Issue 10, Autumn 2022
Issue 10: editorial letter; contents and credits
letter from Editor-in-Chief, Kitty Liu:
It’s my pleasure to present to you another issue of U-Lingua! Issue 10 dives into a diverse range of topics. The News section presents two articles about linguistics in recent affairs – lip reading at the Euros, and recent British legislation on British Sign Language – and two articles about recent research – pragmatic acquisition in children, and an omni-linguistic framework for studying linguistic and non-linguistic behaviour. The articles in the Voices section all touch on the theme of identity, from the emergence of a General Northern accent, to gender presentation in grammatically gendered languages, to oppression and violence based on linguistic identity. There are also two puzzles in this issue, one of which written at the ULAB Puzzles Workshop this August. Happy reading, and I really hope you enjoy Issue 10 as much as I did!
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CONTENTS:
Updates on ULAB and the 2023 Conference
News:
Euros Final 2022: Lip-reading, Swear Words, and Robots | author: Georgia Clothier | editor: Romany Amber
BSL in School: A sign of change or token gesture? | author: Olivia Cowhig | editor: Grace Wheeler
Child Language Acquisition and Development: How can our understanding of linguistics cultivate strategic change in education? | author: Ece Kucuk | editor: Romany Amber
Thinking Outside the Box: An interview with Masha Esipova | interviewers: Ruth Chapman, Núria Bosch | editor: Suzy Park
Voices:
“But can you even speak, like, proper Northern?”: The rise of a General Northern English accent | author: Jasmin Kaur (columnist) | editor: Kitty Liu
Cameroon: The civil war led by language | author: Becky Hunt | editor: Grace Wheeler
Mx-ed up: Navigating and communicating nonbinary identity in grammatically gendered languages | author: Jam Greenland | editor: Grace Wheeler
Puzzles:
Swedish (Mis)Translations | author: Simi Hellsten | editors: Kazune Sato, Cliodhna Hughes
A Papapana Puzzle | authors: Liam McKnight, Cliodhna Hughes, Kitty Liu, Matt Hale, Veatriki Michailidi | editors: Kazune Sato, Cliodhna Hughes
cover image: Kitty Liu
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