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Language and writing in academe.

Posts from Lingua Franca

By William Germano December 20, 2018
Language is endlessly interesting. And why shouldn’t it be? We’re made of it, says Bill Germano. It’s what we live with, but it’s also a kind of life, on its own, in itself, and in us.
By Ben Yagoda December 19, 2018
Ben Yagoda reveals the topics he may yet explore in The Chronicle, and reflects on how writing for Lingua Franca upped his game.
By Geoffrey K. Pullum December 18, 2018
Geoff Pullum reflects on the surprising benefits of having to write a Lingua Franca post every week for seven years.
By Geoffrey K. Pullum December 13, 2018
To Geoff Pullum’s amusement, Gmail now offers phrases that are exactly the opposite of what the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four said writers should use.
By Allan Metcalf December 12, 2018
Allan Metcalf reports the latest news from the author of the acclaimed Word by Word.
By Anne Curzan December 11, 2018
Anne Curzan reflects on what she has learned from blogging about language and teaching.
By Rose Jacobs December 10, 2018
“Research is not just done in the lab,” a physics professor once told Rose Jacobs, but on paper, during the writing process. Lingua Franca, which culminates next week, has been a look over the shoulders of scholars as they do just that — put ideas on paper, arrange them, see what they connect to, and explore the context.
By Ben Yagoda December 8, 2018
Our 41st president may not have had “the vision thing,” but, Ben Yagoda says, he had a way with words.
December 6, 2018
Whether in the classroom or the courtroom, the way we ask questions involves many things, including ambiguous words and the stress of the questioning event. How we think about students’ answers, says Roger Shuy, must take such conditions into account.
By Ben Yagoda December 5, 2018
That construction, once considered American vernacular, is spreading, says Ben Yagoda. It’s more vivid than standard English, so he might try it.
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