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I wanted to create a forum to see how applications are going for everyone! If you could share schools you’ve applied for and how they are going, that’d be awesome! I’m sharing mine first hoping to start this tread Michigan State SLS: interviewed UW-Madison: interviewd U of Hawaii: under review I am still waiting to apply for Northern Arizona and Penn state at the end of this month, but I won’t be applying if I get admission during January.  ..read more

?Fellow linguists and everyone interested in linguistics! I invite you to take part in my research comparing the axiological worldview of native English and Ukrainian speakers. Your answers will help to expand our understanding of language and culture. Please fill out the questionnaire at this link and share it with your friends and fellow linguists: https://forms.gle/PcWYUA3G2pHRCuTS6 Thank you for your support ..read more

Do you want to learn English online, but the variety of online schools is dizzying?Come to EnglishPapa school. A modern approach to teaching, a concise program and strong school teachers will help you improve your spoken and written language level. Our teachers are practicing teachers who have completed language internships in the USA. Why EnglishPapa? * we will select for you the optimal format of classes: group or individual; * for adults, teenagers and children; * preparation for international tests, business English, training options, mass; * we work with private and corporate clients; * w ..read more

Thought I'd start a topic to see if anyone else wants to talk / share information.   So far for me: Michigan State - interview and then rejected Northern Arizona - interview scheduled George State - nothing as of yet Hawaii - nothing as of yet Pittsburgh - nothing as of yet ..read more

It's pretty much expected that any language, natural or not, that spreads wide enough would start to diverge and create variations. Sometimes that happens even without spreading to a very large number of speakers or geographical area. But given the stated objective of Esperanto or similar languages (of being a universal language that would bring disparate cultures together and make people understand each other, etc) does it in any way creates a culture that diminishes that tendency? Or is it just like any other language? Are there any studies of that? Dialects in Esperanto for example would b ..read more

Dr. Hans Stadthagen-Gonzalez is accepting applications for a graduate student (Ph.D. in Psychology, Brain and Behavior Program) for fall 2022 to become part of the Cognition and Language lab, School of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi. Applicants with interest in pursuing graduate studies in language and cognition, language production and perception, language and emotion, and/or bilingualism and cognition, are encouraged to apply. For more information, please visit the Cognition and Language Lab website: https://hansstad.wixsite.com/coglan Tuition waivers and stipends are ava ..read more

Google yielded two answers.  But Logan R. Kearsley, MA in Linguistics from BYU is too recondite. Can you please simplify this to the level of a 16 y.o.? What does "analytical level of a language that deals with vocabulary" mean?  A lexicon is a set or inventory of all the lexemes in a language. (What counts as a lexeme is a whole other question all on it's own!) Lexis is the analytical level of a language that deals with vocabulary (as opposed to morphology or syntax). It's also defined as "the complete group of all words in a language", which, depending on how you define "word" vs ..read more

I applied before the deadline, about a month ago. They never emailed me back confirming that they received my materials, and my inquiry emails didn't get any replies either ..read more

Hello, I’d like to take some conversational English classes in order to practise my scientific spoken English; we could use Skype and meet twice a week for about 45 minutes. I can propose 25€ for each class, and I would like to start very soon.   I’m looking for a PHD-Student in Linguistics, a native English speaker who’d be interested in this proposal. Thank you in advance for contacting me! Brigitte ..read more