astronomy

Kira Hall

Kira Hall is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kira Hall rather than just read about it. In short: Kira Hall is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, as well as director for the Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP), at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The majority of Hall's work focuses on language in India and the United States, with special attention to organizations of gender and sexuality.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Kira Hall is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, as well as director for the Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP), at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The majority of Hall's work focuses on language in India and the United States, with special attention to organizations of gender and sexuality. A special focus of her work has been the linguistic and sociocultural practices of Hindi-speaking Hijras in northern India, a nonbinary group often discussed in the anthropological literature as a "third sex." She is known for her contributions to research on language and identity within sociocultural linguistics, and especially the tactics of intersubjectivity framework developed with Mary Bucholtz.

Education Hall received her Ph.D. in linguistics in 1995 from the University of California at Berkeley, writing her dissertation under the supervision of Robin Lakoff, and has held academic positions at Stanford, Yale, and Rutgers Universities.

Designations

Awards College Scholar Award in 2014 Provost Faculty Achievement Award in 2010 Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Excellence Award in 2009 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2004.

Positions held President, Society for Linguistic Anthropology (2019–2021) Professor, CU Boulder Department of Linguistics Professor, CU Boulder Department of Anthropology CU Boulder Associate Chair Of Undergraduate Studies, department Of linguistics Affiliated faculty, CU Boulder College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI) Affiliated faculty, Cu Boulder Department Of Women And Gender Studies (WGST) Director, CU Boulder Program In Culture, Language, And Social Practice Director, CU Boulder Literacy Practicum

Selected publications

Books Hall, Kira; Bucholtz, Mary (1995) [1975]. Gender articulated: language and the socially constructed self. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415913997. Livia, Anna, and Kira Hall, eds. 1997. Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality. New York: Oxford University Press. [480 pp.] Hall, Kira, ed. 2007. Essays in Indian Folk Traditions: Collected Writings of Ved Prakash Vatuk. Meerut, India: Archana Publications. [472 pp.] Hall, Kira, ed. 2009. Studies in Inequality and Social Justice: Essays in Honor of Ved Prakash Vatuk. Meerut, India: Archana Publications. [449 pp.] Hall, Kira; Barrett, Rusty, eds. 2018. Language and sexuality. Oxford Handbooks Online. DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.001.0001 Hall, Kira, ed. 2023. Lifelong Search for Home: Collected English Poems of Ved Prakash Vatuk. New Delhi: New World Publication. [390 pp]

Book chapters Hall, Kira; Bucholtz, Mary (1995), "Introduction: Twenty years after Language and Woman's Place", in Hall, Kira; Bucholtz, Mary (eds.), Gender articulated: language and the socially constructed self, New York: Routledge, pp. 1–24, ISBN 9780415913997. Pdf.

Journal articles Hall, Kira (1999). Performativity. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 9(1-2): 184-187. doi:10.1525/jlin.1999.9.1-2.184. Bucholtz, Mary, and Kira Hall (2004). Theorizing Identity in Language and Sexuality Research. Language in Society 33(4): 469-515. doi: 10.1017/S0047404504334020 Hall, Kira (2005). Intertextual Sexuality: Parodies of Class, Identity, and Desire in Liminal Delhi. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 15(1): 125-144. doi: 10.1525/jlin.2005.15.1.125. Hall, Kira; Bucholtz, Mary (October 2005). "Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach". Discourse Studies. 7 (4–5): 585–614. doi:10.1177/1461445605054407. S2CID 27020925. Pdf.

Edited proceedings Hall, Kira, Michael Meacham, and Richard Shapiro, eds. 1989. General Session and Parasession on Theoretical Issues in Language Reconstruction: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1988-1989. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society, Inc. [431 pp.] Hall, Kira, Jean Pierre Koenig, Michael Meacham, Sondra Reinman, and Laurel Sutton, eds. 1990. General Session and Parasession on the Legacy of Grice: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1989-1990. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society, Inc. [559 pp.] Hall, Kira, Mary Bucholtz, and Birch Moonwomon, eds. 1992. Locating Power: Proceedings of the Second Berkeley Women and Language Conference, Vol. 2. Berkeley: Berkeley Women & Language Group. [309 pp.] Hall, Kira, Mary Bucholtz, and Birch Moonwomon, eds. 1992. Locating Power: Proceedings of the Second Berkeley Women and Language Conference, Vol. 1. Berkeley: Berkeley Women & Language Group. [299 pp.]

References

External links Kira Hall's home page (as of June 2021) Kira Hall's home page, archived 2006 Program in Culture, Language and Social Practice

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kira Hall

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kira Hall claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kira Hall before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kira Hall ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kira Hall

In research: Kira Hall appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kira Hall in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kira Hall is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1962 births, 21st-century American anthropologists, American linguist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kira Hall outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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