Category Archives: Language

An Interview with Mary Norris

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Ed Battistella

Mary Norris began working at The New Yorker in 1978. She has written for The Talk of the Town and for newyorker.com on a wide range of topics and recently published Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen … Continue reading →

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Grad School: An Interview with Ariel Jackson

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Ed Battistella

Ariel Jackson is a 2012 graduate of Southern Oregon University. She received an MA degree from UC Davis in Linguistics in 2014. EB: What is your graduate program like? What courses do you take and what sorts of things are … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Christine Dupres

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Ed Battistella

Christine Dupres has a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a descendent of the Lower Cowlitz and the Cree of Manitoba, Canada, and currently lives in Portland. She has worked for the National Policy … Continue reading →

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You’re never bored when you are a linguist

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Ed Battistella

Why do we call computer cookies “cookies”? What’s up with pronunciations like “warsh,” “bolth” and “aig”? How come we have the noun “stick-to-itiveness” but no adjective “stick-to-itive”? You’re never bored when you are a linguist. And that’s never more true … Continue reading →

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