South African languages
About the vuvuzela term: first, the suffix -ela is an “applicative” extension in isiZulu. The suffix “ela” means “an action… performed for, on behalf of,… Read More »South African languages
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #9
This week’s Roundup comes from the sports department. Caster Semenya, gender tests, and bodies out of place Sumo scandal World Cup woo woo
North American English Dialect Survey
From Claire Bowern: Some colleagues at the University of Auckland and I are conducting a survey on North American English and trialling the use of… Read More »North American English Dialect Survey
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #8
Taping marriages One of the most frequent uses of linguistic anthropology is to help us understand how people in marriages communicate with each other. Article… Read More »Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #8
Idioms are hard
Carl-Henric Svanberg, the chairman of BP, has apparently upset some Americans with his reference to “the small people.” My first reaction when I heard Svanberg’s… Read More »Idioms are hard
Deadline extended for SLA Annual Student Paper Prizes
Dear SLA Colleagues, I’m posting this message on behalf of my fellow SLA Executive Committee Member at Large, Jillian Cavanaugh, who is organizing this year’s… Read More »Deadline extended for SLA Annual Student Paper Prizes
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #7
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
University of Arizona Department of Linguistics’ letter to state lawmakers
The Arizona Department of Education is asking school districts to remove teachers who speak “heavily accented or ungrammatical” English from classrooms where students are learning… Read More »University of Arizona Department of Linguistics’ letter to state lawmakers
Letter to the Census Bureau
On May 27, AAA President Virginia Dominguez sent a letter to the Census Bureau regarding its language questions and classifications, which you can find through… Read More »Letter to the Census Bureau
Linguistic anthropology roundup #6
In this edition of our bi-weekly Roundup: the satirical journal Speculative Grammarian tackles fieldwork; the Muscogee (Creek) Nation is discussing a resolution condemning Arizona’s new… Read More »Linguistic anthropology roundup #6
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All Society for Linguistic Anthropology members and anyone interested in language and culture issues is invited to join the Linganth E-mail list. The Linganth List… Read More »Join the Linganth List!
SLA President announces new JLA editors
On behalf of the SLA Executive Committee and the JLA editorship, I’m very pleased to announce the appointment of the incoming JLA editorial team for… Read More »SLA President announces new JLA editors
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #5
Fifth linguistic anthropology roundup, by Leila Monaghan Linguistic Diversity Linguistic diversity has been in the news in the last few weeks in a couple of… Read More »Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #5
Nova Publishers
This morning I received two separate emails from Nova Publishers inviting me to contribute to upcoming books. After several minutes of reflection, I have decided… Read More »Nova Publishers
Refreshingly careful definitions of “Socialism”
The word socialism seems to be much in vogue in the United States recently, primarily as an epithet for one’s political opponents, especially for representatives… Read More »Refreshingly careful definitions of “Socialism”
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #4
Fourth linguistic anthropology roundup, written by Alex Enkerli
Sign Linguistics courses 3L Summer School in Leiden: 5 – 9 July 2010
The International Summer School on Language Documentation and Description will be held in July 2010 in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #3
Linguistic Anthropology Roundup #3 The Boston Globe’s “The Word”, Conversations with Ron Scollon, Monkeys with Internet Access, Voting Osage, and more
Language Related TV Tropes
In a followup to my post from last week about the language section in the Snopes database of online myths and hoaxes, I’d like to… Read More »Language Related TV Tropes
Publisher Discounts on SLA Website
Oxford and Elsevier offer discounts to SLA members.