The title for a conference presentation “Methodological Pluralism in Linguistic Theory: Towards a True Cognitive Science of Langauge “

I make that typo all the time … #LSA2015

Plane reading! Woot and congrats @rmqueen!!! #LSA2015

One last great beer before boarding. Bye, #LSA2015 !

The perpetual question: how do we emphasize that Lx is a science? Especially when some academic linguists say "no"... #LSA2015

Laversuch-Nick: we need ethical standards for those claiming as forensic Lx experts. Panel: ALE has an IRB but need more. #LSA2015

About the Institute for Linguistic Evidence - Institute For Linguistic Evidence THE INSTITUTE FOR LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE (ILE) is the first and only non-profit scientific research organization devoted to developing and testing forensic linguistic methods. ILE conducts pioneering research and development for methods of handling language as evidence and provides validated, tested and proven methods for answering forensically significant questions. ILE’s primary goal is finding out what […]

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We need standards and certification for those testifying as forensic linguistic experts. #LSA2015

Back in Lx. In other professions for questions and discussion. #LSA2015

Somehow @crfarrington1 beat me to this talk. #LSA2015 #ADS2015

Here's the whole rule. @betsysneller #LSA2015

.@betsysneller uses acceptability judgments to test the validity of the phonological rule. Nice! Predictions mostly hold. #LSA2015

Increased comfort! No longer standard vs nonstandard but our dialect vs a prestige (Brit) dialect. (Me: brilliant!) #LSA2015 @betsysneller

Comparisons was made to British English: "they can say fanks". #LSA2015 @betsysneller

Problems with metalx commentary: underreporting of usage, not understanding tasks. @betsysneller #LSA2015

Major challenge for acceptability judgement task: underreporting of personal AAVE usage. #LSA2015

Th> front / intersonorant (oversimplification, get @betsysneller's slides) #LSA2015

When SI fronting is allowed, it precedes an unstressed syllable. #LSA2015 @betsysneller

Only word that shows syllable-initial (SI) fronting is "nothing." #LSA2015 @betsysneller

Can fronting happen syllable initially? Yes! #LSA2015 @betsysneller

Interviews conducted by family members = more comfortable speech. @betsysneller #LSA2015

And now for smth completely different: th stopping in AAE. #LSA2015 @betsysneller

But there's resistance: editors re: Behrens book "professors don't want to learn anything new, especially Lx." #LSA2015

Behrens: Academic lg. Is not about grammar. It's about how lg is structured, how lg. works. #LSA2015

Compounding problem: students who are starting with a home dialect that is not SAE. SAE native speakers already have difficulty. #LSA2015

Instructors must answer: in my field, what counts as evidence? How do you structure an argument? #LSA2015

Students frustrated that faculty have differing expectations. Faculty frustrated that students lack academic vocabulary. #LSA2015

Answers from students and teaching focus on taking students and their opinions out of academic writing. Troubling! #LSA2015

Behrens: but the problem is, teachers can't quite define or explain academic language. #LSA2015

Behrens: Students need to master academic lg. To succeed at the critical thinking tasks they encounter in the classroom #LSA2015

I'm all over this morning; sorry for scattered tweeting! First up: lx in related professions. Susan Behrens on working w/ faculty. #LSA2015