Treats and poems featured at LRC’s “Sweet Poetry” event
“Any poem, any language” is the theme of the Language Resource Center’s second annual celebration of National Poetry Month, April 17
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Linguistics, the systematic study of human language, lies at the crossroads of the humanities and the social sciences, drawing on a special combination of intuition and rigor that the analysis of language demands.
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Summer Experience Grant applications now open
The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.
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‘Innovative’ linguist Margarita Suñer dies at 82
Margarita Amalia Suñer, professor of linguistics emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died in Ojai, California on Feb. 29 after a long bout with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 82.
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Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ Speakers Work to Restore Language Among Cornell, Nation Communities
Linguistics Professor Sarah Murray and Research Associate Stephen Henhawk are featured in this article by the Cornell Daily Sun.
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Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 14
Your gift allows the College to fulfill our mission — to prepare our students to do the greatest good in the world.
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Endangered Language Alliance Works to Map Languages Spoken in New York City
The Endangered Language Alliance (ELA), co-founded by alum Daniel Kaufman Ph.D. 2010, locates speakers of endangered languages spoken in New York City.
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Grad student Annabelle di Lustro Participated in the KAKEHASHI Project
First year Linguistics graduate student Annabelle di Lustro recently participated in the KAKEHASHI Project, an exchange program for young American researchers to visit Japan, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA).
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18th Annual Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium (CULC 18)
Cornell University's undergraduate linguistics association, The UnderLings, presents its eighteenth annual undergraduate research colloquium. By facilitating communication and discussion between researchers, the conference aims to promote undergraduate research at all levels throughout the linguisti...
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Apr
18
Thursday
02:55 PM
Factors Affecting Cayuga Language Revitalization
Morrill Hall
226F
Apr
18
Thursday
04:30 PM
Linguistics Colloquium Speaker: Krishnan Ram-Prasad
Morrill Hall
106
Apr
18
Thursday
07:00 PM
ASL/Deaf Studies Performance: Hand Play
McGraw Hall
165
Apr
24
Wednesday
04:15 PM
American Sign Language Conversation Hour
Stimson Hall
G25
May
01
Wednesday
04:15 PM
American Sign Language Conversation Hour
Stimson Hall
G25
May
01
Wednesday
04:30 PM
ASL Symposium
Morrill Hall
106
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Language & the Law - LING 2223
Discover how language impacts the theory and practice of law. Topics include: origins of legal language, linguistics in the courtroom, plagiarism and language rights. This course also introduces areas of linguistics such as syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics, which explicate a wide range of legal matters where both spoken and written language come to fore.
1946
The year the department was founded
7117
Number of distinct languages spoken throughout the world
205
Endangered languages spoken in the United States