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Kirk Hazen

@DrDialect

Editor of Appalachian Englishes in the Twenty First Century

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Joined November 2015
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The year's first reviews roundup includes best-of-'22, most-anticipated-of-'23, and more. Congrats to @CourtneySender, @LoebDavon, @AvashiaNeema, @suburbanprairie, @rachelkingpdx, @DrDialect, @joshua_r_eyler, @SusanDebraBlum, and all our authors! booktimist.com/2023/01/27/mi…
Midwinter roundup: Reviews, media attention, and author events

Midwinter roundup: Reviews, media attention, and author events

Kirkus Reviews has an early rave for Courtney Sender’s “compelling” In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me, which is hailed as “a distinctive debut from a p…

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Today, we called up the experts! We spoke with @DrDialect about Appalachian linguistics, including the pronunciation of Appalachia! apple.co/3Gw3eFL
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Thrilled that this episode of @appodlachia—featuring Kirk Hazen (@DrDialect), editor of our book Appalachian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century—is now up: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
#165: App-uh-LATCH-uh or App-uh-LAY-shuh?

#165: App-uh-LATCH-uh or App-uh-LAY-shuh?

Podcast Episode · Appodlachia · January 10, 2023 · 1h 14m

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@appodlachia9 Jan 2023
Tomorrow, we finally broach THE most controversial topic we've encountered since starting this show.
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So, the thing we've been working on is Linguistics Methods Hub. The hope is for it to be a central place you can publish your tutorials/handouts/etc in a searchable and cross-referenceable way. lingmethodshub.github.io/con…

Tutorials – LingMethodsHub

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There is no such thing as an "academic job". It is actually just seven other jobs in a trench coat.
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I have a new research report out. It is free & you can have it!! It's about writing code and "Learning Debt": a way to describe how *even tech teams focused on productivity* often fail to support learning. But I'll also tell you about it here! 🧵catharsisinsight.com/reports
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We are so excited to show off our 2022 conference logo designed by Liz Pavlovic, a WVU graduate and Morgantown-based artist.
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Why do people associate Southern accents with negative stereotypes? Linguistics professor @JennifersCramer, film studies professor @garethjones36, and linguistics professor @DrDialect helped @aatkinswriter find out. And, hey, don't lose that accent. trib.al/orazcxl
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🇺🇸 Today (Nov. 3) is National Cliché Day in the US theconversation.com/cliches-… by @DrDialect & @jordanlovejoy via @ConversationUS
Cliches may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliche is another’s sliced bread

Cliches may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliche is another’s sliced bread

National Cliche Day is Nov. 3. So what makes a cliche a cliche? And why do we find ourselves rolling our eyes when we hear certain ones?

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But @WestVirginiaU does require the polio vaccine, three doses. And several other immunizations talentandculture.wvu.edu/stu…
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Check out this spotlight of @raciolinguistic! Proud to be in a field with talented, brilliant, compassionate, game-changing scholars like her.
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Our August Member Spotlight is Kelly Wright (@raciolinguistic). Her work highlights the importance of interdisciplinary perspectives in linguistics research. "It is my hope that as a discipline, we can focus more on what unites us than what separates us." linguisticsociety.org/conten…
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And a subset, the 1st pronunciation of Appalachia results by year of birth:
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A small subset, but for those with a 2nd pronunciation of Appalachia, how do they shake out?
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Appalachia Pronunciation by "Do you live in town?" #Appalachia @perj44 @appodlachia @Appalachia100 @jenniferscramer @FridlandValerie
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Appalachia: Pronunciation by identity #Appalachia @FridlandValerie @appodlachia @perj44 @jenniferscramer @jordanlovejoy
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Some early results of the “Appalachia” pronunciation survey. Just getting to download data. More next week!
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Replying to @DrDialect @AppProjOSU @perj44 @jordanlovejoy @isabelle_anne_ @audraslocum @Appalachia100 @InAppalachia
If it’s of interest to anyone, we collected a number of accents from people throughout Appalachia and put them into a video. Most indicate where they’re from in the audio. youtu.be/umxVOlgixNo
110 Appalachian Accents

110 Appalachian Accents

We asked our social media followers to send us samples of their acc...

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Please help the West Virginia Dialect Project with its survey on the pronunciations of "Appalachia": wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S… @appodlachia @AppProjOSU @perj44 @DrKatCarm @burketteal @jordanlovejoy @isabelle_anne_ @audraslocum @Appalachia100 @InAppalachia
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I am happy to have the support of the @WVHumanities Fellowship! Now to write those chapters . . . #Appalachia #AppalachianEnglishes #dialects
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Eight @WVUEberly faculty have been awarded @WVHumanities Fellowships! Congrats to @brinerock, @n_caronia, @DrDialect & Sarah Morris from @WVUEnglish; William Brustein from @WVUHistoryDept ; @PerezMariaAle from @wvugeography; and Amy Thompson & Manal AlNatour from @WVU_Worldlang!
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