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Read about my language project in the news!
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February 4, 2011 “Dreaming in English”
The New York Times
Ellen’s three-year language project, “Words and Worlds of New York,” is mentioned in a New York Times book review essay entitled “Dreaming in English” by Michael Erard.
To read the article, please visit the New York Times website.
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January 20, 2011 “The Meaning of ‘Like’”
The Wall Street Journal
In this article, columnist Ralph Gardner, Jr., discusses some of the stories he has written whose popularity, as measured in Facebook “likes,” surprised or mystified him. One was his October 13, 2010, column on Ellen’s language project, Words and World of New York. He writes, “Ms. Jovin was an impressive, serious person, but listening to language tapes certainly doesn’t have the inherent excitement, the dramatic arc of, say, climbing to the top of the George Washington Bridge or getting to be pool reporter for the Queen of England’s visit to Lower Manhattan in July—columns that received only a fraction of the ‘likes’ Ms. Jovin’s story garnered.”
To read the article, please visit the Wall Street Journal website.
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October 13, 2010 “13 Tongues, Three Years”
The Wall Street Journal
This article by columnist Ralph Gardner, Jr., focuses on Ellen’s long-term language-learning project, “Words and Worlds of New York.” Now 15 months into this three-year undertaking, she is serially studying languages spoken by large numbers of New Yorkers and writing about the languages and the communities where they can be heard.
To read the article, please visit the Wall Street Journal website.
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