The Making of the AAA Meetings
This year’s AAA meetings have the highest number of registrants on record. As one of the student assistants on the Executive Program Committee, the level… Read More »The Making of the AAA Meetings
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Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #10
Rounding Up the Web It seems to be common practice among bloggers, at least among academic ones, to summarize interesting items from recent online texts.… Read More »Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #10
Introducing Lindsay Bell, Graduate Student Representative
Short bio for Lindsay Bell, the SLA’s graduate student representative
South African languages
About the vuvuzela term: first, the suffix -ela is an “applicative” extension in isiZulu. The suffix “ela” means “an action… performed for, on behalf of,… Read More »South African languages
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #9
This week’s Roundup comes from the sports department.
Caster Semenya, gender tests, and bodies out of place
Sumo scandal
World Cup woo woo
North American English Dialect Survey
From Claire Bowern:
Some colleagues at the University of Auckland and I are conducting a survey on North American English and trialling the use of… Read More »North American English Dialect Survey
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #8
Taping marriages One of the most frequent uses of linguistic anthropology is to help us understand how people in marriages communicate with each other. Article… Read More »Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #8
Idioms are hard
Carl-Henric Svanberg, the chairman of BP, has apparently upset some Americans with his reference to “the small people.” My first reaction when I heard Svanberg’s… Read More »Idioms are hard
Deadline extended for SLA Annual Student Paper Prizes
Dear SLA Colleagues, I’m posting this message on behalf of my fellow SLA Executive Committee Member at Large, Jillian Cavanaugh, who is organizing this year’s… Read More »Deadline extended for SLA Annual Student Paper Prizes
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #7
Arizona on Our Minds Arizona lawmakers have been on our minds, recently. In Roundup #5, Leila talked about their ban on ethnic studies classes and… Read More »Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #7
University of Arizona Department of Linguistics’ letter to state lawmakers
The Arizona Department of Education is asking school districts to remove teachers who speak “heavily accented or ungrammatical” English from classrooms where students are learning… Read More »University of Arizona Department of Linguistics’ letter to state lawmakers
Letter to the Census Bureau
On May 27, AAA President Virginia Dominguez sent a letter to the Census Bureau regarding its language questions and classifications, which you can find through… Read More »Letter to the Census Bureau
Linguistic anthropology roundup #6
In this edition of our bi-weekly Roundup: the satirical journal Speculative Grammarian tackles fieldwork; the Muscogee (Creek) Nation is discussing a resolution condemning Arizona’s new… Read More »Linguistic anthropology roundup #6
Join the Linganth List!
All Society for Linguistic Anthropology members and anyone interested in language and culture issues is invited to join the Linganth E-mail list. The Linganth List… Read More »Join the Linganth List!
SLA President announces new JLA editors
On behalf of the SLA Executive Committee and the JLA editorship, I’m very pleased to announce the appointment of the incoming JLA editorial team for… Read More »SLA President announces new JLA editors
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #5
Fifth linguistic anthropology roundup, by Leila Monaghan
Linguistic Diversity
Linguistic diversity has been in the news in the last few weeks in a couple of… Read More »Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #5
Nova Publishers
This morning I received two separate emails from Nova Publishers inviting me to contribute to upcoming books.
After several minutes of reflection, I have decided… Read More »Nova Publishers
Refreshingly careful definitions of “Socialism”
The word socialism seems to be much in vogue in the United States recently, primarily as an epithet for one’s political opponents, especially for representatives… Read More »Refreshingly careful definitions of “Socialism”
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #4
Fourth linguistic anthropology roundup, written by Alex Enkerli
Sign Linguistics courses 3L Summer School in Leiden: 5 – 9 July 2010
The International Summer School on Language Documentation and Description will be held in July 2010 in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #3
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #3
The Boston Globe’s “The Word”, Conversations with Ron Scollon, Monkeys with Internet Access, Voting Osage, and more
Language Related TV Tropes
In a followup to my post from last week about the language section in the Snopes database of online myths and hoaxes, I’d like to… Read More »Language Related TV Tropes
Publisher Discounts on SLA Website
Oxford and Elsevier offer discounts to SLA members.
Celso Alvarez Caccamo on Catalan Language Policies
Celso Alvarez Caccamo had such an interesting response to my first roundup that I have pasted it in full so anyone seeing the blog will… Read More »Celso Alvarez Caccamo on Catalan Language Policies
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #2: Our Man at the Times, Ben Zimmer
A special edition of the Linguistic Anthropology Roundup to introduce, Ben Zimmer, a Chicago-trained linguistic anthropologist, linguist and lexicographer who was just appointed as the… Read More »Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #2: Our Man at the Times, Ben Zimmer
Language Myths in Your Inbox
NPR has a nice profile of the couple which runs Snopes.com. Having long ago convinced most of my contacts to stop forwarding chain e-mails, I… Read More »Language Myths in Your Inbox
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #1
Welcome to the inaugural Society for Linguistic Anthropology Roundup Blogpost that will briefly summarize some of the current interesting linguistic anthropology related materials available on… Read More »Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #1
Wyoming Language, Culture and History Conference
We got so many interesting paper proposals that we have extended the conference for an extra half day so we could fit them all in.… Read More »Wyoming Language, Culture and History Conference
Accent, Race, and Social Preferences
A piece in Scientific American Mind called “Accents Trump Skin Color” reviews work by Katherine Kinzler and colleagues suggesting that, for young children, accent is… Read More »Accent, Race, and Social Preferences
Basic Color Terms + Gender Stereotypes
The perfect cartoon for teaching Deborah Cameron and Berlin and Kay
Study the life and culture of the Highland Maya (Deadline: March 26, 2010)
Ethnographic Field School in Highlan Guatemala 6 undergraduate credits in anthropology May 25–July 8, 2010 (two days on-campus, six weeks abroad) Maury Hutcheson, Ph.D. [email protected]… Read More »Study the life and culture of the Highland Maya (Deadline: March 26, 2010)
CFP Volunteer Session AAA 2010: “Circulate-able” Selves
CFP Volunteer Session AAA 2010: How We Formulate “Circulate-able” Selves: Introductions as a Social and Political Discourse Genre. Send to Nathaniel Dumas by March 15th,… Read More »CFP Volunteer Session AAA 2010: “Circulate-able” Selves
Toyota and Japanese orthography
A radio quiz program suggested that Toyota uses a character written with eight strokes, while Toyoda uses one with ten, and that eight is a… Read More »Toyota and Japanese orthography
Logo Contest (Deadline: May 1, 2010)
In order to form a more perfect Society for Linguistic Anthropology and provide the SLA with a recognizable visual identity, we would like to have… Read More »Logo Contest (Deadline: May 1, 2010)
CFP AAA: Circulating Discourses of Past and Present: Linguistic Anthropology and History
History traditionally was part of linguistic anthropology but in more recent years much of the focus of the field has been on close analysis of… Read More »CFP AAA: Circulating Discourses of Past and Present: Linguistic Anthropology and History
An orphan by any other name…?
I know very little about adoption practices in Haiti, and all I know about events in that country since the earthquake last January I have… Read More »An orphan by any other name…?
AAA 2010: SLA Call for Invited Sessions
AAA 2010: SLA Call for Invited Sessions
SLA Call for Invited Sessions
It’s that time of year again: The Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) invites your submissions for the American Anthropological Association’s 2010 Annual Meeting, to be… Read More »SLA Call for Invited Sessions
Code switching and language alternation
A colleague writes to ask:
I read your article ‘Code Switching’ in Sociocultural Linguistics. What I wonder is [why] you didn’t write something about the… Read More »Code switching and language alternation
Web Guru Intro: Alex Enkerli
Now that we’re getting deeper into 2010 and some dust has settled, it might be a good opportunity for me to introduce myself to you.… Read More »Web Guru Intro: Alex Enkerli
Language, Culture and History Conference
Language, Culture and History conference
Call for Papers, Abstracts due March 1
Official Website: http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/anthropology/info.asp?p=19234
Department of Anthropology
Co-sponsored by the journal Ethnohistory
University of… Read More »Language, Culture and History Conference
Potential Search for a Linguistic Anthropologist
The Department of Anthropology at Georgia State University seeks nominations for a linguistic anthropologist at the rank of assistant or associate professor to join a… Read More »Potential Search for a Linguistic Anthropologist
Grad student SLA representative to AAA Student Rep Caucus [Update: Found]
[Update: a student representative has been found] The AAA is creating a Student Representative Caucus and wishes to include representatives from the various sections. Although… Read More »Grad student SLA representative to AAA Student Rep Caucus [Update: Found]
Opening: Editor for Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (Deadline extended to Jan. 25)
We are now seeking nominations and applications for a new editor (or editorial team) for JLA.
Joint Call for Papers for Society for Linguistic Anthropology and Council on Anthropology and Education
Charting Multilingual Confluences within Education Eric Johnson (ejj AT tricity.wsu.edu) Building on the “Circulation” theme for the 2010 AAA meetings, the committee on Multicultural and… Read More »Joint Call for Papers for Society for Linguistic Anthropology and Council on Anthropology and Education
Curriculum and syllabus workshop (proposals due March 1, 2010)
CWA would like to work with sections to co-present a collaborative workshop at the 2010 annual meetings on World Anthropologies Curriculum and Syllabus Development.
International scholarship competition (proposals due January 10, 2010)
The Commission on World Anthropologies (CWA) is seeking proposals from sections for invited sessions featuring the participation of international scholars at the 2010 AAA annual… Read More »International scholarship competition (proposals due January 10, 2010)
Economist on the World’s Hardest Language
The Economist picks Tuyuca, an Eastern Amazon language as the world’s hardest language for its 50-140 noun classes http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108609 (Thanks to Alexander King and Sierra… Read More »Economist on the World’s Hardest Language
A quick overview of sign languages
Basic Background:
Sign languages are different from both spoken languages and from each other. There is no universal sign language. Because Deaf people can’t hear… Read More »A quick overview of sign languages
Constructed languages on film
According to Ben Zimmer, various aliens in Star Wars spoke Quechua, one of the most widely spoken indigenous languages in South America, and Haya, a… Read More »Constructed languages on film