thank you! I was not familiar with this site.

cannot find a source for the logic of non standard english from labov when will the pain end

cannot find a way of accessing Wells, Acents of English vol 1 when will the pain end

Statistics is like phonetics: absolutely fascinating, but equally terrifying

no such thing as “proper English”

ppl rarely talk in complete sentences

we learn dialect & speech patterns from our peers, not parents

nothing wrong w/saying like, um, or vocal fry

singular they is grammatical & is older than singular you

most American slang comes from African American English

New publication out in JSLX: Language isn't just a data set. We explore why and suggest new directions for sociolinguistic research in the AI era #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Check out the full issue.

Becoming a Linguist Advice from Key Thinkers in Language Studies Edited ByEldin Milak, Ana Tankosić

Introduction Eldin Milak 1 Re-making linguistics Noam Chomsky 2 What I got out of linguistics, and what I gave back William Labov 3 Becoming an applied linguist Claire Kramsch 4 Lessons learned Diane Larsen- Freeman 5 Welcome to a lifetime of fun Richard (‘Dick’) Hudson 6 On becoming/ observing people languaging Ofelia Garcia 7 Worlds in grains of sand: Interactional sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography Ben Rampton 8 Embracing vulnerability Suresh Canagarajah 9 The reluctant linguist Alastair Pennycook 10 From apprentice to mentor: An applied linguist’s voyage Lourdes Ortega 11 Remaking the world with linguistics Anna Kristina Hultgren 12 Why identity, ideology and emotion matter: A Global South perspective Peter De Costa 13 Chronotopes: Time and space in identity-making Sender Dovchin 14 Yes, aspiring linguist, what you’re doing is linguistics Uju Anya 15 Arriving at a linguistics of hope Usree Bhattacharya Conclusion Ana Tankosić

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What a line-up! I'm particularly keen to read chapters by Claire Kramsch, Ben Rampton, Suresh Canagarajah, Alastair Pennycook, Lourdes Ortega, Sender Dovchin & @ujuanya.bsky.social!

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We ourself can use this pronoun On a recent rewatch of the 1979 film The Warriors, I noticed an unusual pronoun spoken by Cleon, played by Dorsey Wright:* Ourself, once in regular use, is now scarce outside of certain dialects, a…

Fun facts about the word "ourself":
—It's older than "ourselves"
—It can be singular or plural
—It has multiple grammatical roles
—All good dictionaries still list it
—Shakespeare used it *dozens* of times
—You can use it too, if you want
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I’d accept being mid if it meant that I was never stressed #linguistics