Topic
Language
74 published works
Adams on Contract Drafting
“Individual”
By Ken Adams
In this 2014 post I express a preference for individual when referring a human being, and I haven’t shifted from that. But today I saw this post by Keith Paul…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A Reassessment of the Use and Gender Politics of the Singular “They”
By Tracy Thomas
A Little Word That Means a Lot: A Reassessment of Singular "They" in a New Era of Gender Politics, Gender & Society (Nov. 20, 2021)In 2019, Merriam-Webster named they its Word of the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Germany debates how to form gender-neutral words out of its gendered language after 2018 federal law
Germany debates how to form gender-neutral words out of its gendered languageIn Germany, the debate about gender-neutral and inclusive language is complicated by grammar. Just as in many other languages,…
Simple Justice
Pop Words and Their Many Masters
One of my ongoing concerns has been what words to use to characterize the subjects of my posts. When I speak of the right, are they “alt-right” or “white supremacists,”…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
An Argument for Using “They” as Pronouns
By Tracy Thomas
Until I'm Told Otherwise, I Prefer to Call You "They"Ian Ayres is a professor and deputy dean at Yale Law School. Their preferred pronoun is “they.”With the start of a…
Future Lawyer
Tell Her You Love Her In Two Languages.
By rickgeorges
Want to impress her? Show her that you are bi-lingual. Just check your spelling first. Related StoriesI Identify As A Nerd.Why I Majored In English Lit. And Not Biology.Social Media…
Simple Justice
When The Word Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
When last surveyed, the results were pretty clear. Hispanics didn’t care to be called Latinx. More recently, a new, gender-neutral, pan-ethnic label, Latinx, has emerged as an alternative that is…
Criminal
The Marshall Project unveils “The Language Project” to explore words used to describe people in the justice system
As a lawyer who thinks precise language and legal terminology is always important, and as a blogger who often hopes to avoid clumsy locutions and sometimes parrots and reprints journalistic…
The Right Coast
USC Communications Professor on a Short-Term Break for Giving Chinese Word Neige as Example & Reason.com
Campus Reform has the story on Prof. Greg Patton, who is "no longer teaching his" Fall semester course:"Recently, a USC faculty member during class used a Chinese word that sounds…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Three stories on language and immigration
Language is one of the key intersections between immigration and integration. As I tell my immigration law students, one of the few stereotypes of immigrants that is frequently true is…