Language and Culture

(Politics Discussion II) From Victims to Accusers

Redefining Rape in Today’s Political Climate Missouri Republican senate candidate Todd Akin’s notorious comments about rape, pregnancy, and abortion [video]…More










































































































Posted in November, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Revisiting Obama’s “You didn’t build that”

(Politics Discussion I)  When Gesture is a Part of Speech When a politician delivers a speech, a transcript becomes the…More










































































































Posted in October, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Referentialist in Debates, Governmental in Entailments

(Immigration Discussion IV) Reflections on a Campaign to Change the Terms of Israeli “Immigration” Policy  Jonathan Rosa’s letter in support…More










































































































Posted in October, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Self-Deportation

Self-Deportation

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Hilary Parsons Dick


(Immigration Discussion III) Self-Deportation as Neoliberal Cautionary Tale In January 2012, Mitt Romney explained his position on immigration at a…More










































































































Posted in October, Opinion | Tagged | 1 Response
Challenging Terms of Reference

(Immigration Discussion II) A Brief Insight Into News Language and Community Norms My contribution to this conversation on language and…More










































































































Posted in October, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Contesting Representations of Immigration

(Immigration Discussion I) The “Drop the I-Word” Campaign from the Perspective of Linguistic Anthropology From the Editor: This piece is…More










































































































Posted in October, Opinion | Tagged | 3 Responses
The Genetic Worldview and Indo-European Myths of Origin

Since the 1970s molecular biology has revolutionized the study of human evolution and migration. Practitioners of traditional approaches to prehistory…More










































































































Posted in Opinion, September | Tagged | Leave a comment
Language, Music and Social Structures at the Battle of Little Big Horn

The death of George Armstrong Custer and his men in at the Battle of Little Big Horn in June 1876…More










































































































Posted in August, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Newsflash: New York Times Reports 90-Year-Old Consensus

Several people have been asking me about a recent study in molecular genetics by David Reich, Nick Patterson, Desmond Campbell,…More










































































































Posted in July, Opinion | Tagged | 4 Responses

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