Gregory Forth explores the ‘thunder complex’, a series of taboos and rites that include making fun of animals, to learn about the ontology of human-animal relations in diverse societies. This and more in our latest issue: bit.ly/v92i3ToC

Books, Emergent phonology: To what extent do complex phonological patterns require the postulation of universal mechanisms specific to language? In this volume, we explore the Emergent Hypothesis, that the innate language-specific faculty driving the… dlvr.it/Sg9cB0

PAn *s is chaotic evil

gotta think of a good paper to present

Only a couple of days left to submit to the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Co ferrnce, in Chiang Mai this year! I already got my abstract submitted, and hoping to submit a coauthored work as well. How about you? seals32.human.cmu.ac.th

The ‘thunder complex’ is found among linguistically and culturally diverse populations in the Philippines, Indonesia, and peninsular Malaysia and suggests a common ontology in human-animal relations. More in our latest issue: bit.ly/v92i3Forth

Talk at the University of Malaysia Sarawak next Friday on linguistc approaches to reconstructing human history.

Listen to what they say about keeping mother languages alive!

ICLDC 8 officially starts tomorrow! Our welcome and opening plenary will begin at 8:00 am HST - we look forward to seeing you! Thank you to all who were able to attend our pre-conference video screening event! See you again soon! #icldc #icldc8 #language #justice #linguistics

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Calls, 30th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association: Call for Papers: We invite submissions for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion). Submissions should ideally combine original data with a formal linguistic… dlvr.it/SkwByC

Calls, 30th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association: 2nd Call for Papers: New abstract deadline: 15 May 2023 Submission Guidelines: The abstract should be anonymized [including the Document Properties in the .pdf file],… dlvr.it/Snl3dw

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Might as well grab @ austronesianist before anyone else does

It was a pleasure being on this committee. This is such a well done dissertation I can't recommend it enough. Congrats Tamisha! 🥳

And to end off, Alexander D. Smith 🚣 (Follow me on Bluesky) presented an update on "History and Syntax of the Languages of Borneo", with mitcho and Dr. Carly J. Sommerlot, which combines documentation of three Borneo languages with an analysis of their morphosyntax!

I just had my first European dissertation defense experience. Really interesting. What's more interesting though is the amazing dissertation defended by Jiang Wu, Malayic varieties of Kelantan and Terenggau. This is a very important and well done description. Congratulations!

I posted the same thing on twitter and threads. 55 likes on twitter compared to...zero on threads. lmao

chuffed.org/project/suppor… Support firefighting efforts led by local Dayak activists in Kalimantan to help protect the Bornean rainforest.

1/ One of the longest-standing misconceptions about the Punan in Sarawak is that they were nomads living in trees. At the recent Sarawak Book Festival, this myth surfaced again when someone asked, “Oh, are they the people who live in trees?” 🤔