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People Have Used They/Them as Singular Pronouns for Hundreds of Years
Battles of grammar, for the most part, play out in English classrooms and in the pages of style guides. Rarely do arguments over split infinitives and Oxford commas venture beyond the walls of academia. But one linguistic phenomenon lands in the limelight every so often, and it’s a word you know well: the pronoun “they” — along with its derivatives “them” and “their.” Kirby Conrod, a lecturer in linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
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JSIS alum now teaching First Nations language
Adam Werle (BA International Studies & Linguistics 1998), now teaches Nuu-chah-nulth to Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellows.
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Ousted Black Google Researcher: 'They Wanted To Have My Presence, But Not Me Exactly'
On Wednesday, several of Timnit Gebru's former colleagues wrote a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking that she be reinstated, saying her departure has "had a demoralizing effect on the whole of our team." Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
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Google Scientist’s Abrupt Exit Exposes Rift in Prominent AI Unit
Google’s decision to part ways with a prominent researcher laid bare divisions within the company’s artificial intelligence unit and subjected its leader, the lauded software engineer Jeff Dean, to widespread scorn. Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
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Three Elected to LSA Executive Committee
Alicia Wassink, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Sociolinguistics Laboratory at the University of Washington, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA).
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Gaming The Grade: How One Middle Schooler Beat A Virtual Learning Algorithm
Emily M. Bender, a professor of computational linguistics explains virtual learning algorithms.
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UW study: Parentese most effective method for teaching toddlers language
Naja Ferjan Ramirez, assistant professor of linguistics, has written a study on how parents talk to their children.
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Four "Remarkable" Dean's Medalists
The College honors four exceptional graduates representing eight Arts & Sciences majors.
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AI gatekeepers are taking baby steps toward raising ethical standards
Emily Bender, professor of linguistics, explains how major AI conferences are starting to force computer scientists to think about the societal impacts of artificial intelligence.
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When Takeout Takes You Across the World
Aaron Versoza (BA, Lingustics, 2009) and Amber Manuguid (BFA, DXARTS, 2009), discuss how their restaurant has adapted to COVID-19.
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At age 6, he and his classmates fled Mount St. Helens. 40 years later, this reporter recalls that day
Austin Jenkins recalls their harrowing escape from the Mount St. Helens eruption with his school camping trip. Emily Menon Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
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A Linguistic Lens on Artificial Intelligence
Linguistics Professor Emily Bender discusses how artificial intelligence can go wrong, especially regarding the ethical risks of voice technology.
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Infantilizing babies helps them learn language
Naja Ferjan Ramirez, an assistant professor in linguistics, weighs in on baby talk and a research-backed alternative, "parentese."
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Parentese' is not just baby talk. It boosts baby's language skills
Naja Ferjan Ramírez, assistant professor of linguistics, discusses her new research into "parentese," a new style of baby talk.
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This parenting life hack can boost babies' language skills--study
Assistant professor in linguistics, Naja Ferjan Ramirez, proposes an alternative to standard baby-talk: research-backed "parentese."