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Linguistics Professor Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
The proliferation of politically powerful languages like English and Hausa in African countries like Nigeria has come to threaten many of the over 500 languages spoken throughout the country. Christopher Green, assistant professor of linguistics, seeks to describe and document…
Expert Bhatia Details Connections of Linguistics, Forensics
Tej Bhatia, professor of linguistics and director of South Asian Languages in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently joined the WRVO and Upstate Medical University podcast “HealthLink On Air” to discuss the connections between linguistics and health care, and…
Linguist Tackles Trauma, Mental Health, Forensics and Tastes
Tej K. Bhatia has traveled the world connecting his expertise in linguistics with a broad array of related topics: trauma, mental health, forensics and tastes. Bhatia, professor of linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of South Asian…
Syracuse Hosts World Englishes Conference
It is a little-known fact that Braj Kachru, a renowned authority on the English language, spoke only Hindi and his mother tongue, Kashmiri, until he was 16. Nevertheless, his upbringing in a Kashmiri Pundit family, which valued education above almost…
Summer Linguistics Boot Camp Immerses Students in African Luyia Languages
Students interested in learning more about the field of linguistics—and delving deep into a set of African languages—are encouraged to enroll in a new summer course, Linguistics Boot Camp. Under the direction of Assistant Professor Christopher Green, students will review…
Phonologist Documents Tonology, Syntax of Distinctive Kenyan Languages With NSF Grant
Last year, Christopher Green, assistant professor of linguistics, spent a month in Kenya with colleagues at Kenyatta University and members of the Luyia ethnic group to continue to explore and better understand the richness of their languages. Green spent many…