Media: Slavic Studies at the University of Potsdam. An Interview with a...
W grudniu 2015 r. radio Wisła gościło w Instytucie Slawistyki Uniwersytetu Poczdamskiego w Niemczech, gdzie w dniach 2-4 grudnia miała miejsce XI Europejska Konferencja Językoznawcza z cyklu: Formal...
View ArticleMedia: A Survey of Spoken Irish in the Aran Islands, Co.
We are delighted to announce the publication of A Survey of Spoken Irish in the Aran Islands, Co. Galway. The publication launch featured in “The Irish Times” newspaper:...
View ArticleMedia: Genie, the Feral Child (Article in The Guardian)
''Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers'' Rory Carroll The Guardian...
View ArticleMedia: Keynote Address-Cultural Linguistic Conference
Please find below the link to download the opening keynote Address of the first international conference of Cultural Linguistics in Prato, Italy by Professor Farzad Sharifian....
View ArticleMedia: New Programs on TV Malintzin
TV Malintzin presents programs (28) and (29): (28) Cómo aprendí el náhuatl en San Miguel Canoa (How I learned Nahuatl in San Miguel Canoa) (29) Los malos consejos de la suegra a la hija...
View ArticleMedia: Night Before Xmas Linguists' Version! & Other Gags
Tis the season folks, for my annual spamming of the best seasonal in-joke around. That's right, it's time for The Night Before Christmas (linguists' version!), where we learn finally Santa's secret,...
View ArticleMedia: Kristang Revival - Malaysian Creole Portuguese
From the Portuguese Settlement in Malacca to Singapore, Kevin Martens Wong’s initiative may yet recover Kristang, the ancestral language of the Portuguese Eurasians:...
View ArticleMedia: TV Malintzin
TV Malintzin presents programs (31) – (36), Spanish and Nahuatl: (31) La Malinche y sus dos pretendientes (32) Siete canoas (33) El vino de las cuatro sangres (34) La tercera es la vencida (35) La...
View ArticleMedia: Night Before Xmas Linguists' Version! & Other Fun
Yo-ho-ho! It's that time of year folks, for making a list, checking it twice, and seeing which vowels have been FLEECE, GOOSE or PRICE! That's right, it's time for my annual rendition of 'Twas the...
View ArticleMedia: Subtext: A Podcast about the lingusitics of dating
Subtext is a new podcast about the linguistics of text messaging in digital relationships. Hosted by a linguist and a millennial, we explore the language of dating in a digital world. Download the...
View ArticleMedia: TEDx: How Empathy can Help You Learn a Language
I recently gave a TEDx talk on How empathy can help you learn a language better. It includes an introduction to the Echo Method of language learning. The talk is in Mandarin Chinese, and does not yet...
View ArticleMedia: The Caddo Language
Title: The Caddo Language; A grammar, texts and dictionary based on materials collected by the author in Oklahoma between 1960 and 1970 Book URL: https://explorationpress.com/ Author: Wallace Chafe...
View ArticleMedia: New Sociolinguistics Podcast
Dear all, My colleague here at the University of Glasgow, Sadie Ryan, has started a new podcast on all things sociolinguistic, aimed at a non-academic audience. It's absolutely fantastic so please do...
View ArticleMedia: Book Announcement
Book: LA OPOSICIÓN MODAL INDICATIVO-SUBJUNTIVO EN ESPAÑOL Y EN ITALIANO by Antonio Pamies Bertrán (Universidad de Granada, Spain) and Daniela Natale (Universidad del Sannio, Italy). Granada: Comares...
View ArticleMedia: Field Notes (Linguistics Podcast)
Field Notes is a podcast about linguistic fieldwork hosted by Martha Tsutsui Billins (SOAS, University of London). Each episode features one linguist who researches an endangered or minority language....
View ArticleMedia: The Vocal Fries Podcast
The Vocal Fries is a podcast about linguistic discrimination, hosted by Carrie Gillon and Megan Figueroa. Each episode features one vector of linguistic discrimination (sexism, racism, transphobia,...
View ArticleMedia: Teach You Backwards
This book, free at http://teachyoubackwards.com, tells the story of Google Translate, the world’s most-used service to convert words among languages. Google claims to serve 103 languages, but nobody...
View ArticleMedia: Four short documentaries (10 min each) on Metaphor
The Creative Power of Metaphor Conference took place in March 2019 at University of Oxford (UK). The event addressed 4 themes: Metaphor & Linguistic Diversity: https://youtu.be/iBp7l9FwR64...
View ArticleMedia: Free webinar: Using the OED to investigate the implications of...
When? Thu, 10 Oct, 11:00 am BST Link to register: https://bit.ly/2n5F7bY The Eneados, written by Gavin Douglas in 1513, is the first full translation of the Aeneid in a form of English (i.e. Scots)....
View ArticleMedia: Endangered Languages and Cultures of Siberia
We are pleased to announce the release of a new multimedia collection of materials on the Endangered Languages and Cultures of Siberia. The collection was created as part of the projects funded by...
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