anthony k webster🐿
@ethnopoetics.bsky.social
linguistic anthropologist, linguistic relativist, philologist, humanist, kayaker, tree grower, midwesterner, purdue alum
Evening reading, fascinating reading, based on an extensive written corpus of the language from the 17th century; originally spoken in what is now northern Florida
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Evening reading, fascinating reading, based on an extensive written corpus of the language from the 17th century; originally spoken in what is now northern Florida
If it's National Linguistics Day, then I'm reading from the big book of Mary Haas
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If it's National Linguistics Day, then I'm reading from the big book of Mary Haas
40 degrees, 20 mph winds, perfect kayaking weather
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
40 degrees, 20 mph winds, perfect kayaking weather
Remembering Helga Delisle on National Linguistics Day, who taught me something about linguistics, here's her article on Consonantal Symbolism in American Indian Languages
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Remembering Helga Delisle on National Linguistics Day, who taught me something about linguistics, here's her article on Consonantal Symbolism in American Indian Languages
Among the supplemental essays included in Bauman's Verbal Art as Performance was Gossen's Chamula Genres of Verbal Behavior
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Among the supplemental essays included in Bauman's Verbal Art as Performance was Gossen's Chamula Genres of Verbal Behavior
This paper by Gary Gossen from Bauman and Sherzer's Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking was required reading in graduate school
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This paper by Gary Gossen from Bauman and Sherzer's Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking was required reading in graduate school
I recently heard that Gary Gossen had passed away earlier this year, his book Chamulas in the World of the Sun was a book I read with much interest
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I recently heard that Gary Gossen had passed away earlier this year, his book Chamulas in the World of the Sun was a book I read with much interest
Saw a couple beaver swimming in the cove, they probably thought no one would be dumb enough to paddle in this weather, they didn't know a Webster was about
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Saw a couple beaver swimming in the cove, they probably thought no one would be dumb enough to paddle in this weather, they didn't know a Webster was about
For those interested in something of the process of orthography development, this paper by Tonya Stebbins on Sm'algyax is useful
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
For those interested in something of the process of orthography development, this paper by Tonya Stebbins on Sm'algyax is useful
A couple of good ethnographies of Indigenous literacy practices
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A couple of good ethnographies of Indigenous literacy practices
Twitter is still a fount of misinformation and anti-Indigenous garbage
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Twitter is still a fount of misinformation and anti-Indigenous garbage
Lake gull photo bomb
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Lake gull photo bomb
November beach
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
November beach
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park
Enjoyable AAA, it was good to have it in hotels again. Next year, St. Louis
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Enjoyable AAA, it was good to have it in hotels again. Next year, St. Louis
Obligatory stop at cafe du monde
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Obligatory stop at cafe du monde
Monument of the Immigrant
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Monument of the Immigrant
The view from Jackson Square
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The view from Jackson Square
Among the leaves
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Among the leaves
Reading some Margaret Field tonight, because I was just looking at a book that consistently spells her name Feld
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Reading some Margaret Field tonight, because I was just looking at a book that consistently spells her name Feld
