I use this space to post short pieces on language, media, and other strange things. Most of the time this will probably have nothing to do with my academic work, but sometimes it might.
I had a lot of fun writing this way on Speech Events, a group blog which is now retired. Here is a link to all my posts there. Some of my favorite posts are:
- What the Elcor remind us about language. Connects the odd speech of some video game aliens to the sociolinguistic theories of how we talk about our talk.
- Brgprgpbpaob brghpbaub hprghbuh preurrggbhh. Explores news stories of talking animals.
- The Language of Star Wars (Part 1). An investigation of the unusual ways the Star Wars films portray multilingualism.