Just under a year ago, my brand new colleague Betsy Sneller and I decided to launch a research project together. At that time, we called it “MI-COVID Diaries”. Betsy had signed her hiring paperwork with… Read More "Looking back on the MI Diaries project"
Language change in Tianjin, China
Last year, Xiaomei Wang and I were invited to contribute to the Selected Proceedings from New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 48) in the University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics series. Edited by Penn… Read More "Language change in Tianjin, China"
The long tail of language change
In our new paper in Canadian Journal of Linguistics, “The long tail of language change: A trend and panel study of Québecois French futures“, Gillian Sankoff and I return to the future temporal reference data… Read More "The long tail of language change"
MSU profile published online
I was featured this week in a story by the MSU College of Arts and Letters, Understanding the Language of Change Through Linguistics. (It was also published in the university’s daily news publication, MSU Today,… Read More "MSU profile published online"
Montreal French lifespan change featured in live lecture
My long-time collaborator and former advisor, Gillian Sankoff, gave a live lecture today for the Brazilian Linguistic Association, Abralin, on the topic of language change across the lifespan. The talk includes our joint work on… Read More "Montreal French lifespan change featured in live lecture"
Review of Eckert book “Meaning and Linguistic Variation”
In 2018, Penelope Eckert published a new book, Meaning and Linguistic Variation: The Third Wave in Sociolinguistics. I was invited by the journal Language in Society to publish a review. I accepted, but then got… Read More "Review of Eckert book “Meaning and Linguistic Variation”"
MI-COVID Diaries project is recruiting!
I’m excited to announce the MSU Sociolinguistics Lab‘s new project, MI COVID Diaries! The project is led by our new Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Dr. Betsy Sneller. We’re collecting periodic audio diaries from Michigan State residents… Read More "MI-COVID Diaries project is recruiting!"
“What influences dialects?” video
Available now, here’s a quick video created by the College of Arts and Letters media team as part of its Behind the Will series*. Titled “What influences dialects?” you can hear me give a very… Read More "“What influences dialects?” video"
Forthcoming paper in Canadian Journal of Linguistics
Just accepted to Canadian Journal of Linguistics: a jointly-authored paper with Gillian Sankoff titled “The long tail of language change: A trend and panel study of Quebeçois futures.” We hope it will appear in 2020. Here’s… Read More "Forthcoming paper in Canadian Journal of Linguistics"