The Society for Linguistic Anthropology is pleased to announce its second spring conference, to be held April 2-5, 2020 at the Hiltons on Canyon in Boulder, Colorado. SLA 2020… Read More »2020 Spring Conference of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology
Deadline: February 10, 2019 The Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) announces the John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize competition. Each year the Society for… Read More »The 2019 John Gumperz Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize
Tips on where to look for employment opportunities for graduates from linguistic anthropology programs. What advice would you add about considering, starting, or continuing a career in linguistic anthropology?
This morning in my English composition class, composed mainly of Japanese speakers, I came upon another pitfall of relying on “in the dictionary” as a test of acceptability. The verb ‘ruralize’, which rarely appears in books published after 1940, is nevertheless present in bilingual dictionaries.
Recommendations for seeking letters of recommendation to graduate school from Judy Pine, Paul Garrett, Margaret Buckner, Oona Schmid, and Shannon Bischoff
The annual meeting in Montreal is less than a month away. Before you fill your dance cards completely, I wanted to let you know about… Read More »SLA STUDENTS IN FOCUS
I currently have the privilege of TAing Intro to linguistic anthropology at the University of Toronto and in the previous weeks the students read and… Read More »Piecemeal Comments on Language and Gender (or PCs)
[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]