Gerald Murnane, Inland
Just going down to the shop for some viral chocolate
January 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Just going down to the shop for some viral chocolate
Quite a few neighbourhood koalas in Adelaide hills, but still you can here my niece asking, „Do koalas live in this world?“
January 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Quite a few neighbourhood koalas in Adelaide hills, but still you can here my niece asking, „Do koalas live in this world?“
the Terrible Maps account has discovered Germanic
and popular fascination with colexification
and popular fascination with colexification
December 20, 2024 at 11:37 AM
the Terrible Maps account has discovered Germanic
and popular fascination with colexification
and popular fascination with colexification
the title may not set everybody’s heart beating, but this is packed with grammatical goodies. Could be an unexpected stocking-filler
December 14, 2024 at 4:27 PM
the title may not set everybody’s heart beating, but this is packed with grammatical goodies. Could be an unexpected stocking-filler
Somehow menacing train sign
November 28, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Somehow menacing train sign
come study counting systems, its fun!
(Dwyer & Minnegal 2016)
(Dwyer & Minnegal 2016)
November 11, 2024 at 8:41 AM
come study counting systems, its fun!
(Dwyer & Minnegal 2016)
(Dwyer & Minnegal 2016)
An appropriate ending to a short elicitation session
August 24, 2024 at 7:47 AM
An appropriate ending to a short elicitation session
Repost with your first crush.
August 24, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Repost with your first crush.
Thankyou to the Berik people for a lovely first visit to their land. Me and my friends from University Cenderawasih enjoyed the hospitality and learning about the Berik language. We hope to see you again!
August 16, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Thankyou to the Berik people for a lovely first visit to their land. Me and my friends from University Cenderawasih enjoyed the hospitality and learning about the Berik language. We hope to see you again!
“Only eat here at the place YA GUYS, you can’t carry it home”
August 11, 2024 at 4:37 AM
“Only eat here at the place YA GUYS, you can’t carry it home”
Come visit Australia!
July 15, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Come visit Australia!
(Swiss) German dog signs use 1st or 2nd person. An important sociolinguistic finding.
July 7, 2024 at 6:40 PM
(Swiss) German dog signs use 1st or 2nd person. An important sociolinguistic finding.
Do you have any favourite visualisations in linguistics?
I like this visualisation of the English "noun" category from Crystal 1967 (even though it can take a while to decipher, and has at least one typo)
I like this visualisation of the English "noun" category from Crystal 1967 (even though it can take a while to decipher, and has at least one typo)
March 25, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Do you have any favourite visualisations in linguistics?
I like this visualisation of the English "noun" category from Crystal 1967 (even though it can take a while to decipher, and has at least one typo)
I like this visualisation of the English "noun" category from Crystal 1967 (even though it can take a while to decipher, and has at least one typo)
This sign is useful if you want to go to ZURICH
December 5, 2023 at 8:59 AM
This sign is useful if you want to go to ZURICH
publishing in linguistics journals
November 6, 2023 at 3:46 PM
publishing in linguistics journals
There are few things as cute as little European toy trains
October 26, 2023 at 9:18 AM
There are few things as cute as little European toy trains
Multilinguals, what’s this saying?
October 7, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Multilinguals, what’s this saying?