Marco Mora Huizar and Dr. Heather Willson, Department of Linguistics and English Language The purpose of the Marshallese Corpus Project (MCP) is to create an extensive online corpus of Marshallese language texts to be used for research and other applications. Currently, there is a severe lack of resources for the study of the Marshallese language, […]
Methods of Manuscript Analysis for the Recovery of Lost Text
Claire Monson and Dr. Roger Mcfarlane, Department of Classics and Comparative Literature The purpose of my application for an ORCA Grant was to collaborate with Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 950: Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, located in Hamburg, Germany. Using their resources and the expertise of Professor Roger T. Macfarlane, we were able to make […]
Hedwig Irle: Life of a Woman Missionary in Colonial Africa
Kimberly Merkley and Dr. Cindy Brewer, Department of German and Slavic Languages Along with my mentor, Cindy Brewer, my goal for my ORCA project was to research and write an introduction to a 30 page book, titled Die Schwarze Johanna, by a female German missionary in Namibia in the early 20th century. The text, as […]
Judeo-Spanish in Thessaloniki: A Survey of the Speakers of the Dialect Today
Randall Craig Meister and Dr. David Eddington, Department of Linguistics and English Language “Pero Salonik no kanta mas1,” said an elderly speaker of Judeo-‐Spanish in Thessaloniki, as she reflected with me during a discussion concerning her life as a Sephardic Jew after World War II. This expression embodies the historical and cultural awareness of the […]
Leadership in the Humanities A Look at Practical Applications of Humanities Education
Susanne McGann and Dr. Gregory Clark, Department of Humanities The initial aim of my project was 1) to evaluate the transferable skills of a Humanities education in the job market and 2) to help Humanities students recognize, articulate, and apply their knowledge and skills to future careers. In order to reach the first aim, I […]
Study Abroad and Rounded Vowels
Kelley Manning and Dr. Laura Smith, Department of German and Slavic Languages “Simply phonetics. The science of speech. Thats my profession: also my hobby. Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby!” –Professor Henry Higgins (pg. 8)1 My favorite subject to study is linguistics, particularly phonetics and how people produce certain […]
Collecting Folklore
Trent Leinenbach and Dr. Stephen Tuttle, Department of Humanities Our purpose in collecting folklore was to examine what happens to a society when the people can no longer identify themselves by nationality. Transylvania is a particularly good case study, because the borders have been disputed between Hungarians and Romanians essentially for as long as both […]
Discovering Quotidian Kiev in Three Social Classes
Danielle Leavitt and Dr. Patrick Madden, Department of English Because anti-Soviet sentiments dominated the western stage for roughly the past century, very little literature exists in regards to post-Soviet daily life in former Soviet countries and cities. Specifically interesting are the socio-economic differences that emerged in former Soviet communities following the fall of the Soviet Union. Our project […]
Perception and Production of /l/-/r/ Sounds by Korean Learners of English and German
Hyuna Kim and Dr. Laura Smith, Department of German and Slavic Languages Numerous articles have examined the difficulties Korean speakers have learning the English /l/ and /r/ sounds (e.g., Borden et al 1983; Smith, 2001; Han, 2002). Most Korean learners of English hear and produce no distinction between English /l/ and /r/, because no surface […]
Self-Shaping and National Identity in Transylvania
Nick Jones and Dr. Lance Larsen, Department of English My project involved researching and observing Romania’s Székely population and their efforts to maintain cultural autonomy despite their minority status in Romania. The Székely people are a Hungarian-speaking group of disputed origin that has lived in Transylvania for at least 1,000 years, and currently they comprise […]
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