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2026

21 Aug: Food of the world: Three Sisters stew

As part of the “Food of the World” segment in my “Languages of the World” course at NTU Singapore, I’ve been cooking food from a region of the world that we discuss, so students get an idea of pos.. (more)

05 Aug: Food of the world: Uzbek Plov

As part of the “Food of the World” segment in my “Languages of the World” course at NTU Singapore, I have been cooking food from the part of the world we’re discussing that week. The goal is to gi.. (more)

22 Jul: Food of the world: Chakalaka

As part of the “Food of the World” segment in my “Languages of the World” course at NTU Singapore, I cook food from a region of the world that we’re discussing in that week, so that students can g.. (more)

14 Jul: Maps from the taggedPBC: a Python tutorial

When working with languages, it is important to keep in mind the context in which they exist. While “context” has many different facets, a primary aspect is geography. Geographical (and topographi.. (more)

01 Jul: Food of the world: Koprová Omáčka

This week’s post is a recipe from Europe. As part of the “Food of the World” segment in my “Languages of the World” course at NTU Singapore, I cook food from a linguistic group represented in that wee.. (more)

24 Jun: SSM 2026 Conference

I recently attended the annual conference of the Society for the Science of Motivation (SSM) in Barcelona. Joyce was presenting a paper about our recent work automating subcategory coding for implicit.. (more)

15 Jun: Food of the world: Kaima Bona Gatoi

I’ve been on holiday and so missed posting a blog for last week, but this week I again have a post about food. As part of the “Food of the World” segment in my “Languages of the World” course at N.. (more)

26 May: Food of the world: Nasi Lemak

This week’s post is a recipe from the insular south-east Asian region of the world. As part of the “Food of the World” segment in my “Languages of the World” course at NTU Singapore, I cook food f.. (more)

12 May: Food of the world: South Indian Dal

As part of my series on “Food of the World”, I’ve been writing up the recipes for food I cook for my “Languages of the World” course at NTU Singapore. It’s a course that gives an overview of world.. (more)

29 Apr: Food of the world: Ainu soup

As part of my series on “Food of the World”, I’ve been writing up the recipes for food I cook for my “Languages of the World” course at NTU Singapore. It’s a course that gives an overview of world.. (more)

15 Apr: Food of the world: Jollof Rice

As I noted in a previous post, food is part and parcel of any fieldwork experience. My “Languages of the World” course at NTU Singapore gives an overview of world languages, highlighting theories .. (more)

30 Mar: Fieldwork and Food

The diversity of the world’s languages is driven by a number of factors that are still not well understood. However, there is clearly some influence from environment and other kinds of context. When.. (more)

2014

10 Dec: Hong Kong

Signs on a protest barrier. Protest at Central. Hong Kong street. After the Philippines I spent a couple of days in Singapore to relax, and the next stop was Hong Kong. My friend Matt and I had the of.. (more)

2013

29 Mar: Easter music

I’ve been reflecting a bit on this season, which comes around once a year. As I write this, I’m really enjoying the holiday podcast from Under the Radar, which features some excellent music for the we.. (more)

22 Mar: Australia

I’ve been in Australia (affectionately known by locals as Oz or ’stralia) for almost 3 weeks, and so far it’s been fabulous. People are friendly, food is good and I’ve already seen 2 incredible firewo.. (more)