Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux +2 more
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[The effects of the pandemic on students in a psychodynamic setting]. [PDF]
Ann Med Psychol (Paris), 2023 Ozcan C, Atger F.
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La nouvelle histoire et Lévi Strauss [PDF]
, 2011 International audienceEn quoi la nouvelle histoire française des années 1970 emprunte-t-elle ou non à la tradition levistraussienne de l'anthropologie structurale
Marin, Richard
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 3-47, February 2026.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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Decolonizing African history: Authenticité, cosmopolitanism and knowledge production in Zaire, 1971-1975. [PDF]
J East Afr Stud, 2022 Henriet B.
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Prestige at Play: University Hierarchies and the Reproduction of Funding Inequalities
Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 1, February 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between university prestige, disciplinary cultures, and the (re)production of funding inequalities in the humanities and social sciences. We combine qualitative and quantitative methods by analyzing: (1) data on 56,680 successful and unsuccessful grant applications submitted to the Canadian Social ...
Julien Larregue, Alice Pavie
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The messy coloniality of gender and development in Indigenous Wixárika communities. [PDF]
Gend Dev, 2023 Villagrana PU +2 more
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Adhuc Tacfarinas: the causes of the Tiberian war in North Africa (AD ca. 15-24) and the impact of the conflict on Roman imperial policy [PDF]
, 2015 During the reign of Tiberius successive governors of Africa Proconsularis struggled to suppress a serious revolt by a number of semi-nomadic tribes led by Tacfarinas.
Vanacker, Wouter
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La colonisation du Viet Nam et le colonialisme vietnamien [PDF]
, 1987 To attack the rules is to outmaneuver the friends and foes at the lower level of the game of policies and alliances. The rules are at the higher level of the context of that game, the historical and cultural context of warring Viet Nam.
Vuong, Thanh H.
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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 3-33, February 2026.Drawing on the extensive documentary record of northern Italy, available archaeological evidence, and comparative case studies from early medieval Europe, this study demonstrates that mill‐based landscapes in the Po and Friuli‐Venetian plains were shaped by society as a whole.
Marco Panato
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