Author Archives: Ed Battistella

About Ed Battistella

Edwin Battistella’s latest book Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels was released by Oxford University Press in March of 2020.

An Interview with Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns, authors of Connecting Through Conversation

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Ed Battistella

Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns are the co-authors of Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students (ConnectEDD Publishing, 2023). Erika Bare currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent for the Ashland School District and has more than twenty years of experience … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Ed Battistella

The Babel Apocalypse by Vyvyan Evans (Nephilm, 2023) Part of a new series of by linguist Vyvyan Evans: what will happen if (when?!) most of the world’s people a “chipped” with tech that streams Unilanguage technology controlled by corporations. And … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Valerie Fridland, author of Like, Literally, Dude

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Ed Battistella

Valerie Fridland is a professor of English at the University of Nevada in Reno.  She has has a PhD in sociolinguistics from Michigan State University, and is an expert on the relationship between language and society, her work has appeared in … Continue reading →

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What I’m reading: Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its languages

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Ed Battistella

Peggy Mohan’s Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its languages is a fascinating history of the languages of India. There are two key, intersecting themes: one is the idea that existing local language form a forming a substratum, … Continue reading →

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