The students authoring these blogs were each awarded a聽2020聽Linguistics Undergraduate Research Award (LURA 2020)聽for innovative work in a linguistics course at CU 麻豆影院. Students in introductory as well as advanced courses were considered for the award. Nominated by faculty, 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.
How to Do Things with Memes
The memes shared by Star Wars prequel fans in a very nerdy corner of the... Read more
Trump鈥檚 Use of Conversational Implicature and Plausible Deniability
How do today鈥檚 politicians skew the truth in political discourse? By: Abbey Ehrhard Course: Language... Read more
Of Presidents and 鈥淥bama Face鈥: Politics and Meme-ers
How do we participate in the evolving world of memes, especially when taking up a... Read more
Vine Is Dead, But 鈥
Vine is dead, but... it lives on through digital users. By Paige Tapia Course: Language... Read more
Finding Communities with Emojis
What happens when standard emojis no longer suffice? By: Gin Quesada Lara Course: Language and... Read more
鈥淵ou Are What You Speak?鈥
Learning a language is more than memorizing vocabulary and grammar. It can also change how... Read more
What the Duck??
We鈥檝e all been there, when autocorrect changes what we were trying to say entirely. But... Read more
Who, Meme?
The success of an original meme depends on how it performs identity. By: Mae Cosgrove... Read more
Who? They and Them
The popularity of the singular usage of the pronouns 鈥渢hey/them鈥 has become increasingly prevalent in... Read more
The Game of Presidents: How We Understand Politics Through Sports Metaphors
Sports metaphors help politicians appeal to everyday people. By: Hannah Hawkins & Taylor Salazar Course:... Read more
鈿揂nchoring Digital Media
In today鈥檚 modern world, technology surrounds us, follows us, and defines us. Yet as digital... Read more
Trump鈥檚 Use of Mock Spanish
How does our president use the Spanish language to divide society and further his agenda?... Read more
Improving Medicine One Interaction at a Time
Does anyone really like going to the doctor? By: Laura Wild Course: Language in US... Read more
English to IPA Translation Using a Neural Network
Is it possible for a computer to learn the general patterns in English spelling? By:... Read more
Deciphering 鈥淚CE Bae鈥 through the Lens of Twitter Politics聽
How do the American left and right interact on Twitter, particularly in response to viral... Read more
The Semantic Pejoration of the Arabic Phrase 'Allahu Akbar'
How a phrase used by billions of Muslims worldwide lost its meaning. By: Max Dwight... Read more
Wait, HOW Are they Using Fonts?
Have you ever wondered what meaning is intended when sOMEONE SWITCHES TO ALL CAPS IN... Read more