Jared Chapman and Dr. Dallin Oaks, English Introduction For nearly fifty years, Fiji has been the only major South Pacific LDS mission without its own Missionary Training Center (MTC) language program. For this reason, missionaries have gone without language skills and their ability to do missionary work was limited. Today, the MTC has a fledgling […]
Holy Ground: An Interpretive Study of the Salt Lake Temple Landscape
Jeremy P. Call and Dr. George B. Handley, Classic and Comparative Literature Lying in the geographic heart of the Mormon faith, the Salt Lake Temple has become a popular icon for the Mormon Church throughout the world and has been the subject of numerous architectural and theological analyses. Architectural analyses often trace historical and stylistic […]
The Evolution of *-e:r in Mayan Languages
Christy Barber and Dr. John Robertson, Linguistics Common Mayan had a suffix, *-e:r, which was an adverbial deictic clitic indicating past tense. (1) Its form and function remained fairly regular throughout the evolution of Common Mayan into more than 30 distinct languages. This study focuses on its evolution in the construction #-TIME-e:r, a Mayan phrase […]
Annotating the Life of Elisa Von der Recke
Courtney Wright and Dr. Michelle James, German Department For the last year I have been working on glossing Volume II of Elisa von der Recke. Doctor Michelle James has been working closely with me throughout the year, directing me in what I should do, and when and how it should be done. Coupled with her […]
Voodoo Villains, Zombies, and Black Magic: The Role of Hecate in Orson Welles’ “Voodoo” Macbeth
Rachel Wise and Dr. Nancy Christiansen, English Main Text On 14 April 1936 at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem, Orson Welles’ adapted Shakespearean play “Voodoo” Macbeth opened. The play was set in nineteenth-century Haiti and cast with only African Americans. This production was the first professional Shakespearean play with an allblack cast performed in the […]
Development of New Malagasy-English Dictionary
Matthew Winterton and Dr. Deryle Lonsdale, Linguistics and English Language Main Text Since Madagascar gained its independence from France in 1960, the country’s leaders have tried to promote a unique sense of identity for the Malagasy people and culture. Part of this effort has been spent in preserving the Malagasy language. However, due to the […]
Korean Language Acquisition and Syntax: Setting a Foundation for Korean EI Testing
William Wilson and Dr. Deryle Lonsdale, Linguistics Department Main Text Accurate and reliable L2 testing (or second language testing) is something that many entities rely on, including educational institutions, business enterprises, and the government. Researchers over the last several decades have proposed new testing methods, and a particularly promising venue is Elicited Imitation (EI). Simply […]
A Corpus-Based Evaluation of Usage Advice from the CSE and Chicago Style Manuals
Shelsea van Ornum and Professor Doris Dant, Linguistics and English Language Main Text Writers and editors are constantly faced with decisions about usage (the actual use of language), as opposed to grammar (the theoretical structure of language). To help writers and editors make these decisions, various organizations and language authorities have compiled manuals and handbooks that […]
Anglicization: The Rate of English Borrowings in Pennsylvania German
Michael Taylor and Dr. Laura Catharine Smith My research began as I came across contradicting theories concerning the Anglicization of Pennsylvania German while writing a paper for an advanced modern German course. While researching for that preliminary paper, I found scholars suggesting that English has completely taken over the PA German language. Such scholars stated […]
Wordsworth’s Moving Picture: Guide to the Lakes and the Romantic Image
Shannon M. Stimpson and Dr. Nicholas Mason, English Main Text At the beginning of this project, I planned to research female-authored texts from the Romantic era and to explore patterns of consumerism found within them. After a few weeks of researching various pamphlets and printed visual images for this project, I started to wonder whether […]
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