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Pavel Iosad deposited Phonology in the Soviet Union in the group
History of Linguistics and Language Study on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago(Revised version) Submitted to B. Elan Dresher and Harry van der Hulst (eds.), The Oxford History of Phonology
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Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic NeMLA 2019,CFP: Local and Global: ‘Spanish(es),’ Identity and Space in US Cities in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 7 years, 7 months agoIn a society where urban life recreates otherness, dissolves geographical and social borders, creates transnational spaces and crafts new identities, how do Latinos and Hispanic immigrants of various Latin American regions living in cities in the US (re)build the local and global from inter- and cross-cultural perspectives: language, history,…[Read more]
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James McElvenny deposited Georg von der Gabelentz in the group
History of Linguistics and Language Study on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoThe German sinologist and general linguist Georg von der Gabelentz (1840–1893) occupies an interesting place at the intersection of several streams of linguistic scholarship at the end of the nineteenth century. As Professor of East-Asian languages at the University of Leipzig from 1878 to 1889 and then Professor for Sinology and General L…[Read more]
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Brian Lennon deposited Questions and answers on “JavaScript Affogato: Programming a Culture of Improvised Expertise” in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 7 years, 8 months agoPublished by Johns Hopkins University Press Blog, 28 March 2018. A Q&A about the essay “JavaScript Affogato: Programming a Culture of Improvised Expertise,” published in Configurations 26.1 (2018): 47–72, DOI: 10.1353/con.2018.0002.
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James McElvenny deposited August Schleicher and Materialism in 19th-Century Linguistics in the group
History of Linguistics and Language Study on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoTowards the end of his career, August Schleicher (1821–1868), the great consolidator of Indo-European historical-comparative linguistics in the mid-19th century, famously drew explicit parallels between linguistics and the new evolutionary theory of Darwinism. Based on this, it has become customary in linguistic historiography to refer to S…[Read more]
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Matthew Scarborough deposited Thematic Bibliography of Ancient Greek Dialectology (Preliminary Version) in the group
History of Linguistics and Language Study on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoDocument contains a preliminary partially annotated bibliography of key works on Ancient Greek dialectology, originally compiled in 2015.
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James McElvenny deposited Linguistic Aesthetics from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century: The Case of Otto Jespersen’s “Progress in Language” in the group
History of Linguistics and Language Study on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoFrom the early nineteenth century up until the first half of the twentieth century, many leading scholars in the emerging field of linguistics were occupied with what would today be considered a kind of linguistic typology. The various classifications of languages they proposed were generally intertwined with speculation about the “racial” tra…[Read more]
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Anna Zofia Gąsienica Byrcyn deposited Polish Culture in Lesson 0 in the group
LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning on MLA Commons 7 years, 10 months agoCulture and traditions constitute the essential elements in the process of Polish language education. The textbook Hurra po polsku. Podręcznik studenta by Małgorzata Małolepsza & Aneta Szymkiewicz in Lesson 0 introduces briefly Polish phonetic system and greeting expressions without offering any follow up exercises in the Hurra po polsku. Ze…[Read more]
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Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic Language Change Forum: CFP deadline extended, March 15 in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months agoThe Forum on Language Change extended its CFP for the 2019 MLA in Chicago to March 15. See details below for each session.
“Performing Identity through Textual Transactions”
Papers should address mutually constitutive engagements of speakers/writers, texts, and/or their contexts in the area(s) of language change and identity performance. 300-…[Read more] -
Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic Language Change Forum, CFP 2019: deadline today in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months agoThe Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals on two planned sessions for the 2019 MLA in Chicago. See details below for each session.
“Performing Identity through Textual Transactions”
Papers should address mutually constitutive engagements of speakers/writers, texts, and/or their contexts in the area(s) of language change and identity per…[Read more] -
Brian Lennon deposited JavaScript Affogato: Programming a Culture of Improvised Expertise in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months agoThis essay attempts a philological, meaning a both technically and socially attentive historical study of an individual computer programming language, JavaScript. From its introduction, JavaScript’s reception by software developers, and its importance in web development as we now understand it, was structured by a continuous negotiation of e…[Read more]
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Suzanne Blum Malley started the topic Literacy Studies Forum CFPs for MLA 2019 – Please share! in the discussion
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months agoWe are pleased to share the CFP for our RCWS Literacy Studies Forum sponsored sessions and the CFP for a collaborative session with the LSL Language and Society Forum. Please share with colleagues who may be interested in submitting a proposal for either session.
RCWS Literacy Studies sponsored session:
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Gabriel Rei-Doval started the topic CFP: Can Language Shift be Reversed? Insights from and for Galician in the discussion
Comparative Romance Linguistics on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months ago<div class=””>
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<div class=””><b class=””><i class=””><span class=””>Can Language Shift be Reversed? Insights from and for Galician</span></i></b><span class=””><b class=””>
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Gabriel Rei-Doval started the topic CFP: Can Language Shift be Reversed? Insights from and for Galician in the discussion
Comparative Romance Linguistics on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months ago<div class=””>
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<div class=””><b class=””><i class=””><span class=””>Can Language Shift be Reversed? Insights from and for Galician</span></i></b><span class=””><b class=””> (</b>Guaranteed Session, MLA Convention, Chicago, 3-6 January, 2…[Read more] -
Carolina Gonzalez started the topic Call for Papers: Selected Topics in Romance Lingusitics at MLA 2019 in the discussion
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months agoDate: January 03-06, 2019.
Location: Chicago
Contact Person: Carolina González (cgonzalez3@fsu.edu)Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Romance Linguistics; Historical Linguistics
Language Family(ies): Romance
Call Deadline: March 15, 2018
Meeting Description and Call for Papers:
The Romance Linguistics Forum welcomes a…[Read more]
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Carolina Gonzalez started the topic Call for Papers: Selected Topics in Romance Lingusitics at MLA 2019 in the discussion
Comparative Romance Linguistics on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months agoDate: January 03-06, 2019.
Location: Chicago
Contact Person: Carolina González (cgonzalez3@fsu.edu)Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Romance Linguistics; Historical Linguistics
Language Family(ies): Romance
Call Deadline: March 15, 2018
Meeting Description and Call for Papers:
The Romance Linguistics Forum welcomes a wide range of…[Read more]
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Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic Language Change Forum: 2019 CFP in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 8 years agoThe Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals on two planned sessions for the 2019 MLA in Chicago. See details below for each session.
“Performing Identity through Textual Transactions”
Papers should address mutually constitutive engagements of speakers/writers, texts, and/or their contexts in the area(s) of language change and identity per…[Read more] -
Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic Language Change Forum: nominations and self-nominations in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 8 years agoThe Language Change Forum is seeking to fill one position on its Executive Committee. The position will be for the duration of 5 years. Eligible nominees should be MLA members and should not be currently serving on another MLA Forum’s Executive Committee. Please send your nominations (including self-nomination) to Brian Mann, D…[Read more]
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Angus Grieve-Smith deposited Annotation: U Store It in the group
LSL Language Change on MLA Commons 8 years agoDocument annotation is almost as old as writing. The designers of the World Wide Web envisioned a system that would allow people to publicly annotate any document. The advent of cloud computing has finally made this feasible: distributed annotation systems like Hypothes.is allow users to save annotations privately, or share them with the public.…[Read more]
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Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2018: Forum on Applied Linguistics Sessions in the discussion
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues:
We cordially invite you to join us for the following sessions at MLA 2018 organized by the Forum on Applied Linguistics (online convention program). We look forward to seeing you.
67: Language Learning, Identity, and Intercultural Understanding
Thursday, January 4, 2018
1:45 PM – 03:00 PM
Hilton – BeekmanPresider: Mary Wil…[Read more]
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