View source for User:CJ Withers

<div style="background-color:#fffff0">

<br/><br/>{{quote|Nobody is born wanting to put on lipstick.|original quote}}<br/>
<br/><br/>
{{Babel|en|fr-5|es-5|ca-5|ru-3|pt-2|it-2|an-1|br-0}}
{{User linguist}}
{{User translator}}<div style="float:left;border:solid #909090 1px;margin:1px">
{| cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background-color:#DAD1DF;"
|-
| style="width:45px;height:45px;background-color:#fff;text-align:center;font-size:12pt" |
| style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" align="center" |'''Language Instructor'''<br />I practice '''[[andragogy]]''' and use socio[[constructivism]].
|}
</div>
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/>
'''CJ Withers''' is an [[American]]-born professional translator, language instructor, and sociolinguistics researcher. He currently lives in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].

<br/>

== Intro blurb ==

A native of the [[New York City]] urban area, CJ Withers grew up with a passion to learn others' languages and to teach his [[first language]]. His fascination with the cultural, political, economic, and identity-based diversities of his multilingual environment in New York would later inspire his [[sociolinguistic]] inquiry. 

[[American English]] being his first language, he is fluent in French - the language in which he conducts his daily life. He is often mistaken as a European French-speaker by some Quebeckers and as [[Québécois]] by the French, Swiss, and Belgians. Thanks to extended visits for both work and study, he is very well-acquainted with [[Paris]], France, and [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]].


== University education ==

In 1993, he obtained his [[B.A.]] from [[Drew University]], where he majored in [[French Language]], Culture and Literature while minoring in [[Russian Language]]. His coursework, however, reflects more a degree in [[Modern Languages]] given that he also studied in [[Linguistics]], Spanish, German and Italian. In response to the total lack of [[Quebec]]-related courses within his major, he pursued an independent study on [[Literature of Quebec|Quebec Literature]] highlighting the culture, history, and identity crisis of its [[Francophone]] population.

In 1998, he completed a Certificate in French to English [[Translation]] from [[New York University]]'s School of Continuing and Professional Studies. In the same year, he moved to [[Montreal]], [[Canada]] to began coursework in the [[Master's degree|M.A.]] in [[Linguistics]] ([[Language Teaching]] Track) at [[UQAM]] (University of Québec at Montréal). As with his B.A., he took a broader approach to his M.A. studies and completed courses not only in [[didactics]] but also in [[theoretical linguistics]] and [[sociolinguistics]] / [[sociology of language]]. He was forced to abandon his program to care for a family member injured in the [[9/11]] attack on the [[World Trade Center]]. He is currently  preparing his thesis to complete the Ph.D. in Linguistics at [[Complutense University of Madrid]].


== Professional background ==

Having worked both in the public and private sectors, CJ Withers is currently an autonomous language instructor, a free-lance translator and an independent researcher in linguistics.


==Research interests==

* [[Linguistics]] (lx), contextual vs. autonomous [[linguistics|lx]], bridges between micro-lx and macro-lx, and between social vs. asocial lx
* [[Sociolinguistics]] (slx), sociocultural linguistics [http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/bucholtz/sociocultural/], language [[variety (linguistics)|varieties]], [[sociolect]]s, various [[norms]], [[language contact]]
* [[Sociology of language]], [[Bourdieu]], language attitudes, [[linguicism]] (language predjudice and profiling), (social and legal) [[status]] and [[corpus]] [[language planning|planning]]
* [[Discourse]] [[discourse analysis|analysis]]; [[Framing (communication theory)|Framing]], [[George Lakoff]]
* Language, power and [[gender]], [[women's studies]], [[men's studies]], [[homophobia]] as key element to [[masculinity]]; [[Robin Lakoff|Robin Tolmach Lakoff]]
* [[Gay]] and [[anti-gay]] [[ideology]] discourses (written and oral), [[hate speech]], [[loaded language]]; [[identity politics]] and [[identity]] construction discourse, [[communitarianism]] in [[France]]; [[transgender]] discourse and terminology
* [[Lexical semantics]], [[lexicology]], [[terminology]]; [[insults]] and [[term of disparagement|terms of disparagement]]; [[buzzword]]s, [[code word]]s, [[power word]]s, snarl/purr words (from [[S.I. Hayakawa]])
* [[Secondary orality]], [[Bakhtin]], dialogism, [[centripetal]] and [[centrifugal]] forces between sociolects, [[polyphony]] (mistranslated from '''многоголосия''' - ''polyglossia''; often mistranslated into French as "''polylinguisme''" or "''plurilinguisme''"[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurilinguisme]), [[heteroglossia]] (mistranslated from '''разноречие''' - social variation in [[speech]] or social speech varieties); note that the mistranslation "heteroglossia" has spawned several back-translations: разноголосица, гетероглоссиа, and многоязычие...see comment on this mix-up at [http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/bakhtin-dialogism/msg00147.html]


* [[ESOL]], [[Autodidactism]], [[Andragogy]], Social [[constructivism (learning theory)|constructivism]], [[Vygotsky]], [[instructional scaffolding]], classroom [[metalanguage]], [[deductive]] and [[implicit]] grammars 
* [[Sandhi]] phenomena, [[consonant mutation]], [[clitic]]s, and [[elision]] (all within [[Second language|L2]]) vis-à-vis foreign or [[second language acquisition]] (SLA)
* [[phoneme|Phonemic]] [[phonemic awareness|Awareness]], [[phonics]], [[authentic]] [[transcription]]
* [[Verb|Verbal]] [[Syntax]] and [[Aspect (linguistics)|Aspect]] - English and French; conceptual models for English verbs in [[ESOL]]


* French to English [[Translation]]: technical, legal, social sciences, arts
* [[Quebec French]]: [[linguistic]] features, attitudes, discourse on "quality"; [[Media literacy]], [[cultural literacy]], [[functional illiteracy]] in Quebec
* [[Gender-neutral language]]; [[gender-neutral language#French|non-sexist language in French]] ; [[gender-neutral language#Spanish|-"@"]] ending in Spanish; French [[pronouns]]: [[epicene]] '''''ilz''''' and '''''eulx'''''; [[neuter]] '''''yl'''''; 
* [[Spelling reform#Spanish spelling reforms|Spanish spelling reform]]; orthography of [[Breton language|Breton]]; [[eye dialect]], [[pronunciation spelling]], [[spelling pronunciation]]; [[alternative political spellings]]


== Work on Wikipedia ==
{{Boxboxtop|Correction Stances}}
<div style="float: left; border:solid #EEFFE0 1px; margin: 1px;">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #EEFFEE;"
| style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #EEFFE0; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''<s>mankind</s>'''
| style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user supports the use of '''[[Gender-neutral language|gender-neutral language]]'''.
|}</div>
{{User singular they:Yes}}
{{User serial comma:Sometimes}}
{{User Apostrophe Abuse}}
{{User its2}}
<div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#999}}} 1px; margin: 1px;">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#eee}}};"
| style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#ddd}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|who(m)}}}'''
| style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|I use '''whom''' in the [[object (grammar)|object]] case in formal situations lest those whom its lack may displease think me benighted, whoever they might be.}}}
|}</div>
{{Boxbottom}}

{{User wikipedia/Pages needing translation into English}}
{{User bold}}
{{User wikifr}}
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/>

'''''To translate into French'''''

*[[Language planning]]
*[[Variety (linguistics)]]

'''''To translate into English'''''

* [[Denise Bombardier]] (also added info/ reworked in French)

'''''Rewrites/Reworkings/Major Overhauls'''

*[[Coming out]]
*[[Heterosexism]]
*[[Biphobia]]
*[[Value system]]

'''''Articles started, to start'''''

* [[lexical item]]
* [[norm (linguistics)]]

'''''Sandbox-en'''''

[[User:CJ Withers/MySandbox]]

[[User:CJ Withers/List of language in Canada topics]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Joual]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Quebec English]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Quebec French]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Quebec French socio]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Quebec French (linguistic features)]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Quebec French (syntax)]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Quebec French (phonology)]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Quebec French (lexis)]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Quebec French (socio-political history)]]

[[User:CJ Withers/Biphobia]]

'''''Proof-reading and copy-editing'''''

{{User tonofedits}}
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/>

==Travels and Life==
{| style="border:5px; border: thin solid grey; width="100%" 

|align="right"|<small>Spent several years in:</small>
|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|New York City}} {{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Quebec}} {{flagicon|Montreal}} {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Madrid}}
|-
|
|-
|align="right"|<small>Spent one month or more in:</small>
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Russia}} {{flagicon|Germany}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Poland}}
|-
|
|-
|align="right"|<small>Spent a few days in:</small>
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Slovakia}}  {{flagicon|Lithuania}}  {{flagicon|Ireland}} 
|-
|
|-
|align="right"|<small>Transited through:</small>
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Finland}}  {{flagicon|Latvia}}
|-
|
|-
|align="right"|<small>Planning to see:</small>
|align="left"|   {{flagicon|Scotland}} {{flagicon|Italy}} 
|-
|
|align="left"|<small>''Idea and layout adapted from'' [[User:N-true|N-true]]'', who lifted it from'' 
[[User:Ezhiki|Ëzhiki]]'', who swiped it from'' [[User:Sebastiankessel|Sebastiankessel]]'', who stole <br>it from'' [[User:Guettarda|Guettarda]]'', who filched it from'' [[User:White Cat/ref|White Cat]].</small>
|}

== Personal ==
<div style="float: left; border:solid #D2B48C 1px; margin: 1px;">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FFEFD5;"
| style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #D2B48C; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:Barquette de poutine.jpg|40px]]'''
| style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user abhors '''[[poutine]]'''.
|}</div>
<br/>
<br/><br/>

== Kitten ==
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:9px;" class="plainlinks">[[File:Kitten-stare.jpg|120px|left]]
Rainbowofpeace has given you a [[kitten]]! Kittens promote [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this one has made your day better. Your kitten must be fed three times a day and will be your faithful companion forever! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a kitten, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.
<p>Spread the goodness of kittens by adding {{tls|Kitten}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or kittynap their kitten with {{tls|Kittynap}}</p>
{{#if:|<p>'''{{{2}}}'''<p>|}}
{{clear}}
</div><!-- Template:Kitten -->

{{clear}}
</div>

[[Category:Wikipedian linguists|CJ Withers]]

[[fr:Utilisateur:CJ Withers]]
[[es:Usuario:CJ Withers]]