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2026
In a previous post I showed a simple way to control for
language family and area with categorical variables in a
linear mixed model using Python. In a more recent post I
showed how we can plot languag..
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When I began developing the
taggedPBC I needed to
represent all of the roughly 2,000 languages in a similar way,
in order to facilitate comparison. As noted in a previous
post, while the majority of..
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When working with actual language data, one major concern is
how to represent that data. Many times as researchers the
things we want to compare are not equivalent, so we must use
the best approximati..
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2015
This is the final installment of my review of the Hanvon
e920 (PLUS) - you can read Part 1 (my reasoning behind
purchasing it) HERE and Part 2 (how I got it and changed the
language mode) HERE. In..
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This is Part 2 of my review of the Hanvon e920 e-reader (mine
is the PLUS version, which I think is the second generation),
Part 1 of which is HERE. When we left off I was describing my
reasoning for ..
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The last year has been quite busy - I completed my PhD, got
hired on a 1-year contract as a postdoctoral Research Fellow,
and have since returned to India and done many other things.
Needless to say, ..
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2014
Signs on a protest barrier. Protest at Central. Hong Kong
street. After the Philippines I spent a couple of days in
Singapore to relax, and the next stop was Hong Kong. My friend
Matt and I had the of..
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I haven’t had much time for blogging recently, since it’s
crunch time on my thesis. I was working even on the brief
holiday (that’s ‘vacation’ for all you Americans) I took to
the US for my brother’s ..
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So my team did not make it through to the next round. They
played a good game against Portugal last night, but it just
wasn’t good enough. Too much ball control, not enough
finishing power. A ton of m..
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