Linguistics: Research Guide

In the discussion of Boris Johnson's misperceived phrase ("Was it 'people of colour' or 'people of talent'?", 12/6/2019), several people expressed the opinion that "people of talent" is an unexpected way to refer to the group that he wants to welcome. Thus Rose Eneri: My question is why does Mr. Johnson use such as odd […]

Call for Chapters We would like to inform you of a call for chapters for an edited volume proposal titled Latin Americans in Europe: Sociolinguistic issues to be presented to Routledge. Rationale and description of the volume As García (2017) notes, “displacements and movements of people into different spaces characterize the world today” (p. 11). As a result, not only have migrants become deterritorialized, but also their referential linguistic practices, identities and beliefs. Language

New open access article published in Ampersand, ''Negative Concord in Jamaican'' by Johan van der Auweraa and Tamirand Nnena De Lisser. Freely available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amper.2019.100051

"Changing lives and professional practice: a report on the impact of ecolinguistics" is now available. This project was sponsored by the University of Gloucestershire as part of their Research Excellence Framework submission and follows up 217 of the 1,500 people who registered for the Stories We Live By: a free online course in ecolinguistics. Please click here to access/download the report: https://www.academia.edu/40926618/Changing_lives_and_professional_practice_a_report_on_the_impact_of

The Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) is pleased to annonuce the official release of its new Languages of New York City map, featuring over 600 languages at nearly 1000 significant sites. Based on ELA's work with communities over the past decade, the map is meant both as a representation of a uniquely multilingual city and a step towards highlighting urban linguistic diversity everywhere. This is currently a print map (24'' x 36'', full color) and is available, for a donation to ELA, with m

The start of today's SMBC: The punchline: The aftercomic: The mouseover title: "Honestly, I'm not sure this hasn't been done already."  

When I was learning Mandarin over half a century ago, the more grammatically minded Chinese language teachers argued that historically and functionally there were multiple "le" particles that just happened to end up being written with the simple two-stroke character 了. Then a contrary movement set in, and linguists tried to prune down all the […]

Hand-clapping games are played in schoolyards everywhere, in every language. Eventually they find their way to New York City.

A task force assembled by the governor recommended removing nearly 100 overtly discriminatory and racist laws that were still on the books.

The LSA is thrilled to announce that member Shana Poplack of the University of Ottawa's Department of Linguistics has received the André-Laurendeau Prize.

Jim Waterson, "Channel 4 apologises over subtitle error on viral Boris Johnson clip (Tory anger after tweet claims PM said 'people of colour' instead of 'people of talent')", The Guardian 12/6/2019: Channel 4 News has apologised after a subtitling error wrongly claimed Boris Johnson had discussed whether "people of colour" should be allowed into the […]

Annie Ropeik, "N.H. Defends Laconia Law Barring Female Nudity In U.S. Supreme Court Appeal", New Hampshire Public Radio 12/6/2019: New Hampshire has filed a response with the U.S. Supreme Court in the so-called "Free the Nipple" case of three women arrested for going topless at Weirs Beach in 2016. The high court had asked to […]

Here at the UNESCO LT4All conference, I've noticed that many participants assert or imply that the problems of human language technology have been solved for a few major languages, especially English, so that the problem on the table is how to extend that success to thousands of other languages and varieties. This is not totally […]

Dick Margulis saw this in a hospital waiting room in the University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital: shēnghuó lèsè (Taiwan) / lājī (PRC) 生活垃圾 "domestic garbage" — in distinction to "medical waste", this being a hospital What's going on here? Basically, this intercapitalization is a result of the emphasis on thesyllableat the expense ofwordin the […]

한글문화연대 소식지 7482019년 12월 5일발행인 : 이건범(한글문화연대 상임대표) 한글문화연대 바로가기 ◆ [우리말 이야기] 산통 깨는 사람들 - 성기지 운영위원 다 되어 가는 일이 뒤틀리는 것을 “산통이 깨지다”고 한다. 이때의 산통은 점치는 데 쓰는 산가지를 넣은 통을 가리킨다. 산가지는 숫자를 세는 데 쓰던, 젓가락처럼 생긴 물건이다. 산통을 흔든 다음에 산가지를 뽑아서 앞으로 일어날 일을 점쳤다. 이때 점괘가 마음에 들지 않으면 산통을 빼앗아 깨뜨려 버렸는데, 이처럼 어떤 일을 이루지 못하게 뒤집어 버리는 것..

'Greengrocer's' may be in mourning, but the rest of us can sigh with relief.

The survival of the apostrophe is vital to the comprehensibility of our language. If those who have protected it are hanging up their red pens, it's time we all do our bit.

I'm in Paris for the UNESCO International Conference Language Technologies for All (LT4All), which happens to coincide with another event in France, a national strike that (among other things) created a very long trip from the airport. In my hotel's elevator there was a sign whose first sentence taught me a couple of new words: […]

뱀(33.5 x48.5cm)은 2017년 9월에 제작하여  2018년에 전시, 발표한 작품입니다.뱀은 가늘고 긴 몸통으로 글씨에 따라 자유롭게 변형을 시킬 수 있는 장점이 있지만, 'ㅂ', 'ㅐ', 'ㅁ'으로 분리되어 표현하면 어색하게 보일 수 있어 자연스럽게 연결되어진 모습으로 표현해야 하는 것이 까다로운 점입니다.이것을 해결하기 위해 나뭇가지를 이용하여 'ㅂ'과 'ㅐ'를 분리시킨 것이 자연스럽다는 평을 많이 들었습니다.뱀의 무늬나 비늘의 표현이 어려운 것은 몸이 원통으로 이루어졌기 때문으로 몸이 꺾이거나 말리는 경우에 무늬도 따라..

[한글 점자 기획_1]시각장애인의 세종대왕, ‘훈맹정음’ 창안한 송암 박두성한글문화연대 대학생 기자단 6기 서정화 기자dimllllight@naver.com송암 박두성은 시각장애인에게도 의사소통을 위한 문자 체계가 필요하다는 생각으로 1926년 한글 점자 ‘훈맹정음’을 창안했다. 이는 시각장애인이 지식과 기술을 습득할 수 있게 하는 중요한 도구가 됐다. 아울러 자신감과 독립심을 갖게 하고 사회생활에서 동등한 권리를 누릴 수 있게 하여 문자 이상의 더 큰 의미가 있다.훈맹정음 창안 전의 한글 점자는 로제타 셔우드 홀이 개발한 4점..