Anthony Yates
@adyates
i like languages — old/dead or otherwise — and i write about them (http://adyates.com); asst prof @UCLA, PIES (http://pies.ucla.edu)/NELC (http://nelc.ucla.edu)
'Cross-linguistic' and 'typological' have often been used interchangeably in papers. (1) Are these synonymous? (2) Does your work often involve a sample of languages? Feel free to explain the difference in comments.
I was reminded yesterday of a fantastic upcoming opportunity for aspiring Anatolianists/IEists: Oxford’s Anatolian Languages and Linguistics Summer School! A neat chance to learn from some of the best — and registration is now open!
Join us for the @univienna Summer School to learn Bactrian, Gandhari, Tangut and Tocharian: …naborderlandsconference.wordpress.com/summer-school/
It's now day two and plenty more of interest to come! Tune in early (9:15 PDT / 18:15 CEST) for Tocharica.
Today is the first day of the annual UCLA Indo-European Conference! We'll have a host of interesting papers — check out the full program here: pies.ucla.edu/conference/wec…