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”"