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James Elkins deposited Representing a Ruined Mind in Fiction; and a Note on How Google Ruins Reading: On Markson’s “Reader’s Block” in the group
TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe essays I am posting on Humanities Commons are also on Librarything and Goodreads. These aren’t reviews. They are thoughts about the state of literary fiction, intended principally for writers and critics involved in seeing where literature might be able to go. Each one uses a book as an example of some current problem in writing.
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James Elkins deposited The Anonymous Images in Raymond Roussel’s “New Impressions of Africa” in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis is an essay on the relation of images and text. It is part of a larger research project online at writingwithimages.com. See that site for the context; the the project’s purpose is to theorize the possibilities of fiction and poetry that are presented alongside images.
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James Elkins deposited What Does it Mean to Claim a Novel is a Single Sentence? Notes on Mathias Enard, Zone in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThe essays I am posting on Humanities Commons are also on Librarything and Goodreads. These aren’t reviews. They are thoughts about the state of literary fiction, intended principally for writers and critics involved in seeing where literature might be able to go. Each one uses a book as an example of some current problem in writing.
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Lee B. Abraham started the topic CfP: Approaches to Teaching and Learning with Urban Spaces – NeMLA 2018 in the discussion
The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoCall for Papers
Approaches to Teaching and Learning with Urban Spaces
49th Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Convention
“Global Spaces, Local Landscapes and Imagined Worlds”
April 12-15, 2018, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaNeMLA Web Site: http://www.buffalo.edu/nemla/convention.html
The late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries…[Read more]
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Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic CFP: "Intersecting Spaces, Mobility, and Language in the ‘Uncommon Community’" in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoApril 12-15, 2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NeMLA Web Site: http://www.buffalo.edu/nemla.html
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;”><span style=”color: #333333;”>Call for Papers:</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;”><span style=”color: #333333;”>The notion of “community” sometimes centers unquestioningly on whatever it is shared by a…[Read more] -
selisker deposited The Bechdel Test and the Social Form of Character Networks in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis essay describes the popular Bechdel Test—a measure of women’s dialogue in films—in terms of social network analysis within fictional narrative. It argues that this form of vernacular criticism arrives at a productive convergence with contemporary academic critical methodologies in surface and postcritical reading practices, on the one hand,…[Read more]
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Angus Grieve-Smith deposited The Spread of Change in French Negation in the group
LSL Romance Linguistics on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoMany varieties of French have changed over the years from expressing predicate
negation (Geurts 1998) with ne alone, to the embracing construction ne … pas, and then
to postverbal pas alone (Jespersen 1917). When the increase in the frequency of
ne … pas over time is plotted on a graph, it takes the S shape of the logistic function
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Angus Grieve-Smith deposited The Spread of Change in French Negation in the group
LSL Language Change on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoMany varieties of French have changed over the years from expressing predicate
negation (Geurts 1998) with ne alone, to the embracing construction ne … pas, and then
to postverbal pas alone (Jespersen 1917). When the increase in the frequency of
ne … pas over time is plotted on a graph, it takes the S shape of the logistic function
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Angela Helmer started the topic MLA 2018 Call for Proposals LSL General Linguistics in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe Executive Committee, LSL General Linguistics, is seeking for proposals for the following sessions:
a) Linguistics and Social Media. This guaranteed session seeks papers that examine different modes, applications, and venues of social media (textual, visual, audiovisual, interactive) from a linguistic perspective. Email 250-word abstract by…[Read more]
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Donny Vigil started the topic MLA 2018 Call For Papers: Language Theory Session…"Philology Old and New" in the discussion
Language Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe Forum on Language Theory is accepting proposals for a panel session related to “Philology Old and New” for MLA 2018 in New York. We welcome submissions that examine what the renewed interest in philology means for literary, textual, and linguistic studies. Please send a 300-word abstract by March 24 to Donny Vigil (vigi7700@stthomas.edu).
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Donny Vigil started the topic MLA 2018 Call For Papers: Language Theory Session…"The Language of Silence" in the discussion
Language Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe Forum on Language Theory is accepting proposals for a panel session related to “The Language of Silence” for MLA 2018 in New York. We welcome submissions on how recent political rhetoric regarding immigration leads to insecurity in educational settings including changes in language, discourse, pedagogy and programs. Please send a 300-word abs…[Read more]
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Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic MLA, 2018: Two CFPs in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals on two planned sessions for the 2018 MLA in New York City. See details below for each session.
“Language Change: Global (Im-)migration and Linguistic Insecurity”
The Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals that explore “Language Change: Global (Im-)migration and Linguistic Insecurity…[Read more]
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Pedro Esteban Ponce started the topic Introductory / Director's Courses for Study Abroad in the discussion
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoHello:
I’m in my first year of directing a study abroad program in Madrid. I was interested in hearing from current or former study abroad directors about how they approach the introductory or “orientation” course while abroad. How do you balance providing necessary information (about security, getting to know the host campus, etc.) with course…[Read more]
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Mary Wildner-Bassett deposited Applying Theories in Language Programs in the group
TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 9 years agoSelected Topics in Applied Linguistics: How to Choose a Theory. I offer a critical exploration of some of the conditions involved in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA), as well as of the paradoxical approaches in the theoretical questions, methods, categories, and perspectives of ISLA.
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Mary Wildner-Bassett deposited Applying Theories in Language Programs in the group
LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning on MLA Commons 9 years agoSelected Topics in Applied Linguistics: How to Choose a Theory. I offer a critical exploration of some of the conditions involved in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA), as well as of the paradoxical approaches in the theoretical questions, methods, categories, and perspectives of ISLA.
The discussion proceeds with a very short…[Read more] -
Mary Wildner-Bassett deposited Applying Theories in Language Programs in the group
LSL Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 9 years agoSelected Topics in Applied Linguistics: How to Choose a Theory. I offer a critical exploration of some of the conditions involved in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA), as well as of the paradoxical approaches in the theoretical questions, methods, categories, and perspectives of ISLA.
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Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic MLA2018 CFP: Insecurity in the Classroom: Programs, Pedagogy, and Peripateticism in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 9 years ago“Insecurity in the Classroom: Programs, Pedagogy, and Peripateticism”
The Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals that explore “Insecurity in the Classroom: Programs, Pedagogy, and Peripateticism” for the 2018 MLA in New York City. We are especially interested in those that examine Language Change in the context ofhow recent politi…[Read more]
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Obdulia E. Castro posted an update in the group
LLC Galician on MLA Commons 9 years agoDear colleagues,
The Executive Committee of the Forum on LLC Galician is seeking proposals for the session
Can Language Shift be Reversed? Insights from and for Galician (MLA Convention, New York City, 4-7 January, 2018)
Papers assessing the process of language planning undertaken in contemporary Galicia in the last 35 years. 250-word abstracts…[Read more] -
Anne Geller deposited Millions of Dollars Might Get You Into the MLA: When NEH Funding Shaped the State of Writing Studies in English Studies in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 9 years agoPanel Title Writing Studies at the MLA: The Past and Future of English Studies
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Anne Geller deposited Millions of Dollars Might Get You Into the MLA: When NEH Funding Shaped the State of Writing Studies in English Studies in the group
LSL Language Change on MLA Commons 9 years agoPanel Title Writing Studies at the MLA: The Past and Future of English Studies
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