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Lynn Edler - Intro to Language Studies

Fall 2022. Discovery journal for Introduction to Language Studies 3360 with Regine Pellicer at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

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November 23, 2022

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Learning about the Gullah Geechee language

September 04, 2022

Learning about the Gullah Geechee language I stumbled upon Sunn m'Cheaux and his work while killing time on TikTok. I wanted to make sure my For You Page was diverse and included creators of color so I followed him. I found how he connected language to racial issues fascinating. Prior to TikTok, I had no idea how much I seriously enjoyed those parts of linguistics. The short video lessons opened my eyes to concepts I had never had presented to me before. For example, Sunn m'Cheaux made a post (see video attached at the top) on July 10, 2022 about the use of the word "throwed" in Usher's hit song "Confessions" (see video attached below). He explains that "cross-over" (white) audiences misheard the lyrics because "throwed" was not a formally recognized word at the time the song came out. Watch this These are my confessions Just when I thought I said all I can say My chick on the side said she got one on the way These are my confessi...

Sociolinguistics

November 20, 2022

For my last blog post, I wandered around YouTube looking for something that would catch my eye. I almost started a 1+ hour long video about how U.S. military linguists learn languages so quickly. I decided that might be a bit more than I wanted to take on. Then, this video popped up. My favorite part about this class, Introduction to Language Studies, has been learning more about how language ties into the different parts of society. Eleven minutes seemed like an easier video to digest, as well. The video, from Crash Course Linguistics , explains how linguistic differences between and within languages are based on factors such as our location, education level, race, gender, and more. There are so many different variables that play into how we speak with each other. Taylor, the narrator, started out the video stating that everyone has an accent. It is influenced by who we grew up with and where we live. As someone that grew up in Iowa, a place considered almost "accent free", ...

Words matter.

October 12, 2022

This meme came across my Facebook feed. It's the kind of social justice thinking that sparks my interest and fuels many of my passions. However, the last sentence really struck me. Words matter. I've always known and understood that words matter. However, now that I'm in Introduction to Language Studies, I find myself thinking about words even more than I did before. This meme led me to do a search within the field of linguistics to learn more about the connections between language and social behavior. The first Google search I did took me to the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). I continue to be intrigued about linguistics as a profession. I've already explored the use of linguistics in the field of artificial intelligence. Click here to go to that blog post. On the LSA web page, I was able to learn more about the field of sociolinguistics . Walt Wolfram wrote a very interesting article. He says: Language is one of the most powerful emblems of social behavior. In...