Southern drawl? Midwestern purity? Pahking the cah in Hahvahd
Yahd?
This
week's MND is with Linguistics Professor Jim Stanford!
Topic: Dialect acquisition
by children - why do we talk the way we do?
Date: Monday, February 18th
Location: Amarna
[23 E. Wheelock St.]
Time: 7pm
Chefs: Blaine Ponto '14 and Kenny Baclawski '12
Menu: Amarna's
special recipe mac & cheese, butternut squash soup, and
apple bread pudding.
Missed
Wine & Cheese? Don't miss this dinner!
And stay tuned for next week's talk on fracking with EARS
Professor Edward Meyer!
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James Stanford is an assistant professor in the
Linguistcs & CogSci department. He founded the NWAV
ASIA-PACIFIC sociolinguistics conference, focused on
studying Asian and Pacific languages. His major research
interest is in studying linguistic variations in
lesser-studied languages and minority groups, including
the Sui people of China and various Hmong populations
throughout the United States. He has also published
papers on the New Hampshire dialect, his study of which
was featured in the New York Times, Boston Public Radio,
and others.