tongue.tied is a sociolinguistic press in print every three months beginning February 2003.

However, tongue.tied is currently on hiatus, and won't be publishing regular quarterly issues. The old issues are linked below, and we're more than happy to continue receiving e-mails with questions, concerns or other comments! tonguetiedzine@yahoo.com.
                         


         

                      Issues:
                                                                  jul/aug/sep 2004: Brainwashing the populace for war ; A simple plan: Chinese characters simplified ; Accents on commercials                      

                                                                  apr/may/jun 2004: A glimpse at languages policies worldwide: America, Switzerland, South Africa, Singapore                      

                                                                  jan/feb/mar 2004: "What did you say?" Demystifying slips of the tongue ; Spanglish: A Review ; Constituting Bad Words In The Media: Sex vs. Hate Speech ; Mincing Words ; Words of The Year 2003                      

                                                                  oct/nov/dec 2003: The Gift of Gab: Is language innate for humans? ; Accents in America ; Stalling for Time: The writing's on the (bathroom) wall ; Incan accounting system may have been as yet undiscovered language                      

                                                                  aug/sep 2003: Media Review: Visual metaphor in advertisements ; Potential impact of the 2 Jun FCC ruling ; Review of Diane Ravitch's "The Language Police"                      

                                                                  jun/jul 2003: The debate over cochlear implants ; Metaphor used in war propaganda ; Q&A with Shoecabbage co-creator Teresa Dowlatshahi; German professors declare war on English                      

                                                                  apr/may 2003: Basque-language daily forced to close ; Preserving Native American languages digitally ; Bilingual education funding slashed ; Nu Shu: The secret women's language of China ; News briefs in language                      

                                                                  feb/mar 2003: Band names and linguistics ; Linguicide in Turkey; Sounding gay these days?; The most popular catchphrase of 2002