Karl Olaw Christian Wagner and Dr. Wendy Baker Smemoe, Department of Linguistics The research the grant from the Office of Research and Creative Activities has allowed me to perform has been a wonderful opportunity that has helped me to take my undergraduate work to a higher level. To be able to apply the linguistic knowledge […]
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Assessing of the Need for an English Grammar Resource for Non-native Speakers
Steven M. Sandberg and Dr. Penny Bird, English Background The purpose of this study was to assess the need for an established service at Brigham Young University (BYU) to assist non-native speakers of English with revisions of their papers. The study relied on the assumption that effective, writing-process learning only occurs at the point of […]
LDS Vernacular: English-Samoan Glossary
E. Paia Su’a Palmer and Dr. Eric Eliason, English My lexicographic project involving the production of a Samoan-English glossary for LDS vernacular had a strategy flaw which was not evident until I was into the project. Accordingly, I have made necessary design modification. The first two of the four phases which I originally proposed consisted […]
Analogical Modeling Of Japanese Loanword Formation From English
Nate Blaylock and Dr. Deryle Lonsdale, Linguistics The topic of this research, by way of review, was to try to predict, using the Analogical Modeling of Language (AML) method, the formation of Japanese loanwords from English. In other words, given an English word, how would a Japanese person pronounce it if they adopted it into […]
QUAESTIO LINGUAE 1995: THE USE OF ENGLISH WORDS IN THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Aaron Hess Sherinian, Department of Italian Introduction Scholars have labored for centuries to define the elements that constitute the Italian language. This debate, the “QUAESTIO LINGUAE” or “question of the language” as it is referred to, often takes into consideration the influence of foreign languages upon Italian (Petronio 1987). There are several factors which have […]
Vowel Laxing in Utah English: Early Findings of the Early Utah English Project
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 […]
Gerard Manley Hopkins and Old English Poetic Compounds
Ryan Christensen and Dr. Don Chapman, English Introduction It has become almost commonplace to assume a strong connection between the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, a Victorian poet, and the Old English tradition. Hopkins himself noted similarities, as have critics from the year his poems were first published. One aspect of Hopkins’ style that has […]
Utah’s Ethnic and Non-English Newspapers
Leif Olsen and Professor Scott Duvall, Special Collections and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library At a Mexican restaurant in Salt Lake City, I came across an issue of La Prensa, a Spanish-language newspaper published in Utah. It covered a variety of issues, including immigrant fraud, the top ten Latin music hits, and soccer. I wondered […]
Implementation of an English Curriculum in China
Julie Ann Ludwig and Dr. M. Winston Egan, Teacher Education Introduction Last year I submitted a research proposal designed to make a structural analysis of early childhood education in a kindergarten in the People’s Republic of China and to determine how to best insert a new component into the already established curriculum. I participated in […]
Making Thai Literature Available to the English Speaking Audience: Translating Ganokpong Songsomphan’s Stories from Thai to English
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 […]
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