23.1267, Linguist of the Day: Emily Bender!

Tue Mar 13 16:14:38 UTC 2012

LINGUIST List: Vol-23-1267. Tue Mar 13 2012. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 23.1267, Linguist of the Day: Emily Bender!

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Subject: (Re-)discover the linguist in you!

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We are proud to announce that Emily Bender 
is our newest Linguist of the Day! This 
storied champion of Computational Linguistics 
joins her celebrated colleagues in the Hall of Heroes!

http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/hall-of-heroes.cfm

When did she first realize that she was a linguist?...

"In one sense, I've been a linguist for just 
about as long as I can remember.  But for a long 
time, I didn't actually know it.

I have a distinct memory of spending some day-dreaming 
time in middleschool wondering why there were two kinds 
of letters ('vowels' and 'consonants') and what the 
difference was between these classes anyway. Though 
I'm pretty sure I came up with some possible answers 
to that question, they have long since been covered 
over in my memory by classes in phonetics."

I bet that many of you can relate to her first 
foray into linguistic analysis! If this realization 
resonates with you, read the whole of this exciting 
tale of linguistic discovery below!

http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/hero-bender.cfm

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