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University Diaries » Linguistics at Sussex — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:06:50 +0000

[...] Usually UD doesn’t blog about such things, not having the time to explore in depth particular – and perhaps complicated – decisions of this sort at any given university. But in this case she makes an exception, since this seems an uncontroversially strong program in a crucial academic field. [...]

By: John

John — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:27:56 +0000

“[Linguistics] used to be a small, sleepy, and largely historical field in humanities, which fit comfortably in departments of English and other languages. Those days are long gone.” – I like the irony here, given that a year ago Linguistics and English Language was folded into the English department, supposedly to make preserving it more feasible. Seemingly the real reason was to prevent its cancellation being a more high-profile “department closure”.

By: Pinker to VC: “I hope you will reconsider this decision” | The Badger - USSU

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:31:20 +0000

[...] the letter, repeated later in a guest blog for The Badger Online, he explains the importance of linguistics in the world today, the enormous economic consequences [...]