Linguistics, Anti-Racism, & Social Justice Tiktok Contest

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – LINGUISTICS, ANTI-RACISM, & SOCIAL JUSTICE TIKTOK CONTEST

The CSULB Linguistics Department is pleased to announce a contest for TikToks that bring together linguistics, anti-racism, and social justice. Eligible students are invited to create original TikTok content using the #CSULBLingTok hashtag.

This contest will run through the months of February, March, and April. Each month, we will choose the top ~45 submissions to repost on our @csulblinguistics TikTok account. Each approved submission will receive a $25 Amazon gift card. Up to 140 total submissions will be accepted. In addition, the creator of the best TikTok each month will receive a $200 prize, and the 2 runners-up for that month will each receive $150.

What we’re looking for:

Submissions should focus on issues related to language and social justice, broadly defined. We’re especially interested the following genres and topics:

• Anti-racism and language
• Black English/African American English
• Black ASL
• Afro-Latinx language varieties
• Combating myths and stigma about language and race/ethnicity
• Educational videos
• Submissions about languages you speak or sign at home
• Your personal experiences with language and social justice-related issues

Contest details and how to submit:

1. Make your video(s), being as creative as you like. Submissions should be both entertaining and factually accurate. Remember that linguistics celebrates linguistic diversity, rather than mocking it! IMPORTANT: For accessibility purposes, you must include accurate captions in all submissions.
2. Post your video(s) to your own TikTok account, making sure to use the #CSULBLingTok hashtag AND tag our account (@csulblinguistics).
3. For each individual submission, fill out the Qualtrics Form at the following link [https://csulb.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3eDcF38sQvPfbsW]. (This information is necessary both to verify your eligibility and to distribute your incentive if your video is accepted. Submissions that are missing a matching form entry will not be considered.)
4. Make sure to post your videos by the cut-off date for each month’s contest:

Sunday, February 28; Wednesday, March 31; and Friday, April 16. (Note the earlier date for April!)

A committee of Linguistics faculty and students will review all submissions for factual accuracy, educational and entertainment value, and overall good vibes. We will let you know whether your submission has been accepted. At the end of each month, we’ll announce that month’s winning video and the two runners-up.

All accepted submissions will be reposted on our @csulblinguistics TikTok account. In addition, we will post the monthly winners on our departmental website and social media pages.

While you can submit an unlimited number of videos, there is a limit of 1 $25 participant incentive per person.

Eligibility:

You must be a currently enrolled CSULB student to participate. Eligibility is limited to only those students who were enrolled in any graduate or undergraduate LING or ASLD class during Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 (including cross-listed sections under ANTH, ENG, or WGSS).

Important things to remember:

• Please make sure that your videos are publicly viewable, available to save, and available to Stitch and Duet.
• Don’t forget to use the #CSULBLingTok hashtag and tag us @csulblinguistics so that we can see your content.
• You are also welcome to include hashtags like #linguistics, #linguisticsmemes, and #socialjustice, as well as hashtags related to the languages/varieties mentioned in your submission, but this is not required.
• Remember that all submissions must be accurately captioned to be considered!
• Make sure that your posts follow the TikTok community guidelines.
• Examples of linguistics TikToks we like: here and here and here

For more information, please contact cla-linguistics@csulb.edu.

Linguists at the Graduate Research Conference

Four Linguistics grad students will be presenting at the 2019 Graduate Research Conference on Tuesday, November 19. You are warmly invited to come hear their talks, as well as those of other graduate students from around the university.

The conference is from 4-7 and features a keynote address by Dr. Rashida Crutchfield, “Leading the charge for social change with research: An exploration of basic needs insecurity in higher education”. The schedule for linguistics talks is below:

Poster Presentations – USU Ballrooms
4:00-5:00 Andriana Niederecker – Portrayals of mythological characters from Tübatulabal narratives

Paper Session – USU 305
4:00-4:15 Bethany Lycan – Expression of temporality in Pahka’anil (Tubatulabal)

4:15-4:30 Sean Panick – R-nasalization in Hoocąk: An acoustic and diachronic perspective

4:30-4:45 Esra Eldem – Selected Turkish discourse markers in computer-mediated discourse

We hope to see you there!

SCAMP @ CSULB

CSULB will host the Southern California Annual Meeting on Phonology (SCAMP) on Saturday, April 27. The schedule is posted here.

If you would like to attend, please sign up here.

We are also looking for a few student volunteers to help with sign-ins, food, etc. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. If you would be interested, please contact Dr. Hall.

Acoustic phonetics demo at 2019 BUILD Research Symposium

Undergraduates Bianca Godinez (Linguistics) and Megan Walsh (Speech-Language Pathology) presented a demo of acoustic phonetic analysis at the 2019 BUILD Research Symposium, an on-campus research event. Participants were invited to record a short utterance and see their own voice as a spectrogram (a visual display of the frequencies that make up a complex sound wave).

Mother Language Day 2019

The third annual Mother Language Day was held last week.  Student scholars convened to give fellow students an idea of what it means to be a linguist.  Members of the Linguistics department gave presentations on their research, faculty spoke on a range of topics, and booths were available for a variety of activities.  This event highlighted the fact that linguistics is not just about studying language, it’s about celebrating diversity and bringing people together.

Memorial for Dr. Jaffe, 2/8 12:25 PM

A memorial will be held for Dr. Alexandra “Misty” Jaffe on Friday, February 8, 12:25 PM in the Anatol Center. 

Those who are unable to attend in person are invited to join us at the following Zoom link: https://csulb.zoom.us/j/136835272.

Schedule

12:25 Welcome by Dr. Malcolm Finney, Linguistics Department Interim Chair, and Dr. Barbara LeMaster, Jaffe Memorial Committee Chair

Misty’s contributions to the university and to the College of Liberal Arts
12:30 President Conoley
12:40 Dean David Wallace, College of Liberal Arts
12:50 Dr. Norbert Schürer, Academic Senate Chair
12:55 Dr. Eileen Klink, Academic Senate Executive Committee
1:00 Dr. Rene H. Treviño, Faculty Council Chair
1:05 Dr. Chris Karadjov, Faculty Council Executive Committee
1:10 AIS Director Craig Stone, The ‘I Appreciate and Respect You’ (IAARY) Project

Misty’s scholarly contributions to her colleagues and students
1:15 Dr. Sergio Guarro, on behalf of Dr. Clorinda Donato, The George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian Studies
1:20 Dr. Nico Besnier, European Scholar
1:25 Dr. Shana Walton, Jaffe Co-Author
1:30 Juan Rosas, Linguistics Graduate Student
1:35 Delaney LeMaster-Dwyer, Anthropology Graduate Student
1:40 Dr. Lane Igoudin, Linguistics Alumnus
1:45 Jashinique ‘Jazz’ Vaughn, Anthropology Graduate Student

15 minute break

Misty’s Natal Family
2:00 JoAnn Jaffe, Mother
2:05 Sophie Reissner-Roubicek (video submission), 1st Cousin
2:10 Jeff Pachuilo, Spouse
2:15 Olivia Jaffe-Pachuilo, Daughter
2:20 Eleanor Jaffe-Pachuilo, Daughter

Misty’s CSULB Family
2:25 Dr. Karen Quintiliani, Anthropology Department Chair
2:30 Dr. Ron Loewe, Anthropology Faculty, Poem
2:35 Dr. Malcolm Finney, Linguistics Department Chair
2:40 Dr. Lorraine Kumpf, Linguistics Faculty
2:45 Dr. Wendy Klein, Linguistics and Anthropology Faculty,

Presentation of Books
2:50 Dr. Barbara LeMaster, Linguistics and Anthropology Faculty, American Sign Language Linguistics and Deaf Cultures (ASLD) Director
2:55 Rezenet Moges-Riedel, ASLD Faculty Member and noted ASL Poet
3:00 Presentation by ASLD Director of ASLD Commissioned Art done by Awet Moges, ASLD Faculty Member and noted artist and author
3:05 Dr. Amir Sharifi, Linguistics Faculty, Original Poem
3:10 AIS Director Craig Stone, American Indian Studies (AIS) Director and AIS Faculty, Song Dedication to Alexandra “Misty” Jaffe honoring her family: Jeff Pachuilo, Olivia and Eleanor Jaffe-Pachuilo,
Joey, and JoAnn Jaffe

Please see the program for further details.

Mother Language Day

This year Mother Language Day will take place on Thursday, March 7 from 10am until 1pm in the Psych quad.  Some of the planned activities include:

• Field Methods demonstration of research in Mongolian.
• Student poster session.
• A workshop on interpreting for a social justice context provided by Antena.
• A collage dedicated to Dr. Jaffe’s “I Appreciate and Respect You”.
• Student selections for Word of the Year.
• Interactive computer games.
• Raffle/Bingo table.
• T-shirt table.
• Tables from various departments and clubs at CSULB.

Student-faculty mixer October 3

On October 3, there will be a Linguistics student/faculty mixer in PSY 101, from 1:30-3:30. Food will be provided. All current or prospective Linguistics students are encouraged to attend!

Linguistics presentations at the annual Social Science Student Symposium

CSULB will be hosting the 43rd Annual Social Science Student Symposium on May 3, 2018. Several students from the Linguistics department will be presenting their research during the event.

Following is the schedule of linguistics presentations. Complete program can be found on the SSRIC website.

Faculty presentation at an international conference

On April 16, 2018, Dr. Alexandra Jaffe presented a talk, “Polynomic Standards: The Enactment of Legitimate Variation” at the conference, “Global Approaches to Multilingualism and Standardization” at Cambridge University. This conference is organized under the MEITS (Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies) Project.Drawing on her research on Corsica, this presentation explored how a plural and democratic model of language standards enables Corsicans to express place-based identities through languages, while also presenting some constraints for language learners and speakers with mixed competencies.