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How the Rosetta Stone unlocked

Discovered in Egypt by Napoleon’s conquering forces, this plain-looking slab was the key to cracking the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics.(See more)

First Language: More than Words

This International Mother Language Day (Feb. 21), Canadians celebrated their multilingual heritage by recognizing flexible languages. According to UNESCO, (See more)

The Tweety Bird Test

One Saturday morning, perhaps as late as the fall of 1980, professor David McNeill met with graduate student Elena Levy at his University of Chicago linguistics lab to (See more)

Evolution of the Shrug Emoji

In today’s over-saturated media climate, the shruggie has taken on a more rueful tone. To understand how we got to the memoji present, it’s worth rewinding to the (See more)

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GLOCAL, The Global Council for Anthropological Linguistics, at SOAS, University of London is a committee steering annual conferences, publications, and media, as well as research on Linguistic Anthropology for respective regions globally.

The GLOCAL supports Linguistic Anthropology in academic and social sectors and provides grants for students with exceptional work, as well as assistance for research on multiple levels. GLOCAL was initially developed in 2010 through efforts to increase knowledge of Linguistic and Cultural Anthropology, and Language and Society.

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Official member of World Council on Anthropological Associations

JALA Journal Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2021, pulished

AFALA conference to behosted at The University of Nairobi, September 2021

CALA 2021 conference to be hosted at University of The Philippines Dilliman.

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THE CALA 2019

January 23-26, 2019
Paññāsāstra University, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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THE CALA 2020

February 5-8, 2020
University Putra Malaysia, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia

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THE CALA 2022

November 2-5, 2022
University of The Philippines Diliman, Diliman, The Philippines

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THE COMELA 2022

July 19-23, 2023
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

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THE AFALA 2022

October 19-22, 2022
The University of Nairobi, Nairobi,

Kenya

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