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Reviving a language

Posted on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 3:10pm
Timothy Montler, professor of linguistics, compiled more than 9,000 entries for the Klallam Dictionary, which was released this fall.
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Learning English through art

Posted on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 9:54am
Painting a mural and dancing in a flash mob were a few of the activities helping students from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México learn English this summer at UNT.

Cooperative agreement to strengthen English literature and linguistics graduate programs in Islamabad

Posted on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 11:08am

Part of UNT's strength comes from partnerships with other universities around the globe. During the next three years, a $1 million grant from the U.S. State Department's Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan will fund initiatives between UNT English and linguistics and technical communications faculty and their counterparts at the National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad, to strengthen NUML's graduate programs in English literature and linguistics.

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Do all Texans drawl and twang the same?

Posted on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 11:01am
If you think all Texans pronounce "Howdy, y'all" the same, think again. Patricia Cukor-Avila, associate professor of linguistics, and a group of student researchers surveyed nearly 400 people across the state in different cities to explore Texans' perceptions of their own accents.
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Faculty member named NSF program director

Posted on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 11:13am
Shobhana Chelliah, professor of linguistics and technical communications, has been selected as a rotator program director in the National Science Foundation’s Documenting Endangered Languages Program for one year, beginning in July.
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