'A diagram of a diagram Description automatically generated' thanks, automatic description generator thing

Loads in the relevant chapters of Anderson et al and I like that they make it a main focus and not an add on socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/...

Essentials of Linguistics 2e (Anderson et al.)

This text brings together Open Access content from around the web and enhances it with dynamic video lectures about the core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, …

For those who missed it, here is Denise Amankwah’s talk for the LAGB’s Activism in Progress series on ‘empowering educators to be activists for African languages’: youtu.be/kIsCvB7mnF4?...#linguistics

Empowering educators to be activists for African languages at a multilingual London school

YouTube video by Linguistics Association of Great Britain

You always learn something useful at a #linguistics talk. Today, it was the relative quality of anchovy sauce purveyors in the 1850s (from Laura Wright at PhilSoc).

I often drop this into things like open day talks just in passing and then later think that I really should have clarified that we are, in fact, experts and clever.

Exactly — convenient labels.

It was not.

I haven’t a clue what lemon law is or anything in the stupid Strands theme so I’m not even attempting wordle today, it’ll just be “spork” or something. Actually just going to try spork in case it is. brb.

Thanks, that’s really helpful. My student knows braille and also, handily, the IPA, so I’ll pass this on and see if they want to give it a go.

Has any of you ever taught phonology to a visually impaired student? If you have and are willing to talk to me about what worked well I’d be v grateful! (Or if you are visually impaired and have learnt phonology and have the bandwidth to help my student!) #linguistics