The Christmas holidays are approaching, and I can pretty much predict how the opening of the presents will go for me…(except this year I unfortunatelyRead More
Linguistweets conference
I participated today in the Linguistweets conference, where every talk consists of only 6 tweets! I tweeted about my experience with fieldwork methods while describingRead More
A comic about what linguistics is not (with C3PO)
This is probably a cliché complaint by now, but it is also very true. Every time I say I am a linguist, people ask meRead More
Language without syntax? Lessons from Star Trek
In Star Trek: The New Generation there is an interesting linguistic episode in Season 5 called Darmok. In this episode, our heroes come across aRead More
A comic about fieldwork 4
Another comic about fieldwork! It always seems like other people’s fieldwork experience was easier and better, but in the end of the day we allRead More