{"id":2529,"date":"2022-05-24T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2022-05-24T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:22:43","slug":"kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Syrett quoted in <em>The New Yorker<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Kristen Syrett was quoted recently in an article in The New Yorker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/rabbit-holes\/the-twitter-account-that-collects-awkward-amusing-writing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Twitter Account That Collects Awkward, Amusing Writing<\/a> by Naaman Zhou.<\/p>\n<p>The article talks about the Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/secondmentions\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@secondmentions<\/a>, which documents the ways writers use colorful but often awkward prose to describe something that had already been mentioned previously. Prof. Syrett was interviewed for the article to explain how these interesting second mentions come about to avoid the repeated-name penalty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Kristen Syrett was quoted recently in an article in The New Yorker: The Twitter Account That Collects Awkward, Amusing Writing by Naaman Zhou. The article talks about the Twitter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1519,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kristen Syrett quoted in The New Yorker - Linguistics Graduate Students Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kristen Syrett quoted in The New Yorker - Linguistics Graduate Students Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prof. Kristen Syrett was quoted recently in an article in The New Yorker: The Twitter Account That Collects Awkward, Amusing Writing by Naaman Zhou. The article talks about the Twitter &hellip; Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Linguistics Graduate Students Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-24T13:38:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-24T14:22:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"G\u00e9rard Avelino\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"G\u00e9rard Avelino\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/\",\"name\":\"Kristen Syrett quoted in The New Yorker - Linguistics Graduate Students Association\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-24T13:38:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-24T14:22:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd0f54fe3553d2ae4002231829585990\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kristen Syrett quoted in The New Yorker\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/\",\"name\":\"Linguistics Graduate Students Association\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd0f54fe3553d2ae4002231829585990\",\"name\":\"G\u00e9rard Avelino\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98320c05b5a85c5c18571c2acc24fd02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98320c05b5a85c5c18571c2acc24fd02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"G\u00e9rard Avelino\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/author\/gfa15\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kristen Syrett quoted in The New Yorker - Linguistics Graduate Students Association","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kristen Syrett quoted in The New Yorker - Linguistics Graduate Students Association","og_description":"Prof. Kristen Syrett was quoted recently in an article in The New Yorker: The Twitter Account That Collects Awkward, Amusing Writing by Naaman Zhou. The article talks about the Twitter &hellip; Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/","og_site_name":"Linguistics Graduate Students Association","article_published_time":"2022-05-24T13:38:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-24T14:22:43+00:00","author":"G\u00e9rard Avelino","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"G\u00e9rard Avelino"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/","name":"Kristen Syrett quoted in The New Yorker - Linguistics Graduate Students Association","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-05-24T13:38:18+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-24T14:22:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd0f54fe3553d2ae4002231829585990"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-new-yorker\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kristen Syrett quoted in The New Yorker"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/","name":"Linguistics Graduate Students Association","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#\/schema\/person\/cd0f54fe3553d2ae4002231829585990","name":"G\u00e9rard Avelino","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98320c05b5a85c5c18571c2acc24fd02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98320c05b5a85c5c18571c2acc24fd02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"G\u00e9rard Avelino"},"url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/author\/gfa15\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2543,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}