I liked "Arrival"

The sci-fi film Arrival recently opened, and because its main character is a linguist, Brice Russ at Science Magazine decided to get some linguists' perspectives on the film. Follow the link below to hear from David Adger (Queen Mary University of London), Nicholas Subtirelu (Georgetown) and me. 

For linguists, the new sci-fi film Arrival can't come soon enough

Is it a cinéma vérité portrayal of how linguists work in the field? No. Does the language learning (on both the human and alien sides) happen improbably fast? Yes.  But I really enjoyed this movie nonetheless!

New dialect acquisition on the Citylab blog

Here's a nice piece on accommodation and acquiring new dialect features in the Atlantic's CityLab blog, with comments from Kirk Hazen (West Virginia University) and me:

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2016/02/linguistics-new-city-transplants-regional-accent/470016/

Politicians & New York City English in The Houston Chronicle

I spoke with Kyrie O'Connor about accent and political identity for an article in The Houston Chronicle that came out a few days ago. The article seems to be behind a capricious paywall (some get through to it, others don't), but you can view a pdf here.