SLA Fall Open Forum
Dear SLA members and friends, The SLA Executive Board in please to invite you to the SLA Fall Open Forum, to be hosted on zoom on Thursday,… Read More »SLA Fall Open Forum
Home »
Blog (hidden)
SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service: Call for Nominations
The submission deadline is October 16, 2020. Created and awarded for the first time by the SLA in 2014, this award honors an SLA member or members for… Read More »SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service: Call for Nominations
Call for Papers, JLA Special Issue on Language and White Supremacy
REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Linguistic Anthropology special issue on LANGUAGE AND WHITE SUPREMACY Guest Editors: Krystal Smalls, Arthur Spears, and Jonathan Rosa (*Revised call for papers… Read More »Call for Papers, JLA Special Issue on Language and White Supremacy
SLA Hardship Grants and Membership Waivers!
Dear Colleagues, The current COVID-19 pandemic has continued to impact our scholarly community in multiple ways. We are particularly aware of and concerned about… Read More »SLA Hardship Grants and Membership Waivers!
“Social Distancing and the Cultural Semiotics of Contact”
By Luke Fleming and James Slotta In the images and stories of families that have been separated by the spread of coronavirus, we have some… Read More »“Social Distancing and the Cultural Semiotics of Contact”
“Code-Switching and Standardizing Singlish”
Image, top: taglines and artwork from the 2019 Speak Good English Movement, “Let’s connect. Let’s speak good English.” Image, bottom: screen capture from “Code-Switching” by… Read More »“Code-Switching and Standardizing Singlish”
SLA Conference Postponed Until Spring 2021!!
Dear SLA 2020 Registrants and SLA Membership, As the COVID-19 health and economic crises continue in the US, I wanted to be in touch… Read More »SLA Conference Postponed Until Spring 2021!!
Urgent! SLA Secretary Treasurer Nominations!
Dear SLA Colleagues, Greetings! We are writing to encourage you to consider nominating yourself for the open SLA position of Secretary-Treasurer in the 2020 AAA elections. If you are… Read More »Urgent! SLA Secretary Treasurer Nominations!
SLA Spring 2020 Conference Promotional Video
Dear All, Please check out this video composed by the devoted undergraduate marketing team at U.C. Boulder to promote the SLA 2020 Spring Conference! promotional video
“Subtitled Dreams”
By Chu May Paing I dream about the day when I am no longer praised for my “well-articulated” thoughts. The week before the Reading Week… Read More »“Subtitled Dreams”
Society for Linguistic Anthropology 2020 Undergraduate Essay Contest
Every year the Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) confers an award for a distinguished undergraduate research paper. The selected winner will be given a cash award,… Read More »Society for Linguistic Anthropology 2020 Undergraduate Essay Contest
2020 John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize
Deadline: February 1, 2020 The Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) announces the John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize competition. Each year the Society for… Read More »2020 John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize
SLA 2020 Abstract Submission Deadline Pushed Back!
Please be advised that the deadline for the SLA 2020 Spring conference has been pushed back from December 2nd, to December 16th. See the updated information on… Read More »SLA 2020 Abstract Submission Deadline Pushed Back!
Syllabus: Language, Race, and Identity in the United States Today
Language, Race, and Identity in the United States Today GESM 130g – Seminar in Social Analysis – 35427R University of Southern California Hebrew Union College… Read More »Syllabus: Language, Race, and Identity in the United States Today
Adam Hodges’s 2019 “Words & Power” column on Anthropology News
Link to Adam Hodges’s 2019 “Words & Power” column on Anthropology News. http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/category/opinion/words-and-power/
When Words Trump Politics: Resisting a Hostile Regime of Language by Adam Hodges (SUP, 2019)
Book information from Stanford University Press: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=32097 Trumpism has not only ushered in a new political regime, but also a new regime of language—one that… Read More »When Words Trump Politics: Resisting a Hostile Regime of Language by Adam Hodges (SUP, 2019)
Charles Goodwin – Co-constructing meaning in conversations with a man with severe aphasia
Co-Construcing Meaning in Conversations with a Man with Severe Aphasia. A video produced by National Center for Neurogenic communication Disorders Telerounds. February 28, 1996 in… Read More »Charles Goodwin – Co-constructing meaning in conversations with a man with severe aphasia
SLA Panels at AAA/CASCAA in Vancouver!
Please click the link below to see a complete list of SLA panels at this year’s AAA/CASCAA Meetings in Vancouver: SLA panels at 2019 AAA/CASCAA… Read More »SLA Panels at AAA/CASCAA in Vancouver!
“Teaching to Advance Social Justice”
Author with students and community partners at course event By Lynnette Arnold At the start of every semester, I find myself pondering again the significance… Read More »“Teaching to Advance Social Justice”
Updated Information Re. SLA 2020 Conference
Please review the updated submission information here for the most current information about the SLA 2020 conference. Submission information The submission portal is now open. Abstracts are due… Read More »Updated Information Re. SLA 2020 Conference