Texas Linguistics Forum Vol. 53 (2009)

SALSA XVII Proceedings

Keynote Speakers

Sonja Lanehart
Diversity and Intersectionality
Abstract (.pdf)

Matthew McGlone
Does Time Fly When You're Having Fun, Or Do You?  Affect, Agency, and Embodiment in Temporal Communication
Abstract 

Marianne Mithun
Evolving Circumstances, Evolving Values: Thinking for the Present and Future
Abstract 

Curtis LeBaron
Knowing and Working with Things: The Embodiment of Expertise within Organizations
Abstract


Presentations

Lori Labotka
Language and Woman's Place in Drag: Power, Femininity, and Gay Speech
Abstract (.pdf)

Quiana Lopez
Influence or Imitation: Whte Actors and Black Language in Film
Abstract (.pdf)

M'Balia Thomas
Words as Weapons: The Metaphorical Attack of Michelle Obama in US Headlines
Abstract (.pdf)

Matthew Zebrowski
Linguistic Markets and Symbolic Power in Television Commercials Using AAVE
Abstract (.pdf)

Chelsea Booth
'An Ocean of Culture': Language Ideologies and the Social Life of Multilingualism in Darjeeling, India
Abstract (.pdf)

Anastasia Nylund
"Our Local Dialect" or "The Slang of Suburban Boys"? Public Discourses of Sociolinguistic Authenticity, Community and Place in Multicultural Sweden
Abstract (.pdf)

Melanie Bertrand
The Importance of Considering Multiple Semiotic Resources in the Study of Racist Discourse
Abstract (.pdf)

Asha Tickoo
Performance Devices in the Stories of Hatim's Tales
Abstract (.pdf)

Robin Conley
Future Danger: The Construction of Dangerous Subjects in Texas Death Penalty Trials
Abstract 

Maya Ravindranath
Prejudice and Prestige in a Case of Language Maintenance
Abstract

Brenda H. Boerger
Trees of Santa Cruz Island and their Metaphors
Abstract (.pdf)

Yvette Englehart, Gillian Lawlor, Melissa Morin and Nancy Sullivan
On the Fence/Sobre el Muro: Attitudes toward English Language Legislation
Abstract
(.pdf)

Shawn Warner and Jennifer Lang
Bilingualism and Audience Design: Some Issues in Data Collection
Abstract 

Amy Heaton
There May Not Be Sharks in the Pool, but the Cats Are Covered in Fleas and There Are Cockroaches Everywhere: An Analysis of How a Man in the Late Stages of Parkinson's Disease Co-constructs Sophisticated Meanings with his Family
Abstract 

Bryan Gordon and Lori Labotka
Gendered Gestures: An Experimental Approach
Abstract (.pdf)

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt
Positivity and Negativity in Early Mother-Child Communication: Data from Three Cultures
Abstract

Brenna Reinhart Byrd
Media Representations of Turkish-German and Hip-Hop Language as a Uniform Ethnolect
Abstract (.pdf)

Marjorie Perry
Triflin: Females in Hip Hop
Abstract 



ABSTRACTS

Keynotes

Sonja Lanehart

Diversity and Intersectionality



Matthew McGlone
Does Time Fly When You're Having Fun, Or Do You?  Affect, Agency, and Embodiment in Temporal Communication



Marianne Mithun
Evolving Circumstances, Evolving Values: Thinking for the Present and Future 



Curtis LeBaron
Knowing and Working with Things: The Embodiment of Expertise within Organizations



Presentations

Lori Labotka
Language and Woman's Place in Drag: Power, Femininity, and Gay Speech



Quiana Lopez
Influence or Imitation: Whte Actors and Black Language in Film



M'Balia Thomas
Words as Weapons: The Metaphorical Attack of Michelle Obama in US Headlines



Matthew Zebrowski
Linguistic Markets and Symbolic Power in Television Commercials Using AAVE



Chelsea Booth
'An Ocean of Culture': Language Ideologies and the Social Life of Multilingualism in Darjeeling, India



Anastasia Nylund
"Our Local Dialect" or "The Slang of Suburban Boys"? Public Discourses of Sociolinguistic Authenticity, Community and Place in Multicultural Sweden



Melanie Bertrand
The Importance of Considering Multiple Semiotic Resources in the Study of Racist Discourse



Asha Tickoo
Performance Devices in the Stories of Hatim's Tales



Robin Conley
Future Danger: The Construction of Dangerous Subjects in Texas Death Penalty Trials



Maya Ravindranath
Prejudice and Prestige in a Case of Language Maintenance



Brenda H. Boerger
Trees of Santa Cruz Island and their Metaphors



Yvette Englehart, Gillian Lawlor, Melissa Morin and Nancy Sullivan
On the Fence/Sobre el Muro: Attitudes toward English Language Legislation



Shawn Warner and Jennifer Lang
Bilingualism and Audience Design: Some Issues in Data Collection


Amy Heaton
There May Not Be Sharks in the Pool, but the Cats Are Covered in Fleas and There Are Cockroaches Everywhere: An Analysis of How a Man in the Late Stages of Parkinson's Disease Co-constructs Sophisticated Meanings with his Family


Bryan Gordon and Lori Labotka
Gendered Gestures: An Experimental Approach


Zhuo Jing-Schmidt
Positivity and Negativity in Early Mother-Child Communication: Data from Three Cultures



Brenna Reinhart Byrd
Media Representations of Turkish-German and Hip-Hop Language as a Uniform Ethnolect



Marjorie Perry
Triflin: Females in Hip Hop