Linguistic Terrorism

The Department of Modern Language and Literature’s  is holding its final roundtable of the year: Linguistic Terrorism.

Speakers

Laada Bilaniuk, Ph.D., (she/her) is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. She will discuss how the Ukrainian-Russian mixed language, Surzhyk, came into being, who speaks this language, and its place in the modern world.

José Álvarez-Retamales (they/them), a doctoral student in the Department of Linguistics at NYU, will be discussing their findings on mock languages, the discrimination these languages face, and how accents have shaped the Latinx identity.

Anna Bax, Ph.D., (she/her) is an assistant professor in the linguistics department at Cal State University, Long Beach. Bax will discuss how the Tu’un Savi languages have resisted colonialism for more than 500 years.