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Madhumita Lahiri deposited An Idiom for India: Hindustani and the Limits of the Language Concept in the group
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis essay explores the cultural legacy of Hindustani, which names the intimate overlap between two South Asian languages, Hindi and Urdu. Hindi and Urdu have distinct religious identities, national associations and scripts, yet they are nearly identical in syntax, diverging to some extent in their vocabulary. Hindi and Urdu speakers,…[Read more]
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José Angel García Landa deposited A Comparison between the French and RP English Vowel Systems in the group
LSL General Linguistics on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis is a paper in comparative phonology, which undertakes a detailed comparative analysis of the standard British English RP (Received Pronunciation) vowel system, and that of standard French, including some observations on regional varieties.
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José Angel García Landa deposited A Comparison between the French and RP English Vowel Systems in the group
LSL Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis is a paper in comparative phonology, which undertakes a detailed comparative analysis of the standard British English RP (Received Pronunciation) vowel system, and that of standard French, including some observations on regional varieties.
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited Global Shakespeares in World Markets and Archives: An Introduction to the Special Issue in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoShakespeare is a local force to be reckoned with in the global marketplace and in digital and analog archives of collective memory. With the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth in 2014 and quatercentenary in 2016, there are several high-profile instances of global Shakespeare being tapped for its market value. The exchange value of…[Read more]
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Hanan Elsayed posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoWe would like to send a letter of concern to the Editor of The French Review about a recent article in The French Review, “L’islamisme à la conquête de la République française” by S. Pascale Vergereau-Dewey. The letter explains how the article is a sub-scholarly exercise in Islamophobic discourse that has no place in an academic journal of any kin…[Read more]
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Kanika Batra deposited Polygamous Postcolonialism and Transnational Critique in Tess Onwueme’s The Reign of Wazobia in the group
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoNigerian authors have consistently and effectively critiqued insidious connections between
masculinity, political power, religious fundamentalism, and capitalist interests. The unstable
political structures in Nigeria since the 1970s have led to such critiques. This essay deploys the
idea of polygamy in Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the S…[Read more] -
Alberto Ribas-Casasayas posted an update in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoCall for articles. Spectral Mexico: https://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/call-for-articles-spectral-mexico-3/
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Robert Troyer posted an update in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoDear Members of the MLA Language and Society Forum,
If you will be at the 2018 Convention, please join us at the Hilton Saturday evening 7:15-8:30 for a cash bar organized by the Linguistics Forums of the MLA. The event is listed on page 953 of the convention program.
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Robert Troyer posted an update in the group
LSL Global English on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoDear Members of the MLA Global English Forum,
If you will be at the 2018 Convention, please join us at the Hilton Saturday evening 7:15-8:30 for a cash bar organized by the Linguistics Forums of the MLA. The event is listed on page 953 of the convention program.
710. Cash Bar Arranged by the Language Studies and Linguistics Forums
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Robert Troyer posted an update in the group
LSL General Linguistics on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoDear Members of the MLA General Linguistics Forum,
If you will be at the 2018 Convention, please join us at the Hilton Saturday evening 7:15-8:30 for a cash bar organized by the Linguistics Forums of the MLA. The event is listed on page 953 of the convention program.
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Robert Troyer posted an update in the group
LSL Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoDear Members of the MLA Applied Linguistics Forum,
If you will be at the 2018 Convention, please join us at the Hilton Saturday evening 7:15-8:30 for a cash bar organized by the Linguistics Forums of the MLA. The event is listed on page 953 of the convention program.
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Judy Bertonazzi deposited Fleur Pillager, Midewewinini: Food as the Source of Female Power in Louise Erdrich’s Novel Tracks in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoFrom the original paper presentation: In this paper I discuss the figurative language used in Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks with a particular focus on the figures and symbols associated with food and food practices. This paper performs a textual analysis of figurative language and symbols and the themes of food and food practices to reveal the…[Read more]
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Judy Bertonazzi deposited Fleur Pillager, Midewewinini: Food as the Source of Female Power in Louise Erdrich’s Novel Tracks in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoFrom the original paper presentation: In this paper I discuss the figurative language used in Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks with a particular focus on the figures and symbols associated with food and food practices. This paper performs a textual analysis of figurative language and symbols and the themes of food and food practices to reveal the…[Read more]
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Ian Barnard started the topic Candidate for Writing Pedagogies forum executive committee in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDear Colleagues,
I have been nominated to stand for election to the executive committee of the Writing Pedagogies forum, so I wanted to tell you a bit about myself and my commitments.
In my scholarship over the years, I have argued that we teachers of writing need to debunk common dispositions and practices around writing pedagogy (e.g., about…[Read more]
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Miriam S. Gogol posted an update in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoCall for Papers
The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two panels at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, CA on May 24-27, 2018.
Panel One: Open Topic
Papers are invited on any topic concerning Dreiser
Panel Two: “New” Theoretical Approaches
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Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi deposited Do we live in postmodern times? in the group
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe discussion of postmodernism involving modernity and its ramifications requires contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives.
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Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi deposited Do we live in postmodern times? in the group
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe discussion of postmodernism involving modernity and its ramifications requires contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives.
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Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi deposited Do we live in postmodern times? in the group
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe discussion of postmodernism involving modernity and its ramifications requires contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives.
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Tanya K. Zhelezcheva started the topic Candidate Statement in the discussion
Present-Day English Language on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDear Colleagues,
I am honored to be nominated for the LSL Global English Executive Committee. I am an Assistant Professor of English at Queensborough Community College where I teach College Writing courses and Contemporary Literature. My vision for contributing to the Executive Committee and its endeavors is to seek to broaden the conversation on…[Read more]
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Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] - Load More