Linguistics at Payap University

Payap Research Symposium 2017

Aj. Larin recommended Martin Hilpert for our "continuing education" in Linguistics. I've enjoyed watching a couple of them. I prefer him at 1.5 speed; Aj. Larin says he listens at double speed. I don't seem to be able to listen that fast. Must be getting old.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=martin+hilpert&spfreload=1

martin hilpert - YouTube แชร์วิดีโอของคุณกับเพื่อน ครอบครัว และทุกคนทั่วโลก

A good description or not?
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150820-why-is-canadian-english-unique

Why is Canadian English unique? America’s neighbour resisted annexation by the US and its people remained UK subjects. But Canada’s English isn’t exactly British or American, writes James Harbeck.

Singlish or English or Both or ...?
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33809914

The rise of Singlish - BBC News Singapore tried to make its multi-racial population speak English. They responded by making a hybrid language - Singlish - now 50 years old.

The Payap Linguistics Department Linguistics Colloquium
Dr. Stephen Morey
Verbal Agreement marking in the Tangsa / Tangshang languages
FRIDAY ! FRIDAY !! FRIDAY !!! 11:00 AM, August 7, 2015
Pentecost Bldg. Room 201

A free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on language revival will begin on 28 July 2015. All welcome: https://www.edx.org/course/language-revival-securing-future-adelaidex-la...

Courses

Want to make up your own language? One of my grammar teachers made up one he called 'Martian', in part to illustrate unusual grammatical features of languages.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150706-the-writers-who-invented-languages

The writers who invented languages JRR Tolkien created Elvish and many other writers have made up new words and phrases. But can you really construct a whole new lexicon? Hephzibah Anderson takes a look.

Austalian Outback birds and human language structure.
http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/science/signs-of-human-esque-communication-discovered-in-babbler-birds/92292/

Signs of human-esque communication discovered in babbler birds A key element of human language has been discovered in babbler bird.

http://themindunleashed.org/2015/06/see-the-worlds-most-spoken-languages-in-one-eye-opening-infographic.html

See The World’s Most Spoken Languages In One Eye-Opening Infographic Around the world there are a total of 7,102 known languages, of this gargantuan amount twenty-three remain popular enough to be considered…

Migration, Language, Genes, Lactose intolerance ...
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/59068/20150611/ancient-dna-provides-clues-to-migration-language-and-lactose-tolerance.htm
Also see:
http://www.nature.com/news/dna-data-explosion-lights-up-the-bronze-age-1.17723
And many more reporters' takes on the article.

Ancient DNA Provides Clues to Migration, Language and Lactose Tolerance Advancements in modern DNA technology are providing a deeper and more refined glimpse into ancient populations, revealing timetables for human migrations, the influx of languages, and even the physical attributes of prehistoric populations.

Announcing the following uploaded articles in Volume 9, available here: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/?p=603

Greetings from the LD&C team
http://www.nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/

On Training in Language Documentation and Capacity Building in Papua New Guinea: A Response to Bird et al.
Joseph D. Brooks, pp. 1–9

Documentary Linguistics and Computational Linguistics: A response to Brooks
Steven Bird, David Chiang, Friedel Frowein, Florian Hanke & Ashish Vaswani, pp. 10–11

Collaborative Documentation and Revitalization of Cherokee Tone
Dylan Herrick, Marcellino Berardo, Durbin Feeling, Tracy Hirata-Edds & Lizette Peter, pp. 12–31

May Sasabihin ang Kabataan ‘The Youth Have Something to Say’: Youth perspectives on language shift and linguistic identity 
Emerson Lopez Odango, pp. 32–58

‘Lone Wolves’ and Collaboration: A Reply to Crippen & Robinson (2013)
Claire Bowern & Natasha Warner, pp. 59–85

Collaboration: A Reply to Bowern & Warner’s Reply
Laura Robinson & James Crippen, pp. 86–88

Tools for Analyzing Verbal Art in the Field
Myfany Turpin & Lana Henderson, pp. 89–109

State-of-the-Art in the Development of the Lokono Language
Konrad Rybka, pp. 110–133

Designing a Dictionary for an Endangered Language Community: Lexicographical Deliberations, Language Ideological Clarifications
Paul V. Kroskrity, pp. 140–157

Book Reviews
The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork, by Nicholas Thieberger (ed.)
Reviewed by Andrew Pawley, pp. 134–139

The Marshallese-English Online Dictionary, by Takaji Abo, Bryron W. Bender, Alfred Capelle & Tony DeBrum
Reviewed by J. Albert Bickford, pp. 158–163


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LD&C Vol. 9 (2015) Note that the embedded audio is best played in Adobe Reader Articles On Training in Language Documentation and Capacity Building in Papua New Guinea: A Response to Bird et al. Joseph D. Brooks, pp. 1–9 In a recent article, Bird … Continue reading →

How closely does world-wide phonemic variation correlate with genetic variation? Surprisingly well, it turns out.
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/5/1265.full
http://www.icr.org/article/8646

A comparison of worldwide phonemic and genetic variation in human populations Contributed by Marcus W. Feldman, December 17, 2014 (sent for review July 16, 2014; reviewed by Quentin D. Atkinson and Keith Hunley)