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Renowned for the range of languages it offers — everything from Aramaic and Breton to Urdu and Yiddish — UC Berkeley has just added introductory courses in American Sign Language. Students are enthusiastic about the ASL offerings, taught by an accomplished scholar and linguist, as are disability-studies advocates and members of the deaf community.
Tag: linguistics
Graduate students in linguistics leaving legacy for speakers of endangered language of Garifuna
April 17, 2012:
Linguistics graduate students’ efforts examining the little known Garifuna language may help with its revitalization.
Linguistics students explore communication in ‘Journey’ video game
March 16, 2012:
In a series of videos presented by GameSpot, UC Berkeley linguistics students analyze the communication system of the video game “Journey,” in which players interact without words or text.
Experts assess results, potential impacts of the Republican primaries
February 29, 2012:
UC Berkeley experts are looking into the Republican presidential primary contest, including reasons for the drawn-out Republican race; how the Tea Party may influence the outcomes; the chances of a brokered convention; gender politics; the power of words; and candidates’ emotions.
I School prof’s word of the year for NPR: occupy
December 8, 2011:
Berkeley linguist Geoffrey Nunberg picks “occupy” as the word of the year for National Public Radio’s Fresh Air show with Terry Gross, because it “has actually shaped the perception of important events.”
California Language Archive clicks with multiple resources
June 20, 2011:
The new California Language Archive (CLA) website at UC Berkeley – the largest indigenous language archive at a U.S. university – is now accessible free of charge to anyone with Internet access.
On the Same Page gets new students talking with voice sample map
June 14, 2011:
With a welcome video and an experiment mapping the voices of this year’s incoming class, the L&S program On the Same Page is highlighting the linguistic diversity of UC Berkeley.
