Development of New Malagasy-English Dictionary

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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

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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

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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 […]

Woman’s Exponent: Chronicling the Relief Society’s Involvement in the Quest for Political Equality, 1900-1914

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Paige Tuft and Dr. Rebecca de Schweinitz, History Department Main Text As most of my research tends to do, this project took quite a different turn then originally intended. I intended this research to continue on with the topic of my senior thesis concerning the political activism of women in Utah during the 1920s by […]

Anglicization: The Rate of English Borrowings in Pennsylvania German

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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

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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 […]

The Portraits of Elisa von der Recke: Finding the Woman behind the Writings

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Robert B. Sowby and Dr. Michelle Stott James, German and Slavic Languages The Sophie Project, led by Dr. Michelle James, is an ongoing mentored research project which focuses on collecting and studying the written works of German-speaking women. The Sophie Project is currently publishing a five-volume Critical Edition Series, the first volume of which will […]

Teaching Tolerance: Anti-Racist Pedagogical Intent in Frieda Plinzner’s Mission Literature for Children

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Claire Sorensen and Dr. Cindy Brewer From feminism to Marxism, moral to multi-racial criticism, writings from the colonial era have been intensely analyzed by scholars. Thanks to their studies, we have been provided with important but general contextual knowledge of colonial literature. However, one vital subset of this field, colonial missionary literature particularly by women, […]

The Problem with Chicago’s Possessives

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Betsy Snider and Professor Doris Dant, Linguistics and English Language Main text American English has no official language rules; rather, it has guidelines of what is acceptable and what is not. These guidelines, or prescriptions, are found in grammar books such as usage books, dictionaries, and style guides. Grammar books are created and maintained by editors […]