Welcome to Linguistics at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ!
What is Linguistics?
Linguistics is the study of human language. It investigates how we acquire and produce distinctive sounds, words, phrases, and sentences. It explores how people use language to interact, express meaning, and enact culture. Linguists study the world of human language while learning particular languages.
Alaskan: Yup'ik, Inupiaq, Gwich'in (and others by independent study)
European: French, German, Latin, Russian, Spanish
Sign Language: American Sign Language
Applied Linguistics at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ
Applied linguistics at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ is defined broadly to include traditional applied areas related to second language acquisition as well as linguistic anthropology, socio-linguistics and language revitalization. Our graduate program offers two concentrations in applied linguistics: Second Language Acquisition Teacher Education (SLATE) and Language in Society.
Spotlight
This year’s BER SIG News group is led by Chair Éve Ryan and members Karen Terrell, Mina Min, Tabitha Hornby, and Grace Cornell Gonzales. Thank you for your service and hard work in putting this thoughtfully
crafted Fall 2023 Newsletter together to bring awareness about language research to
our SIG members.
Wetherleigh is a Fall 2023 Student Project Award Recipient. Under the mentorship of Dr. Sabine Siekmann, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Wetherleigh's project investigates opportunities and challenges university English as a Second Language (ESL) students and their teachers experience while completing a unit of lesson plans that use Minecraft within a task-based language teaching (TBLT) classroom strategy. Wetherleigh's lessons draw on escape rooms, Minecraft, and the intersection of the two to teach context-specific English.
Ève Ryan will be presenting at the Third National Seminar for French Dual Language Immersion that will take place at the Embassy of France in the United States, in Washington DC on October 23-25, 2023. Her presentation is entitled: "Research on French DLI in the US - What has been done so far and where do we go from there?".
Ève Ryan, together with undergraduate student Giovanna Wilde, will be presenting at the conference Exploring Equity and Methodological Advancements to Transform Academic Discourse Teaching and Research that will take place at the University of California, Los Angeles on November 3-4, 2023. Their presentation is entitled: "Academic language and English Learners - Perspectives from Alaska". Giovanna Wilde is the recipient of an URSA travel award that will fund her attendance at the conference. Congratulations Giovanna!
US Department of Education grant to PI Sabine Siekmann
What Our Graduates Are Doing
Linguistics Program Contact Information
Email: pemarlow@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-5500
Physical address:
1747 South Chandalar Drive
Gruening Building, Room 862
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Mailing address:
¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Linguistics Program
PO Box 756430
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Patrick Marlow, PhD
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Office: Gruening Building, Room 862
Email: pemarlow@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7446
Diana Berry
Office: Gruening Building, Room 503
Email: dberry9@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-5500
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