Society for Linguistic Anthropology

Linguistic Anthropology is the comparative study of the ways in which language shapes social life.

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University of Michigan Ann Arbor invite applications for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor to build and direct a new Mellon-funded interdisciplinary program promoting Environmental Justice and the Humanities.

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The Anthropology Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, invites applications for a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the anthropology of China.

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Call for applications: Editor(s)-in-Chief of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology – Deadline October 15, 2026

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The Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor in Language and Wellbeing, expected to start on September 1, 2027.

https://t.co/V3EHI761X6

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Congratulations to the Anthropological Association’s 2026 Award Recipients! 🎉

Special congratulations to Alejandro Paz and Michael Min-Torresdey, two linguistic anthropologists recognized among this year’s award recipients.

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Use the SLA Social Media Submission Form to submit publications, job postings, calls for papers, awards, funding opportunities, conferences, and other professional announcements for sharing across our social media channels.

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Interested in publishing on the SLA Blog? We are currently accepting pitches on any topic relevant to linguistic anthropology! Learn more about SLA, our blog, and how to submit here: https://t.co/LnHXwpkngt

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The SLA Blog is excited to announce our return from hiatus with a piece titled "There are Ghosts in this Machine: AI Anonymization and the Identification of Self" by María José Peláez, Kai Blevins, and Joel Kuipers

https://t.co/sA0GRcZP8D

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Remembering Dr. Marcyliena Morgan

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The Society for Linguistic Anthropology is excited to announce that our 2027 conference will be held at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, June 3–5, 2027.

Additional information will be shared in the coming months.

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SLA AWARD FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

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Please submit nominations using this google form.
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The submission deadline is June 15, 2026.

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Happy Pride 2026!

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Abortion, incommunicability, and semiotic labor: Policing disciplinary boundaries through language ideological work among emergency nurses in a post-Roe environment

Lynnette Arnold, Hannah Noblewolf, Lisa Wolf

https://t.co/MZXZOJEeEG

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Collective grief, liminality, and redressive action in Black fans' embodied engagement with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marissa Smith Morgan

https://t.co/PXC18EJPmH

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The Society for Linguistic Anthropology holds an annual student essay competition at the undergraduate level. Submissions are due June 15, 2026. https://t.co/BBQN7Gb56L

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Recruiting Mubai: Race turning into qualification in China's private English language education
招聘“母白”外教: 中国私立英语教育行业中的种族与资质

Shuling Wang, Raviv Litman

https://t.co/Zmpvwo8OAL

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“You keep the y'alls”: Multivocality and embodiment in college students' negotiations of academic English

Jocelyn Ahlers, Nicoleta Bateman, & Mary Stewart

https://t.co/EsmqmvJRPl

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Vernacular infrastructuring: Rethinking linguistic agency of minority-language speakers in multilingual digital environment

Udiana Puspa Dewi

https://t.co/CCnYQB9Nxo