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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I tried to include some similar information in an Anthro News piece a few years back but had trouble locating statistics. I did find a few things out, which are included in a short piece published in 2014 overviewing some of the history of the field and contemporary trends that can be accessed here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Aug2014.Linguistic-Anthropology-in-the-Current-Professional-Marketpdf.pdf">http://linguisticanthropology.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Aug2014.Linguistic-Anthropology-in-the-Current-Professional-Marketpdf.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There’s also a great article by Alan Rumsey that, if I remember correctly, has some statistics in it:<br><br>Rumsey, Alan (2013). “Anthropology, Linguistics, and the Vicissitudes of Interdisciplinary Collaboration.” Collaborative Anthropologies 6: 268-289.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And if you are interested in exploring some of the historical reasons for disciplinary distinctions in anthropology, linguistics, and linguistic anthropology, Elizabeth Falconi and I did some background research (including a bit of informl archival/ oral history work) and discussed this a bit in another piece:<br><br>Black, Steven P. and Elizabeth Falconi (2017). “Linguistic Anthropology and Ethnolinguistics.” In Mark Aronoff and Jaine Rees-Miller (eds.), The Handbook of Linguistics, 2<sup>nd</sup> Edition. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 479-504.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Other than that, you might ask people on the SLA executive board. Good luck!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Take care,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#4472C4'>Steven P. Black<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A5A5A5'>Associate Professor<br>Department of Anthropology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A5A5A5'>Georgia State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A5A5A5'>P.O. Box 3998<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A5A5A5'>Atlanta, GA 30302-3998<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A5A5A5'>(404) 413-5168</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Linganth <linganth-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Kerim Friedman <oxusnet@gmail.com><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:07 AM<br><b>To: </b>"Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group (LINGANTH@listserv.linguistlist.org)" <LINGANTH@listserv.linguistlist.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[Linganth] State of the Discipline?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Dear List Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I am in the middle of writing something about the discipline of linguistic anthropology, which is practically nonexistent here in Taiwan. I would like to share some statistics to highlight how widespread and popular it is in the US (and perhaps elsewhere?). Has anyone already written something like that which I could cite? Or, failing that, are there some handy statistics available on things like growth in SLA membership, number of departments or dedicated faculty positions, books published, etc. that might help to show Taiwanese that this is a growing discipline? The final piece will be translated into Chinese but I hope to make the English version available somewhere. (It is due in week's time...)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Kerim<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><a href="http://kerim.oxus.net/" target="_blank">P. Kerim Friedman <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>傅可恩</span></a></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in;border-width:initial;border-color:initial'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Associate Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif'>The Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>College of Indigenous Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National DongHwa University, TAIWAN</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#3C3C3C'>副教授國立東華大學族群關係與文化學系</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ Linganth mailing list Linganth@listserv.linguistlist.org http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/linganth <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>