Navigating Language Communities

What Language Does my Body Remember? Simple Meditations on the Language of a Multilingual Queen at Queens

KEN NIELSEN, CUNY Writing Fellow
The question at hand is: Is there such a thing as homosexual language and can it be considered a non-native language of its own?

The Language of Law

KENNETH H. RYESKY, Department of Accounting & Information Systems
As an academic discipline, the subject of Law has its own unique attributes. The legal process does not operate like the scientific process, and the body of legal literature does not develop in the same manner as the literature of other disciplines. Accordingly, law courses present significant linguistic issues and challenges for students and instructors alike....

The Language of Science

JASON KRELLMAN, CUNY Writing Fellow
Another multilingual community, the Society for Neuroscience, held its annual meeting last November. Over thirty thousand neuroscientists from all over the world attended this five-day collection of lectures, poster presentations and special-interest socials....