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Making Linguistics Matter: Building on the Public's Interest in Language
Author(s) -
Purnell Thomas,
Raimy Eric,
Salmons Joseph
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
language and linguistics compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 44
ISSN - 1749-818X
DOI - 10.1111/lnc3.12032
Subject(s) - outreach , set (abstract data type) , point (geometry) , focus (optics) , sociology , work (physics) , state (computer science) , linguistics , public relations , political science , computer science , engineering , philosophy , mechanical engineering , physics , geometry , mathematics , optics , algorithm , law , programming language
Abstract Linguists in the United States are acutely aware of the need to engage the public about their work in new and better ways. We describe here our effort to take up that challenge in Wisconsin by building a set of outreach projects that connect with communities throughout the state and that focus on issues of importance to particular audiences. Through these projects, we have become convinced that outreach, teaching, and research — treated separately and distinctly for academic evaluation — are inextricably linked, often to the point of being indistinguishable in practice.