Author Archives: Anna Belew

And Now a Word from Justin Petro, Bard Extraordinaire

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Anna Belew

Dear Fellow Linguists, My name is Justin Petro; I’m a student in the MA program for Linguistics at Eastern Michigan University, I work at LINGUIST List, and if that last statement wasn’t true, the one before it wouldn’t be either. … Continue reading →

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2012′s First LINGUIST of the Day: François Grosjean!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Anna Belew

Each year during Fund Drive, LINGUIST List has the honor of bringing you the autobiographical accounts of how some of the field’s top scholars came to be linguists. Every week, we’ll bring you a new tale of a linguist’s sagacity, … Continue reading →

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You need LINGUIST; LINGUIST needs you!

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Anna Belew

Dear LINGUIST List Subscribers, I’m Anna Belew, and I’m still waiting to wake up from this beautiful dream where I’m employed by LINGUIST List. When I moved to Michigan in 2010, I anticipated doing one of the following things with … Continue reading →

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Fund Drive 2012: LINGQUEST Begins!

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Anna Belew

Dear friends, subscribers, and supporters, The LINGUIST homepage has been overtaken by a mystical tome emblazoned with mysterious golden lettering: LINGQUEST. Welcome to Fund Drive 2012, a thrilling journey through the Lands of Linguistics. Each week, the valiant heroes of the … Continue reading →

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LSA Retrospective

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Anna Belew

Happy new year from everyone at LINGUIST List! We kicked off 2012 by sending 9 LINGUISTs to Portland for the 86th annual LSA meeting. Highlights included four posters given on the topic of technical training provided by LINGUIST projects (MultiTree, … Continue reading →

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LINGUIST List at LSA 2012

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Anna Belew

LINGUIST List will be holding office hours at LSA in January! We’d love to see you there. Join us for general office hours on Friday, as well as special LL-MAP office hours on Saturday: learn to make your own maps … Continue reading →

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A Very LL-MAP November: Witness the Arctic, Map Sharing

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Anna Belew

November is shaping up to be a busy month for LL-MAP! Witness the Arctic, an online journal providing information on current Arctic research efforts and findings, has recently asked the LL-MAP Project to discuss their arctic mapping initiative, ICE-CREAM (Integrating … Continue reading →