Linguistic Anthropology is the comparative study of the ways in which language shapes social life.

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The Society for Linguistic Anthropology holds an annual student essay competition at the undergraduate level. Submissions are due June 15, 2026. linguisticanthropology.org/a…
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Today is the International Day of the World’s #IndigenousPeoples and we’re marking the occasion: Our special collection on #IndigenousLanguages provides FREE access to key research on #LanguageRevitalization, #LanguageDocumentation and more! Browse here: cloud.newsletter.degruyter.c…
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Our May issue is out! Make sure to check out the articles in book reviews from this issue!
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Just a reminder that the JLA is up and running all summer, so be sure to submit your manuscripts and work this summer!
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As a part of #WomensHistoryMonth, we're highlighting Assoc. for Feminist Anthropology members! Meet Lila Abu-Lughod! Lila's work has focused on the relationship between cultural forms & power, the politics of knowledge & representation & more. Learn more: ow.ly/xerz50QZ1rF
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📢 Alert! Alexander Andrason (Living Tongues) and Peace Benson (U Kansas) published on #Dza #onomatopoeias in "Onomatopoeia in the World’s Languages: A Comparative Handbook" edited by Lívia Körtvélyessy and Pavol Štekauer, out now on @degruyter_pub degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
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On #MotherLanguageDay… 💬In some countries, the number of learners who aren’t taught in a language they speak & understand exceeds 90%!! Learning in our mother tongue should not be a privilege, but a right.

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Congratulations @PBaquedanoLopez and @NettaAvineri on the important new book! I was glad to learn about it at the @LangSocJustice @soclinganth meetings and plan to use it in my #UMDLangIDRacism course @bsosumd.
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The Joel Sherzer special issue of Anthropological Linguistics is now available. There are a couple of very nice pieces by Joel Sherzer. Plus some other good stuff. This issue meant a great deal and I'm glad it is finally in the world muse.jhu.edu/issue/51339
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In the same week that this report about the research & mentoring being done by our colleague Jonah Katz came out, @WestVirginiaU has decided to fire all of the professors in his department. This situation is not just ironic, it's a shortsighted disgrace. wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/202…
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#ERSNew 🐣 Asian Latinos: Part of the nation yet still "Other"? @AmeliaTseng explores the ongoing exoticization of Chinese Peruvians in their native land. @AAAStudies @JournalofSocio1 @Language_In_Soc @LASACONGRESS @llingsocam @soclinganth @TusanajeOficial @AmericanU
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New issue of Anthropological Linguistics is out with papers on Uto-Aztecan and Lushootseed muse.jhu.edu/issue/50789
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It took a while to write “Language and Race: Settler Colonial Consequences and Epistemic Disruptions” and I’m grateful it is out in the world. DM me with your email for a PDF if you hit the paywall. #anthrotwitter ⁦@NUAnthro⁩ annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10…
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REMINDER: Proposals for Special Issue of Language in Society (2025) due August 31, 2023 Read more at cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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#NewBook alert: 'Lessons from a Translingual Romance: Conflict and Cultural Innovation of Intercultural Couples' by Jieun Kiaer and Hyejeong Ahn has just been #PublishedByPalgrave! Find out more and order this new #PalgravePivot here: link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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CALL FOR PAPERS hef.northwestern.edu/lessons… LESSONS AND LEGACIES XVII: LANGUAGES OF THE HOLOCAUST International Conference on the Holocaust 14-17 November 2024 Claremont McKenna College and the University of Southern California Submission Deadline: 4 December 2023
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