#forensic linguistics
We just had a Hollywood movie starring a linguist. Time for a crime series.
Well there was the linguist character in Criminal Minds, but… a proper linguistics crime show would be awesome :-)
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Hi All,
Apologies for the lack of article reviews and/or pasta recipe comparisons these last few months, but this semester I’ve been solo teaching my first sociolinguistics course while collecting data for my dissertation on truthful and deceptive TripAdvisor.com hotel reviews! I designed a survey and experiment asking people about their dialect background then having them write a truthful and deceptive hotel review (here’s the survey if you’re interested in taking it or passing it along). While my dissertation is focusing only on survey respondents who are undergraduates, I’m hoping to get as many surveys from as many people as possible for future research! Hopefully this summer I’ll be back with some more articles as I work on my literature review chapter as well and thanks for your support!
LL Recipe Comparison:
I’d say my survey reminds me of the recipe for Spaghetti Squash Pasta with Sundried Tomato and Garlic:
Just as my research looks at how language is used in truthful and deceptive hotel reviews, this vegan dish is deceivingly like pasta yet a delicious take on the usual sun-dried tomato take in other pasta recipes. The garlic and fresh basil work together to make zingy flavor that compliments the squash, just as I hope to discover if dialect differences may work together with language in shaping online deception. Good Cooking!
MWV 5/11/19
