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AN News: “At the Crossroads of Linguistics and Anthropology: Disciplinary perspectives on language documentation” by Lise Dobrin (University of Virginia) and Niko Besnier (University of Amsterdam)

by AAA Web Admin
May 1, 2015August 28, 2026

Anthropology News Article For a long time in anthropology, the documentation of languages on the brink of disappearing was negatively tainted as salvage: quaint in… Read More »AN News: “At the Crossroads of Linguistics and Anthropology: Disciplinary perspectives on language documentation” by Lise Dobrin (University of Virginia) and Niko Besnier (University of Amsterdam)

The Journal of Language & Sexuality

by AAA Web Admin
April 16, 2015October 26, 2024

On behalf of William Leap (American University), Co-editor, Journal of Language and Sexuality: The Journal of Language and Sexuality (www.benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/jls) is now in its fifth year of publication. JL&S explores… Read More »The Journal of Language & Sexuality

Letters, we get letters…

by AAA Web Admin
April 15, 2015October 26, 2024

A list of links shared by SLA members and correspondents, including bilingual education in Columbia, an oral history of segregation in Alaska, a Faroe Islands… Read More »Letters, we get letters…

AAA Sports Mascot resolution

by AAA Web Admin
April 2, 2015March 28, 2025

The American Anthropological Association has passed a resolution condemning the use of Native American mascots unless appropriate consultation has taken place. The move comes in… Read More »AAA Sports Mascot resolution

AN News: “Digital Counterpublics: Black Twitter in the Aftermath of Ferguson” by Mariam Durrani (University of Pennsylvania)

by AAA Web Admin
March 26, 2015March 28, 2025

Anthropology News Article On November 24, 2014, St Louis prosecutor McCulloch announced that the grand jury trial did not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the… Read More »AN News: “Digital Counterpublics: Black Twitter in the Aftermath of Ferguson” by Mariam Durrani (University of Pennsylvania)

Call for Nominations: SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service

by AAA Web Admin
March 17, 2015October 26, 2024

The submission deadline is November 6, 2015. Created and awarded for the first time by the SLA in 2014, this award honors an SLA member… Read More »Call for Nominations: SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community Service

Edward Sapir Book Prize 2015 – Open for Submissions

by AAA Web Admin
February 25, 2015October 26, 2024

Edward Sapir Book Prize 2015 Submission Deadline: May 15, 2015 The Edward Sapir Book Prize was established in 2001 and is awarded to a book… Read More »Edward Sapir Book Prize 2015 – Open for Submissions

Announcing SLA’s Annual Undergraduate Essay Contest

by AAA Web Admin
February 24, 2015October 26, 2024

Want to make a difference with your work beyond your undergraduate transcript? Submit to SLA’s Annual Student Essay Contest! Selected winner will be awarded $500,… Read More »Announcing SLA’s Annual *Undergraduate* Essay Contest

Announcing the SLA’s Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize

by AAA Web Admin
February 23, 2015October 26, 2024

Announcing the SLA’s Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize The Society for Linguistic Anthropology would like to invite submissions of graduate student papers for the SLA’s Annual… Read More »Announcing the SLA’s Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize

However, anthropologists do over-use some words

by AAA Web Admin
February 20, 2015March 28, 2025

Annie Claus’s essay, “How a professional writer improved my academic writing” at Savage Minds is quite useful. She counsels academics to resist overly long sentences,… Read More »However, anthropologists do over-use some words

Spotlight: Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

by AAA Web Admin
January 29, 2015October 26, 2024

The Journal of Linguistic Anthropology is the primary publication of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology. This web site features a variety of information about the… Read More »Spotlight: Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

SLA Nominations 2015

by AAA Web Admin
January 20, 2015October 26, 2024

Dear SLA Colleagues, We are writing to encourage you to consider nominating yourself for one of two open SLA positions in the 2015 AAA elections.… Read More »SLA Nominations 2015

Religious terrorism is sadly not unique

by AAA Web Admin
January 19, 2015March 28, 2025

The January 7th attacks in France caused great sadness, anger, and fear. They also occasioned outpourings of support, and analyses of what went wrong. Some… Read More »Religious terrorism is sadly not unique

AAA Executive Program Committee Call for Submissions

by AAA Web Admin
January 14, 2015October 26, 2024

AAA 2015 Conference Theme: “Familiar/Strange” Casting common sense in new light by making the familiar seem strange and the strange seem familiar is a venerable… Read More »AAA Executive Program Committee Call for Submissions

Anthropology News: On Being a Near-Native Speaker

by AAA Web Admin
December 19, 2014October 26, 2024

In the latest SLA column at Anthropology News Anna Babel discusses how being a near-native speaker of Spanish complicates her role as insider/outsider in Bolivia.

2014 SLA Prize winners

by AAA Web Admin
December 9, 2014October 26, 2024

Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Society for Linguistic Anthropology prizes. See the full list of this year’s prize winners, plus past years’ winners… Read More »2014 SLA Prize winners

Anthropology News: Contact and Its Allure

by AAA Web Admin
December 1, 2014October 26, 2024

The latest SLA column at Anthropology News is now available. Shunsuke Nozawa’s “Contact and Its Allure” explores phatic communion, isolation and social relations, the role… Read More »Anthropology News: Contact and Its Allure

Shock. Lehman shock.

by AAA Web Admin
November 25, 2014October 26, 2024

Japanese media use the label “Lehman shock” to refer to the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent shocks. The phrase “financial crisis” occurred frequently in 2008… Read More »Shock. Lehman shock.

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