This week, we play-tested a fun and challenging linguistics card game. We also explored the the merger of two vowels before/l/ and created a (hopefully exhaustive) list of minimal pairs to incorporate into a new reading to see if speakers can produce or perceive a difference. The four members of our lab come from various […]
I’m a San Diegan, through and through. I was born here and I’ve lived all of my 25 years here. That said, I’m also one to pretend I don’t like it. I like to say that I’d move to Portland or Seattle in a flash if given the chance. I love rain and cold climates; […]
As a non-native San Diegan, I’ve had both the outsider and insider views of the city and its community. I grew up in a small cow town in Washington State, so to me community was all the kids I had been going to school with since kindergarten. It was knowing all the neighbors, cat-sitting for […]
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Every child hears that question. I, like most kids, had various answers during the different stages of my upbringing. My youthful career prospects hopped around from veterinarian to environmental researcher to teacher, doctor, public health guru, physical therapist and physical therapist for horses and dogs. […]
I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve been asked, “Linguistics, huh? How many languages do you speak?”. There certainly was a time in my life when I wanted to be a polyglot; I wanted to learn every language I possibly could, starting with French or Spanish and moving to Russian, Gaelic, or Arabic. […]
When linguists talk about “accent” they’re talking about *how* people say things rather than *what* things people say.
People’s speaking styles are all the ways that they adjusts their speech to fit different situations.