Andrew Wiggins and Dr. Brandie Siegfried, Department of English In preparation for my ORCA grant, I wrote a critical analysis comparing and contrasting questions of morality in two of Shakespeare’s famous works, The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest, for a literature class covering the works of William Shakespeare. That initial introduction to the moral […]
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Sophie Discovers Amerika: A Digital Accompaniment
Alexander Smith and Dr. Michelle James, Department of Germanic and Slavic Before beginning this project I was aware of the vast variety of literature available in both English and German language. Having been fortunate enough to work with Dr. James already on the Sophie Project, an undertaking of the Department of Germanic and Slavic here […]
Russian Attitudes Toward US Foreign Policy: From the Cold War to Today
Kelsey Simons and Dr. Tony Brown, Department of German and Slavic Languages In matters of international politics today, Russia is the wildcard. Its history of power on the international stage, along with an impressive military and large sphere of influence give it a commanding presence, even as it still struggles to find its identity after […]
Russian Pronunciation Difficulties for Native Speakers of English: Errors and Meaning Alterations
Vitalijs Sadovskis and Dr. Grant Lundberg, Department of German Studies and Slavic Languages The major goal of this research was to determine through both theoretical analysis and practical application which Russian pronunciation difficulties for native English speakers result in a misunderstanding of meaning rather than foreign accent. Therefore, it focused on Russian pronunciation errors which […]
Native Speaker Judgments on the Accentedness and Personal Traits of American and Korean L2 Learners of German
Charles Richards and Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, Department of German and Slavic Languages Everyday listeners make personal judgments about the people with whom they are speaking based on the accent or voice quality of the speaker. Studies have shown that a person’s speech– independent of accent–can influence a listener to make judgments about the speaker’s intelligence, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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