Saddened to learn that Schwa Fire contributor @EMLiedel's husband passed away recently. Raising $ for final wishes: gofundme.com/hjunqcvg
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Stories about language & life: how Accent Tagging got started, the Nicaraguan canal's impact on a small language community, & doctors who deny ASL interpreters.
Katılım Mart 2013
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Emoji are not hieroglyphics, emoji are not a universal language, and other myths dispelled by @visual_linguist: thevisuallinguist.com/2015/11/dispel…
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Schwa Fire founder, editor @michaelerard to receive Linguistics, Language, and the Public award from @LingSocAm linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/11/0…
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@SchwaFire: @SchwaFire writer @jessweiss1 will be on @wnyc today at 11:50 EST to talk the whys and hows of the secret languages of girls.
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Our LJA winner, @arikaokrent, has written for @mental_floss, @SmithsonianMag, @SchwaFire, etc in the last year alone linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/10/2…
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"There are political consequences for Jews’ forgetfulness of their languages" #Yiddish #Ladino culturallycuriousblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/lin… @jdforward @SchwaFire
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If you love #sociolinguistics or just like to talk about accents, this @schwafire article's for you: buff.ly/1i1ac8t
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Navajo Nation loosens requirement for top elected officials to speak the tribe's language: apne.ws/1Ijz3jM
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Here's @debbienathan2's fabulous piece: schwafire.creatavist.com/accent_tag_nat…
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@schwafire writer @debbienathan2's piece on accent tagging mentioned on @pritheworld pri.org/stories/2015-0…
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Shout out to @DebbieNathan2 for her @pritheworld spot on accent tags, which she first wrote about for Schwa Fire in April!
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New rule: anyone who wants to say that emoji are language must make that assertion entirely in emoji. Should be no problem if they're right.
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ICYMI: How the Nicaraguan canal will *actually* affect the Rama language. bit.ly/1KoSbd1 #endangeredlanguages #linguistics
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#language #journalism: To report piece on nail salon labor, @NYTimes used translators in 4 langs & article is available in 4 langs.
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#language #journalism in service of democracy: @froomkin on the NSA's speech recog & search technology firstlook.org/theintercept/2…
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The brilliant @careerlinguist has written a book! To fund her publishing, go to indiegogo.com/projects/caree…
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