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Yale at CoLang
July 3, 2018
Luke and Matt went to CoLang in Gainesville Florida from June 18-29. Luke took classes on programming native language apps, mapping language variation, translating popular...
Claire Bowern receives Graduate Mentor Award
July 3, 2018
The award “honors faculty members at Convocation for their exemplary qualities as mentors.”
Stephanie Fielding featured in YaleNews
June 18, 2018
As a Presidential Visiting Fellow, Stephanie has spent the past year at Yale teaching the Mohegan language and raising interest in language revitalization.
Joshua Phillips publishes article on Roper Kriol
June 11, 2018
Based on field research and a translation of the Bible, Joshua’s paper investigates the difference between the first-person pronouns ai and mi.
Dolly Goldenberg finishes 3rd in 3-Minute Thesis competition
June 2, 2018
In just three minutes, Dolly explained to audiences how we use our sense of touch to help us hear and understand speech.
Exploring the genetics of speech
May 24, 2018
Chris Geissler and Kevin Zhang joined nine collaborators from Yale and other institutions to study a gene that may influence the way we perceive consonants.
Sarah Babinski and Matt Tyler speak about North American languages
May 13, 2018
The two graduate students spoke about syntax in Choctaw and prosody in Southern East Cree, respectively.

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