Post Tagged with: "Michelle O’Malley"

Students search for linguistic answers in Southern Ohio Language Project

Lynden Caldwell

From Ohio University News Getting Ready for Expo For Skyla Matteson, the big question is about “but.” For Will Mullen, “ing” is a variable worth studying. Noah Mcgeorge is on the hunt for intergenerational language variations. Lynden Caldwell is studying a vowel to see if people “sound” as Appalachian as they […]

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April 6, 2022 at 3:25 pmNews Research

Call for proposals: Place-based Learning and Research Symposium

Call for proposals: Place-based Learning and Research Symposium

From Ohio University News Ohio University will host the inaugural Place-based Learning and Research Symposium on March 18, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Ridges, Building 19. Under a broad umbrella of place-based instruction, research, creativity, and daily living, this interdisciplinary symposium is an opportunity to explore […]

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February 16, 2022 at 8:22 amAnnouncements Events

Fall 2021 | Linguistics Launches New Course in Language Sustainability

Dr. Michelle O’Malley teaches the new course.

A new course offered this fall—LING 2850 Sustaining the Mother Tongue: An introduction to Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization—provides an introduction to the causes of language endangerment and death and how languages can be revitalized and sustained. An endangered language is one that is likely to become extinct in the […]

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March 10, 2021 at 9:28 amNews

Linguistics Colloquium | The Southern Ohio Language Project: Where We Are Today, Feb. 19

From left, Kalinda Thayer, Rasmia Shraim, Michelle O’Malley, Mark Sakach, and  Georgia Curran

The Linguistics Colloquium series presents Dr. Michelle O’Malley and the 2021 Southern Ohio Language Project Lab Team discussing “The Southern Ohio Language Project: Where we are today!” on Friday, Feb. 19, from 12:55 to 1:50 p.m. via Microsoft TEAMS. Join the Teams meeting on your computer or mobile app. Or […]

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January 2, 2021 at 11:45 amEvents

Spring 2021 | New Forensic Studies Certificate Takes Multi-disciplinary Approach

Spring 2021 | New Forensic Studies Certificate Takes Multi-disciplinary Approach

Ohio University offers a new Forensic Studies Certificate that explores the scientific components of criminal investigation and criminal justice processes through a multi-disciplinary lens. The Forensics Studies Certificate is open to any students affiliated with any Ohio University campus. All three required courses are offered this spring on the Athens […]

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October 20, 2020 at 7:58 pmNews

Language Matters Finds Way to Keep Message Board Going

Language Matters Finds Way to Keep Message Board Going

When COVID 19 hit, it seemed that one initiative of the Language Matters project would also have to stop—the whiteboard in the third floor corridor of Gordy Hall where students used markers to scribe their contributions to a weekly prompt in various languages. Language Matters seeks to raise awareness of […]

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April 14, 2020 at 6:10 pmNews

Ohio Language & Culture Project Probes Language Use in Ohio

From left, Kalynda Thayer, Rasmia Shraim, Michelle O’Malley, An Nguyen, Mark Sakach, and Georgia Curran

The Ohio Language & Culture Project, created and directed by Ohio University Linguistics faculty member Dr. Michelle O’Malley, comprises both undergraduate and graduate student members from various disciplines across the university with a common interest in sociolinguistic study. The lab supports the continued study and documentation of regional language variation […]

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March 5, 2020 at 1:43 pmNews