Category Archives: Linguistics Around Town

Facebook, the gender binary, and third-person pronouns

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Jolie

“One direction we might look, though, is toward the gendering of third person pronouns, which is what led me to write this post about pronouns on Facebook. Yes, Facebook. The social media giant may not be your first thought when … finish reading Facebook, the gender binary, and third-person pronouns

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Internship opportunity at OHSU

Posted on August 5, 2012 by pearsonm

Krystal Klein is a postdoctoral fellow at OHSU, who is working on a pilot project to train computers to analyze emails from older adults for purposes of cognitive monitoring (e.g., analyzing older adults’ syntactic production to diagnose Alzheimers and other … finish reading Internship opportunity at OHSU

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Linguistics Talk at Lewis & Clark (next MONDAY)

Posted on April 11, 2012 by pearsonm

Keith Dede, Associate Professor of Chinese at Lewis & Clark, forwarded me the following information about a linguistics talk that Lewis & Clark is hosting next Monday, on documentation of endangered languages. The title, time/location, and abstract are reproduced below. … finish reading Linguistics Talk at Lewis & Clark (next MONDAY)

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The Southern accent in film and TV

Posted on August 10, 2011 by kbecker

Check out this piece on some distressingly bad portrayals of the Southern accent in entertainment. The part I like the best is that, for comparison, a native speaker is presented in a video at the bottom right. Could be fun … finish reading The Southern accent in film and TV

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Summer research/employment opportunity in Portland

Posted on May 1, 2011 by pearsonm

Looking for linguistics-related summer employment here in Portland? Richard Sproat, a researcher at the OHSU-affiliated Center for Spoken Language Understanding (CSLU), is looking for two research assistants for an NSF-funded project on “Non-Linguistic Symbol Systems”. Richard writes: “I mentioned a … finish reading Summer research/employment opportunity in Portland

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Brohemian Rap-sody

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Eleanor Kinney

BROHEMIAN RAP-SODY I present to you a modern online classic, Brohemian Rhapsody from “College Humor.” An excellent example of sociolinguistic creativity, this Fraternity changes the words and content of an iconic song, expertly embodying the current meaning of “Bro” in … finish reading Brohemian Rap-sody

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Dark Skies Out on DVD

Posted on January 20, 2011 by kbecker

Those of us at the Linguistics Department Holiday party were lucky enough to attend a screening of the 1990s television show Dark Skies, a sci-fi drama featuring an alien language developed by Matt Pearson. And now the complete series is … finish reading Dark Skies Out on DVD

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