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We congratulate Marissa Morgan on being awarded the UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center's Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Award for her project “Kings, Ancestors, Deities, and Diaspora: A Short Documentary of the One-Year Enstoolment Anniversary of the Ahwerewamhene”. Congrats Marissa!
February 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We congratulate Marissa Morgan on being awarded the UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center's Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Award for her project “Kings, Ancestors, Deities, and Diaspora: A Short Documentary of the One-Year Enstoolment Anniversary of the Ahwerewamhene”. Congrats Marissa!
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED!
The 27th Language Interaction and Social Organization (LISO) conference will be May 23–24, and the symposium on May 25. Submission deadline is now January 31st!
Conf website: liso.ucsb.edu/conferences
Submissions: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
The 27th Language Interaction and Social Organization (LISO) conference will be May 23–24, and the symposium on May 25. Submission deadline is now January 31st!
Conf website: liso.ucsb.edu/conferences
Submissions: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
January 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED!
The 27th Language Interaction and Social Organization (LISO) conference will be May 23–24, and the symposium on May 25. Submission deadline is now January 31st!
Conf website: liso.ucsb.edu/conferences
Submissions: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
The 27th Language Interaction and Social Organization (LISO) conference will be May 23–24, and the symposium on May 25. Submission deadline is now January 31st!
Conf website: liso.ucsb.edu/conferences
Submissions: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
🚨 Announcing the 27th Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL 27)!
May 2-3, 2025
Abstract deadline: December 31, 2024
Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese
See wailconference.org for more
May 2-3, 2025
Abstract deadline: December 31, 2024
Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese
See wailconference.org for more
November 15, 2024 at 10:35 PM
🚨 Announcing the 27th Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL 27)!
May 2-3, 2025
Abstract deadline: December 31, 2024
Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese
See wailconference.org for more
May 2-3, 2025
Abstract deadline: December 31, 2024
Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese
See wailconference.org for more
important summer time science, friends
Help with my coloring book & tell me if a pineapple + these 7 other things are more bouba or more kiki!
Take the survey: forms.gle/df8ZsJw9QGGv...
Take the survey: forms.gle/df8ZsJw9QGGv...
August 9, 2024 at 11:48 PM
important summer time science, friends
New paper from Eric W. Campbell: 'Constituency in Zenzontepec Chatino.' Read it here! tinyurl.com/mvene666
August 9, 2024 at 11:48 PM
New paper from Eric W. Campbell: 'Constituency in Zenzontepec Chatino.' Read it here! tinyurl.com/mvene666
New paper out by A Ventayol-Boada, J Cano, CH Martínez, EW Campbell-- "Digital free-to-use technologies for language maintenance in California’s Central Coast Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) diaspora", in Living Languages. openpublishing.library.umass.edu/livinglangua...
Digital free-to-use technologies for language maintenance in California's Central Coast Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) diaspora
The latest developments in digital technology over the last two decades have dramatically changed the way we communicate, interact, and disseminate information. For Indigenous and endangered languages...
openpublishing.library.umass.edu
July 12, 2024 at 6:02 PM
New paper out by A Ventayol-Boada, J Cano, CH Martínez, EW Campbell-- "Digital free-to-use technologies for language maintenance in California’s Central Coast Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) diaspora", in Living Languages. openpublishing.library.umass.edu/livinglangua...
New paper from Georgia Troiani, John Du Bois, and Andrey Filchenko: "Corpus as a slice of life" ricl.aelinco.es/first-view/3...
ricl.aelinco.es
July 3, 2024 at 4:18 PM
New paper from Georgia Troiani, John Du Bois, and Andrey Filchenko: "Corpus as a slice of life" ricl.aelinco.es/first-view/3...
We endorse this message from friend-of-the-department William Wang (UCSB Computer Science) and colleagues: "Hire a Linguist!: Learning Endangered Languages
in LLMs with In-Context Linguistic Descriptions" lileicc.github.io/pubs/zhang20...
in LLMs with In-Context Linguistic Descriptions" lileicc.github.io/pubs/zhang20...
lileicc.github.io
July 3, 2024 at 4:15 PM
We endorse this message from friend-of-the-department William Wang (UCSB Computer Science) and colleagues: "Hire a Linguist!: Learning Endangered Languages
in LLMs with In-Context Linguistic Descriptions" lileicc.github.io/pubs/zhang20...
in LLMs with In-Context Linguistic Descriptions" lileicc.github.io/pubs/zhang20...
New paper alert! 'Phrase boundaries lacking word prosody: An articulatory investigation of Seoul Korean'-- by Jiyoung Jang & Argyro Katsika. Now out in JASA! pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art...
June 4, 2024 at 10:13 PM
New paper alert! 'Phrase boundaries lacking word prosody: An articulatory investigation of Seoul Korean'-- by Jiyoung Jang & Argyro Katsika. Now out in JASA! pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art...
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@improvingpsych.bsky.social's #SIPS2024 is bound to be even more invigorating than usual, which is saying a lot - it's my favorite conference!
If you're feeling FOMO, sign up for the online conference before June 12! Registration is only $10-50; there are waivers.
www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2024/
If you're feeling FOMO, sign up for the online conference before June 12! Registration is only $10-50; there are waivers.
www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2024/
June 4, 2024 at 5:57 PM
@improvingpsych.bsky.social's #SIPS2024 is bound to be even more invigorating than usual, which is saying a lot - it's my favorite conference!
If you're feeling FOMO, sign up for the online conference before June 12! Registration is only $10-50; there are waivers.
www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2024/
If you're feeling FOMO, sign up for the online conference before June 12! Registration is only $10-50; there are waivers.
www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2024/
New paper by alumn Jazmine Exford 'Racialized Sociolinguistic Processes in the Spanish Learning Journeys of Non-Latinxs in the U.S.' www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/...
Racialized Sociolinguistic Processes in the Spanish Learning Journeys of Non-Latinxs in the U.S.
Sociolinguistic frameworks of race have not been widely applied to non-Latinx Spanish learners in the United States. Consequently, there is limited insight into the impact of race on different learner...
www.mdpi.com
May 30, 2024 at 3:50 PM
New paper by alumn Jazmine Exford 'Racialized Sociolinguistic Processes in the Spanish Learning Journeys of Non-Latinxs in the U.S.' www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/...
Final colloquium of the quarter is today! Our own Adrienne Tsikewa will present on 'Making up words: Zunglish and language ideologies', which focuses on Zuni and English mixing from a translanguaging perspective. Today, May 30, at 3:30 in SH3605.
May 30, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Final colloquium of the quarter is today! Our own Adrienne Tsikewa will present on 'Making up words: Zunglish and language ideologies', which focuses on Zuni and English mixing from a translanguaging perspective. Today, May 30, at 3:30 in SH3605.
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Join me and others for our upcoming Unconference on pedagogy in #phonetics (applicable to #linguistics more broadly, and probably other subjects as well!)
10 June at the University of York
Registration is free but spaces are limited!
www.york.ac.uk/language/new...
10 June at the University of York
Registration is free but spaces are limited!
www.york.ac.uk/language/new...
Phonetics/Phonology Unconference on Pedagogy (Phon-UP) - Language and Linguistic Science, University of York
Our department is pleased to host the second Phonetics/Phonology Unconference on Pedagogy (Phon-UP) on June 10th.
www.york.ac.uk
May 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Join me and others for our upcoming Unconference on pedagogy in #phonetics (applicable to #linguistics more broadly, and probably other subjects as well!)
10 June at the University of York
Registration is free but spaces are limited!
www.york.ac.uk/language/new...
10 June at the University of York
Registration is free but spaces are limited!
www.york.ac.uk/language/new...
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Interested in the unmaking of binaries in language & gender? Eric & I would like to invite you to join a collaborative, conversational working session on #RedoingLinguisticWorlds at the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference krisknisely.com/rlw2 Interest form due 9 June Please share widely!
RLW2: Call for workshop participants — Kris Aric Knisely, Ph.D.
krisknisely.com
May 29, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Interested in the unmaking of binaries in language & gender? Eric & I would like to invite you to join a collaborative, conversational working session on #RedoingLinguisticWorlds at the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference krisknisely.com/rlw2 Interest form due 9 June Please share widely!
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Tenure stream position in German sociolinguistics at Michigan State University! Language and culture (e.g., applied ling, socioling, social perspectives on SLA). Application review begins 8/25. Position starts 8/16/25. Please share this opportunity widely with your networks! 🐦🐦
MSU Careers Details - Ast/Asc Professor - Tenure System
careers.msu.edu
May 29, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Tenure stream position in German sociolinguistics at Michigan State University! Language and culture (e.g., applied ling, socioling, social perspectives on SLA). Application review begins 8/25. Position starts 8/16/25. Please share this opportunity widely with your networks! 🐦🐦
Colloquium today, 5/16 at 3:30 in SH3605. Delivered by our own Guillem Belmar Viernes: 'Social justice, intelligibility, and interpretation in the Mixtec diaspora in California'. We're looking forward to it ❤️!
May 16, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Colloquium today, 5/16 at 3:30 in SH3605. Delivered by our own Guillem Belmar Viernes: 'Social justice, intelligibility, and interpretation in the Mixtec diaspora in California'. We're looking forward to it ❤️!
Posting on behalf of the blueskyless Marina Zhukova: 'do you use emoji 😀? do you live in the US🇺🇸 ?if so, please participate in our study of how emoji affect the interpretation of messages and take a short (10 min) survey 🧑💻 bit.ly/3Xnz0ew -- repost please! 🙏'
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May 14, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Posting on behalf of the blueskyless Marina Zhukova: 'do you use emoji 😀? do you live in the US🇺🇸 ?if so, please participate in our study of how emoji affect the interpretation of messages and take a short (10 min) survey 🧑💻 bit.ly/3Xnz0ew -- repost please! 🙏'
We're excited to be hosting Dr. Megan Burkhardt-Reed (UCLA) for this week's colloquium-- "The Emergence of Language in Infancy: Development and Evolution". Come learn about 👶💬👋 (babies, speaking, and gestures)! SH 3605, Thursday May 9 at 3:30
May 8, 2024 at 5:05 PM
We're excited to be hosting Dr. Megan Burkhardt-Reed (UCLA) for this week's colloquium-- "The Emergence of Language in Infancy: Development and Evolution". Come learn about 👶💬👋 (babies, speaking, and gestures)! SH 3605, Thursday May 9 at 3:30
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Here’s my interview with my local NPR affiliate about ‘Latine’
theshow.kjzz.org/content/1879...
theshow.kjzz.org/content/1879...
Why the term Latinx is out and Latine is in
If you were one of the people who didn’t like the term “Latinx,” there’s another option for you: Latine.They are both gender-neutral terms for people of Latin descent, but Latinx has become
theshow.kjzz.org
May 7, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Here’s my interview with my local NPR affiliate about ‘Latine’
theshow.kjzz.org/content/1879...
theshow.kjzz.org/content/1879...
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This one's for the linguists AND non-linguists: what would you want to learn from a short fact sheet about endangered languages?
What are some key pieces of information that would be useful in learning, teaching, or advocacy? 🐦🐦
What are some key pieces of information that would be useful in learning, teaching, or advocacy? 🐦🐦
May 4, 2024 at 12:10 AM
This one's for the linguists AND non-linguists: what would you want to learn from a short fact sheet about endangered languages?
What are some key pieces of information that would be useful in learning, teaching, or advocacy? 🐦🐦
What are some key pieces of information that would be useful in learning, teaching, or advocacy? 🐦🐦
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Re-upping this again! I'm now especially looking for Canadians, Australians, Aotearoans, and Irish! But also Brits, Americans, and everyone else, too. Please share to people who aren't on Bluesky, too, if you're able.
Hey all! If you didn't get a chance to take this volunteer survey on personal/given names before, now's your chance! The survey has changed slightly (now takes ~30 min). Please repost for broader coverage! #linguistics Science 🧪
research.sc/participant/...
research.sc/participant/...
May 1, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Re-upping this again! I'm now especially looking for Canadians, Australians, Aotearoans, and Irish! But also Brits, Americans, and everyone else, too. Please share to people who aren't on Bluesky, too, if you're able.
it's a colloquium week! tomorrow (Thursday 5/2) Albert Ventayol-Boada will present 'Machine learning methods for grammar description: Insights from Kolyma Yukaghir' SH3605 / 3:30
May 1, 2024 at 5:19 PM
it's a colloquium week! tomorrow (Thursday 5/2) Albert Ventayol-Boada will present 'Machine learning methods for grammar description: Insights from Kolyma Yukaghir' SH3605 / 3:30
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This month we get enthusiastic about what visualizing our vowels tells us about who we are. We commissioned Dr Bethany Gardner to make custom vowel plots for us, like this stylized version of our Wells Lexical Set results.
Check out the episode and see more vowel plots:
lingthusiasm.com/pos...
Check out the episode and see more vowel plots:
lingthusiasm.com/pos...
April 10, 2024 at 5:51 PM
This month we get enthusiastic about what visualizing our vowels tells us about who we are. We commissioned Dr Bethany Gardner to make custom vowel plots for us, like this stylized version of our Wells Lexical Set results.
Check out the episode and see more vowel plots:
lingthusiasm.com/pos...
Check out the episode and see more vowel plots:
lingthusiasm.com/pos...
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The recording is online - @meganfigueroa.bsky.social gave an amazing talk at my university and you should go check it out! It's called "Racism in the Field of Language Development: Evidence from the US". The slides and subtitles are available too!
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
JYU English seminars - 2023-24
Guest seminars in the 2023-24 academic year. Scroll down the page for abstracts.
Series convenor: Dave Sayers. Please send any queries to [email protected].
Shareable short link for this page: http...
r.jyu.fi
April 10, 2024 at 8:04 PM
The recording is online - @meganfigueroa.bsky.social gave an amazing talk at my university and you should go check it out! It's called "Racism in the Field of Language Development: Evidence from the US". The slides and subtitles are available too!
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...