linguist, experimental work on meaning (lexical semantics), language use, representation, learning, constructionist usage-based approach, Princeton U https://adele.scholar.princeton.edu/publications/topic https://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mya7ekqi2s24👇 This book provides a highly plausible, thoroughly entertaining and deeply satisfying account of how human communication may have emerged 200,000 years ago. No blurb can do it justice https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300289200/?tag=yaleunivpres-2019 Oct 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya7ekqi2s24https://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mxhcjqwenk2nboth sad* and happy** to see this * for him and others subjected to it ** that this is getting a lot of attention 1/2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ahdAH5OOA&t=221s09 Oct 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxhcjqwenk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mwqb5pt3a22tEnjoy! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/in-n-out-burger-luca-opperman-spatula.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFE.SDbO.-q1MLPb3A1Tw&smid=bs-share30 Sep 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqb5pt3a22thttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mwmbhrfats2dI appreciate people who publish one good paper a year. Thank you to the moderates.28 Sep 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmbhrfats2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mwlxfzuat22e"there was no evidence of rule-learning in 30 of the 31 contributed samples" Maybe cognition does not start w/ symbolic rule-learning after all [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlxfzuat22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mwld24hy6k2yFeeling profoundly lucky to have had to read carefully, write stuff that took time, learn modern stats I wouldn't have had the self-discipline to do it if I could have relied on AI since HS I fear a whole lot of researchers are going to suffer appropriately from imposter syndrome in the future28 Sep 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwld24hy6k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mwlai7jxec2ymuch of my blue is your green 🌀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlai7jxec2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mwdo2mqvyc2w“Hello Pia [Klemp], I’ve read about your story in the papers. You sound like a badass,” he wrote. “I am an artist from the UK and I’ve made some work about the migrant crisis, obviously I can’t keep the money. Could you use it to buy a new boat or something? Please let me know. Well done. Banksy.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdo2mqvyc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mvs5f5kc7s2tGenocide is the right word. it's beyond horrific https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/opinion/israel-naza-movie-documentary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFE.P7nX.8GsO74jBRsH-&smid=bs-share18 Sep 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvs5f5kc7s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/adelegoldberg.bsky.social/post/3mvnabnkyks2yvery cool! Once their world extends beyond primary colors & shapes in a matrix to one w/ realistic scenes and situations incl social dynamics, will be esp cool to see how they extend meanings in new contexts, and ultimately develop a full range of constructions, almost as if they don't need UG [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:b2qqkqqoodnbfohnzlfnazel/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnabnkyks2y