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Books: Nahuatl Nations: Hansen (2024): Nahuatl Nations is a linguistic ethnography that explores the political relations between those Indigenous communities of Mexico that speak the Nahuatl language and the Mexican Nation that claims it as an important national symbol. Author Magnus Pharao Hansen studies how this relation has been shaped by history and how it plays out today in Indigenous Nahua towns, regions, and educational institutions, and in the Mexican diaspora. Based on long-term fieldwork in several Nahuatl speaking commu

Looking forward to the Mongolia Society annual conference tomorrow. Aside from doing my own presentation looking at the legacy of J. Batmönkh I am looking forward to hearing presentations on linguistics, ethnomusicology, and (of course) Mongolia in historic perspective. If you‘re going to be there drop me a line and let‘s make sure we get a chance to chat and catch up. #Mongolia #MongoliaSociety #InternationalRelations #MongolianHistory

The new #Cherokee Language class is a four-course series. It’s supported by the partnership for less commonly taught languages through the cultural anthropology department at #Duke. #languagematters #culture #DukeUniversity #cherokeelanguage #languagecourses #makinghistory #languagelearning #languagenews #news #universitynews #NativeAmericanStudies

New volume out, edited by Maria Kuteeva (Dept of English) and Caroline Kerfoot (the Centre). ✌ Congrats! The book focuses on the ways in which contemporary societal challenges are constructed, mediated and lived through language and other semiotic modalities in new on- and off-line spaces. It conceives of linguistic repertoires as part of dynamic assemblages that can enable an understanding of the ways in which different bodies, lived experiences, discourses, semiotic resources, and objects intra-act, change and ‘become’ together in unpredictable ways. The chapters reveal the conditions under which such assemblages occur and the nature of the entangled elements that enable certain practices to emerge and then either to endure or disappear, drawing on a range of critical sociolinguistic and discourse analytical methods to explore how histories, languages, bodies, and the material realisation of each space intra-act in the production of determinations of (linguistic) legitimacy and worth, shaping contemporary ideologies of belonging and, thereby, other possibilities. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in fields including sociolinguistics, anthropology, migration studies, and education. With contributions from Natalia Volvach, Michele Cunico, Anna Mammitzsch, Tim Roberts, Kate O’Farrell, and Brigitta Busch. https://lnkd.in/gJDF_7ru

""SYMPOSIA - TIBETO-BURMAN COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS PART 2"" The video discusses written scripts in Tibeto-Burman languages, documenting foreign languages in Mongolian texts, challenges in historical linguistics, and the need for technological innovation in scientific linguistics. #symposia #linguistics #anthropology #sociolinguistics #linguisticanthropology https://lnkd.in/gc9n7i7U

For my Anthropology crowd out there, this is a wonderful read on the endangered languages in the world. 96% of all 7000+ languages are spoken by a mere 4% of the world population, with some left to handfuls of people. The book is called, A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think, by Caleb Everett https://lnkd.in/ekyyh6mu

🏷 My personal linguistic fetish - Odessan dialect. A mix of Russian, Yiddish and Ukrainian, it is understood across the post-Soviet territory and the diaspora regardless of what language these people speak as their native. It's puzzling to me that while a very similar dialect also developed in Bessarabia (Moldova) the same did not happen in the Jewish diaspora in Belarus. Perhaps some phonetic similarities, yes, but not the syntax and the lexicon, although linguistic migration did occur before the Holocaust due to the territorial proximity and people's travels within the diaspora. Odessan dialect is also notoriously difficult to translate into English without losing most of what makes it a unique linguistic experience. I've been trying to figure this out in my spare time, just because it's something that I like to do. The dialect is considered archaic now, but growing up in the diaspora I remember hearing it very often. These days I get my material from movies and some shows. I'll link in comments one particular production that to me is a linguistic monument of Odessan dialect. Below is an academic work, somewhat of an analysis, a research of the dialect's translatability. #linguistics #anthropology #linguisticanthropology #slavicstudies #sovietstudies #easterneurope #odessa #jewishdiaspora #jewishstudies #yiddish #Ukraine #literarytranslation #translation Artwork: Odessa, Yard. Artist: Pavel Gladkov (Ukraine) Research paper: https://lnkd.in/eXmjCvg9

A great honour to be part of this exciting and inspiring interdisciplinary project. Our chapter (with Maialen MARIN-LACARTA), entitled “Ethnographic Approaches in Translation and Migration Studies,” critically surveys studies on translation and migration from an anthropologically-informed ethnographic perspective and discusses applications of ethnography by drawing on our on-going projects. Here, translation is “described metaphorically as travel, that is, a journey, marking an experience of border crossing. Accompanying the experience of travelling is that of translation, understood as cross-linguistic and cross-cultural communication” (pp. 421). The review addresses three sets of literature covering various disciplinary intersections. First, we present the anthropological literature on migration studies that adopts an ethnographic perspective and demonstrate that for a long time translation was absent in most discussions. Second, we survey the more recent migration studies publications that pay attention to language from an ethnographic perspective, and highlight the core concerns of these scholars studying migration in the contemporary context. Third, the review focuses on translation studies research on migration from an ethnographic approach, and elucidates common concerns in anthropology and translation studies. After this extensive literature review, we shed light on the main features, advantages and challenges of ethnography in the context of migration and translation, drawing on our on-going projects in Hong Kong and Barcelona. Our reflections also point out the future directions of ethnographic research.  https://lnkd.in/guDKw5U9

The Centre for Languages and Multicultural Communication (CLMC) - Woxsen University is proud to announce its membership with the The GLOCAL - Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics, based at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom. GLOCAL is an esteemed member of the World Council for Anthropological Associations (WCAA) and collaborates with renowned organizations such as Taylor and Francis, Springer, Multilingual Matters, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Through this membership, CLMC is now part of a global academic network encompassing over 4,000 institutions worldwide. This collaboration offers CLMC access to a wide range of benefits, including: ▪️Cutting-edge research in linguistic and cultural anthropology ▪️Opportunities for scholarly collaboration ▪️Media lectures and academic conferences ▪️Publishing support and research training ▪️Student mobility programs ▪️Enhanced academic visibility and networking opportunities This milestone underscores Woxsen University’s commitment to fostering global academic excellence and interdisciplinary collaboration. Raul Villamarin Rodriguez | Dr. Anik Nandi #Woxsen #WoxsenUniversity #InternationalCollaboration #Research #GlobalEducation #LinguisticAnthropology #CulturalAnthropology #LanguageAndCulture #AnthropologyResearch #Linguistics #GlobalPartnerships #HigherEducation #University #Hyderabad

Kenneth Lee Pike (1912–2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist best known for his work on language structure and use. He introduced the terms "emic" and "etic", which describe cultural analysis from within (emic) or outside (etic) a system. Pike was a pioneer in the study of phonetics and developed the Tagmemics theory, a framework for analyzing both linguistic and non-linguistic systems. He spent much of his career working with the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), focusing on minority languages and Bible translation. Pike’s work emphasized the importance of understanding language in its cultural context, making his contributions significant in both linguistics and anthropology.