Join us on 9/17/08
engl 6006 guest speaker series
17 September 2008
“Flexible Like Water”:
The Bruce Lee School of Linguistic Inquiry
Dr. Shannon T. Bischoff
Department of English
UPR-Mayagüez
CHARDÓN 318 @ 6:30 p.m.
ABSTRACT: In the summers of 1927 through 1929 Gladys Reichard, at the request of Franz Boas, recorded some forty narratives of Tom Miyal and Dorothy Nicodemus, the last speakers of the Coeur d’Alene language, and edited the materials with several Coeur d’Alene community members. Unfortunately, the narratives were never fully analyzed, published, or made accessible at the time. This talk discusses recent efforts to make these materials available to the Coeur d’Alene community for revitalization purposes and to the linguistic community for research purposes. The presentation focuses on the link between revitalization efforts (a largely applied linguistic, socio-linguistic, and language policy task) and research strategies employed primarily within the following three sub-fields of linguistics: anthropological, theoretical, and computational. It also discusses a number of unexpected challenges which, in the words of Bruce Lee, require one to be “flexible like water.”
INFORMATION: Contact Jocelyn A. Géliga Vargas (787-832-4040 ext. 3096/3064; jgeliga@uprm.edu)
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Assessment Loop Summary
As of close of business today, April 18, the English Dept has done a fabulous job! Some other faculty are still working on projects. Below is the list of people who have completed all required paperwork & thus their papers are ready to go forward to the Assoc Dean, Mario Nunez.
Faculty who completed loops or workshop:
Liz Dayton
Shannon Bischoff
Ellen Pratt
Mary Sefranek
Rosa Roman
Larry Chott
Ray Knight
Betsy Morales
Gayle Griggs
Cathy Mazak
TAs who completed Loops or did extra work:
Wilfredo Mercado
Filimon Orozco
Karrieann Soto
Monica Ng
Stephanie Sanchez
Maria Quintero
Jessica Lauer
TAs and MAEE Students who have 1 hour workshop credit:
Judy Flores
Alexandra Tubens
Marien Villanueva
Giselle Munoz
Jasmine Rivera
Jennifer Matos
Nora Falvey
Robert Haithcock
Emily Aguilo
Yahaira Rivera
Jeanette Perez
Yadira Altiery
Wilmarie Cruz
Simposio de Retos Sociales: April 8 & 9 in Figueroa Chapel
El Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, recinto de Mayagüez le invita al II SIMPOSIO DE RETOS SOCIALES: LOS DERECHOS CIVILES EN PUERTO RICO
8:00 am-5:30 pm
(Se acreditarán hasta un máximo de 14 horas con la Oficina de Etica Gubernamental)
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Below is information regarding hours credited for Etica Gubernamental during the Social Sciences symposium.
Filed under Announcements, Events, Information, News | Comment (0)Institutional Review Board Workshop April 4, 2008
On April 4th, the Department of English, in collaboration with RUMEGA, the Department’s Graduate Committee, the Institutional Review Board Committee, the Office of Graduate Studies, and the Center for Professional Development will sponsor an Institutional Review Board Workshop with Dr. Jorge Ferrer. This workshop will be open to the academic community-at-large and will be held in the Cafeteria Annex from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Participants will earn professional development credit and refreshments will be provided. Please contact Dr. Mary E. Sefranek (marysefranek@hotmail.com) or Dr. Jocelyn Geliga Vargas (jgeliga@uprm.edu) for additional information. See the attached link for the announcement flyer. Feel free to distribute this among your students or others who may be interested in attending.
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I have added a feed of the last 10 postings to the “Artes y Ciencias Al Dia” Blog. You can find it in the right hand column of our blog.
Enjoy!
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