News Articles
" 'A Lee Chip' captures the sound of an island" 6 JULY 2016 Humanities and Social Science News Read Here "Theodore Johnson’s new book on Saban English" 28 MAY 2016 The Daily Herald WEEKender Read Here "New dictionary on Saban English, preserves English dialect spoken on Saba" 25 APRIL 2016 Biblioteca Nacional Aruba Read Here "Theodore Johnson lo presenta prome diccionario di dialecto di Saba na BNA" 20 APRIL 2016 Bon Dia Read Here
"Dictionary of Saba English to preserve island’s dialect" 30 MARCH 2016 Saba News Read Here |
Podcasts
"A Lee Chip" On this episode of Linglab we talk to Caroline Myrick, a doctoral student at N.C. State, about her work compiling a dictionary on Saban English, a variety of English spoken on the island of Saba. Joining us in the lab is Teddy Johnson, Caroline’s co-writer and a local Saban, who initially started collecting Saban words and expressions over fifteen years ago. We also talk about how creating local dictionaries challenge dominant prescriptivist ideologies about language and what sort of language varieties are worth documenting. The question at the heart of our discussion: what makes a word valuable? The larger question: what makes a word real? Story and Reporting by: Caroline Myrick Written, Edited and Narrated by: Cadwell Turnbull |
"What's In a Name" On this episode of Linglab we talk to Caroline Myrick, a doctoral student at N.C. State, about her work with Saban English, a variety of English spoken on the small Dutch Caribbean island of Saba. We also discuss how her work ties into a larger debate that linguists have been having for decades, and how that debate is relevant to linguistic research and popular attitudes about language today. Professor and renowned linguist, Dr. Walt Wolfram, weighs in on this important conversation and offers some great insight into the nature of change in academic disciplines. Written, Edited and Narrated by: Cadwell Turnbull |