What makes airline customers (un)happy?

The (perceived) quality of human interaction matters more than perks and infrastructure.

Has John Oliver's speech become faster?

Has John's way of speaking become faster? Yes, by a lot. Over 11 seasons, John's speech has accelerated from 150 to 180 words per minute.

The two meanings of 'must' are phonetically different words

English 'must' has two meanings: do they differ in phonetic properties? They actually do substantially — to the point of assuming they are different words.

Collostructions for R

R package for pattern analyses of co-occurring words and constructions. Runs 10x faster compared to alternative implementations, provides 18 association measures instead of 4, and produces cleaner output for easier interpretation and within-project pipelining.

Linguistic Data in Excel (Tutorial)

23 clips on how to use Excel for Data Analysis in Linguistics for users of Excel with no experience. Part of a three module course for Data Analysis for Linguists & Social Scientists used in flipped classroom training.

Flexible verbs like quirky grammar

Which factors predict the likelihood of verbs occurring in a quirky construction which is not their typical environment? tl;dr — greater general flexibility is related to greater productivity in unusual syntax - beyond pure semantic factors.