Solar eclipse in Dallas, TX.

Join us for the 2023 #LanguageDocumentation Webinars, starting October 6 at 11am PDT! In this free 9-week learning series, you'll learn the basics of how to record and document your language. Beginners welcome - no experience needed! Register here: bit.ly/ELP-webinar23

1/7 Discussing low-resource languages we highlighted that the amount of the language data doesn’t correlate with the number of their speakers. The number of speakers isn’t the main factor that affects language vitality, the other factors also play a part. Which ones? The 🧵

Please join Pedro Mateo Pedro and myself at the 2023 LSA Linguistics Institute. We are offering a course on documenting the acquisition of indigenous languages. pyersqr.org/classes/Lingui…

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So happy to participate in the International Conference on Local Languages (ICLL) 2023 Feb. 17th icolang.com

A short video on the significance of child language and the place of child language in language documentation projects. It includes a quick guide to documenting child language: youtu.be/F6CG_KeAZrI

Ever since the Kidd&Garcia paper came out surveying which languages are represented in major child language journals, I've been thinking "huh, 103 languages...this sounds like a #100papers project" So! Here's an ongoing thread reading one paper per language. I call it #103papers

Twitter linguists, how do you use Wordle in your introductory linguistics classes?

I posted my WAIL 2022 presentation on reinventing the process of documenting child language <youtu.be/An4vQtR1Pv8>. I welcome any and all suggestions.

A graph showing how little is known about child language. Documentation is only available for ~200 child languages.

I'll offer some suggestions on documenting the acquisition of endangered languages at The 2nd International Virtual Seminar on Endangered Language and Linguistics (IVSoELL) ocs.usu.ac.id/ivsoell

Brazil preparing to rip a national park in Amazon forest - the Serra do Divisor - in half by building a controversial road through it. Approval for studies given by reserve police colonel at ICMBio environment agency. ((o))eco (1/2) oeco.org.br/reportagens/ic…

The fieldwork group at Yale is creating a set of videos about what linguists do, aimed at language communities who might want to work with linguists on language documentation projects. Please share with anyone who might want this information! youtu.be/WNPOhnslfVw

Journal of Child Language have just published my and Laura Wagner's special issue on Testable Theories of Core First Language Acquisition: cambridge.org/core/journals/…, and you can read our guest editorial Open Access here: cambridge.org/core/journals/… 🧵1/n

Let's try this again! @AILLA_archive’s #HornRaiser is live! Every gift, no matter how large or small, is an investment in preserving #IndigenousLanguages of #LatinAmerica! Please contribute today! hornraiser.utexas.edu/amb/SupportAIL…

@AILLA_archive’s #HornRaiser kicks off TODAY, Sept. 8, 2021, at 9:00 CDT! Every gift, no matter how large or small, is an investment in preserving #IndigenousLanguages of #LatinAmerica! Please make a contribution today! hornraiser.utexas.edu/amb/SupportAIL…

How diverse is child language acquisition research? How much do we really know about how children learn the worlds 7000+ languages? Eagerly awaited preprint by Evan Kidd & Rowena Garcia analysing 45 years of research published in child language journals psyarxiv.com/jpeyq

July 13 - don't miss this awesome online event hosted by @globalvoices and @FirstLangAU: "Indigenous+Digital: How young people are revitalizing their native languages on the internet". More details and register for free here: globalvoices.org/2021/07/07/liv…

On Sunday, temps in Lytton broke Canada’s all-time record, hitting 116 degrees Fahrenheit. On Monday, Lytton set a new record: 118 degrees. On Tuesday: 121 degrees. On Wednesday, Lytton burned down. washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/…