Congratulations to @universityofky - The Council has approved their new Ph.D. in linguistics. This program will prepare students for academic jobs in higher education, or career paths around ESL, computational linguistics or areas in speech & hearing sciences. #KYHigherEdMatters
Thrilled to be part of this excellent work by @JanellennnDavis alongside @rachelawiselure& @jenniferscramer ✊🏽🤓🔥 This lil ol word let's us view some fascinating things language is doing around & through us each day. Hope all y'all enjoy reading about her! 😍
This is terrible. I don't know if any of the very negative comments will ever get back to the owners, but maybe there is a chance that they see how horrible people think this is and reconsider? Vote, maybe?
VOTE NOW: The Lexington Legends are now the Lexington Counter Clocks.
What are your thoughts on the new name? Do you love it or hate it? Let us know what you think in the comments and at https://t.co/71h14ff907.
Dr. Cramer bringing all the awesome to SoSy to close out our first day! “Appalachian English as a linguistic frame of reference, not a fact” is the title of her FABULOUS talk!!! @jenniferscramer
The LSA is thrilled to name Dr. Rusty Barrett as the recipient of the 2023 Arnold Zwicky Award!
Read more about Dr. Barrett's vision of what we can all be if we consider exactly what it means to understand others – and about the award itself – at https://t.co/FqMXEWlTPC
Do you say, 'y'all', 'you all', 'you guys', something different?
Does NKY have a southern accent?
Take a listen to The Kentucky Side - our podcast - and weigh in: https://t.co/F2dxyQNKH9
Been a great day at @universityofky starting at the @ukappcenter, lunch with some wonderful Sociology Graduate students. Glad to see that my old Dept still are producing great future colleagues. Ended the day with talk on #KYHigherEdMatters. @CPENews
Dennis Preston, professor of linguistics, has an ear for the ways people speak differently across the United States. He was recently named a Fellow by the American Dialect Society. Congratulations, Professor Preston! Read more here: https://t.co/dPCe0n5xeL
Friends - if you know any high schoolers, have them sign up for this event! Obviously they will want to pick @UK_Linguistics after attending, but it's a good opportunity to learn about potential linguistics programs!