Why do I gloss Gorwaa like that? Responses to an anonymous review of a rejected paper.

This talk is given on the occasion of having a paper rejected from the linguistics journal Glossa. While rejection is nothing unusual – indeed, it is a common experience of academic publishing – some of the comments of one of the reviewers were particularly provocative, stating that my analysis of Gorwaa amounted to exoticisation of the language. Because the paper was rejected, I have had no formal channel by which to respond to these comments, which I take seriously, and consider objectionable. Because all of these comments have to do with how I represent the Gorwaa language through glosses, responding to them also presents a good opportunity to reflect on the choices I have made in describing the language, as well as to share some of my understanding of the Gorwaa language. Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. Acknowledgement and citation: Harvey, Andrew. 2023. Why do I gloss Gorwaa like that? Responses to an anonymous review of a rejected paper. Talk given at the Linguistics Colloquium. University of Bayreuth, Germany. 16.05.2023.