richard littauer:

uni. des saarlandes, from 2011
msc computational linguistics

uni. of edinburgh, 2006-2011
ma (hons) linguistics

richard.littauer on gmail

linguistics

:research

publications
a list of my current academic publications

slides
slides for presentations i've given

current lines
i keep a list of current research projects on my blog

:blogging

replicated typo
i write the occasional research blog here, on the evolution of culture and language.

clojurelx
i help explain why lisp is great for linguists

:professional societies

.c.e.l.p
the linguistics society of america committee for endangered languages and their preservation; i helped set this page up.

.s.a.i.v.u.s
the society for advancing the indigenous vernaculars of the united states; i'm currently tech support.

linguists outside of academia
i cofounded this email list and group.

open linguistics
i'm a member of this working group, part of the open knowledge foundation

.u.l.a.b
the undergraduate linguistics association of britain: i helped found it, ran the first conference, and help out as an advisor.

:student representative

.l.a.g.b
the linguistics association of great britain: i am on the student committee.

.c.o.s.i.a.c
the linguistics society of america committee on student issues and concerns: member

erasmus mundus
i am the representative for the language and communication technologies course.

fachschaft
i am a member of the student committee in saarbrücken.

.i.a.l.s
the international association of linguistics students: i am the founder and director, and maintain this site as a portal to help other students

:web master

the .u.k linguistics olympiad
part of an international linguistics olympiad for school children

the committee for linguistics in education
promoting linguistics in schools

the language alliance
promoting linguistics in the uk

otter

projects:

github
all of my publicly available code

my time keeper and task organiser project

keypuk nìna'vi
a community project i'm spearheading translating facebook into na'vi

glossy
my friend simon and i are working on an app for quick sharing of word lists

healing words
an ongoing project with simon to provide word and phrase lists for aid workers

idea otter
simon and i set up this site to share ideas.

not linguistics:

mendeley
i am an advisor for the mendeley research sharing site

open knowledge foundation
i'm in the open science, open banking, and open economic working groups.

scribbles:

poetry
some poetry i am not entirely ashamed of

heraclitus
fragments of heraclitus spoken word story-telling project

spoken
my spoken word poems.

conlangs:

na'vi
as 'taronyu', i created the definitive na'vi dictionary, and still function as an admin of the largest na'vi site in the world.

valyrian
trying to build the hype for valyrian, also from game of thrones

other others:

tigatag
i write stuff for this web app company sometimes

deadguys
i tweet when musicians die.

past projects

:linguistics

datahub
data hub for any data i might have

langsoc
the edinburgh university linguistics and english language society: i started it up again, and was president and webmaster

.e.l.a
the edinburgh language ambassadors promote multilingualism in scotland; i built their website.

:blogs

workflows
my 2011 DataONE internship on scientific workflows. i still keep up this research.

langsoc blog
i blogged a lot about linguistics here as an undergrad, and still do occasionally.

café
where i rated various cafes in edinburgh; this site is still running

conlang
my old conlang blog

:conlangs

language creation society
a professional conlanging association; i served on the board of directors as an advisor.

about
my old conlanging site, where i talk about my involvement in na'vi, dothraki,and llárriésh.

dothraki
as 'lajaki', i started up the fanbase for david peterson's language, based off of g.r.r. martin's books, now an .h.b.o series

:art

webcomic
my old burnt fen comic, which i kept going for around two years. very depressing at times.

prose
some old prose pieces of mine

merch
i sometimes design and sell shirts, among other things

reel life:

i love to do these things. drop a line if you do, too. always looking for others.

mountains: ski mountaineer trek climb
waters: sail canoe kayak fly-fish
hills: slackline hike camp trudge bird-watch
cities: bike walk explore dumpster-dive

i am also an avid couch surfer.

stream

(sometimes twitter fails and this doesn't work.)