The students authoring these blogs were each awarded a 2018 Linguistics Undergraduate Research Award (LURA 2018) for innovative work in a linguistics course at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder. Students in introductory as well as advanced courses were considered for the award. Nominated by faculty, GPTIs, and TAs, award winners were asked to create a short blog about their research. This project was supported by the ASSETT Faculty Fellows Program.
Height and Dating: A Critique of Inexact Statistics
Though data-driven academics often insist that the heart of science is raw numbers, the truth... Read more
Racial Stereotypes in my Childhood Film
As children, we often do not notice how we are socialized into ideologies of race... Read more
Orange Caligula and Euphemism
Euphemism is a linguistic tool used to communicate with indirect means, generally around a topic... Read more
Revitalizing the Lakota Language
It is no secret that traditions and cultures of different peoples fade away over time... Read more
Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Linguistics: AAVE and CE in South Park
With media permeating our everyday lives, we are exposed to cultures and ideas that we... Read more
Underlying Musical Tones in Navajo
My grant proposal for the class Languages of the World seeks to understand the relationship... Read more
Furry Culture and an 'Endearing' Register
If you have heard of furries, the first thing you may think of is probably... Read more
Race and Gender: How Men Speak Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Women
Men discuss terminology specific to women in different ways, depending on how they identify. By... Read more