Department News

Carleton students and professors are joining forces with the Dakotah Language Institute to preserve a critically endangered language.

Linguistics professor Michael Flynn teaches students about the Japanese writing system, which he describes as “one of the most complicated systems in the world.

Professors Jeff Ondich of Computer Science and Mike Flynn of Linguistics have collaborated on a project to build a pedagogical grammar for the Dakota language.

Under the direction of computer science professor Eric Alexander, Liz Nichols ’20 spent the summer analyzing speech patterns in Shakespeare’s plays.

Trio earns funding from program that supports expansion in number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages.

Carleton Linguistics is pleased to share the news that three linguistics majors are Fulbright Finalists for the 2016-17 academic year: Emily Massell (Linguistics ’15), Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program, Jordan…

Carleton Linguistics will be well-represented at two upcoming undergraduate linguistics conferences.

Charlie Bentley, Linguistics ’13 and Thomas J. Watson Fellow 2013-4, gave a Senior Reflection at Carleton’s 139th Annual Commencement in June 2013. Read his address, The Problems That Don’t Yet Exist.

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Please join us on Thursday, 11 Oct, at 4:00 in **Olin 02** for the first Linguistics Colloquium of the fall term: ‘The Interface of Pragmatics and Syntax in Basque Discourse’ Colloquium by Phyllis…