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.