Sana

PhD candidate in Linguistics at UWA Variationist Sociolinguist in training; tweeting own views.

[Sana @Sana_SLx]

50 years since NYC. So privileged to witness tribute to Labov today. Unforgettable, emotional, inspiring. #NWAV45

[Lee Murray @MurrayLeeA]

Simpson: Tolkien's character naming has conditioned us to associate voiceless consonant clusters with orcs #ALS2016

[Sana @Sana_SLx]

Plenary speaker Dr Jane Simpson brings together love of linguistics and love of the fantasy genre. We love what we do #linguistlife #ALS2016 https://t.co/z2Ivnl5tp7

[Sana @Sana_SLx]

Congrats to all winners, esp @AmyBLightyear from UWA @uwanews for being awarded an ALS grant to support her PhD fieldwork! #ALS2016 https://t.co/jrgpm4msi9

[Ina Bornkessel-Schl. @ibsneuro]

And congratulations to Louise for securing an ALS grant to support her PhD research! #ALS2016

[Sana @Sana_SLx]

Congratulations on being awarded a prestigious Susan Kaldor Scholarship, @LinguistSophie ! @uwanews #ALS2016 https://t.co/IfJXqpPR1P

[Dr Celeste R Louro 🌿 @CelesteRLouro]

Yay, Sophie! #ALS2016 @LinguistSophie @uwanews

[Lee Murray @MurrayLeeA]

Personally, I think all conference sessions should be timed with toy train whistles #ALS2016

[Sana @Sana_SLx]

Amazing ⚡️Plenary by @CelesteRLouro about her new DECRA-funded project on variation & change in urban Aboriginal English. #ALS2016 @uwanews

[Sana @Sana_SLx]

Thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's workshop on Semiotic Registers and Language Variation in Australia with special guest Dr. Asif Agha #ALS2016 https://t.co/F7sC3XPRxp

[Chloé Diskin-Holdaway @ChloeDiskin]

A privilege to spend the day at a satellite workshop on semiotic registers with Asif Agha #ALS2016 #ALAA2016

[Chloé Diskin-Holdaway @ChloeDiskin]

Break-out sesh before Felicity Cox's public lecture on #AusEng #coedlsummer

[Lee Murray @MurrayLeeA]

If linguists wrote 'Arrival':

(credit and full thread here: https://t.co/7WqMcWs9cv)

[Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @[email protected] @dialect]

"To say that speech is performative is not to say that it is conscious. That is a matter of degree." Preach it, Penny. #NWAV45

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

Preach! #NWAV45 https://t.co/tGYjLSxrHn

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

Eckert Q&A, raised by Marianna Di Paolo: Variables mean different things in different contexts—danger in looking for *the* meaning #NWAV45

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

Oushiro & Guy: Stratified random samples may not be best way to find lectal cohesion—need groups with strong internal social ties #NWAV45

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@KC_Speech & Tasha Cardwell now presenting The City as Speech Community #NWAV45

[Kaleigh Woolford @kmwoolford]

Oushiro & Guy: Speakers tend to exhibit greater social cohesion if they interact more with in-group speakers #NWAV45

[Salvatore Callesano @callesano]

Oushiro & Guy asking how social factors can promote co-variation #NWAV45

[Sana @Sana_SLx]

When sociolinguistics and Disney come together, academic magic happens. #NWAV45

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

Wolfram: Be aware not to focus on most "exotic" or vernacular—there's variation, so show the variation #NWAV45

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

Wolfram Q&A: How do you deal with, eg, expressions of linguistic prejudice? Interact, don't judge, keep it positive, do what you can #NWAV45