Linguistics

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In “American Independence in verse,” MIT philosopher Brad Skow uses poems to explore the American Revolution from multiple perspectives.

The Nordic Speech Research Forum convenes on Thu, Dec 11th at 10:00 - 11:00 (Helsinki/Eastern European Time EET; UCT+2). You are warmly welcome to join the webinar via our website https://www.jyu.fi/nsrf. Taking back Kven – Quantity differences in L1 and L2 speech Antti Saloranta & Leena Maria Heikkola, The Arctic University of Norway News: - The webinars continue on Jan 26, 2026 with a special guest talk by Professor Okim Kang (Northern Arizona University). You will find the details and

From Mark Swofford: Here's a lighthearted Google Translate oddity from a newspaper article on the opening of ferry service between Taiwan and Ishigaki, Japan. The relevant bit: 選在冬季開航，海象較差船舶易晃，影響旅客搭乘意願。洪郁航表示，首航至明年2月底將採試營運優惠價，最低優惠至2000元，而最大優惠價差高達2000元，提高民眾嘗試及體驗意願。 Google Translate renders the main part of that as: "Choosing to sail in winter, ships with poor walruses are prone to shaking, which affects passengers' willingness to […]

Headline on NDTV, Nov. 29, 2025: "Japan Unveils Human Washing Machine, Now You Can Get Washed Like Laundry." From François Lang, who sent this item to me: I initially parsed this headline as a human [washing machine]; only after looking at the photo did I realize it was a [human washing] machine. Another headline that […]

Our next Making Waves meeting will continue exploring the challenges related to the analysis of intonation. On December 10, Maria Francesca Ferin will give a talk titled “Analysing intonation: comparing perceptual annotations and acoustic measurements.” We look forward to seeing many of you there and to another lively discussion. Abstract: This talk addresses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting different methods of analysing intonation. I will compare the use perceptually based l

Call for Chapters (https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/9430) Proposals Submission Deadline: January 4, 2026 Full Chapters Due: May 10, 2026 Introduction Multilingual students in Canadian higher education institutions (HEIs) are a prominent demographic, with the number of international students attending postsecondary institutions increasing from 7% to 18% of enrolled students across Canada during the last decade (Statistics Canada, 2024). The increasing linguist

Notable & Quotable: Lost in Woke Translation‘Then a black Dutch fashion blogger wrote an article saying that Gorman’s work should only be translated by a black woman.’Dec. 2, 2025 If we adhered to such a standard for choosing translators, where would it lead? When the young black poet Amanda Gorman became an international success after […]

Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (November, 2025) 25 (2): ii–iii. John Phan,Ross King, eds. Editors’ Preface: Special Issue on Vietnam in the Sinographic Cosmopolis Since 2001, the Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (SJEAS) has been playing an increasingly prominent role in scholarship on East Asia, especially language aspects. Sponsored since 2001 by the […]

New book by Luke Waring: Writing and Materiality in Ancient China: The Textual Culture of the Mawangdui Tombs (Columbia University Press, December 2025) Publisher's description: Excavations at the famous Mawangdui tomb site in south-central China (early to mid-second century BCE) have unearthed many kinds of writing, including documents made of silk, wood, and bamboo as […]

The social media site r/PetsWithButtons (created in 2020) is full of interesting observations and questions. One of my favorites is "My cat has started to use “vacuum” as a curse word": Basically the title. I gave him a “vacuum” button because the vacuum is stressful for him and I wanted to be able to clearly […]

"‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future", Stephen Burgen, The Guardian (11/26/25) What does it mean to lose a language? And what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently The author tells us: There’s an Irish saying, tír […]