linguistics

22 Dec 2022

New column in Amjambo featuring Linguistics Department

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Together with the Amjambo newspaper, the USM Department of Linguistics has launched a new column on language. The purpose of the column is to … Read More

Amjambo, languages, linguistics
Maia DeRosear, an ASL student and president of the ASL Club, uses sign
13 May 2022

ASL program makes signing popular

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Sadie Fischbeck was in high school when she first considered becoming an American Sign Language interpreter. But she’d need advanced training, a college degree. … Read More

American Sign Language (ASL), ASL Club, linguistics
Jeanne Heil
20 Jan 2021

Assistant Professor Jeanne Heil interviewed in BDN article about language learning

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Assistant Professor Jeanne Heil interviewed in a recent Bangor Daily News article “You can learn a new language and actually make it stick.”

language learning, languages, linguistics
FLAME Conference 2020
10 Mar 2020

Annual FLAME Conference

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A crew from the Department of Linguistics had fun at FLAME 2020 the annual conference of the Foreign Language Association of Maine. Claire also … Read More

FLAME conference, foreign language, Foreign Language Association of Maine, linguistics
Erika Chadborne
15 Nov 2019

Congratulations to Erika Chadbourne!

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Erika Chadbourne, a junior linguistics major, recently was awarded the STEM Scholarship. The STEM Scholarship was established in 2014 and provides support for students … Read More

grants & scholarships, linguistics, STEM, student
Roxanne Baker
16 Aug 2019

Roxanne Baker interviewed on “The Current” talk show

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Erin Curren, host of talk show “The Current,” interviews Roxanne Baker, part-time faculty member of ASL. View the interview below.

Deaf, identity, interview, linguistics
Karina Escajeda alumna
24 Jun 2019

USM alumna awarded Fulbright to deepen understanding of immigrants

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For Karina Escajeda ’98 — who teaches Iraqi and Syrian children in her Maine hometown  — earning a trip abroad to better understand her … Read More

alumni, Fulbright, linguistics, teaching