Bilingual Interactions: A conversation borrowed from the Linganth e-mail list. Thanks to all the participants! Q: What do you/we call it when a conversation unfolds… Read More »Asymmetric/unreciprocal/receptive/non-accommodating bilingualism
The Executive Board of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology is seeking someone who will serve as a member of the Nominations Committee of the SLA.… Read More »SLA Nominations Committee
The SLA seeks an SLA member to succeed Leila Monaghan as Digital Content Editor of the SLA website when she steps down by the end… Read More »SLA Position opening: Digital Content Editor
SLA Column for May 2011 Mark Allen Peterson and James Stanlaw Linguistic Moments in the Movies, Part VII By Mark Allen Peterson (Miami U) It’s… Read More »SLA Anthro News Column
Below is a list of the top 20 most downloaded articles from Journal of Linguistic Anthropology during 2010. Thanks to Wiley-Blackwell for supplying this information.… Read More »Journal of Linguistic Anthropology Top Articles
I’m very pleased to announce that in the spring balloting, SLA member and former SLA Treasurer Monica Heller was elected Vice-President and President-Elect of the… Read More »SLA Members Elected to AAA Offices
This piece does not reflect the official opinion of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, its officers or its individual members. The Linguistic Society of America’s… Read More »Code of ethics for forensic linguistics
This piece does not reflect the official opinion of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, its officers or its individual members. One of the most important… Read More »Language Links #3
This post does not reflect the official opinions of the SLA, its officers or individual members. I thought this call for papers was interesting as… Read More »Call for Papers: Computational Models of Narrative
This post does not reflect the official opinions of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, the SLA Blog or individual members of the SLA. From: Aaron… Read More »Response to Language Links #2
I’m pleased to announce the results of the recent balloting for SLA offices. Paul Kroskrity was voted President-elect, a two year term after which he… Read More »SLA Election Results
These comments do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of the Society of Linguistic Anthropology, its officers or individual members. In the June 24, 2011… Read More »Language Links #2
From Jillian Cavanaugh (SLA Executive Committee Member at Large and organizer of this year’s competition): Dear SLA Colleagues, On behalf of the SLA Executive Committee,… Read More »SLA Undergraduate Paper Contest
Last week, after years of urging, the Census Bureau released this statement: In response to concerns expressed by data user groups, the Census Bureau decided… Read More »Combatting Linguistic Inaccuracies in the Census
This is the first of columns listing links in the news connected to language. These links do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Society… Read More »Language Links #1
Recently some scholars in language acquisition and education have posted links on Facebook to the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (henceforth CCFC), which is… Read More »Marketing language abilities
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology – Volume 21, Issue 1 – June 2011 – Wiley Online Library. Currently in Free Access Articles Textual Iconicity and the… Read More »Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 21(1)
The SLA is calling for applications for registration waivers for participants in next year’s Annual Meetings in Montreal. The SLA will have one waiver to… Read More »Call for Section Assembly Meeting Registration Waiver Applications
Dear Linguistic Anthropologists, It’s that time of year again: The Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) invites your submissions for the American Anthropological Association’s 2011 Annual… Read More »Call for Sessions: 2011 Annual Meeting of the AAA
Forty Years After: Tidemarks, Legacies and Futures of Research on Language Contact This year marks forty years since the publication of Pidginization and Creolization of… Read More »Call for papers, AAA 2011: Language Contact