William Leap August 13, 2018 William Leap is retiring after being a professor of anthropology at American University for 46 years. Ilana Gershon asks him… Read More »William Leap’s Reflections upon Retirement
Saoirse Ronan tries to teach Stephen Colbert to speak English with an Irish accent. Separately, Jim McCloskey discusses the Irish language on The World.
Aaron Ansell of Anthropology News investigates language ideology and the US Supreme Court with a look at recent decisions related to campaign spending and First Amendment rights, “Auctioning American Democracy”.
Several colleagues have suggested film and video clips that may be useful in teaching about language ideologies, including the value of standard and non-standard varieties, social stereotypes, and style shifting. This post includes several YouTube videos.
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