Vowel Laxing in Utah English: Early Findings of the Early Utah English Project

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Ellen Lund and Dr. David Bowie, Linguistics The study of dialect formation typically consists of examining changes within an already established dialect region, such as those caused by large-scale immigration or an extension of a previously existing dialect region. Utah English, on the other hand, was formed by native English speakers settling outside existing dialect […]

Louise Gottsched: Digital Library Research from 1771 German- Language Women’s texts.

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Samuel C Lindsey, Michelle Stott and Dr. Robert McFarland, German Slavic and Detail Scholars have failed to systematically observe and record old German facsimiles of German women’s literature for a variety of reasons. First, many of the records have remained unpublished. Second, it is expensive to get hold of these texts due to their rare […]

American Memorials: Forging a National Identity A Study of Selected Monuments in the U.S.

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Lindsay Larson and Dr. Susan Rugh, History Yale historian Robin Winks writes, “We all know history is, simultaneously, three things: what actually happened, what historians choose to record, and what the people—and people, some people, these people, those people—believe to be true about the past.”1  The study of “what people believe to be true […]

Dialect and Characterization in Mountain Meadows

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Adrienne Landes and Dr. David Bowie, Linguistics Great writers are often praised for their fine ear for dialogue; Mark Twain, Jane Austen, and Thomas Hardy all had the talent for recreating discourse that gives their work authenticity and their characters individuality. While I will not be writing about my contemporary neighbors and countrymen, as did […]

The Early Poetry of Pablo Neruda: A Study of Temuco as an Inspirational Source

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James Krause and Dr. Ted Lyon, Spanish and Portuguese Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, whose pseudonym was to be Pablo Neruda, was born in the small Chilean town, Parral. His mother died two months after she gave birth to her son and two years later, Neruda’s father moved his small family to Temuco. After the Chilean […]

The Education System in Tanzania

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Amelia Kacher and Dr. Michael Bush, Associate Professor of French and Instructional Psychology and Technology I spent three months living with an African family in a little village of Marangu, Tanzania with hopes to learn about the education system in the area. This research included learning about the logistics of the system i.e., who goes […]

Armenian Language Textbook: A Communicative Approach to Language Learning

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John Henry Jorgensen and Dr. Cynthia Hallen, Linguistics In the Post-Soviet era, there has been a dearth of language materials available to those wishing to learn the Armenian language. Thorough language texts are simply not available in Eastern Armenian, the official language of the Republic of Armenia. The small number of texts that exist are […]

Making Thai Literature Available to the English Speaking Audience: Translating Ganokpong Songsomphan’s Stories from Thai to English

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Lewis Jones and Dr. Alma Keith Lawrence, English Currently many readers are beginning to turn to translated literature to add some spice to their readings. Magazines such as Harper’s and The New Yorker are publishing more and more translated literature as the demand for it continues to grow. Much of the translated literature which is […]

Classic Chinese Fiction: Building a 21st Century Bridge for Ancient Chinese Literature

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J Michael Isom and Dr. Gary Williams, Asian and Near Eastern Languages Prior to the European Renaissance, China continually led the world in virtually every conceivable field of thought and technology. Although they have temporarily fallen behind most of the industrialized world due to the lingering effects of several poor political and economic policies from […]