The students authoring these blogs were each awarded a聽2021 Linguistics Undergraduate Research Award (LURA 2021)聽for innovative work in a linguistics course at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Students in introductory as well as advanced courses were considered for the award. Nominated by faculty, GPTIs,聽and TAs, award winners were asked to create a short blog about their research.聽This project was supported by the ASSETT Faculty Fellows Program.
Die Zusammenhangsform 鈥� A Case for Dependency
Germans are pragmatic鈥� linguistically. Name: Kelton Jay Hevelone Course: Semantics (LING3430) Advisor/Professor: Dr. Zygmunt Frajzyngier... Read more
Education Language Planning in Tanzania: A Complex Balance of Cultural Considerations
Educational language policies in Tanzania have responded to a complex web of often-contradictory pressures throughout... Read more
Learning English in the Context of Educational (In)Equality
In the United States, there is a lot of variance concerning quality of education, and... Read more
Language Policy in Action: A Swiss Study
Language serves those who use it, so who controls the language of an entire country?... Read more
Number Agreement of the Copula in English
Linguists and students alike are taught that the verb agrees with the subject, but is... Read more
Exploring Protest Movements & Black Lives Matter - An L2 Oral Skills Course
Black. Lives. Matter. Author: Ella Steckler Course: LING 4260 - L2 Oral Skills Advisor/Professor: Raichle... Read more
Choosing Verb Markers in Korean
How do language features such as formality and honorifics affect the use of a given... Read more
America鈥檚 War on Japanese Heritage Education
How have ideologies about language in the US led to the suppression of Japanese heritage... Read more
To Yeet or Not to Yeet?: African American Slang Beyond Vine
The combination of language and gesture in yeet Vines may help us understand how African... Read more
Digital Intimacy in ASMR Videos on YouTube
Can YouTube videos be intimate? Alexis Schlagenhauf Language In Digital Media (LING 3800) Advisor: Dr... Read more
The Linguistic Struggles of Adult Refugee Students
Is the U.S. truly the Linguistic melting pot it claims to be? Abigail Renfrow LING... Read more
How Does the Internet Impact Your Stance?
Digital platforms have turned stance into a polarizing practice that goes beyond normal stancetaking. By:... Read more
History of Yiddish in American English
My family鈥檚 immigration and the integration of Yiddish into American English. Drew Brian Frank LING... Read more
Let鈥檚 Unpack: Sinophobia
Discussing Sinophobic and anti-China rhetoric throughout American history, in current media and politics, as well... Read more
In School, but At Home: the Difference in Meaning
What semantic features distinguish in from at and lead a speaker to choose one preposition... Read more
Exploring the Refugee Experience through ESL Pedagogy
For a long time, welcoming refugees was an important part of America鈥檚 legacy. Sami McKinsey... Read more
Language Based Xenophobia in America鈥檚 Response to Rising Kpop Popularity
America鈥檚 long history of xenophobic treatment of languages other than English is visible in the... Read more
鈥淭ik Tok on the Clock:鈥� A Political Shock
Did you know that Tik Tok could be a politically charged platform full of ethical... Read more
Smuggling Opinions into your Mind
How do news headlines manipulate readers without them even knowing? Olivia Berry LING 4100 -... Read more
Tr*mp: Creative Nicknaming on Twitter
Why do Trump-critical Twitter users routinely avoid using his name? Noah Prior LING 3800: Language... Read more
A Double-Edged Sword: The Standard Language Ideology at Work in the Deaf Community
How does the successful legitimization of ASL as a language exemplify the standard language ideology?... Read more
How Language Impacts How We Treat Animals
Do you ever wonder what has gone into the decision of what animals we eat... Read more
Are You In or Out? The Duality of Slang
Teenybopper, chad, buppies, sugar mama, wigger . These are just a few of the many... Read more
Challenging the Twitter President
How did the democratic nominee Joe Biden find a way to challenge Trump鈥檚 Twitter reign... Read more