The students authoring these blogs were each awarded a 2018 Linguistics Undergraduate Research Award (LURA 2018) for innovative work in a linguistics course at CU Boulder. Students in introductory as well as advanced courses were considered for the award. Nominated by baby直播app, GPTIs,聽and TAs, award winners were asked to create a short blog about their research.聽This project was supported by the ASSETT Faculty Fellows Program.
Emoji Prediction
Can you tell from a text whether the writer is happy? Angry? Disappointed? Can you... Read more
Pragmatic Skills in Individuals with Down Syndrome
Children with Down syndrome demonstrate an intricate profile of strengths and limitations in pragmatic aspects... Read more
Vowel Quality and Singing Style
Have you ever listened to a musician singing and then been surprised by their accent... Read more
Does Our Perspective on Time Influence the Memories we Recall?
English speakers take two perspectives on time, which are reflected in how we talk about... Read more
Nasalization of Vowels in French Second Language English
French speakers of English are often perceived as having very nasal speech when they speak... Read more
Height and Dating: A Critique of Inexact Statistics
Though data-driven academics often insist that the heart of science is raw numbers, the truth... Read more
Racial Stereotypes in my Childhood Film
As children, we often do not notice how we are socialized into ideologies of race... Read more
Orange Caligula and Euphemism
Euphemism is a linguistic tool used to communicate with indirect means, generally around a topic... Read more
Revitalizing the Lakota Language
It is no secret that traditions and cultures of different peoples fade away over time... Read more
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With media permeating our everyday lives, we are exposed to cultures and ideas that we... Read more
Underlying Musical Tones in Navajo
My grant proposal for the class Languages of the World seeks to understand the relationship... Read more
Furry Culture and an 'Endearing' Register
If you have heard of furries, the first thing you may think of is probably... Read more
Race and Gender: How Men Speak baby直播app Women
Men discuss terminology specific to women in different ways, depending on how they identify. By... Read more