F*ck

Like the very word this documentary examines, F*ck can be found all over the place.

"...in the realms of history, culture, politics, religion, and linguistics. Anderson's documentary attempts to marshall the far-flung uses, abuses,..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Still Alice

In an otherwise tepid film, Julianne Moore delivers a terrific performance as a woman beset by early-onset Alzheimer's.

"...Moore plays Alice Howland, a renowned professor of linguistics at Columbia University. Her husband, John (Baldwin) is a..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Police, Adjective

This Romanian police procedural is a fascinating study of the meaning of language in everyday life.

"...Adjective is a cop story, not a documentary on linguistics, though its exciting climax – I kid you not..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

"...Directed by: John Junkerman. While it's inarguable that MIT Linguistics professor and reigning American intellectual Noam Chomsky is one..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Fair Lady

This 1964 film, featuring an enduring Lerner and Loewe score, won eight Oscars.

"...Lerner and Loewe score, this 1964 film about a linguistics professor and the Cockney flower seller he teaches perfect..."

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Custody

"...India's dying language of Urdu. Puri is Deven, a linguistics professor and student of Urdu who is asked by..."

July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

"...three-hour long documentary focuses on the work of MIT linguistics professor Chomsky, a man who is not only one..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...doctorates in political science or diplomacy? No, he's a linguistics expert, which is the study of language -- words,..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...doctorates in political science or diplomacy? No, he's a linguistics expert, which is the study of language -- words,..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

Saving Darma

A UT linguist travels to northern India in a quest to preserve the local language of the Darma Valley

"...remains strictly oral, with no writing system, and in linguistics circles is considered endangered. Christina is a doctoral candidate..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...fascinating minds appearing on the Featured Speaker roster include linguistics professor and political theorist Noam Chomsky, mad-smart comedians Desus..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Independence Day: Resurgence

ID:R is probably everything you were expecting and less

"...Charlotte Gainsbourg is on hand as well, as a linguistics expert and love interest for Goldblum. I can only..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Quid Pro Quo

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

"...would make a Paleolithic cave woman sound like a linguistics professor. It would be overly generous to describe this..."

June 10, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

New in Nonfiction

Two new nonfiction books work their mouths around the English language

"...point of this is to call out "scholars of linguistics" on their belief that the dissimilarity of pig noises..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Books Review by Tim Warden

Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao

"...the fields of archaeology, history, anthropology, epigraphy, botany, and linguistics, with the majority of the work centered on Maya..."

March 9, 2007 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention

Guy Deutscher, with his always slightly amused tone, manages to turn this ambitiously comprehensive, globe-trotting book into a great layman's read without sacrificing the integrity of the material

"...it's exciting that Deutscher has made the fruits of linguistics so readily available for us schmoes who thought Shakespeare..."

July 8, 2005 Books Review by Nora Ankrum

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...author irrelevantly notes that Chomsky is an expert in linguistics, ignoring the possibility (and actuality in this case) that..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column

Count Her In

For 30 years, article by article, Denise Schmandt-Besserat has built an ironclad case to explain a mystery that foiled archeologists, anthropologists, and philosophers for hundreds of years.

"...the authority on writing's origins in modern textbooks in linguistics, anthropology, archeology, and mathematics, and who has been listed..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Ada Calhoun

Trekkies

"...to wear “this silly costume”), here's a professor of linguistics who's taken the trouble to not only learn the..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Country Doctor

The Pickin' Singin' Professor, Rod Moag

"...But after hours, Moag sheds the mild-mannered guise of linguistics teacher and becomes a one-man jukebox. The languages he..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The House That Built DJ Shani Hébert

Decades in the making, The Groove Temple arrives on KUTX

"...Then a rave kid and a linguistics maven, she wound up at Loyola University studying Spanish,..."

March 3, 2023 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Remembering Rod Moag, The Pickin' Singin' Professor

Jeff Moag honors his academic, musician, and KOOP radio host father

"...finished at Syracuse and began his graduate studies in linguistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison...."

Jan. 28, 2023 Music Post by Jeff Moag

TEMP's Mystic, Scientist, Scholar, Nun: Music of Hildegard von Bingen

The 12th century polymath's deep appreciation for creation came forth in a constant stream of praise that TEMP made uplifting

"...and achievements spanned the arts, sciences, theology, philosophy, and linguistics. This 12th century Benedictine abbess was not only a..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Luv Doc: Not Metaphorically Speaking

You can say "Cleveland Steamer" and not be accused of profanity

"...My sister-in-law came to town from Houston last week..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Solving a Mystery That Should Stay Unsolved in Doe

Other Worlds Austin screens amnesia thriller with a twist

"...Timothy Davis - who can look both like a linguistics professor and his own shadowy past - change the..."

Oct. 16, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Our Emoji Habits

The future of online pictorial language

"...Snapchat, etc. Would McCulloch, who earned an MA in linguistics from McGill in 2013 and is at work on..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

SXSWedu Putting Education in Innovation

Education conference announces keynote from littleBits founder

"...platform Territorium (Guadalupe, Mexico) www.territoriumlife.com • Contemporary and alternative linguistics educators Words Liive (Washington, DC) www.wordsliive.org...."

Jan. 13, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Peaches

Then she brought out the dancing vaginas

"...would’ve gotten old long ago. Happily, beneath the clit-centric linguistics resides an unflappable confidence...."

Nov. 7, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

The Highway to 2040

CAMPO Board approves regional trans plan

"...at times seemed like a freshman seminar in medieval linguistics, late Monday evening the 20-member Transportation Policy Board of..."

May 15, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Austin's Rubber Repertory Wins National Arts Entrepreneurship Award

Fractured Atlas gives a prestigious nod to Our Boys in Kansas

"...were to give us an award for baking or linguistics."..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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