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GURT2011 Review – Susan Herring’s Plenary
At GURT 2011, the first plenary was by none other than Susan Herring, who is one of the pioneers of the field of Computer-Mediated Communication. In her talk, she discussed many of the issues facing...
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emoticons as words
I argued once, in a syntax paper, that emoticons should be classified as “words”. They carry meaning, they act as discourse markers, and therefore, they act like any other word. Today, I accidentally...
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Self-Terminology
I admit it — as far as I can tell, I made up the term “eLinguist” and “eLinguistics”. I don’t say that to mean “Hey, I’m the originator of this term, give me credit where it’s due!”, but rather to...
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A Schedule Conundrum
So for this next school year, I’m facing something I’ve never faced before – a totally open schedule. I got a Mellon Award, which means that I don’t have to teach or be an assistant of any type. The...
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resolutions
New Year’s Resolution #2: Update this blog more. Okay, just write in it, since I seem to have not done that since August. I kind of got sidetracked when a lot of things happened this summer. Before...
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