The abstracts below are summaries of papers by junior scholars from the 2018 edition of my course, Language and Societies, posted at the course blog of the same name. The authors are undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology and linguistics at Wayne State University. Comments and questions are extremely welcome, especially at this critical juncture over the next two weeks, when the authors are making final revisions to their papers.
Yen-ting Chang: “Found My Best Self”: Women’s Fitness and Body Transformation Discourse
Asa Choate: French Naming Practice of Assimilating English-based Internet Terminology
Grace Fusani: Languages in Dreams: A Look into the Influencers of Bilinguals & L2 Learners in the Dreamworld
Ashley Johnson: Language, gender, and uncertainty in writing about sex identification in Maya bioarchaeology
Robert McCallum: Tensions, Power and Words: The Use of Authoritative Brand Identity Language on Ad Agency Websites
Andrew McKinney: Sorrow, shame, and lament in Irish folk lyrics
Kelsey McKoy: The Interpretation of African American Vernacular English in Museums
Craig Meiners: Metaphors in Branding and Design of Professional Basketball Players’ Shoes
Carly Slank: Dogespeak: a Heckin Good Descriptive and Contextual Analysis
Samantha Spolarich: The magical discourse of Harry Potter: how spells came to be
Jami Van Alstine: Voice in postcards related to the woman’s suffrage movement in the United States in the early 20th century
Anna Zabicka: “Rigvir, Anyone?”: A Discourse Analysis Of Oncolytic Virotherapy Medication Websites
Glossographia 
Is it possible to get the whole copy in a pdf…