Your own private griot
P. Kerim Friedman, NDHU In her now classic 1989 paper on language and political economy, Judith Irvine talked about situations where language doesn’t merely index… Read More »Your own private griot
Susan DiGiacomo on Catalan
Reposted comment by Susan M. DiGiacomo John Tagliabue’s New York Times article on the new Catalan law mandating the dubbing and/or subtitling of 50% of… Read More »Susan DiGiacomo on Catalan
John McWhorter on Talk of the Nation
Yesterday John McWhorter discussed the recent call by the DEA to hire “Ebonics translators” on Talk of the Nation. He did a good job describing… Read More »John McWhorter on Talk of the Nation
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #13
Roundup #13 looks at fear of the number thirteen, as well as the study of WEIRD subjects in psychology.
Whorf and invented languages
Nice interview with Arika Okrent on her new book “In the Land of Invented Languages” including a good description of the Whorf Hypothesis and an… Read More »Whorf and invented languages
Linguistic Relativity, Whorf, Linguistic Anthropology
Kathryn Woolard, SLA President The question of linguistic relativity is the topic of an August 29, 2010 New York Times magazine article, “You Are What… Read More »Linguistic Relativity, Whorf, Linguistic Anthropology
Michel DeGraff on Haitian Kreyòl
Comments by Michel DeGraff on responses to his petition on Haitian Kreyòl As it turns out, these responses echo age-old arguments about the (mis)use of… Read More »Michel DeGraff on Haitian Kreyòl
They are them; we are me and others.
Stanley Fish notes that critics of the so-called ‘Ground Zero mosque’ see the terrorist attacks of September 11 as an act committed by Islam, for… Read More »They are them; we are me and others.
Whorf gets a makeover
A lengthy excerpt from Guy Deutscher’s new book examines current evidence for linguistic relativity: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?src=me&ref=homepage
Peer Previewing
From: Leila Monaghan, University of Wyoming, 8/25/10 Interesting article in the New York Times on changing peer review process on articles. Makes me think about… Read More »Peer Previewing
DEA and Ebonics
Repost of an article by H. Samy Alim and Imani Perry originally written for the The Grio blog: http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/why-the-deas-embrace-of-ebonics-is-lost-in-translation.php When the headlines appeared this week… Read More »DEA and Ebonics
Haitian Kreyòl and Catalan
Reposted from Celso Alvarez Cáccamo 2010/08/24 at 3:13 am Catalonia’s educational system is one of immersion in Catalan. Catalan- and Spanish-speaking children alike (as well… Read More »Haitian Kreyòl and Catalan
Traces of a Lost Language Discovered
Sometime in the early 17th century in Northern Peru, a Spaniard jotted down some notes on the back of a letter. Four hundred years later,… Read More »Traces of a Lost Language Discovered
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #12
Many things happening with SLA members…
More on Haitian Kreyòl and the education system
Some interesting comments on the education system in general in a New York Times Editorial on Haitian Education These comments were posted in response to… Read More »More on Haitian Kreyòl and the education system
Petition on Haitian Kreyòl
Posted for: Michel DeGraff, MIT Linguistics & Philosophy Dear friends and colleagues, We ask that you please take time to read, sign and distribute Professor… Read More »Petition on Haitian Kreyòl
Bad Words
Why I find “geek”, when used as a slur, more offensive than words which may commonly be viewed as quite foul and offensive.
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
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